Mobile wallet and digital payments player FreeCharge announced Wednesday the launch of its ‘Çhat and Pay’ feature, which the company said enables social payments between users and merchants. The chat-based payments interface will let merchants…
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Amazon Web Services Says Over 1,000 Databases Moved to Cloud Since January 1
Amazon.com’s cloud business, Amazon Web Services, said that more than 1,000 databases have been moved to the AWS cloud by customers since the beginning of the year. The AWS Data Migration Service, which allows migration…
Lyft and GM Roll Out Car Rental Program to Attract More Drivers
Drivers for ride-hailing app Lyft will no longer face the imperative of owning a car under a rental program launched on Monday with General Motors Co. The initiative is the first to come out of…
Twitch’s New Initiative Aims to Put Game Streaming at the Centre of Everything
Since launch four years ago, live streaming video platform Twitch has become a popular way for millions to get their gaming fix by watching others plough through new releases and hear their narration. Now Twitch…
Apple, Google to Face EU Lawmakers Over Tax Deals
Apple, Google, McDonald’s and IKEA will be asked about their European tax deals on Wednesday as EU lawmakers ratchet up the pressure on multinationals to pay more tax on their profits locally. The hearing, organised…
Germany to Invest EUR 10 Billion on Faster Internet by 2025
Germany plans to set up a fund worth EUR 10 billion (roughly Rs. 73,898 crores) to foster investment in faster Internet connections in rural areas by 2025, the Economy Ministry said on Monday. Officials are…
Skype for Web Update Brings Calls to Mobiles and Landlines, More
Skype has rolled out what can be said as the biggest update ever for its Skype for Web service since its launch last year. The update brings tonnes of useful new features for the web-based…
Google to Delhi High Court: No Revenue Earned From Content Uploaded by Centre
Google India Pvt Ltd Monday told the Delhi High Court it has not earned any revenue out of the agreement with the government or any other monetary benefit from content uploaded under the deal. The…
Bangladesh Bank Says Hackers Tried to Steal $951 Million
Bangladesh’s central bank confirmed on Sunday that cybercriminals tried to withdraw $951 million from its US bank account, as the country’s finance minister said he first got to know of one of the biggest…
Facebook’s AI Team Maps Earth to Beam Internet Access to All
Social networking giant Facebook is using its artificial intelligence (AI) technology and resources to map the entire Earth and launch the world’s most detailed population maps that will help it beam cheap Internet to remote…