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Facebook-backed Unacademy acquires PrepLadder for $50 million

Indian online learning platform Unacademy said on Tuesday it has acquired Chandigarh-based startup PrepLadder for $50 million as the Facebook-backed edtech giant scouts for deals to expand its presen

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Ford taps Disney Media Works to mark the return of the Bronco SUV

Ford is teaming up with Disney Media Networks to mark the return of its iconic Bronco SUV through a series of short films that will be broadcast across a number of cable and digital properties includi

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India's TikTok stars feel pained by government app ban

Geetha Sridhar, 54, who used to post over a dozen videos a day on video-sharing app TikTok, and her daughter Sarada Sridhar are seen in a mobile phone's screen as they make a video they said will

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Twitch breaks records again in Q2, topping 5B total hours watched

Twitch had already broken viewership records in the first quarter of 2020 amid coronavirus lockdowns, surpassing 3 billion total hours watched in a single quarter for the first time. In the second qua

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Daily Crunch: Tesla becomes the most valuable automaker in the world

Tesla hits a financial milestone, Discord is now valued at $3.5 billion and we unpack the 👁👄👁 phenomenon.Here’s your Daily Crunch for July 1, 2020.1. Tesla blows past Toyota to become most v

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Vietnamese vlogger suspected of copying Chinese influencer Li Ziqi

A Vietnamese vlogger's YouTube videos have sparked the ire of some Chinese netizens who suspect her of copying iconic Chinese foodie influencer, Li Ziqi.Titled Bếp Trên Đỉnh Đồi, which means "Kitc

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Science Inc. is getting into the music business with incubator Heavy Sound Labs

Jason Geter, who previously co-founded Grand Hustle Records, told me that he’s looking to “redefine what a record label is today” with his new startup Heavy Sound Labs.Geter said he

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China: India's ban on Chinese apps may violate WTO rules

TikTok logo on a mobile phone screen, February 21, 2019. /Reuters China said on Tuesday that India's move to ban 59 Chinese-origin mobile apps could be a breach of World Trade Organization (WT

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Discord now has a $3.5B valuation and $100M for a sales pitch lighter on the gaming

Discord wants to be more than just a place for gamers, and is now billing itself as the Slack for users’ social lives.The new pitch, and a new funding round of $100 million at a reported valuati

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YouTube TV hikes price to $64.99 per month following new channel additions

YouTube TV is getting another price hike, making its live TV streaming service less competitive with the cable TV services it aims to replace. The company announced today its service would now cost $6

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Global app revenue jumps to $50B in the first half of 2020, in part due to COVID-19 impacts

Consumer spending on mobile apps and app installs grew significantly during the first half of 2020, in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from Sensor Tower. In the first half of

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Join GGV’s Hans Tung and Jeff Richards for a live chat today at 3:30 EDT/12:30 PDT

The good ship Extra Crunch Live sails along today, bringing two noted venture capitalists aboard to discuss the world’s investing patterns, their own deals and much more.Extra Crunch members can

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Japanese director records Wuhan's epidemic recovery in new viral film

Before 2020, Wuhan might have been little known outside China. The world's initial contact with it came as the new coronavirus reared its spiky, ugly head – but a Japan

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APD | Indians in China face hostility from homeland

By APD writer AliceWhen tensions erupted at the border, Indians in China have become targets of criticism on social networks.Thousands of Indian software experts, garme

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Reddit, Twitch ban Trump forums amid hate speech crackdown

Social media site Reddit on Monday shut down r/The_Donald, the largest pro-Trump forum on its site, isolating Facebook in its reluctance to enforce content rules against Trump's hateful and violent r

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Cheap and cheerful, give me an earful of those ukulele songs

A plucky little lute is indeed making a big comeback in the West and is flooding into China during its third wave.The humble ukulele has risen in esteem to the point it plays second fiddle perhaps onl

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YouTube bans David Duke, Richard Spencer and other white nationalist accounts

YouTube just took action against a collection of controversial figures synonymous with race-based hate, kicking six major channels off its platform for violating its rules.The company deleted six cha