Mediatech startup Dailyhunt, InShorts and ScoopWhoop -through its latest acquisition Touchfone -amongst others are increasingly leveraging machine learning capabilities to improve personalisation and interaction for the end user. From InShorts introducing quizzes to Dailyhunt’s personalised…
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Chinese co. leads $25 mn round in news aggregating app Dailyhunt
Mumbai: Dailyhunt, formerly Newshunt, an app which aggregates local language content, has raised $25 million in its series D round of funding led by China’s ByteDance with participation from Vodafone’s former CEO Arun Sarin, and its existing investors Matrix Partners and Sequoia Capit…
Digital news media space hot; Dailyhunt expands footprint
News and ebooks mobile application Dailyhunt has picked up a minority stake for Rs 15 crore in OneIndia, the local news language portal owned by Rajesh Jain and BG Mahesh. The duo were the brains behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s digital strategy during the 2014 elections and the invest…
Epublishers to boost vernacular content to widen readership
A growing number of publishing startups such as news and ebooks mobile app Dailyhunt and selfpublishing platform Pratilipi are targeting a $2-3 billion market, aiming to bridge the gap between vernacular content and readers by translating books in Indian languages. The startups are leveraging tec…