Hike ‘Car Match’ Launched for Ride-Sharing During Delhi’s Odd-Even Scheme

Hike on Monday launched Car Match, a "micro-app" within Hike to help users share rides with friends during the ongoing odd-even scheme in the national capital. The Car Match "micro-app'…

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India Funding Roundup: SavvyMob, Melorra, Lumiere, Fashionablyin

The first week of the year saw two early stage VC firms - Unicorn India Ventures and Endiya Partners - make the first closes of their funds. Our latest funding…

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Microsoft Experiments With Showing Network Speed Test Results on Bing

You may no longer need to download SpeedTest app on your smartphone to assess how good your Internet connection is. Microsoft has embedded what appears to be similar technology into…

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White House Joins Snapchat Ahead of State of the Union Address

The White House said on Monday that it had joined Snapchat, marking the Obama administration's latest move to reach a younger generation of Americans through social media. The administration has…

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SAP’s 2015 Operating Profit Hits Record on Licence Renewals

SAP, Europe's largest software company, on Tuesday reported record annual operating profits, driven both by year-end software licence renewals and customers' converting to newer cloud-based software. Fourth-quarter operating profit, excluding…

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Lenovo Executive Says Google Play Services Coming to China in 2016

Google is planning to reintroduce Google Play Services to China this year, according to one of its partners. Chen Xudong, Senior Vice President of Lenovo Group and President of the…

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Apple Denies It Is Making a ‘Move to Android’ Migration App

Apple has refuted the report that claimed that the company was developing a tool that would make it easier for iPhone users to switch to Android. The company added that…

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Chinese Gaming Firm Buys Majority of Gay Dating App Grindr

A Chinese gaming firm has bought a controlling stake in the hugely popular US gay dating app Grindr, despite homosexuality remaining a sensitive subject in the Asian giant. Grindr, which…

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Uber Launches ‘Trip Experiences’ API on Its Developer Platform

At Uber's first ever Asian hackathon held in Bengaluru on Tuesday, taxi aggregator Uber announced the launch of its Global API called Trip Experiences. Launched on developers.uber.com, it lets startups…

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The New Way Police Are Surveilling You: Software That Calculates Your Threat ‘Score’

While officers raced to a recent 911 call about a man threatening his ex-girlfriend, a police operator in headquarters consulted software that scored the suspect's potential for violence the way…

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