Today, 500 Startups announced the launch of a $10 million micro-fund that will invest solely in Vietnamese startups. This is the latest in a series of investment vehicles the Silicon Valley-based accelerator program has created in the past year. The organization plans to fund 100 to 150 companies that have some connection to the Southeast Asia country,… Read More »
Japanese bitcoin exchange Bitflyer has started the ‘Blockchain Angel Fund’ supporting and investing in blockchain businesses in Japan. Towards this end, Bitflyer has invested ¥50m, which is approximately equals to $421,000. The first startup to benefit from the fund is Osaka-based IoT (Internet of Things) startup Sivira. Bitflyer is especially interested in the Sivira platform “hublive” that… Read More »
China has banned government use of Windows 8, Microsoft Corp’s latest operating system (OS), in a blow to the US technology company, which has long been plagued by sales woes in the country. The Central Government Procurement Center issued the ban on installing Windows 8 on government computers as part of a notice on the… Read More »
Twitter Inc is tying up with a Singapore-based startup to make its 140-character messaging service available to users in emerging markets who have entry-level mobile phones which cannot access the Internet. U2opia Mobile, which has a similar tie-up with Facebook Inc, will launch its Twitter service in the first quarter of next year, Chief Executive… Read More »
The Karbonn A11+ has surfaced without an official statement in sight, but that hasn’t stopped e-retailers such as Snapdeal and Saholic from stashing it. Just last week that Karbonn introduced two Android ICS-driven smartphones dubbed Smart A1 Star and A5 Star. The Karbonn A11+ features a a 4.7-inch capacitive touch panel with a resolution of… Read More »
23-year-old Sahil Bhagat launches Vebbler, a personal social network in India. Vebbler went into beta on July 23 and rolled out its first invites on July 28th, 2013. It is one of the first social web startups in India designed on Crowd Layering Model (CLM). Vebbler is built with a mission to create a world… Read More »
Google Play Store recently launched the ebooks option and now to add to the joy of users, free downloads of all titles from publisher HarperCollins are being offered to those who love to read. The news was first made public by Soumyadip Choudhury in his blog post. There are 40 book titles that are available… Read More »
In order to raise awareness of the plight of refugees, and find new ways to reconnect refugee families in some of the most remote areas in the world, Ericsson and Refugees United will run a series of developer competitions leading up to World Refugee Day, on 20 June 2013. The unique series of “hackathons” –… Read More »
After its global unveiling on 14 March, Samsung Galaxy S4 was officially launched in the Indian market on Friday. The launch event had begun at 12 noon in Kingdom of Dreams, a cultural theme park in Gurgaon. Samsung has priced the Galaxy S4, which takes on the likes of the Apple iPhone, Sony Xperia and… Read More »
Just a week after announcing that it had inked an Android patent-licensing agreement with Hon Hai, parent company of Foxconn, the world’s largest contract manufacturer, Microsoft has announced yet another deal this time with t China’s ZTE, one of the world’s largest smartphone companies. While it seem odd that Microsoft is signing Android- and Chrome-related… Read More »
