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16Jun By PriyankaNo Comments

FUNDING

BrowserStack raises $200 mn funding at $4 billion valuation

DUBLIN and SAN FRANCISCO, 16th June 2021: World’s leading software testing platform BrowserStack raises USD 200 million in funding, led by BOND. The Series B round, which valued the company at USD 4 billion, also saw participation from Insight Partners and existing investor, Accel, a statement said. BrowserStack offers software testing on the cloud and has over 50,000 customers and more than four million developer signups across 135 countries. Its products help developers build bug-free software. BrowserStack was founded in 2011 at a coffee shop to solve one problem testing on different browsers, leading to BrowserStack’s first version, which helped developers test their websites on Internet Explorer 11. The investment will support BrowserStack’s strategic acquisitions, expansion ...

Mozilla Launches Free & Encrypted File sharing service Firefox Send

13Mar By NitishNo Comments

Tech

Mozilla Launches Free & Encrypted File sharing service Firefox Send

One of the leading browser community Mozilla launched free and encrypted file sharing service Firefox Send. The service will accessible in all browsers at send.firefox.com. Mozilla starts working on Firefox Send in 2017. Send is a free encrypted file transfer service that allows users to safely and simply share files from any browser. Additionally, Send will also be available as an Android app in beta later this week. All files uploaded to Mozilla's servers are encrypted, said mozilla team. Send uses end-to-end encryption to keep your data secure from the moment you share to the moment your file is opened. It also offers security controls that you can set. You can choose when your file link expires, the number of downloads, and whether to add an optional password for an ext...

Jana to Launch Internet Browser With Free Data Service in India

9Mar By AdityaNo Comments

News

Jana to Launch Internet Browser With Free Data Service in India

Mobile advertising company Jana will launch tomorrow an internet browser for Android users that will enable consumers to surf the web by offsetting mobile data costs. The company plans to invest over USD 90 million in India and other emerging markets to strengthen its customer base. "We have raised nearly USD 92 million which we will be putting into both in India and other emerging markets, but India is our largest market," Jana co-founder and CEO Nathan Eagle told Pixr8 here. A user of the browser, mCent, would initially get a data refund of up to 10 MB per day and 70 MB per week and will also be provided with unrestricted internet access to online content. mCent, which will compete with the likes of UC browser and Opera mini, is an ad-sponsored model through which advertisers wo...

Alibaba Led UCWeb to Invest Rs 200 Cr in India

20Jan By NitishNo Comments

BUSINESS, CHINA

Alibaba Led UCWeb to Invest Rs 200 Cr in India

Alibaba Mobile Business Group firm UCWeb plans to invest Rs 200 crore in India and Indonesia over the next two years to push distribution of user generated content through its UC News platform. "We will invest Rs 200 crore over the period of 2 years in India and Indonesia to push user generated content like blogs, short videos, non conventional news feeds. Around 60 percent of it (Rs 120 crore) will be invested in India," Kenny Ye, General Manager, Overseas Business for Alibaba Mobile Business Group told Pixr8. He said that the earmarked investment does not include hiring and other business expenditure but will focus only on content generation and distribution. "We will provide people with We Media platform where anyone can register and start publishing content. We are seeing huge...