Spice Digital gets a wallet license from RBI
Mobile VAS and Internet products company Spice Digital has received a semi-closed pre-paid payments wallet license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The RBI website... .
View ArticleCarDekho launches its site in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu
Car portal CarDekho has launched 3 websites in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages. Instead of using the Google translate algorithm to translate into multiple languages, the... .
View ArticleYouTube MCN #fame launches live video streaming app
YouTube multi-channel network #fame (earlier Famebox Networks) has launched a live video streaming app in beta. This app will allow artists/talents to live stream their... .
View ArticleTruecaller appoints Husain Misherghi as VP for the MENA region
Truecaller has appointed Husain Misherghi as the vice president of growth partnerships for the Middle East and North Africa region, reports Zawya. In his new... .
View ArticleAirtel, Idea & Vodafone account for 64% of total active mobile connections in...
The top three telecom operators in India – Vodafone, Airtel and Idea Cellular – added 7.76 million active connections in March 2015, accounting for 64%... .
View ArticleIndustry moves: Haptik and Snapdeal
Haptik has taken on its board of directors Professor Dan Roth. Roth will work with Haptik’s co-founder Swapan Rajdev to scale Haptik’s Natural language processing... .
View ArticleCyanogen looking to setup an office in Bangalore or Delhi
OS developer Cyanogen is planning to open an office in India within the next three months and plans to acquire startups in the country, reports... .
View ArticleLycos Internet puts up its technology patents for sale
Digital marketing solutions company Lycos Internet (formerly Ybrant Digital) has put up for sale a number of patents it holds across segments like search engine... .
View ArticleAirtel Money Africa’s total value of transactions increased 31.4% to $2.9 bn...
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel’s mobile commerce subsidiary Airtel Money‘s total value of transactions in Africa has grown 31.4% to $2.9 billion for the quarter ended March... .
View ArticleHuawei launches IoT architecture with a 10KB LiteOS
Chinese handset and network equipment maker Huawei has launched Agile Network 3.0 architecture, that will enable enterprises build IoT infrastructure in areas including production, manufacturing... .
View ArticlePayPal ordered to give customers $15M in redressal; $10M in penalty
Oh PayPal. Online payments company PayPal has been ordered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to pay $15 million in consumer redress and a... .
View ArticleNikesh Arora to replace Softbank CEO as chairman of Yahoo Japan
Nikesh Arora, SoftBank Group’s vice chairman, has been appointed as the chairman of Yahoo Japan as SoftBank chief executive Masayoshi Son steps down from the... .
View ArticleUC Browser reportedly leaks personal user data: Citizen Lab report
Alibaba owned mobile web browser UC Browser reportedly leaks sensitive user information and is a privacy risk according to a Canadian technology research group called... .
View ArticleDeitY wants all mobiles sold in India to have iris scanners; Why?
The Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY) is holding discussions with stakeholders that would enforce all mobile phones sold in India to provide iris scanners.... .
View ArticleIRCTC to now offer deals from Mydala while booking train tickets
Deals, deals, deals! The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has partnered with coupon site Mydala to offer deals and offers across categories like food... .
View ArticleViber brings its application on to the Chrome OS
Mobile messaging and calling application Viber has now come to the chrome operating system. Viber on the Chrome OS makes text, voice and video chats available to Chromebook, Chromebox... .
View ArticleWeekly Digest (15th-22nd May 2015)
MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors:Paytm, Getit, Times Internet and E2E for their support. Earnings-Mar15 – Airtel Money Africa’s total value of transactions increased... .
View ArticleZodius Capital raises $110m to invest in 8-10 startups this year
Mumbai-based investment firm Zodius Capital has raised $110 million for carrying out investments in internet and technology companies, reports ET Tech. The VC firm intends... .
View ArticleYouTube introduces buy buttons to ads on desktop and mobile
YouTube has added buy buttons to TrueView ads, where users can click to buy stuff after being redirected to that product page, reports Adage. This will be... .
View ArticleGoogle developing new Android OS for Internet of Things: report
Google is reportedly developing a new Android-based operating system for called Brillo which will focus on the Internet of Things (IoT) and low-end power devices... .
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