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Mahit

Hike buys Zip Phone, a free Voice calling company

Hike buys Zip Phone, a free Voice calling company

India’s homegrown Instant Messaging company hike has reportedly bought Zip Phone a free voice calling company. This move is aimed at increasing the foothold in the Internet ecosystem. To set the context right, Zip phone was a one man startup founded by Anuj Jain in US. The Voice calling application … Read More

Apurva

Instant Messengers in 2014 and what to expect in 2015

Instant Messengers in 2014 and what to expect in 2015

2014 has been a tremendous year for Instant messengers. The category attracted more investment and innovation since Facebook acquired WhatsApp back in February for whooping $19B. What’s interesting about this category is that there’s no clear winner, as of yet. WhatsApp itself was slow to rule the US market, it first gained … Read More

Zara Ali

Truecaller to set up an R&D centre in India

Truecaller to set up an R&D centre in India

Phone directory app, Truecaller, which holds half of its 100 million users in India, is planning to expand its base in the country by setting up a research and development (R&D) centre and hiring more marketing personnel. Truecaller was started in 2009 by Alan Mamedi and Nami Zarringhalam, the Swedish … Read More

Ritij

Microsoft takes over from Nokia to develop HERE maps

Microsoft takes over from Nokia to develop HERE maps

The HERE maps service, which is one of the key features of Nokia’s Lumia software package, will not be developed by Nokia for Windows Phone anymore. Microsoft, which acquired Nokia’s mobile phone business, will be taking charge of development of HERE maps from now onwards. Nokia is now moving on to developing HERE Maps … Read More

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