India

What Twitter’s ZipDial buy tells us about mobile in emerging markets

The chirpy blue bird has just acquired India’s ZipDial, which is a popular mobile marketing and analytics platform for emerging markets. TechCrunch estimates the…

YouTube introduces video offline playback for Android

Google has introduced offline video playback for YouTube mobile users. This feature is only available on Android devices in India, Indonesia and the Philippines…

Uber will face legal action after alleged passenger rape in India

The flak just keeps stacking up against Uber. Alleged repeated offender and Uber driver Shiv Kumar Yadav has been charged with rape in New…

10 massive tech trends that will shake up India this year

When it comes to tech, India is a country of contradictions. It’s home to massive companies like Wipro, Infosys, and TCS, it’s responsible for…

Can features like Chat Cards and Newsfeed make Mxit cool again?

Not so long ago, Mxit appeared to be caught in something of a malaise. Alan Knott Craig Jr, the man who promised to change…

Former Apple CEO John Sculley to take on Indian smartphone market

He may be best known as the man who effectively forced Steve Jobs out of Apple, but John Sculley reckons he still has a…

India expresses Bitcoin doubts but doesn’t make it illegal

Bitcoin traders aren’t having an easy time of things at the moment. In December, China outright rejected it as a legitimate form of currency….

Windows Phone overtakes iOS in India but Android still massively dominant

While the Windows Phone devices grabbing all the headlines tend to be at the top of the range — the Lumia 925 and 1020…

Samsung could soon slip from top smartphone spot in India

This is interesting. Samsung’s aggressive smartphone strategy, tied with a range that aims to please every pocket, has seen it leap to the top…

China’s UC browser overtakes Opera Mini in India

This is potentially big. China’s UC Browser has overtaken Opera Mini as the most used mobile browser in India. As The Next Web reports,…

9 huge investments Koos Bekker could make if he cashed in his Naspers shares

Here at Memeburn we have massive respect for Naspers CEO Koos Bekker. Aside from the fact that he heads up a multi-billion dollar media…

Could MOOCs help democratise education in emerging markets?

There is no doubt that information is the power of a progressive society. Access to knowledge is the first step in a society’s journey…

7 major factors holding back Asia’s tech ecosystems

Despite the strength and diversity of Asia’s tech ecosystems, there are a lot of problems and peculiarities that hold back these countries’ web industries…

Indian Naspers property Ibibo confirms RedBus acquisition

It’s official. Ibibo, the Indian joint venture between emerging markets media and investment giant Naspers and Chinese internet titan Tencent, has acquired online bus…

What on-demand TV needs to work in emerging markets

Of the hundreds of channels from your cable or satellite provider, how many do you actually watch? I watch 21. On an exam, that…

eBay invests big in Indian ecommerce outfit Snapdeal

eBay has inked a partnership with Indian ecommerce outfit Snapdeal that will see it lead a US$50-million investment in the three-year-old online retailer. According…

Indian gov’t now monitoring texts, emails, social media

Privacy advocates are up in arms after India the country’s government began stealthily rolling out a central monitoring system that will allow it to…

India is watching double the online video it did in 2011

The people of India are watching double the number of online videos they were two years ago. New research from comScore suggests that the…

The state of Android in India according to Opera [Infographic]

With India as Opera Mini’s largest user base in the world, Opera Software has some very interesting things to share about the state of…

India’s Vserv.mobi teams up with Yahoo! to target South East Asia

Indian mobile ad network Vserv.mobi has announced a strategic partnership with Yahoo! that will see the two companies attempting to conquer South East Asia….

eBay may have led $50m investment in India’s SnapDeal

Pocketing US$50-million is no joke, so hopefully this one is not inspired by April Fool’s Day. According to Indian tech blog NextBigWhat, eBay has…

Windows phone is outselling iPhone, but only in a few countries

On Wednesday, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of corporate communications Frank Shaw wrote a blog post detailing some of the Microsoft’s progress across a number…

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