Netflix launches free plan in Kenya to boost growth Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - September 21, 20210 Netflix said on Monday it is launching a free mobile plan in Kenya as the global streaming giant looks to tap the East African nation that is home to over 20 million internet users. The free plan, which will be rolled out to all users in Kenya in the coming weeks,
Salesforce backs Indian payments startup Razorpay Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - September 20, 20210 Six-year-old Bangalore-based fintech Razorpay, which was valued at $3 billion in a financing round in April this year, has courted one more high-profile investor: Salesforce Ventures. Razorpay said on Monday it has received a “strategic investment” from the venture arm of the American enterprise giant. The investment will help the startup
Amazon starts probe over bribe to gov’t officials by its lawyers in India, report says Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - September 20, 20210 Amazon has launched an investigation into the conduct of its legal representatives in India following a complaint from a whistleblower who alleged that one or more of the company’s reps had bribed government officials, Indian news and analysis outlet the Morning Context reported on Monday. The company is investigating whether legal
FloBiz raises $31 million to scale its neobank for small businesses in India Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - September 20, 20210 FloBiz, an Indian startup that is building a neobank for small- and medium-sized businesses in the South Asian market, said on Monday it has raised $31 million in a new financing round as it works to broaden its product offerings. Sequoia Capital India and Think Investments co-led the 18-month-old startup’s Series
Google abused dominant position of Android in India, antitrust probe finds Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - September 18, 20210 Google has abused the dominant position of Android in India to illegally hurt competitors in the world’s second largest internet market, a two-year antitrust probe by the nation’s watchdog has found. The Android-maker reduced device manufacturing firms’ ability and incentive to develop — and sell — devices running alternative versions of
Asian merchant commerce platform Pine Labs raises $100 million Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - September 16, 20210 Pine Labs said on Thursday it has raised an additional $100 million, just weeks after securing $600 million in a financing round, as the Asian merchant commerce platform begins to explore the public markets. The U.S.-based investment management company Invesco Developing Markets Fund made the $100 million investment, the startup said
Tiger Global-led $100M investment makes Apna India’s fastest unicorn Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - September 15, 20210 A 22-month old startup that is helping millions of blue- and gray-collar workers in India learn new skills and find jobs has become the youngest firm to join the coveted unicorn status in the world’s second largest internet market. Apna announced on Thursday that it has raised $100 million in a
Swedish caller-identification service Truecaller seeks to raise over $100 million in IPO Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - September 15, 20210 Truecaller, which operates an eponymous caller-identification service, said on Wednesday it is looking to raise $116 million in an initial public offering on Nasdaq Stockholm. The 12-year-old Stockholm-headquartered firm, which counts India as its biggest market by users, is aiming for a valuation of about $3 billion in the IPO, according
India and Singapore to link their payments systems to enable ‘instant and low-cost’ cross-border transactions Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - September 14, 20210 India and Singapore are working to link their digital payments systems to enable “instant, low-cost fund transfers,” in a major push to disrupt cross-border transactions, the central banks of the two nations said on Tuesday. The project to link India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Singapore’s PayNow is targeted for operationalization
WhatsApp will finally let users encrypt their chat backups in the cloud Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - September 11, 20210 WhatsApp said on Friday it will give its two billion users the option to encrypt their chat backups to the cloud, taking a significant step to put a lid on one of the tricky ways private communication between individuals on the app can be compromised. The Facebook-owned service has end-to-end encrypted