Thursday, December 19

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Saudi Prince Invested $62 Million Dollar in Middle East Based Taxi Aggregator Careem
16Jun By PriyankaNo Comments
FUNDING

Saudi Prince Invested $62 Million Dollar in Middle East Based Taxi Aggregator Careem

Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) chaired by HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, acquired a 7% stake in ride hailing service Careem through a Secondary Share purchase as well as participating in the latest Round E funding to a total transaction value of $62M. The transaction makes KHC one of the largest holders of Preferred Shares in Careem and will grant KHC a board seat on Careem's board of directors. KHC's CEO Eng. Talal Ibrahim Al Maiman said, "Our investment in Careem is a continuation of our strategy to invest in new technologies as we have done with our investments in Twitter, JD.com and Lyft. As the leading ride hailing company in the region, and positioned with excellent growth prospects, Careem sets an example for regional businesses by providing employment opport...
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Most Apps Share Your Data With Google, Facebook: Study
13Jun By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments
ANALYSIS

Most Apps Share Your Data With Google, Facebook: Study

More than 70 per cent of smartphone apps are reporting personal data to third-party companies like Google and Facebook, a new study has warned. When people install a new smartphone app, it asks for the users permission before accessing personal information. Some of the information these apps collect are necessary for them to work properly. However, once an app has permission to collect that information, it can share your data with anyone the developer wants to letting third-party companies track where you are, how fast you are moving and what you are doing, researchers said. Researchers from the IMDEA Networks Institute in Spain wanted to know how much data could potentially be collected without users knowledge, and to give users more control over their data. "To get a pictu...
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Trai Launches MyCall App For Subscribers to Rate Call Quality
6Jun By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments
INDIA

Trai Launches MyCall App For Subscribers to Rate Call Quality

The telecom regulator Trai today launched a new app that would enable subscribers to rate the quality of a phone call. The new MyCall app, along with updated and enhanced versions of MySpeed app and Do Not Disturb app are amongst a slew of web initiatives unveiled by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today. "As the mobile subscriber base increases, it is important that we continue to get feedback from the customers. The MyCall app will enable mobile phone users to rate their experience about call quality and help Trai gather data on a real time basis," Trai chairman RS Sharma said. After a call ends, the Android app allows users to select their rating and indicate whether the call was made indoor, outdoor or while travelling. Subscribers can also provide addition...
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Uber Posts $708M Loss; Finance Head Leaves
2Jun By reutersNo Comments
News

Uber Posts $708M Loss; Finance Head Leaves

Uber said its head of finance is leaving, and the privately held ride-hailing company also said that its first-quarter loss narrowed substantially from the prior quarter, putting it on a path toward profitability. Head of finance Gautam Gupta is leaving in July to join another startup in San Francisco, the company said, making Gupta the latest high-profile executive to leave Uber. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news on Wednesday. Uber, which has been rocked by several high-level executive departures in the past few months as it grapples with a series of controversies, has been looking for a chief operating officer to help change its now-notorious "bro" culture. Gupta's exit sets the stage for a second major executive search, now for a chief financial officer who has pu...
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Uber Will Hire Indian Techies For Its Engineering Center
31May By PriyankaNo Comments
News

Uber Will Hire Indian Techies For Its Engineering Center

US-based cab aggregator Uber is hiring more techies for its engineering centres in the country as it looks to roll out more innovations from India in areas like payments, bookings and rider and driver experience. The company is also in discussion with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to enable customers pay for rides using UPI. "We are hiring rapidly. We are looking for product managers, data scientists, designers etc," Uber India Head of Engineering Apurva Dalal told reporters here. Uber has two engineering centres in India in Bengaluru and Hyderabad. The teams work on areas like safety, payments, driver growth, maps, vehicle telematics and rider experience, among others. It currently has about 100 people in these two centres. Dalal, however, did not comment on ho...
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Popular Chinese Lesbian Dating App Having 5 Million Downloads Removed From Internet
30May By reutersNo Comments
CHINA

Popular Chinese Lesbian Dating App Having 5 Million Downloads Removed From Internet

A popular Chinese dating app for lesbians has been shut down, along with its website and main social media account, just as the gay community celebrates Taiwan's decision giving same-sex couples the right to marry, a first for Asia. Asian lesbians can also enjoy adult entertainment involving other Lesbians TubeV Sex, even if their main dating app has been compromised. The app, Rela, set up in 2012, has around 5 million registered users, a cached version of its entry on Apple's iTunes site shows. But users began noticing last week that the app, along with its Twitter-like Weibo account and website, was no longer accessible, according to users posting on Weibo under the hashtags #rela and #relahasbeenblocked. The service was temporarily suspended due to an "important adjustment in s...
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Teno- An App Launch For FREE Online School Fee Payment
22May By RishabhNo Comments
Story

Teno- An App Launch For FREE Online School Fee Payment

With Digital India being the current flavor of the nation, school Principals across India have taken it upon themselves to ensure their school isn’t left behind in this wave of digitization. A testimony of their enthusiasm and acceptance is the fact that more than 3000 schools across 300 cities in India have gone digital with the help of Free to use mobile app Teno. Teno App has helped schools completely digitize their communication methods. What was earlier being communicated to parents through printed circulars and diaries is now being sent to all parents of a class with just one simple click on the school’s app which is powered by Teno. After its successful endeavor of helping schools go digital with its communication, Teno App has now launched its Free Online School Fee Payment feat...
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Food Ordering App Zomato Reports Data Theft of 17 Million Users
18May By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments
News

Food Ordering App Zomato Reports Data Theft of 17 Million Users

Online restaurant guide and food ordering app Zomato today said about 17 million user records have been stolen from its database. The stolen information contains user email addresses and hashed passwords but no payment information or credit card data has been stolen/leaked, Zomato said in a blogpost on its website. The startups disclosure comes at a time when the world is grappling with the cyber attack by ransomware WannaCry, which has impacted IT networks in over 150 countries. Zomato said the data theft was discovered recently by its security team, without indicating the exact time or if it was related to the WannaCry ransomware attack. "Our team is actively scanning all possible breach vectors and closing any gaps in our environment. So far, it looks like an internal (human...
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Russia Blocks Chinese Social Media App WeChat
6May By PriyankaNo Comments
CHINA, News

Russia Blocks Chinese Social Media App WeChat

Russias telecoms watchdog has blocked Chinas popular messaging app WeChat for failing to fulfil the countrys Internet regulations. Watchdog Roskomnadzor has listed WeChat, developed by Tencent Technology, on the register of prohibited websites, South China Morning Post reported today. "Tencent is aware of the move and communicating with Russian authorities over the matter," a brief statement from the Shenzhen-based company said. Russia requires Internet service providers to register with related government bodies, but Tencent ?had a different understanding? on this issue, the company said. Access to the app was restricted on the basis of Article 15.4 of the law on information, information technologies and information security, according to Roskomnadzor, officially known as the ...
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Indian Space Agency ISRO Develops “Solar Calculator” Android App
25Apr By RishabhNo Comments
INDIA

Indian Space Agency ISRO Develops “Solar Calculator” Android App

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today said its Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre has developed an android app for computing the solar energy potential of a place. Developed at the behest of the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the app is considered to be a "very useful" tool for installation of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels that is used for tapping solar energy, it said. The ISRO said the app provides monthly and yearly solar  potential and the minimum and the maximum temperatures at any location. It also displays the location of a place on the satellite image as well as the days length there during different periods in a year. According to the ISRO, features of the app include providing of solar energy potential at any given location, the requ...
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BHIM App Reaches Near 20 Million Downloads
21Apr By AdityaNo Comments
INDIA

BHIM App Reaches Near 20 Million Downloads

Indigenous digital payments app BHIM has recorded close to 20 million downloads so far, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Tuesday said. "We have close to 20 million downloads of BHIM app," Kant said at an event here. On December 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the app for fast and secure cashless transactions using mobile phones. BHIM is a platform designed to make payment through UPI and USSD modes simpler. Digital payment channels like mobile wallets, USSD and RuPay have seen massive uptake and rise in transactions post demonetisation.
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