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Facebook says RIP to digital assistant M
Social media giant Facebook is shutting down its digital assistant, M, more than two years after it launched the text-based ......
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Vedanta bids for Electrosteel Steels; KKR-backed Radiant eyes Max Healthcare
Mining billionaire Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta Group is leading the race to buy debt-ridden Electrosteel Steels Ltd, The Economic Times reported ......
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Shotang is chasing $15 bn market opportunity in retail distribution: CEO Anish Roy
Bangalore-based Sabonka Technologies Pvt Ltd, which runs online platform Shotang, connects consumer brands and their distributors in the mobile handsets ......
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Avendus Capital exec resigns, to join rival firm
KKR-backed Avendus Capital has lost one of its top executives to American mid-market boutique investment bank Lincoln International, people familiar ......
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Microsoft releases new time series data developer tools for Azure
Microsoft has released new time series insights (TSI) tools for its Azure cloud computing platform that aim to make life ......
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Amazon wants to upskill Alexa to stay ahead of voice rivals
Jeff Bezos-led Amazon wants to widen the gap between its smart voice assistant Alexa and rival offerings by adding more ......
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Ronnie Screwvala's UpGrad eyes external funding of $40 mn
Media industry veteran Ronnie Screwvala's U Education Management Pvt. Ltd, which runs ed-tech startup UpGrad, is set to raise around ......
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InMobi: Is India's first unicorn really profitable?
Mobile ad-tech firm InMobi was the first Indian startup to be valued at $1 billion and was once pegged to ......
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Uber to relaunch autorickshaw hailing service in India
The Indian arm of global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies is bringing back UberAUTO, the autorickshaw service it discontinued two years ......
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Volkswagen, Hyundai partner with former Google, Tesla execs for driverless cars
Three former employees from Google, Tesla and Uber have come together to create a startup, Aurora, which has partnered with ......