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Airtel Beats Jio In Mobile Broadband Growth For The First Time
Bharti Airtel has added more broadband users in January this year than Reliance Jio Infocomm, as per data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). → Read More
Nokia Owner HMD Wants To Restart Exports From India: Report
Finland-headquartered HMD Global, which makes Nokia mobile phones is reportedly in talks with its Taiwan-based contract manufacturer Foxconn to export handsets from India, as it plans to become the top three smartphone makers in India. → Read More
How MyCrop Is Using Blockchain To Identify Spurious Seeds
MyCrop is piloting a project in one of the rural villages in Gujarat, using blockchain to identify spurious seeds during its supply chain, from production to farmers. → Read More
Delhi Gets IoT-Driven Garbage Bins Which Informs Authorities When Full
Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has launched Internet of Things (IoT)-driven smart garbage bins across South and North Delhi Municipal Corporation area, which automatically sends a signal to the waste collection authority once the bins are full. → Read More
Gaming Startup HalaPlay Raises $5.8 Mn To Scale Its Marketing Strategy
Mobile-based online fantasy gaming platform HalaPlay has raised $5.8 Mn in Series A funding led by Nazara Technologies and Delta Corp, as the startup gears to scale its marketing strategy, along with product development and also expand employee headcount. → Read More
Amazon Prime Tops India’s OTT Viewership Chart In Feb 2019: Study
The survey consisted of a sample size of 2,100 respondents based in top Indian metro cities.According to their findings, more than 70% of respondents claimed to watch Amazon Prime regularly at least once a week, followed by Netflix with 56% and Hotstar with 50%. → Read More
Enterprisetech Startup Whatfix Raises $13.2 Mn To Finance Headcount, Tech Expansion
Bengaluru-and San Jose-based enterprisetech startup — Whatfix — which helps in quicker and efficient adoption of any digital software, has raised $13.2 Mn (INR 92 Cr) Series B funding, as it plans to boost its US and Europe expansion, double employee headcounts and apply newer technologies to make its product better. → Read More
Blockchain This Week: Nearly Half The Indian States Are Involved In Blockchain Projects, And More
Here's the latest development in blockchain this week.↓ → Read More
Travis Kalanick’s Second Venture May Go Head-To-Head With Uber
The cofounder and former CEO of Uber, Travis Kalanick, who resigned from the ride-hailing company in 2017 following a series of scandals, is quietly making a niche in the kitchen rental space — a market which Uber aspires to dominate in the near future. → Read More
Govt Approves A National Mission On E-Mobility To Boost EV Manufacturing
The National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage formed by the government on Thursday (February 7) has been given the charge to finalise the framework for a Phased Manufacturing Program (PMP), aimed at localising the production of electric vehicles (EV) and its components within the country. → Read More
WaterBridge Invests In A Startup That Is Building A Robot That Can Cook Food
WaterBridge Ventures has invested an undisclosed pre-Series A funding in a Bengaluru-based internet of things (IoT)-and hardware-driven startup, Nymble Labs, to help the latter to complete the development of a food cooking robot, named ‘Julia’. → Read More
See Opportunity Worth $100 Bn In India, Says Saudi Crown Prince
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, said he sees an investment opportunity of $100 Bn in India across various sectors. → Read More
Telecom Lobby Says Draft Guidelines On Social Media A Threat To Privacy
Draft guidelines on social media can curtail citizen’s freedom of speech and expression, say internet platforms and lobby groups from around the world, including COAI. → Read More
Twitter Responds To BJP Allegations: Our Policies Aren’t Based On Political Ideology
Twitter has clarified its stance that they “do not take any actions based upon political viewpoints,” over allegations that the social media company was being biased against right-wing and pro-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accounts. → Read More
Video Streaming Platforms Do Not Require Licences From Govt: Centre Tells Delhi HC
Online video streaming OTT (over the top) platforms are not required to obtain licences from the government to run their programmes, the Central government has told the Delhi High Court. → Read More
With Close To 500K Rooms Around The World, OYO's Expansion Plan Moves At Full Tilt
Homegrown hospitality chain, OYO Hotels and Homes, which has forayed across five hundred cities and eight countries, has announced 4.3x Y-o-Y (year-on-year) global sales growth, with a realised value run rate of $1.8 Bn as of December 2018, from $0.4 Bn in 2017. → Read More
Amazon Reduces Stake In Seller Companies, CAIT Cries Foul
Amazon India has announced that the ecommerce giant does not own any equity in the seller company to comply with the latest changes as advised in the FDI ecommerce rule. → Read More
WhatsApp Has Taken A Number Of Steps To Address Fake News: Union Minister For Home Affairs
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir has reportedly conveyed the Lok Sabha that WhatsApp has taken a number of steps to address the issue of fake news propagated using the platform. → Read More
US Logistics Startup FourKites To Double India Headcount With $50 Mn Funding
Chicago-based freight tracking logistics startup FourKites has announced to utilise a part of its $50 Mn Series C funding to double the headcount of its engineering arm in Chennai. → Read More
Post Feb 1, Smaller Amazon Sellers Unable To Manage Logistics On Their Own: Report
As the strict FDI norms kicked in on February 1, Amazon sellers have reportedly cited that they are unable to manage logistics and order deliveries on their own, and some have even called it quits. → Read More