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March 15, 2016 9 Questions to Ask When Building a Mobile App
“The next big thing” is a phrase that gets tossed around often. Entrepreneurs dream of creating it but often don’t know where to look, so they head down a long, bumpy road that sucks their wallet and their inspiration dry. Of course, failure nearly always precedes success, but it doesn’t hurt to avoid failure when […]
ELECTRONICS 
March 14, 2016 First Known OS X Ransomware Spotted in the Transmission BitTorrent App
Apple Inc customers were targeted by hackers over the weekend in the first campaign against Macintosh computers using a pernicious type of software known as ransomware, researchers with Palo Alto Networks Inc told Reuters on Sunday. Ransomware, one of the fastest-growing types of cyber threats, encrypts data on infected machines, then typically asks users to […]
ALL DEALS 
March 12, 2016 Facebook buys filters app Masquerade to counter Snapchat
A 3D plastic representation of the Facebook logo is seen in this illustration in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photo: Reuters ALSO READ Facebook Messenger, Snapchat decline in popularityFacebook most preferred social network for Hyd GenZ: TCS Youth surveyFacebook to ban private gun sales on its social networkFlipkart invests in parenting social network TinystepFacebook’s broken hearts […]
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March 11, 2016 Car pooling app Orahi raises Rs3.5 crore from IAN
The Orahi app allows private vehicle owners to choose passengers travelling in the same direction. The service costs Rs.3.5 per km, out of which Rs.3 goes to the car owner while 50 paise is earned by Orahi. New Delhi: Gurgaon-based Phonon Solutions Pvt. Ltd, which owns and operates car pooling app Orahi, on Thursday said […]
ELECTRONICS 
March 11, 2016 BlackBerry Priv Gets Camera, Keyboard, and Launcher App Updates
BlackBerry last week started rolling out several app updates for the BlackBerry Launcher, BlackBerry Keyboard, and BlackBerry Camera via Google Play. It is worth mentioning that all these updates are only for the company’s latest Android smartphone – the BlackBerry Priv. In the camera department, BlackBerry Priv as a part of the camera update v1.0.0.3803 […]
NEWS 
March 11, 2016 Android N Might Kill App Drawer, Tipped to Bring Multi-Window Support
Android N, the next major version of Google’s mobile operating system may not have an app drawer, Gadgets 360 has learned. A source tells Gadgets 360 that Google is currently testing an Android build on its Mountain View campus that doesn’t boast of the app drawer. Speculation about the demise of the aforementioned capability began […]
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March 9, 2016 Period-tracking app LoveCycles gets Rs5 crore from Prime Venture Partners
A screen grab of LoveCycles app website Bengaluru: Plackal Techno Systems Pvt. Ltd, makers of mobile app LoveCycles that helps women track their menstrual cycles, Tuesday said it has raised Rs5 crore in seed investment from Bengaluru-based seed-stage investors Prime Venture Partners. LoveCycles is trying to tap into the “Quantified self movement” where minute details […]
NEWS March 9, 2016 Flipkart secures a credit line of over Rs450 crore from HDFC Bank; Amazon’s localization of mobile tech boosts demand for its app
Photo: iStock What to watch out for • Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India to fast-track market reforms, ease start-up funding. • Amazon’s localization of mobile tech boosts demand for its app. • Flipkart has secured a credit line of over Rs.450 crore from private sector lender HDFC Bank, according to latest […]
ALL DEALS March 3, 2016 YouTube Music App First Impressions
If you were going to reinvent MTV for a mobile generation, you’d probably come up with something like YouTube Music. It’s a video-first music service that also plays in the background like you’d expect a music app to do. That sets it apart from other music apps out there, many of which give you a […]
ALL DEALS March 3, 2016 ShopInSync App Mashes Shopping, Price Comparison, and Chat
Shopping online is becoming a tedious experience, as you have to navigate around things like app-only deals, and multiple platforms that all try and obscure the real value of deals, with exaggerated MRPs used to calculate deals that can sometimes lead to a sale price that is actually higher than the regular selling price of […]
NEWS March 2, 2016 Hyper-local discovery app Magicpin raises $3 million
Magicpin offers features where users can take pictures and selfies to avail of offers and discounts at neighbourhood stores. Investor-turned-entrepreneurs Brij Bhushan and Anshoo Sharma have raised $3 million in Series A round of funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners for Magicpin, a hyper-local discovery app. Magicpin was founded in August by Bhushan and Sharma, who […]
ALL DEALS March 1, 2016 As smartphone sales surge, Indian app makers lure venture capital
Photo: Mint Bengaluru: Foreign venture funds are stepping up investments in Indian mobile application makers, betting a surge in smartphone sales in the country will drive demand for home-grown apps, mirroring the trend in world’s biggest mobile phone market China. San Francisco-based incubator and venture capital firm 500 Startups on Tuesday launched a $25 million […]
