


Google pulls TikTok from Play Store in India following government order

6sense raises $27 million for its marketing and sales predictive analytics tool

Naspers’ PayU acquires payment and security firm Wibmo for $70 million

India’s Reliance Jio launches low-cost JioNews app with magazines and TV news channels

Mavenlink raises $48 million for its project management service

Opera adds crypto wallet to its desktop browser, launches anti-Chrome campaign in Europe

Upstart raises $50 million and partners with banks to expand its AI lending business

Tonal raises $45 million to expand its smart in-home fitness system

WhatsApp now lets you control who can add you to a group

Readdle brings free Spark email app to Android, promises no ads or tracking

Google’s head of Southeast Asia and India is leaving the company

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BitTorrent Live returns as a Snapchat-like social media app

Dirac Research partners with Fujitsu to expand its audio tech to PCs

Thinknum raises $11.6 million to expand its financial modeling tools

Opera adds unlimited VPN service to its Android browser for free

Ola bags $300 million from Hyundai and Kia for mobility solutions and electric vehicles

WhatsApp explores using Google to fight misinformation

Dropbox adds Klaxoon, Pronto, and WeVideo integrations in education push

YouTube Music and YouTube Premium arrive in India with cheapest rates globally

Node.js and JS foundations are merging to form OpenJS

Micro-investment service Stash launches banking and rewards program, secures $65 million

Microsoft confirms Skype for Web does not work in Safari, Firefox, and Opera

Fitness app Lifesum hits 35 million global users, secures $5 million

Google releases Bolo, a speech recognition app that helps Indian kids learn to read

RackTop raises $15 million to expand its datacenter solutions

Former Facebook and Paypal executives announce financial compliance startup Beam, secure $9 million

Cloud Elements raises $25 million to expand its API integration platform

Spotify launches in India: Ad-supported free tier and $1.67 monthly subscription

Lightstream raises $8 million to expand its livestreaming tools

Mozilla and Scroll partner to test alternative funding models for the web

Facebook inks partnerships to bring more people online

Qualcomm introduces 5G to its automotive lineup, RB3 platform for robotics products

Twitter expands political ad policy to EU, India, and Australia

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India is turning its back on Silicon Valley

Rapyd raises $40 million to expand its payments network worldwide

Fiverr acquires content marketing platform ClearVoice

Joor raises $16 million to expand its online fashion marketplace for wholesalers
