SoftBank and Alibaba lead in Tokopedia latest funding round

Tokopedia has garnered $1.1 billion from its latest funding round wherein it was valued at $7 billion. Tokopedia, an Indonesian e-commerce company, stated it has secured $1.1 billion from its latest funding round which was led by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp and China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. This investment follows a similar trend from last…

Chinese cyber activity on the rise in the U.S.: NSA official

Yesterday, senior officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “China’s Non-Traditional Espionage Against the United States: The Threat and Potential Policy Responses.” As per a senior U.S. intelligence official, in recent months, cyber activities by China in the United States has increased significantly. These…

British Security Fears To Be Allayed By Huwai By A $2 Billion Investment Pledge

According to media reports, the embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei has informed the British government that it would be expending about $2 billion in the country as it tries to dissuade fears among the British authorities related to its security as raised by the British government in a report earlier this year. The reports are…

Instagram appoints Vishal Shah as director of product management

The appointment, effective immediately, sees Vishah Shah replacing Adam Mosseri who became Instagram’s head in October 2018. Facebook Inc’s owned photo-sharing app Instagram stated, it has promoted Vishal Shah, its director of product management, as the head of product, effective immediately. The position was earlier held by Adam Mosseri, who was appointed as Instagram’s head…

Uber plans on integrating bus and Tube timetables in its app

The strategic move places Uber in direct competition with venture-capital backed startup Citymapper. On Tuesday, as per a report from the Financial Times which cites source familiar with the matter at hand, Uber Technologies Inc plans on integrating the bus and Tube timetables of Transport for London. The development will place Uber in direct competition…

Fears Of Chinese Retaliation Over Huawei Arrest Makes Cisco Warn US Staff On China Travel

Amidst fears that US executives would be targeted by Chinese authorities following the arrest of the CFO of Huawei – Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, in Canada at the behest of the United States, the employees – especially people in the management positions, of US technology giant Cisco, have been advised not to travel of China except…

Top 3 Japanese telecom to not source equipment from Huawei and ZTE

The development will have short term consequences for SoftBank given its relation with Huawei; it will find it hard to replace the pre-existing Huawei network equipment that has been customized to its requirements and thus is not easily interchangeable. On Monday, Japan’s Kyodo News News reported, the three biggest telecom operators of Japan, do not…