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Reliance Jio OS Provider Raises Investment From Google

29Jun By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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Reliance Jio OS Provider Raises Investment From Google

Google is increasingly pushing itself as a startup investor as it has invested $22 million into KaiOS, the company that has built an eponymous operating system for feature phones that packs a range of native apps and other smartphone-like services. Under the new partnership, Google services like Assistant, Maps, YouTube, and Google Search will be available to KaiOS users, as informed by the Hong Kong company in a post. KaiOS CEO Sebastien Codeville in a statement, This funding will help us fast-track development and global deployment of KaiOS-enabled smart feature phones, allowing us to connect the vast population that still cannot access the internet, especially in emerging markets. It is interesting to note that KaiOS has played a significant role in pushing feature phone demand ...

Uber India Set to Activate Its Uber Lite App Across The Globe

13Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Uber India Set to Activate Its Uber Lite App Across The Globe

With the increasing growth and competition among the taxi cab services online, Uber in India has introduced its less data consuming app known as ‘Uber Lite’. The app has been made in India but can be used by any Uber user across the globe. The app launches first in India and then in other parts of the world. The regular Uber app is 181.4MB in size whereas Uber Lite app is less than 5 MB. ‘Uber Lite’ is basically the compact version of Uber app. The smaller app saves space as well as the data consumption is also low. Besides, the app also functions well in low connectivity areas. The announcement of the newly built app was made in New Delhi at the Uber’s Tech Day 2.0 on Tuesday. #UberLite is arriving soon: Peter Deng (Head of Rider Product) and Manik Gupta (VP & Head of ...

Now You Can Find Places with No Addresses on Google Maps!!

2Apr By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

Tech

Now You Can Find Places with No Addresses on Google Maps!!

In an attempt to make its Map Application more relevant to users, Google has rolled out a series of new features that would enable better navigation experience for users.Google Maps has extended its language support for the voice that now includes Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu and a support for plus codes to let you find places with no addresses too. Beginning with, what are Plus Codes? Plus code, also known as "Open location code" is a way of identifying places that do not have addresses. It is a geocode system developed by Google that involves representing an area with a combination of local and area codes to anonymous places. With the new update, a user can generate a plus code and share it across multiple platforms using e-mail, messaging or social media....

Mapping Startup onXmaps Raises $20.3M from Summit Partners

17Feb By RishabhNo Comments

FUNDING

Mapping Startup onXmaps Raises $20.3M from Summit Partners

Missoula, Montana based mapping startup onXmaps has raised a funding of $20.3 million in a Series A round led by global growth equity investor Summit Partners. The round also saw participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Millennium Technology Value Partners, Next Frontier Capital and NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke. This funding is one of the biggest round that any startup in Montana has raised. The new development will be used to expand the teams at its Missoula and Bozeman, Montana, offices, to continue building all aspects of its mapping solutions, and to assemble the definitive off-pavement mapping data set. onXmaps allows its users to download offline topographic maps, indicating public and private lands and other details that can help a traveler to locate about its surrounding...