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After spending more than a decade disrupting the neighborhood stores in the U.S. and several other markets, Amazon and Walmart are employing an unusual strategy in India to face off this competitor: Friending them. Walmart and Amazon, both of which face restrictions from New Delhi on what all they could do in India, have partnered […]

From India’s richest man to Amazon and 100s of startups: ...

This entry was posted in Amazon Apps Asia eCommerce Finance Flipkart india Mobile payments WhatsApp and tagged facebook google on December 18, 2020 by Manish Singh

The advent of low-cost Android smartphones and the world’s cheapest mobile data has paved the way for millions of social media influencers in India to amass a following of tens of millions of users in recent years. These influencers, also known as creators, share their daily vlogs, thoughts on a wide range of issues, and […]

High-profile startup execs back Indian influencers platform CreatorOS

This entry was posted in Apps Asia Flipkart india Social Xiaomi on October 9, 2020 by Manish Singh

Sinch said on Monday it has agreed to buy Indian firm ACL Mobile for £56 million (roughly $70 million) in what is the fourth acquisition deal the Swedish mobile voice and messaging firm has entered into at the height of a global pandemic. The Swedish firm said acquiring ACL Mobile will enable it to leverage […]

Sinch to buy India’s ACL Mobile for $70 million

This entry was posted in Apps Asia Flipkart Fundings & Exits Mobile WhatsApp on June 15, 2020 by Manish Singh

Facebook’s major bet on Jio Platforms could create a headache for mobile payments services that have amassed tens of millions of users while struggling to find a business model in the world’s second-largest internet market. The $5.7 billion investment, Facebook’s second-largest to date, could also further its dominance in India — its biggest market by […]

Facebook’s $5.7 billion bet on Indian giant Jio spells trouble ...

This entry was posted in Amazon Apps Asia Flipkart india payments Social WhatsApp and tagged facebook google on April 22, 2020 by Manish Singh

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and chief executive of India’s most valuable startup, Paytm, posed an existential question in a recent press conference. “What do you think of the commercial model for digital mobile payments. How do we make money?” Sharma asked Nandan Nilekani, one of the key architects of the Universal Payments Infrastructure that created […]

Mobile payments firms in India are now scrambling to make ...

This entry was posted in Asia Finance Flipkart india Mobile payments and tagged google on April 1, 2020 by Manish Singh

“We’re trying to shift cryptocurrency from this speculative asset class to driving real world utility” Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong tells me. How? Through commerce and micropayments. But now Coinbase has the who to build it. Today the startup announces it’s hired away former Head Of Product for Indian ecommerce giant Flipkart and Google Shopping VP of […]

Coinbase poaches Google Shopping VP as CPO for cryptocommerce

This entry was posted in Apps eCommerce Flipkart Mobile payments Startups TC and tagged google on January 29, 2020 by Josh Constine

Apple’s much-awaited online store in India will be operational starting Q3 this year, a little longer than previously expected, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The iPhone-maker said in August last year that it was “eager to serve [customers of India] online and in-store with the same experience and care that Apple customers […]

Apple to start online sales in India in Q3 this ...

This entry was posted in Asia Earnings eCommerce Flipkart Gadgets hardware india and tagged apple on January 28, 2020 by Manish Singh

Google said on Tuesday it is bringing a set of new features to Android TVs to improve the experience of users who rely on mobile hotspots to connect their giant devices to the internet. The features, developed by Google’s Next Billion Users team, will be first rolled out to users in India and then in […]

Google is bringing data saver feature to Android TVs

This entry was posted in Apps Asia Flipkart Gadgets Netflix TC Xiaomi and tagged google on September 17, 2019 by Manish Singh

India’s e-commerce giant Flipkart said on Tuesday that it is revamping its shopping app to add support for Hindi language, a video streaming service, and an audio-visual assistant, the latest in a series of recent efforts to expand its reach in the country. The Walmart -owned company, which leads the local market, told TechCrunch that […]

Walmart-owned Flipkart bets on free video streaming service and Hindi ...

This entry was posted in Apps Asia Disney eCommerce Entertainment Flipkart Media Mobile TC on August 6, 2019 by Manish Singh

India ordered an investigation into Google’s alleged abuse of Android’s dominance in the country to hurt local rivals in April. A document made public by the local antitrust watchdog has now further revealed the nature of the allegations and identified the people who filed the complaint. Umar Javeed, Sukarma Thapar, two associates at Competition Commission of India […]

India’s Android antitrust case against Google may have some holes

This entry was posted in Android Apps Asia Cyanogen Flipkart Government Microsoft Mobile and tagged google on July 9, 2019 by Manish Singh

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