Travis Kalanick’s girlfriend owns shares in Apple. With Apple’s investment in Didi, her money will essentially fund the Chinese company as it tries to push Uber out of China.
Six Indian startups are among the two-dozen promising startups selected by Google for its second Launchpad Accelerator programme.
In a judgement that can have significant implications for the IT sector, a Chennai court has held that a person working in an IT company is a “workman”.
This incident could be straight from an episode of Mad Men or the movie Devil Wears Prada, but unfortunately it’s true. A receptionist working with the local outsourced arm of accounting giant Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) was asked to go back for not wearing heels as mandated in the office.
The all too familiar coffee coloured camera icon with a rainbow sash is a thing of the past because Instagram just got a makeover.
The popular photo sharing app, which counts the Pope amongst its billion users has announced a new logo, icon and other UI changes. Interestingly, this is the first icon change since Instagram launched in 2011.
Finally a big player has taken note and decided to throw its hat in the wallets ring. Reliance quietly launched its JioMoney wallet on the Play Store yesterday.
Chauffeur provider DriversKart has acquired startup Driven in a cash and equity deal. Consequently, DriversKart is in the drivers’ seat to become market leader in India’s on-demand driver marketplace.
Rahul Yadav, who’d earlier claimed that his new startup would be unlike anything that the Indian industry had ever seen, and had said that it would be 10x bigger than any other internet company, has said that his new startup idea is not working out.
After reports that HSBC had slashed Zomato’s valuation by 50%, valuing it at just $500 million, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal wasted no time in clearing the air. In an email sent this morning to Zomato’s global employees, Goyal talks about Zomato’s numbers, points out how HSBC’s report might have overlooked certain aspects, and urges his team to “get back to work.”