- Facebook tests TikTok-style video format on its main app in India
Facebook is going all-in on short-form videos. After flirting with the idea in Lasso, a TikTok-clone it tested in select markets, and adding a similar feature called Reels to Instagram recently, the c…
- 12 hours ago 14 Aug 20, 4:08pm -
- Amazon launches online pharmacy in India
Amazon has launched an online pharmacy in Bangalore, the capital of India’s southern Karnataka state, as the e-commerce group looks to spread its tentacles in more categories in one of its key overs…
- 17 hours ago 14 Aug 20, 11:13am -
- ByteDance in talks with India’s Reliance for investment in TikTok
Chinese giant ByteDance is engaging in early discussions with Reliance Industries Limited for backing TikTok’s business in India in a move to potentially save the popular video app’s fate in its b…
- 2 days ago 12 Aug 20, 11:00pm -
- India’s first private space launch startup Skyroot succeeds with upper-stage engine fire test
The private space launch industry has expanded significantly since the debut of SpaceX, but some markets, like India, are just now getting the regulatory support to clear the way for private players t…
- 2 days ago 12 Aug 20, 8:16pm -
- With technology to perfect product pitches in digital marketplaces, Pattern raises $52 million
Pattern, a Lehi, Utah-based reseller that offers large and small brands a way to optimize their sales on marketplaces like Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Google Shopping, has raised $52 million in growth f…
- 3 days ago 11 Aug 20, 4:41pm -
- Google rolls out virtual visiting card in India
Google has rolled out a new Search feature in India that enables influencers, entrepreneurs, freelancers or anyone else who wants to be easily discovered online create a virtual visiting card in what…
- 4 days ago 11 Aug 20, 6:26am -
- Amazon reports record seller participation in Prime Day in India
Amazon has amassed at least 1 million subscribers for its Prime loyalty program in India, the e-commerce giant revealed today in a long rundown of how its platform fared during last week’s Prime Day…
- 4 days ago 10 Aug 20, 7:22pm -
- The rules of VC are being broken
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. As ever, I was joined by TechCrunch managing edit…
- 8 days ago 7 Aug 20, 1:00pm -
- Netflix’s latest effort to make inroads in India: Support for Hindi
Only about 10% of India’s 1.3 billion people know English. Yet, scores of firms operating in the country offer their services only in English. Netflix, one such company, said on Friday it’s aiming…
- 8 days ago 7 Aug 20, 7:30am -
- Google to roll out its digital learning platform to 23 million students and teachers in India’s Maharashtra state
Google has partnered with one of the largest states in India to provide its digital classroom services to tens of millions of students and teachers, the search giant said today, as it makes a further…
- 8 days ago 6 Aug 20, 10:52pm -
- India’s Byju’s acquires WhiteHat Jr. for $300 million
Byju’s has acquired edtech startup WhiteHat Jr. for $300 million as the Indian online learning giant looks to expand its dominant reach in the country. The all-cash deal makes 18-month-old Mumbai-he…
- 10 days ago 5 Aug 20, 4:12pm -
- Amazon inks cloud deal with Airtel in India
Amazon has found a new partner to expand the reach of its cloud services business — AWS — in India, the world’s second largest internet market. On Wednesday, the e-commerce giant announced it ha…
- 10 days ago 5 Aug 20, 9:28am -
- YC-backed Statiq wants to bootstrap India’s EV charging network
Electric vehicles (EVs) are spreading throughout the world. While Tesla has drawn the most attention in the United States with its luxurious and cutting-edge cars, EVs are becoming a mainstay in marke…
- 10 days ago 5 Aug 20, 4:38am -
- Apple’s partners and Samsung apply for India’s $6.6 billion local smartphone production program
South Korean giant Samsung, Apple’s contract manufacturing partners Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron, and Indian smartphone vendors Micromax and Lava, among others, have applied for India’s $6.6 bill…
- 14 days ago 1 Aug 20, 10:34am -
- Toppr raises $46 million to scale its online learning platform in India
Toppr, one of the largest online learning startups in India, has secured $46 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale its platform, including a new product. Dubai-headquartered investment…
- 17 days ago 29 Jul 20, 2:31am -