India is a fast evolving and developing country with ever-more resources and capital being poured into the Indian web market to digitalize the country. A particular tool that has allowed this digital development has been the introduction of cheap and reliable smartphones in the market which allowed a large portion of the country to afford […]
Keventers, the 2 century old dairy brand announced it would expand into the energetic and exciting Goa market, with the first shop opening at MG Road, Panjim and a second in Titos Lane in Baga. Coming 2019, Goa will become the fifth city with the most of Keventers outlets coming short only to Delhi, Mumbai, […]
Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) has put an end to some certifications and issued warnings to organizations seeking to avail exemptions by categorizing themselves as “startups”. In a recent meeting of Inter-Ministerial Group on Startups held on March 15, certificates of recognition and that of eligibility given to two entities- Riot Solutions and […]
Facebook is reviewing its advertising policy amidst the ongoing controversy surrounding the social media platform about the use of third-party data collected by apps and used by firms such as Cambridge Analytica to target specific users. The move comes only a few weeks before the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force in […]
The Indian Premier League is starting in a week and Hotstar, the video streaming service of Star India has launched a self-service ad tool called Hotstar AdServe. This service has been designed to offer small and medium-sized advertisers with shallow funds to use expensive platforms such as live sports accurately in order to reach their […]
Coatue Management one of the world’s best performing technology hedge funds, is in discussion to invest $50-100 million in Swiggy, the online food-delivery in partnership with a few additional investors. This will be the second investment in two months for the food delivery app after South African Naspers and Meityan-Dianping, the Chinese e-commerce. This states […]
CleverTap, a five-year-old US-based startup founded by three Indians is facing the heat after a pseudonymous researcher alleged that Indian PM Modi’s Namo app was disclosing private information like name, email, mobile number, device information, and location, to servers controlled by the firm without the user’s consent. The hacker & researcher known as Elliot Alderson […]
Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc came to terms with bigger regional rival Grab to sell its Southeast Asian business operations, both firms said in a statement released today. The deal now puts pressure on Alphabet Inc’s Google and China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd who both support Indonesia’s Go-Jek. The deal between Uber and Grab is Southeast […]
US President Donald Trump went ahead with his trade war despite China’s advice to abandon the move. However, Donald Trump turned a deaf ear to the Chinese government and imposed tariffs of $60 billion on Chinese imports to serve as punishment for what US President considers to be “unfair” appropriation of American intellectual property. A […]
Two SEC filings posted by Khosla Ventures indicates that the company will raise an additional $1.4 billion across two new venture capital investment funds. This will bring the amount of publicly known capital under management to $5.8 billion across its main venture and seeds funds. The 5.8 billion does not comprise of assets from the […]
Shareholders of Tesla Inc, the electric car and solar panel maker have agreed to deliver an incredible pay package to famous CEO Elon Musk worth $50 billion if he makes the company reach their targets over the next 10 years, stated a person participating in the vote which took place in California, where Tesla’s headquarters […]
Brian Acton, co-founder of Whatsapp chose his side concerning the recent backlash against Facebook after reports of the misuse of its data by a firm linked to Donald Trump’s election campaign. Indeed, the former Whatsapp CEO joined the movement #deletefacebook via a twitter post on the microblogging site. It is time. #deletefacebook — Brian Acton […]