Bengaluru-based women’s health tracker startup Maya has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from Rajan Anandan, Google Vice-President Southeast Asia and India. Previously called LoveCycles, Maya had raised seed funding of Rs 5 crore from Prime Venture Partners earlier this year. The com…
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Goa signs MoU with Google India to promote digital literacy
The Goa government signed a memorandum of understanding with Google India to promote digital literacy and drive the digital transformation in the state. Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar and Vice President, Google South East Asia and India Rajan Anandan signed the MoU here. “As a first step…
Microsoft buys artificial intelligence startup Genee
Software giant Microsoft has bought a smart scheduling app Genee, as part of its effort to embed Artificial Intelligence (AI) to compete with the likes of Google Now and Apple. The start-up, which was founded in 2014, will shut down its service on September 1. The financial terms of the deal were…
Google zeroes in on cloud offerings
With the Indian cloud computing market becoming increasingly competitive, Google is sharpening its focus on India for its Google for Work, a set of cloud-based offerings for enterprises, to raise productivity and internal collaboration. According to the company, India has become one of the fastes…
Indian digital payments market to reach $500 bn by 2020: Report
Digital payments market size in the country is expected to touch USD 500 billion by 2020, accounting for about 15 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), a report said on July 25. The ‘Digital Payments 2020’ report, jointly published by Google and Boston Consulting Group, projects th…
Google races to catch up in cloud computing
When it comes to cloud computing, Google is in a very unfamiliar position: seriously behind. Google is chasing Amazon and Microsoft for control of the next generation of business technology, in enormous cloud-computing data centers. Cloud systems are cheap and flexible, and companies are quickly …
Cloud services high on Microsoft India priority list
Microsoft, the information technology multinational, is raising its focus on security, high-end computing applications and developer community building services on the cloud. Cloud computing is the term for using a network of remote servers, hosted on the internet, to store, manage and process da…
Sri Lanka’s venture engine event attracts global investors
The annual Venture Engine event in Colombo, Sri Lanka that started as a small, local event to fund and encourage early stage companies has scaled up significantly and now attracts global investors. The 16th edition of the event held last week in Colombo attracted about 20 investors from India, US…
NewsR.in launches Mobile-Friendly news portal
NewsR.in, the news portal covering India and Indian readers abroad, June 20 launches its new mobile-friendly service. Internet browsing via mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets is increasing year-on-year, and, as India’s premier news aggregator, NewsR.in has now optimised access to its…
SBI rolls out Rs. 200-cr start-up fund
State Bank of India seems to be setting great store by start-ups in the financial technology (FinTech) space. After starting an exclusive branch for start-ups in Bengaluru earlier this year, it has set up a Rs. 200-crore fund to provide assistance to them. SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya said…