Quikr has received $150M (Rs 900 Cr) in latest round of funding from existing investors including Tiger Global Management and Investment AB Kinnevik, and first time investor Steadview Capital, a Hong Kong-based firm.
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Apple is making Apple Maps more powerful with TripAdvisor and Booking.com integration. The latest update to Apple Maps brings hotel reviews from these two websites.
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Snapchat has updated its mobile apps by replacing Best Friends’ feature with Friend Emojis that only you can see. The new feature is now available on Android and iPhone.
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Mailbox for Android has been updated with Material Design features. The latest update will bump the app to version 2.0 with a refreshed UI and other enhancements.
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Twitter has officially launched “quote tweet” functionality that will now embed the actual tweet instead of simply quoting it as text. The feature is coming to iPhone and Web first and will soon land on Android.
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HTC is said to be working on Android Auto in car system, as per a latest post from Reddit. The post says that the company is naming the in-car system as ‘HTC Cello”.
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Evernote updated its Android app in February to version 7.0 with Material Design features and now the popular note taking app is bringing the updated version to Android tablets.
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Samsung is working on a another Galaxy S6 model that is the Galaxy S6 Active. The phone which is listed under the model number (SM-G890A) was just spotted in the Bluetooth SIG database.
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Google is said to be in talks with Hutchison Whampoa, the owner of the mobile operator Three to make overseas calling cheap, as per a report from The Telegraph.
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Customers will not be able to shop from Myntra’s website as the fashion portal is shutting down its website on May 1st, as per a report from The Economic Times. Myntra will now be a mobile app retailer and allow purchase only from its dedicated mobile app.
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Sharp is planning to spin off its smartphone LCD panel unit owing to financial downslide. The Tokyo based company is seeking help from government-supported Innovation Network Corp. of Japan to invest in its small and medium LCD unit, sources told The Wall Street Journal and Reuters.
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Facebook announced the WhatsApp acquisition in February last year that finally completed in October for $22 billion. Now the social network its testing WhatsApp integration for its Android app, as per a latest report from Geektime.
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Google started rolling out Android 5.1 Lollipop update to Android One devices in February this year. Now, the company has released a commercial on its official Google India YouTube account, that shows its future plans for Android One.
Microsoft has announced that it will no longer have “Do No Track” as the default setting for its future web browsers which also includes “Project Spartan”.
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