India's number one digital payments service provider Paytm will soon launch a messaging service rivalling Facebook's Whatsapp. The launch is due for the end of this month. Paytm messaging service is the probable next addition to its fold of services. Paytm which is in control of the leading investors such as Alibaba and SoftBank is going to integrate…

Google fulfils Make in India promise by launching "Made for India" program which will feature optimized apps in the Play Store. India has been a big focus for the search giant. Google has understood that there is a high demand for country specific apps in the market. So, there is a need for developer centric setting for…

While autonomous electric cars have already become popular in the market, autonomous flying taxis are still in their nascent stage. European Automotive Giant Daimler has reportedly invested $30 million (25 million Euros) on the electric flying taxi start-up Volocopter.  The company’s mission is to create personalized air transportation services for people living in urban cities. Volocopter Reinventing…

Facebook has bought the Palo Alto-based artificial intelligence startup. Facebook has bought Ozlo help build its virtual assistant application out of Messenger for the users. Ozlo's strength is in recognising text-based conversations. Further, it can understand and give answers to various questions that have simple yes or no answers. Ozlo calls it "probabilistic assertions of truth." The company website…

According to CEO Steve Huffman, Reddit has raised $200 million in its new venture funding and is now valued at $1.8 billion. This new funding is the company's largest till date. It will assist a number of internal products of the San Francisco based online discussion platform. valuing The company is going to improve the aesthetics of…

Facebook shut down one of its AI systems due to “things moved out of control.” The reports confirm that the AI bots created its own language, without human input, prompting the firm to shut down. Alarmingly, the bots’ initiative to create and communicate in a new language challenged the given codes. Considering the various concerns…

#5 ONLINE TRAINING PLATFORM 'A CLOUD GURU' RAISES $7 MILLION The online training platform A Cloud Guru has raised successful Series A funding round. The platform caters to the needs of technical courses. The website has been able to cover more than 60 countries and thousands of learners. It will use the funding for its…

Facebook is looking to start something similar to what Snapchat does. It is going to allow the stars of social media to make their Stories go public. Facebook launched Facebook Stories in March 2017. Back then it was available to publish stories within the subset of friends in the circle. However, now Facebook allows the…