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The 15 most valuable emerging market technology companies on Wall Street

Wall Street, home to Gordon Gecko, the Smurfs ringing the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) bell and eye-wateringly large initial public offering (IPO) valuations….

The new Aakash: Can India’s student tablet really make an impact again?

News recently dropped that the new version of the Aakash, India’s “student” version of a tablet computer, will launch on 11 November this year….

India mobile sales to hit 250m in 2013, will be 326m by 2016

India is a mobile country. Earleir this year, it became the first country on the planet to have more people access the web via…

Chinese online travel to be worth $48bn by 2016, Indian growth set to explode

A new report from eMarketer reckons that China’s well-established online travel sector will hit US$32.51-billion in sales for the year 2012 — but by…

Mobile overtakes fixed-line web in India

It’s finally happened, ahead of schedule too. More people in India now access the web via mobile than fixed-line access. The latest data from…

Naspers, Tiger Global throw $150m into Flipkart

Boom, money time. Naspers and Tiger Global have invested US$150-million in Indian ecommerce giant Flipkart in its latest round of funding. While Naspers is…

Silicon Valley: Will it ever be replicated?

Silicon Valley is the world’s success story in an unprecedented age of technological advancement – not to mention the rapid wealth that has come…

Groupon India accidentally leaks entire user data base

The Indian subsidiary of online deals giant Groupon has accidentally published email addresses and passwords of its 300,00-strong subscriber database, reports and the company…

India to investigate antitrust complaints against Apple

India may investigate a complaint against Apple after allegations that the US computer giant violated local competition laws, an antitrust agency official told Dow…

China in a new twist to fighting corruption via ‘confession sites’

Some emerging market countries are finding new and innovative ways to clamp down on corruption. In the last week several Chinese sites which allow…

M-Pesa’s rollercoaster ride

M-Pesa, the world-famous mobile payment system, has effectively become a type of credit card for poor communities in East Africa. The payment system has…

India’s mobile banking sector set to grow

India’s poor populace could benefit from mobile banking, experts say. The hundreds of million with no access to financial services may put their faith…

Social Media, a non-event at this year’s World Economic Forum on Africa

Social media was certainly officially present, but not fussed over at the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa which was held in Cape…

Nigeria unseats South Africa as Africa’s biggest Opera Mini user

Software company Opera, announced yesterday that Nigeria has taken the place of South Africa as the country in Africa with the highest number of…

Indian village uses Skype for schooling

In the poor village of Chamanpura in the struggling state of Bihar, having internet access for school usage is never really an option and…

Facebook: Fifth most populous ‘nation’ in Asia [Infographic]

Facebook has seen phenomenal growth in the last two years. With more than 500-million users the social network has half the population of Africa’s…

Study shows India not bridging the digital divide

Despite India’s booming information technology industry and over 5 million broadband subscribers with a 7% internet usage penetration with over 81 million online users,…

India’s media industry is a ‘sleeping tiger’ — Murdoch

On Wednesday News Corp executive James Murdoch referred to India’s media industry as a “sleeping tiger” following a report forecast the sector would double…

8 venture capital sources for your startup

Raising funds in emerging markets may not be a walk in the park, but the process has become easier. Though some have complained the…

Facebook’s India-style viral curve in Brazil

If history proves a guide, Facebook will soon take over from Orkut as Brazil’s dominant social network. The curves on this graph show a…

Mobile marketing and mCommerce is where the money is moving

Quality mobile marketing research has evolved well over the past two years, allowing individuals and companies to take advantage of the mobile space at…

The definitive Twitter guide to the Cricket World Cup

Slowly, the eyes of the sporting world are turning to the sub-continent, where India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will be jointly hosting the 2011…

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