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FinTech startup 4xLabs nabs $1.5Mn to focus on global growth and product development

Singapore-based 4xLabs has secured $1.5 million in pre-series A round of funding. Its…
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Former SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive is leaving Tesla to focus on family, start new venture

Lyndon Rive — SolarCity founder, former chief executive officer and first cousin…
  • May 16, 2017

Fashion discovery portal Fynd raises $500k in follow-up Series A funding round

Fynd, an e-commerce platform with real-time fashion discovery, has raised follow-up funds…

Multilingual AI platform for businesses Vernacular.ai gets seed funding from Kstart

Vernacular.ai, a multilingual artificial intelligence platform for businesses, has announced that it…
Alibaba

Nikhil Vora sells his full 0.35% stake in One97 Communications to Alibaba for ₹150 crores

Former IDFC Securities star equity analyst Nikhil Vora has sold his entire…
  • May 16, 2017

SAP.iO makes its first investment in Tata-backed startup Niki.ai

SAP, which launched a $35 million artificial intelligence fund SAP.iO in March…
  • May 16, 2017
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India appears to have avoided the worst of Wanna Cry ransomware, says government official

As per reports rolling in as we speak, India appears to have avoided…
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SpaceX has successfully off-loaded its highest geostationary orbital payload till date

SpaceX has managed to successfully launch a Falcon 9 rocket. The rocket…
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Apple has a new advertisement, which shows how the portrait mode changed a barbershop

Apple has been releasing some interesting advertisements for the portrait mode capabilities…
facebook

Facebook will constrain the reach of fake live videos on its platform

Social networking behemoth Facebook is witnessing some ambiguous usage of its Live…

HTC U11 debuting on the 16th, could have a “squeezable” frame

We have been making the most of the different options of inputting…
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Snapchat launches three new ad products utilizing lenses and geofilters

In an attempt to move ahead in the quest of differentiating itself…
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Amazon has added cloud verification of the Alexa wake word

Okay, so last week saw Amazon’s Echo devices attract a air bit…
audi

Volvo and Audi have alighted upon Android as their platform of choice for future cars

Volvo and Audi appear to have chosen the Android platform as thetop…

China-backed SILK Ventures raises $500Mn to invest in European and U.S. startups

UK-based SILK Ventures announced today that it has raised a $500 million…
uber

Court ruling stipulates that Uber can continue its self-driving work, as long as Levandowski is not involved with LiDAR

Uber and Waymo have been at loggerheads since the past few months…

Eve Sleep, the online mattress retailer, has raised £35Mn through AIM

Eve Sleep, an online mattress retailer, has managed to rake in £35m by…
Snapdeal, flipkart

Online merchant’s association asks government to intervene and stop Snapdeal-Flipkart deal from taking place

In what has the potential to disrupt a deal that has all…
whatsapp

WhatsApp is bringing its desktop app to the Windows Store very soon

Earlier last week at the Build 2017 developer conference, Microsoft announced that…
  • May 15, 2017
zenwatch

Asus is planning to discontinue its Android Wear-based ZenWatch lineup: Report

Another hardware giant is potentially giving up on Google’s efforts to build…
  • May 15, 2017
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Meizu M5 with 5.2-inch display, 3GB RAM & 4G VoLTE support makes its way to India for ₹10,499

Chinese hardware giant Meizu has made the Indian consumer wait for quite…
  • May 15, 2017