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Another major development is that Amazon India has been asked to keep its food-only retailing business away from its existing flagship marketplace business Google acqui-hires four-month-old Indian startup Halli Labs Global search engine giant Google has acqui-hired Bangalore-based stealth mode startup Halli Labs. The transaction details are unknown. Halli Labs is engaged in developing solutions to traditional […]

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Apple will work with a government-owned company to establish the data centre Apple is building its first data centre in China, in a move that will allow it to comply with the country’s cybersecurity laws — but also relinquish partial control over its data. According to the statement to Reuters, Apple said the new data […]

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The recent spate of private ride-hailing car accidents have ignited a debate calling for tougher restrictions, but is this the right reaction? Recently in Singapore, a fatal car accident resulted in the death of an Uber passenger, ignited yet another debate in the country about whether tougher restrictions should be placed on private ride-hailing drivers. It […]

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Meituan-Dianping data shows that the dining market grew 11.3 per cent in 2016 against overall economic growth backdrop of 6.7 per cent China’s largest restaurant food delivery platform has released a report on the country’s dining delivery trends, providing not only information on the technology and stats behind the platform but crucial data-led insight into […]

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 Glossier, the direct-to-consumer beauty startup that’s raised $34.4 million in funding so far, will kick off its international expansion this month. Read More

 Recently launched publishing platform Verst released a big update today, with new features like a homepage builder, new pricing and support for subscription paywalls. CEO AJ Frank told us that his team’s goal was to create a blogging platform with optimization and analytics already built in. Read More