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Duolingo raises $45M from Google Capital and others
Language learning platform Duolingo has raised funding worth $45 million led by Google Capital and some existing investors. The funding will be used to improve... .
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Google Now introduces Location Aware Search
Search giant Google has added a new feature to Google Now called Location Aware Search, that detects a user’s location and answers questions based on... .
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Train tickets booked through MakeMyTrip on a sharp decline
The number of rail ticket bookings on MakeMyTrip have declined sharply over the past three years: MakeMyTrip facilitated 194,856 transactions for rail tickets in 2014-15, 245,542... .
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Twitter makes public blocked users’ lists; adds popular conversation threads
Twitter has added a feature where users can share their blocked users lists publicly. The feature will also let users block multiple accounts at a... .
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Google to speed up webpage load time on mobile in India
Search giant Google will start rolling out a new feature in India to speed up web pages within the next two weeks. The company had... .
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Facebook is beta testing a buy button for Shopify merchants
Social network Facebook is beta testing a buy button for DIY ecommerce platform Shopify. The company on its website said that it is working with a... .
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Justdial’s Search Plus app to be launched in July for Android & iOS
Justdial’s Search Plus app, which will integrate all 24 services that are part of the suite on one platform, will be launched in July this year... .
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Industry Moves roundup: Flipkart and BlackBerry India
Flipkart ropes in Ravi Garikipati as entrepreneur in residence Ecommerce player Flipkart has appointed Ravi Garikipati as ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’. Flipkart says that this is a newly... .
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Justdial looking to launch payments biz JD Cash in Q2-FY16
“JD Cash is almost done, but I think we would delay it by one (more) quarter to launch it,” Justdial founder & MD VSS Mani... .
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Updated: Apple Music launched at $10/month; offline listening for paid...
Update: Apple Music may be available in India at Rs 120/month reports TheNextWeb. Screenshots of the Apple Music app on iOS 8.4 gave the impression that... .
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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo steps down; Direct messages’ 140 character limit...
Amid mounting pressure from investors from Wall Street, Dick Costolo has stepped down from his role as chief executive officer of microblogging platform Twitter after... .
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ZEEL forays into original digital content with instrumental musical series
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd’s (ZEEL) digital ecosystem Zee Digital Convergence (ZDC) and its content studio Essel Vision Productions Ltd are working on a new online-only instrumental... .
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Fetchr raises $11M from New Enterprise Associates & others
Dubai based startup Fetchr has raised Series A funding worth $11 million led by New Enterprise Associates and participation from Delta Partners, Dhabi Holdings, Triple... .
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Funding roundup: AdStringO, Allizhealth, Voonik and PayMango
AdStringO raises $350K from Indian Angel Network Mobile content compression software startup AdStringO has raised $350K in the angel investment round from Indian Angel Network... .
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PIL opposes 55 additions to Tamil Unicode Standard
A public interest litigation (PIL) in the Madras high Court has sought the removal of 55 special characters for the Tamil language in the Unicode... .
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HealthKart launches weight loss products private label Incredio
Online healthcare and fitness store HealthKart has launched another private label brand: Incredio, under which it’s currently offering a meal replacement shake and a honey lemon... .
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Reliance Jio commercial operations to begin in December: Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Jio will be rolling out its complete commercial operations by December this year, Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) said in his... .
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Reliance Retail to launch fashion & lifestyle online store by end of this...
Reliance Industries Limited’s (RIL) retail arm Reliance Retail has several e-commerce initiatives planned for the current fiscal year: “Before the end of year, the Fashion... .
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Foxconn may manufacture Apple iPhones in India
Apple’s iPhone making company Foxconn could possibly set up base in India to manufacture iPhones, iPads and iPods for Indian and international sales, reports ET.... .
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GoIbibo’s mobile bookings exceed its desktop bookings
For the quarter ended March 31 (Q4FY15), online travel site GoIbibo claims that 57% of its hotel bookings came via mobile, while desktop accounted for 43%... .
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