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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Global video streaming market is largely controlled by the usual suspects
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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