Ola secures $315M funding from DST Global

Ola, the online taxi service has raised $315M in latest round of funding from DST Global and existing investors Tiger Global, Steadview Capital and Accel Partners. Existing investors Softbank and Matrix Partners did not participate in the round.
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Twitter kills Discover and Activity Tab, adds Trends on Android and iPhone

Twitter has removed the Discover and Activity Tab on its mobile apps for Android and iPhone. The microblogging site is taking down these features that showed users what topics were trending or most popular within their network.

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Google updates Calendar for Android with Month view

Google is bringing back a popular update to Calendar for Android. The latest update is bringing the Month View feature back that lets users see a broad overview of their month’s appointments in color dots.

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Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM Photo Gallery

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Microsoft launched the Lumia 532 Dual SIM in India back in February for Rs. 6,499. We recently bought you the unboxing of the phone and now lets take a detailed look at hardware and specs of the phone in the form of photo gallery.

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Apple hits $1 billion in revenues for FY 2014-15 in India

Apple has clocked $1 billion in revenue in the Indian market for the fiscal year 2014-15, according to a report from The Times Of India. The company has reported a good revenue owing to strong sales of iPhone  6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

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Google app for Android brings wider release for nicknames feature

Google Search app for Android is expanding its nicknames feature to more users. As the name suggests, Nickname  allows users to add a nickname to people in your contact list.

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Snapdeal acquires mobile recharge service FreeCharge

Following acquisition rumors since last month, Snapdeal has officially scooped up popular mobile payment service FreeCharge. Both the companies did not disclose the financial details of the deal but one person familiar with the deal said the acquisition cost is $450 million paid through a mix of cash and equity.

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iPad Mini 4 rear casing leaked in images and video

Live photos and a video of alleged iPad Mini 4 has surfaced online. The photos that are posted by French website Nowehereelse show “iPad mini 4″ chassis, packing a design that brings it closer to the iPad Air 2.

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Instagram adds Color and Fade photo editing tools to Android app

Instagram is bringing couple of photo editing tools for its Android app. The latest creative tools- Color and Fade, will let users customize their photos by adjusting the color tones.

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Godrej Security Solutions rolls out Privy Point content security app

Godrej Security Solutions (GSS) has announced the launch of “Privy Point” mobile application that protects all important digital assets, stored on your mobile phone. This app can be customized basis the data that each person may want to protect.

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“As India’s leading provider of security solutions to both businesses and homes, Godrej security solution believes in providing complete security to its customers with both advanced physical security and electronic security space.. Sticking true to our brand motto ‘Ab musibat se darna kaisa’, we want to give control of sensitive and personal data on the mobile phone to our user. ”

said Mehernosh Pithawalla, Marketing Head, Godrej Security Solutions.

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The app currently helps protect data on phone, including media files (photos and videos) and text messages, bank account/credit card details and identity cards (driving licence, passport, etc. Privy Point was developed through a crowd sourcing platform for users giving them the power to choose the features they would want in the app. Privy Point also makes itself inconspicuous by disguising as an innocuous app like calendar or calculator, that is also password protected, making it difficult for anyone to identify the app.

The Privy Point application has been certified by Valency Networks. It is available Google Play store or the Privy Point website.

Samsung Earning’s Guidance expects 30% drop is profit for Q1 2015

Samsung has announced its earnings guidance for the first quarter of 2015.  The South Korean company is again expecting a decline in its profits for Q1 2015.

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