Google Now Update Adds More Entertainment And Travel Features To The Android...
Google has added a half-dozen new travel and entertainment features to its personalized search service Google Now. With the additions, the company is aiming to capture the attention of the real-world...
View ArticleIndia’s Citizen Engagement Comes Online But Political Parties Still Operate...
India’s budding democracy has dipped its toe into the digital waters, as the government launched a website allowing citizens to file Right To Information requests online. It digitises a popular...
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With Flipkart’s Launch Of PayZippy, India’s Answer To Amazon Wants To Become...
Flipkart, the largest e-commece site in India, has been likened to Amazon both for what it offers and its presence in the market. But it has one crucial difference: because credit cards are not that...
View ArticleWrike Reveals New UI And Time-Broadcasting Feature To Keep Employees On Task
Wrike has updated its workplace productivity application Graphite, rolling out a new minimalist user interface and also the ability to broadcast the current work in real-time. The emphasis on a...
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Safecity Crowdsources India’s Sexual Assault Incidents To Highlight Danger Zones
Four Indians are exposing India’s sexual harassment hotspots via Safecity, a website for victims to anonymously report when and where they were abused. The founders hope that it could be the first step...
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As Uber Drives Into India, It’s Shifting Its Emerging Market Strategy Up A Gear
Transportation tech startup Uber is continuing its aggressive expansion across Asia. As of this week, it is now live in India, starting first with a luxury car service in its tech capital, Bangalore....
View ArticleIndia’s Visa Maze Ensnares Foreign Entrepreneurs
Carrying all the right documentation for his five-year business visa, Alex (not his real name) embarked on what he thought would be his fourth and final visit to the Indian immigration authority. He...
View ArticleBugcrowd Raises $1.6 Million To Expand Bug Bounty Marketplace
Crowdsourced bug bounty marketplace Bugcrowd has raised $1.6 million from investors to grow its community of 3,000 vetted security penetration testers who can find vulnerabilities and weaknesses in a...
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Yahoo Picks A New GeoCities Logo
After months of hype, questionable marketing spend, and 30 days of ‘meh’, Yahoo! has unveiled the next big move in its ambitious transformation: a slimmed down logo. Honestly, the new logo reminds one...
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Pakistan Government-Backed Incubator Seeds Local Investor Appetite
Ali Rehan and his university cohorts had just won Pakistan’s Startup Weekend hackathon when they decided to quit their PhD research project to build a photography app. Weeks later they were offered a...
View ArticleJapanese Recruitment Firm Recruit Co Wants To Buy Freelancer.com For $400M
Looks like Recruit Co., the Japan-based HR and recruitment site giant that has long been gearing up for an IPO, is on the acquisition trail again, just a month after buying NuGrid in India and a year...
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Pakistani Activists Smell A Mole In Government’s Proposed YouTube Filtering Plan
After ignoring repeated requests to appear in a court case challenging the Pakistan government’s year-long YouTube blackout, the country’s elusive IT minister is expected to appear at a hearing later...
View ArticleZipments Closes $2.25 Million Seed Round To Speed Up Same-Day Deliveries
New York based Zipments, a same-day delivery marketplace that connects retailers with couriers, has closed a $2.25 million seed round to further build out its product and expand to new cities. It’s...
View ArticleIn India, A Chauffeur Trumps Michelin-Starred Chef In List Of Startup Perks
In a bid to relieve the staff from one of the most stressful and lengthy parts of an Indian employee’s day — the commute — fast-growing e-commerce marketplace Snapdeal has hired drivers to chauffeur...
View ArticleDeliv Raises $6.85 Million To Bring Same-Day Delivery To A Store Near You
Investors have recently piled millions into same-day delivery startups such as New York’s Zipments and San Francisco’s PostMates, and now Palo Alto firm Deliv has become the latest beneficiary, with...
View ArticlePoor Sales In India Force Maps Provider Sygic To Release Navigation App For Free
App developers are struggling to make money in India because of low credit card penetration, according to Michael Stencl, CEO of maps provider Sygic, which has now dropped the $5.58 fee to download its...
View ArticleSecurity Concerns Abound Over Unofficial Android iMessage App That Uses...
An unauthorised app that lets Android users chat on Apple’s closed iMessage network is causing a big stir. It’s had viral downloads in the tens of thousands amid claims that it could be spreading...
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African Accelerators Change Tack As ‘Savannah Valley’ Emerges From The...
Kenyan accelerators, following mixed results from their rookie season, have tweaked their strategies for mentoring and investing in local entrepreneurs, in a bid to produce more successful startups....
View ArticleVerdict On Pakistan YouTube Ban Delayed As Case Is Moved To High Court Full...
The year-long saga of the Pakistan government’s YouTube ban has just taken another twist, as a case to unblock the website has been referred to a panel of Lahore High Court justices who will now decide...
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Payments Startup MobiKwik Launches Mobile Wallet As India’s Central Bank Acts...
In a move that could ease paper money’s stranglehold over the Indian economy and society, Mobikwik is releasing a mobile wallet for the country’s burgeoning smartphone-class to digitally buy goods...
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