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Brace yourselves… WhatsApp rolling out voice services to Android users, maybe?
A month after we reported that WhatsApp was testing voice calling for some users in India on an invite-only basis, a new report from IndiaToday... .
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Weekly Digest (06th-13th March 2015)
MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: Paytm, Getit, Fortumo, Airtel, Times Internet and E2E for their support. Data – 842M Active Mobile Connections In India... .
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Paytm now has offline retail outlets and allows cash transfer to bank accounts
Mobile-focused e-commerce marketplace Paytm will be opening around 50,000 offline retail outlets where users can load cash into their wallets and also has introduced IMPS (Immediate Payment... .
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Airtel, Idea & Vodafone account for 64% of total active mobile connections in...
The top three telecom operators in India – Vodafone, Airtel and Idea Cellular – added 7.72 million active connections in January 2015, accounting for 64%... .
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Meru Cabs raises $50 million from India Value Fund
Radio cab service provider Meru Cabs has raised $50 million (about Rs 300 crore) from existing investor India Value Fund Advisors, reports Business Standard. Meru... .
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All India Radio had shut down Gyan Vani FM due outstanding dues by IGNOU
All India Radio had to stop operations of Gyan Vani FM as the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) had stopped payments the ministry of information... .
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India continues to lead in Facebook censorship with 5,832 content pieces...
Facebook restricted access to 5,832 pieces of content in India during the second half of 2014 (July- Dec 2014), the highest among all the countries... .
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Raghav Bahl’s mobile-focused news venture The Quint is now live
Media entrepreneur, Raghav Bahl’s Quintillion Media’s mobile-focused digital venture The Quint has gone live. Earlier in January, The Quint had started publishing stories on Facebook... .
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2015 Spectrum Auctions Day 11: Telcos have bid over Rs 1.03 lakh crore so far
Day 11 of the 2015 spectrum auctions saw 6 new rounds of bidding, bringing the total to 67 rounds of bidding so far, and the... .
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Got every angle covered – YouTube adds 360 degree video support
Google now allows users to upload and view 360 degree videos to YouTube, reports Forbes. Currently, it supports or is planning to support the following... .
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Forbes India founding members launch Founding Fuel
Forbes India (Network 18) founding members Indrajit Gupta & Charles Assisi and former President of Pearson India’s online learning platform Tutor Vista CS Swaminathan have... .
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“We believe we have to dominate ways merchants get payments” – Vijay Shekhar...
Mobile payments and commerce company Paytm* announced that it had sold 25% stake to a subsidiary of Alibaba, China’s e-commerce behemoth last month. Paytm and... .
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Google leaks whois data of 282,000 domains registered through Google Apps for...
Google has accidentally leaked the complete hidden whois data attached to over 282,000 domains registered through the company’s Google Apps for Work service, reports ArsTechnica.... .
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Funding roundup: Nestaway, The Better India and GolfLAN
Nestaway raises $1.25 million Shared accommodation for singles platform Nestaway has raised $1.25 million from IDG Ventures and angels including InMobi founder Naveen Tewari, reports ET.... .
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Aiming at four-hour deliveries, Snapdeal picks up minority stake in GoJavas
E-commerce player Snapdeal, in a bid to strengthen its supply chain infrastructure, has picked up a minority stake in logistics firm GoJavas, the company confirmed... .
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1 million and counting for AIB & TVF, but YouTube dependency is a cause for...
All India Bakchod (AIB) and The Viral Fever (TVF) have both recently crossed the 1 million subscribers mark on YouTube. Over the past 12 months the... .
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TastyKhana to merge into foodpanda five months after acquisition
Pune-based food ordering service TastyKhana, which was acquired by Rocket Internet-backed foodpanda last year, is soon to be merged into its parent company. Note that at... .
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2015 Spectrum Auctions Day 12: Total bids surpass 2010 level to Rs 1.07 lakh...
At the end of Day 12, which saw 7 new rounds of bidding, the total bids increased to over Rs 1,07,000 crore from Rs 1,03,046 crore... .
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After Google and Twitter, Facebook explains its content policy
Everyone, for now, (except Facebook) has been updating their privacy policies: Google Blogger doesn’t want nudity, neither does Reddit and Twitter has blocked revenge porn. So... .
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Facebook roundup: Money transfers over messenger and relevancy score for ads
Now money transfers over Facebook’s messenger Facebook announced that it will be allowing peer-to-peer money transfers over its Messenger application and it will be rolled... .
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