Hike exits WinZo through $12 million buyback

Earlier this year, Hike had announced shutting down its primary messaging business and launched a conflicting gaming app Rush, similar to WinZO.

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Online share of retail sales jumps to 19% amid lockdowns: UN study

China's Alibaba remained atop the rankings by GMV, followed by Amazon in the United States.

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Capgemini commits Rs 50 Crore to augment medical infrastructure in India

This fund will be used to build Covid care ICU facilities, oxygen generation plants, other long-term medical infrastructure and provide relief operations.

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In Apple versus Epic Games, courtroom battle is only half the fight

Epic alleges Apple has such a strong lock on those customers that the app store constitutes a distinct market for software developers over which the iPhone maker has monopoly power.

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Australia's Seven West Media signs Google, Facebook deals after media law feud

The arrangements mean the U.S. Big Tech platforms are now committed to paying two of Australia's three largest traditional news outlets for content.

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Intel to invest $600 million to expand chip, Mobileye R&D in Israel

Intel is investing $400 million to turn its Mobileye unit headquartered in Jerusalem into an R&D campus for developing self-driving car technologies.

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Apple's app store goes on trial in threat to 'walled garden'

Epic charges that Apple has transformed a once-tiny digital storefront into an illegal monopoly that squeezes mobile apps for a significant slice of their earnings.

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