Grooveshark shuts down in the wake of serious copyright infringement issues
Online music streaming service Grooveshark has shut shop after admitting to not getting licenses from right holders to stream music on its platform, reports VentureBeat.... .
View ArticleMicrosoft Build: Cross-platform apps, Office as a platform, IoT and virtual...
At Microsoft’s Build conference, the company made a few interesting announcements including a name for its browser, cross-platform app support for Android and iOS apps... .
View ArticleTwitter has 302 mn MAUs; plans to start counting SMS fast followers; buys...
Twitter currently has over 302 million monthly active users globally, reflecting a growth of 18% year-on-year, Twitter CFO Anthony Noto informed during the company’s Q1 2015 earnings... .
View ArticleWeekly Digest (24th-01th May 2015)
MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors:Paytm, Getit, Practo, Times Internet and E2Efor their support. Earnings-Mar15 – Twitter has 302 mn MAUs; plans to start counting... .
View ArticleBig Bazaar to launch a price comparison app that’ll offer cash backs in case...
Future Group’s Big Bazaar is looking to launch a price comparison app that will offer instant cash backs to customers if a product bought from... .
View ArticleCrowdfunding for Nepal crosses $10 million in international donations
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on 25th April, killing over 7,000 people and injuring at least 10,000, reports the BBC. According to the United... .
View ArticleShemaroo’s new media revenues increase to 13% of total revenues in Q4FY15
Shemaroo Ltd, the Bollywood content aggregation company which listed in August last year, reported its results with revenues of Rs 87.27 crore for the quarter... .
View ArticleOne wallet to pay for them all: Pay with Mobikwik for tickets on MakeMyTrip,...
Mobile wallet and recharge platform Mobikwik has tied-up with some of the leading online travel agents like MakeMyTrip, Cleartrip, Yatra and Goibibo to allow users... .
View ArticleOneIndia’s multilingual app 60 Seconds Now offers short news snippets for the...
News aggregating apps are available a dime a dozen these days. These usually tend to aggregate news based on categories, location, user preference etc., however... .
View ArticleTRAI will not display email ids if anyone says so in counter-comments of Net...
TRAI has said that it will not display the email IDs of 10 lakh people who wrote to TRAI about their views on TRAI’s net... .
View ArticleSafety wearable device “Safer” to launch next month; to work in no network...
Leaf Innovations has launched a women’s safety wearable device called Safer which can be used as a bracelet, finger ring or necklace and works... .
View ArticleAmid increased scrutiny, Flipkart pulls the plug on its Sexual Wellness section
India’s largest ecommerce player, Flipkart, seems to have pulled the plug on its sexual wellness section and has discontinued the sale of products in that... .
View ArticleFunding roundup: Vedantu, Box8, KleverKid and Uniphore
Vedantu raises $5 million in series A Bangalore-based startup Vedantu has raised $5 million in a series A round of funding from Accel Partners and... .
View ArticleLinkedIn claims over 30M users in India; users include PM Modi, Nandan...
Business networking site LinkedIn claims to have crossed the 30 million users mark in India. LinkedIn stated that it has added more members to its... .
View ArticleAd: Consilience 2015: A Conference on Net-Neutrality
This is an advertisement The Law and Technology Society of National Law School of India University, Bangalore is organizing the 7th edition of its flagship... .
View ArticleCyanogen to integrate Truecaller into its OS; Reason for security concerns?
OS-maker Cyanogen has partnered with Truecaller to make the caller ID and blocking service app as its default native dialer app. The platform will roll... .
View ArticleBritish Council now offers online courses on FutureLearn
The British Council has launched a series of free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on IELTS and English for teachers and students on the FutureLearn... .
View ArticleFacebook launches a campaign for Internet.org; claims over 100k supporters
Facebook has launched a campaign in favour of its version of Net Neutrality which favours zero rating on its Internet.org platform. The social networking platform has... .
View ArticleWeekly Digest (01th-08th May 2015)
MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors:Paytm, Getit, Practo, Times Internet and E2E for their support. Earnings-Mar15 – Shemaroo’s new media revenues increase to 13% of... .
View ArticleGSF M-Accelerator first batch: Joolz, PocketAd, TalkMore, Magictap,...
Rajesh Sawhney’s GSF Accelerator, which had said last year that it would launch a mobile accelerator program dubbed the GSF M-Accelerator this year, did so... .
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