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Qualcomm partners with Iridium to take on satellite to mobile market
The majority of Qualcomm’s major announcements at the last few CESs have been related to the automotive industry. This week will probably still see a good deal of that, but in the interim between the Snapdragon Summit and...
Ola set to challenge Google Maps with its own maps of India, first available in Ola vehicles
Google Maps has a monopoly because no other app can compete with it. However, as Ola works to build its own navigation system, Ola Maps, which will include digital maps and navigation functions comparable to Google Maps, things...
Reliance Jio, Airtel, Paytm against transfer of data to ‘trusted geographies ‘
Reliance Jio, Airtel, two of India’s biggest telecommunication companies, and digital payments giant Paytm are opposed to the Indian government’s plan to allow the transfer of personal data of Indians to...
upGrad owned Harappa Education laid off 40% of workforce
Harappa, a Delhi-based edtech startup owned by upGrad, is said to have laid off 60 employees, or 30% of its 200-person workforce. The layoffs, which were mainly in the content section, were reportedly disclosed in the final week...
Microsoft partnered with India space agency to work with startups
The US technology giant Microsoft is continuing its efforts to forge relationships with up-and-coming companies in the South Asian sector by announcing Thursday that it will work with the Indian space agency to offer free cloud...
Mamaearth’s Ghazal Alagh clarifies on IPO valuation concerns
In order to clear up any confusion regarding the company’s value for its initial public offering (IPO) , Mamaearth co-founder Ghazal Alagh stated on Wednesday that the company neither quoted nor subscribed to the valuation...
PhonePe shareholders are expected to pay $1 billion in taxes to the Indian Government
PhonePe owners would be required to pay $1 billion in taxes to the Indian government as a result of the company’s decision to move its headquarters to India. According to sources cited by Bloomberg, Walmart and other...
Ola will test an electric taxi service in Bengaluru with 1,000 cars
Ola has announced that it will be entering the luxury electric vehicle market with a fleet of 10,000 vehicles. In the upcoming weeks, the new category pilot will officially start, according to the corporation. Ola’s new...
IT ministry looking to regulate online gaming for children
According to a report in the Economic Times (ET), the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) may include new regulations to restrict the amount of time kids can spend using a gaming app in the impending Digital India Act. The...