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Payments platform Stripe adds further $150 Million at a $9 Billion valuation

American technology giant Stripe, which enables websites and apps incorporate payments services…

Street Fighter 5 to be supported until “2020 or So,” says Capcom

Capcom plans on supporting Street Fighter V “as far as 2020 or…
xiaomi

Xiaomi isn’t making money on hardware, but reaffirms, that shrinking smart phone sales won’t hit the company

Chinese electronics upstart Xiaomi, has witnessed a sharp drop in its smart…

Health-tech startup Idea Bubbles secures Rs 4.5 crore funding

Joining in the rather long list of Health tech startups raising funds…

The Mobile Wallet collaborates with MatchMove to further grow its footprint in India and SEA

The Mobile Wallet (TMW) is India’s first complete payment solution that strives…
tapchief

TapChief secures undisclosed investment from Paytm and a cohort of angel investors

TapChief, the PitchOff Season 3 finalist startup which enables users to seek…

Ubisoft “Wouldn’t be the Same” If Vivendi Took Over, Says Exec

Ubisoft’s VP of live operations has finally broken her silence regarding the…
Samsung

Samsung mulling over the decision to sell its struggling PC business to Lenovo: Report

Post the $1 billion sale of its printer business to Hewlett-Packard, reports…
netmeds

Online healthcare marketplace Netmeds acquires medicine delivery startup Pluss in an all-stock deal

Moving past its nascent uprising stage, the e-pharmacy business in India has…

Hooq launches in Singapore

In an announcement today, Video Streaming service Hooq — pegged largely as…
gaming, android excellence, google play store, Google Play, play store

Google is testing ‘Featured Ratings’ circles for game reviews on the Play Store

As I’ve repeatedly said before, Google is aggressively working to upgrade the…

Amazon looks to conquer the Middle East with the acquisition of Dubai-based Souq.com

Amazon is looking to expand its roots in the Middle East with…
google, chatbots, kik

Google’s DeepMind made an AI watch close to 5000 videos so that it surpasses us humans, in lip-reading

Yet another AI update from Google, folks. A couple days ago, we saw…

SoftBank launches smart parking (not car!) app using NB-IoT technology

Japanese tech behemoth SoftBank has recently introduced a smart parking app at…
Alibaba

Alibaba looking to diversify offerings as steady growth predicted for the near future

The year seems to be particularly kind to e-commerce stores. Couple that…

Sajjan Jindal led JSW group looks to step into electric cars

One of India’s largest business conglomerates, the JSW Group led by Billionaire…

Huawei beats Samsung to become world’s most profitable Android device maker

Samsung’s defective Galaxy Note 7 has turned out to be the biggest…
htc desire 10 pro

HTC launches Desire 10 Pro in India for Rs. 26,490, Desire 10 evo to arrive by end of December

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has today finally unveiled its new smartphone –…
steam awards

Voting for the first-ever Steam Awards has begun, ends November 29

Right along with today’s launch of the Steam Black Friday Sale, Valve…
skyscanner / ctrip

Chinese travel giant Ctrip.com acquires Scotland-based travel search engine Skyscanner for a massive $1.74 billion

Ctrip.com International Ltd, listed on Nasdaq and boasting the place of China’s…
one97 communications / payments bank / paytm / alibaba

Initial funding for Paytm’s payments bank stands at Rs. 220 crore, CEO Vijay Sharma invested Rs. 112 crore

After the launch of payments bank by Airtel, Paytm is now gearing…