Mobile performance marketing network Yeahmobi has just raised RMB 639 million (about $100 million), to bolster its global expansion. The Xi’an, China-based company is now valued at about RMB 5 billion (about $720 million). Investors in the private placement include Beijing Bohai Tongxin Private Equity Fund (RMB 120 million), Nanjing Huawen Hongsheng Startup Investment Fund […]
mCanvas today launched Scroller, a high impact mobile ad unit that enables brands to deliver storytelling ads to millennials in a polite, non-intrusive manner. The Scroller has been in the beta for three months and is now available on the mCanvas marketplace, which consists of premium content websites in India. When a user scrolls while […]
While government is pushing for digital payments through mobile phones, chipset maker Qualcomm said that wallets and mobile banking applications in India are not using hardware level security which can make online transactions more secure. “You will be surprised because most of the banking or wallet apps around the world don’t use hardware security. They […]
Unocoin, India’s leading Bitcoin company, has announced the launch of its new mobile app for both iOS and Android devices. Developed by Unocoin, the app will allow consumers to buy, sell, send, receive and store bitcoin all in one place, from any remote device. Unocoin becomes the first company in India to offer a full […]
Automobile major Mahindra hopes that the proposed GST regime will not treat electric cars as luxury items and therefore, it should be taxed accordingly. “We hope that the upcoming GST regime will not treat electric cars as luxury items and will not be taxed at high rates,” Mahesh Babu, CEO-designate of Mahindra Electric, told reporters […]
Twitter Inc announced Thursday that it would discontinue the video-sharing mobile app Vine, as it moves to cut 9 percent of its workforce worldwide to keep costs down after beating Wall Street quarterly earnings expectations. In the post twitter said, “Since 2013, millions of people have turned to Vine to laugh at loops and see […]
What are the best practices for sending IOS & Android push notifications? We recently analyzed the mobile user behavior on our platform of over 100 million app launches and a few million uninstalls. What did the results reveal? The research below yielded some compelling information, the informative data includes the most common time of day […]
USMobile, Inc., a private communication company, launched the free version of Scrambl3, a free mobile App for iOS and Android enabling you to make the world’s most private calls and messages. Ultimate Personal Privacy: 5 second anonymous signup and Black Book contact listing New Scrambl3 users are only asked to provide a username and […]
Mobile ad spends estimated to be Rs. 4200 Cr. by the end of 2016 The smartphone has emerged as heartland India’s ticket to rich user experience in communication, entertainment and retail, allowing marketers to tap into both urban and rural markets with Mobile Marketing. The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), in association with GroupM, India’s […]
Professional networking site LinkedIn today launched a lighter version of its mobile website and other products as part of its efforts to tap into students and young professionals beyond the metros in India. The company has followed the footsteps of Facebook, which picked up India as a testbed for the lighter version of its app. […]
Citizens will now be spared from the hassle of carrying physical driving licences and vehicle registration certificates (RCs), which can be accessed online or on their mobile phones using DigiLocker. Launching the integration of DigiLocker with the Driving Licence and Vehicle Registration system of the ministry of road transport and highways today, Union minister Nitin […]
Home-grown mobile phone maker Jivi Mobiles plans to invest up to Rs 200 crore in setting up a new manufacturing unit in Lonavala with initial production capacity of 5 lakh units per month. “We are selling around 3-3.5 lakh feature phones per month. By Diwali, we expect to reach sales of 6 lakh units a […]