Uber Freight to acquire logistics technology firm Transplace for $2.2bn
The combination will create a combined freight technology operating system for offering a broad end-to-end shipper-to-carrier solution
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Byju’s acquires US-based digital reading platform Epic for $500m
22 Jul 21The Indian e-learning company also revealed plans to invest $1bn in North America
OTT major Netflix confirms expansion into gaming category
21 Jul 21Its games will be offered as part of members’ existing subscriptions without any additional costs
Google hit by another multi-state antitrust lawsuit in US
08 Jul 21The internet giant has been accused of being a middleman between app developers and consumers
China’s Didi halts app downloads over cybersecurity charges
05 Jul 21The Chinese cybersecurity regulator confirmed that DiDi Chuxing app had collected the personal information of users
Online training app developer Articulate Global raises $1.5bn in Series A
02 Jul 21Funding round takes the company’s valuation to $3.75bn
Zoom to acquire machine translation solutions developer Kites
30 Jun 21Kites’ research scientists will help Zoom’s engineering team in advancing the field of machine translation
Facebook launches newsletter product Bulletin for independent writers
30 Jun 21The new product is a set of publishing and subscription tools to enable writers to create long-form content…
US court dismisses federal and state antitrust complaints against Facebook
29 Jun 21Market capitalisation of the social media firm surpassed the $1 trillion mark following the ruling
AWS acquires encrypted instant messaging app developer Wickr
28 Jun 21The Amazon company will provide Wickr’s services with immediate effect