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Investment & M&A
– Freshdesk Secures $7M Investment From Accel Partners & Tiger Global
– Eruvaka Technologies Raises Series A Investment From Omnivore Partners
– CarDekho Owner Girnar Software Raises $15M From Sequoia Capital
– Prizm Payments Acquired By Japanese Conglomerate Hitachi
– Naspers Invested $140M In Flipkart In July 2013; Flipkart iOS App
– Naspers Had Acquired 80% Stake in redBus For Around $101M
– Funding Roundup: TravelKhana, GirnarSoft & Candidly
– InOpen Secures Series A Investment From Benesse Holdings
Other Updates:
– Gaana.com Will Open It’s API For Music App Development
– Spuul Ties Up With Boku For Carrier Billing; Launches Cheaper Ad-Supported Tier
– USSD Based Mobile Banking Ceiling Tariff Set To Rs 1.50; Bank Agent Guidelines
– Google Launches Special Website Ahead Of Indian Elections
– Nazara Sets Up Rs 5 Crore Seed Fund For Game Developers
– MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar Questions Use Of Biometric Authentication In Card Payment Units
– MapmyIndia Connect Will Mirror Your Mobile Screen For Rs 12,990
– YouTube Star Shraddha Sharma Signs Album Deal With Universal; YouTube Deal With Culture Machine
– Election Commission Meets IAMAI To Discuss Social Media Guidelines
– Celkon, Spice & Zen To Preload BBM Android App; Amazon Extends iOS app To India
– Include Aadhaar-based Biometric Authentication In Card Payment Units: RBI
– Snapdeal Launches Affiliate Program; Amazon To Launch 3rd Party Logistics
– Target Setting Up Incubator In India
– Bollywood & Rights, Piracy Is Mostly Via Torrents – Sridhar Subramanium, Sony Music India
– “Streaming Music Is Critically Important” – Radiohead’s Co-Manager Brian Message
– Nokia Extends MixRadio With Personalized Mixes To India
– Why Did Google Make An Ad For Promoting Search In India Where It Has Over 97% Market Share?
– Why Would ITC Launch A Store Locator?
– Videogram To Launch Indian Ops; Looking To Partner Indian Production Houses
– BBC Media Action’s Mobile Kunji Claims 0.13M users; 36k Mobile Academy Users
– Yebhi Trying To Raise $30M; Suvir Sujan & Raul Rai Resign From Board
– JustDial’s Plan For Launching Price Discovery Engine
– Valve Store India Launched; To Start Selling Steam Cash Cards Soon
– How To Get Your Mobile Advertising Right? – Ekalavya Bhattacharya
– InMobi Ties-Up With LINE To Promote Free Coins
– NewsHunt Launches E-Books In 4 Indian Languages On Android
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