Instagram’s First Overseas Development Center in Japan – Top Trending Stories

Here are today’s Top 5 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look! #5 Instagram's First Overseas Development Center in Japan, What's the Reason? Image Credits: Flickr Jérémy Instagram's first overseas development centre in Japan shouldn't be a surprise for anyone who knows how quick Instagram has grown over there. Over the last couple…

ByTechPluto StaffMarch 18, 20190Comments

Acquisitions

Oyo Enters Co-working Industry with Innov8 Acquisition: Report

Oyo Rooms has acquired Gurugram based co-working startup Innov8 in all cash deal worth about INR 220 Cr, according to sources familiar with the matter. Oyo and Innov8 have still not confirmed the news at the time of filing the story. As and when confirmation comes, it will mark Oyo’s entry into the co-working industry.…

ByGirish ShettiMarch 15, 20190Comments

Funding News

Accel Partners Rakes up Whopping $2.5 Bn for Fresh Investment

One of the world’s most respected venture capital firm Accel partners has raised $2.52 billion for its new funding corpus, according to Techcrunch. This is said to be one of the largest pool of capital that Silicon Valley based VC firm has ever raised. Reports confirm that almost all of the funding corpus will go…

ByGirish ShettiMarch 15, 20190Comments

Not Just Startups

Google for China, Pentagon Warns Against Chinese Military Benefiting – Top Trending Stories

Here are today’s Top 5 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look! #5 Google for China, Pentagon Warns Against Chinese Military Benefiting Image Credits: Flickr megabeth Pentagon has warned that Google's presence in China might benefit the Chinese military and which is bad news for the U.S. China is considered an adversary of the…

ByTechPluto StaffMarch 15, 20190Comments

Funding News

Naspers Eyeing an $1 Billion Investment Push in India: Report

Nasper’s minuscule investment to pick up majority stake in Chinese tech startup Tencent in 2001 proved to be a watershed moment for the company. That watershed moment was fructified last year when Naspers sold merely 2% stake in Tencent to raise $10 Bn. At the time of stake sale Tencent was one of the most…

ByGirish ShettiMarch 14, 20190Comments

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Global Internet Outage, What’s Going On? – Top Trending Stories

Here are today’s Top 5 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look! #5 Global Internet Outage, What's Going On? Image Credits: Pixabay Major sites such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Gmail were all glitchy yesterday and some continue to face issues. In fact, many users aren't able to access their profile on Instagram…

ByTechPluto StaffMarch 14, 20190Comments

News

Zomato surges ahead of Swiggy in Valuation Game, HSBC Report Claims

Zomato can take a sigh of relief as the startup gears up for its fresh fundraising round that may fructify in a matter of months and weeks. This is all thanks to HSBC Global Research’s latest report that has pegged the Gurgaon based startup’s valuation at $3.6 billion, or about Rs25,000 crore. This is not…

ByGirish ShettiMarch 13, 20190Comments

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Stanford University and Other Elite US Schools Hit With Biggest Admission Scam Ever – Top Trending Stories

Here are today’s Top 5 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look! #5 Stanford University and Other Elite US Schools Hit With Biggest Admission Scam Ever Image Credits: Flickr mabucka The desire for getting into one of the leading schools in the US is driving people to commit fraud. Admission scam at a…

ByTechPluto StaffMarch 13, 20190Comments

Acquisitions

Naspers backed PayU is looking to Acquire Wibmo for $50-60 Mn: Report

Domination of online payment market seems to be high on digital payment services PayU as it looks to close in on its latest acquisition bid. According to reports, Naspers backed Payu is nearing the acquisition of Bengaluru and Cupertino-based payment company Wibmo. Payu’s latest acquisition bid, following the successful acquisition of Citrus Payments in 2016,…

ByGirish ShettiMarch 12, 20190Comments

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Huawei Is Developing Its Own OS – Top Trending Stories

Here are today’s Top 5 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look! #5 Huawei Is Developing Its Own OS, Or Has It Already? Image Credits: Flickr Timur Gromov Huawei's CEO of consumer products division Richard Yu has revealed in an interview that Huawei is prepared for any eventuality. In case, the US companies stop…

ByTechPluto StaffMarch 12, 20190Comments

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