• ELECTRONICS
    How Honor Is Working With Local Partners to Customise AI for Indian Users

    HIGHLIGHTS Huawei has invested substantial efforts in AI development Honor 10 comes with a proprietary NPU chip for AI Honor is unlikely to move to stock Android anytime soon Huawei-owned Honor, which started off as an online-exclusive brand and recently moved on to offline sales as well in India, has seen its product portfolio and market presence grow […]

  • CLOTHING
    Royal Selangor partners Pestle & Mortar Clothing for limited edition streetwear

    The collection represents a seamless fusion of streetwear culture with luxury lifestyle goods. Two Malaysian companies, born over a century apart, have found common ground in artisanal creativity and the stories of their respective journeys. Pewter brand Royal Selangor and street-wear label Pestle & Mortar Clothing have joined forces to come up with an unexpected […]

  • ALL DEALS
    HTC Partners Hungama to Pre-install Music and Play Apps on Smartphones

    HIGHLIGHTS All future smartphones of HTC will have Hungama’s apps pre-installed HTC users will get three months free trial of Hungama Music For Hungama Play, HTC users will get one-month free trial HTC and Hungama have now announced an exclusive partnership in India, wherein all future smartphones from the manufacturer will have two apps – Hungama Music and Hungama Play – pre-installed. […]

  • Xiaomi Partners StoreKing to Expand to Rural India

    Xiaomi Partners StoreKing to Expand to Rural India Rural retail commerce provider StoreKing on Tuesday announced its partnership with smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi India to help increase their offline presence in the country’s rural areas. “With Mi India on-board, we aim to serve rural consumers better regardless of their location and give them access to the […]

  • NEWS
    ShareChat raises $1.35 million from SAIF Partners, India Quotient

    ShareChat is a social networking platform for vernacular language users, available in four Indian languages, namely Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam and Telugu. Photo: Bloomberg Mumbai: Bengaluru-based Mohalla Tech Pvt. Ltd, which operates the vernacular language content app ShareChat, has raised $1.35 million in a seed round of funding from SAIF Partners and existing investor India Quotient. […]

  • NEWS
    BlackBerry partners Digitsecure to bring cash Transfers to India

    Canadian phone maker BlackBerry and Digitsecure, a mobility, identity and bills platform agency, on Friday joined fingers for comfy virtual money transfers in India. HotRemit, a social wallet app advanced by means of Digitsecure which simplifies money transfers, cellulartop-up and DTH recharge using telephone numbers, is to be had on BlackBerry Messenger from Friday. HotRemit […]

  • NEWS
    Uber partners Invest India to mentor entrepreneurs

    Uber Technologies Inc., valued at $50 billion, is the world’s most highly valued start-up. Photo: Reuters Bengaluru: Uber, a ride-hailing service provider, Wednesday said it has partnered with Invest India, India’s official agency dedicated to investment promotion and facilitation, to mentor entrepreneurs over the next 12 months. Uber said it would host a series of […]

  • NEWS
    Care24 raises $4 million from SAIF Partners, India Quotient

    Care24 claims to handle 350-400 daily visits to patients’ homes with almost 500 care-givers on board. New Delhi: Aegis Care Advisors, which runs home healthcare service provider Care24, has raised $4 million in a fresh round of funding led by venture capital firm SAIF Partners. Existing investor India Quotient also participated in the round, chief […]

  • NEWS
    Finomena raises funds from Matrix Partners and others

    Bengaluru-based food delivery company Cookaroo Food Networks, is looking to use the funds to develop technology and to scale operations across Bengaluru and Hyderabad. Bengaluru-based financial technology start-up Finomena has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from US-based private equity firm Matrix Partners, Kaushal Aggarwal, managing director and co-founder of Avendus, and Harshvardhan Chamria of […]

  • NEWS
    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 […]