Month: May 2020

Ola  Electric, the EV business that spun out of the ride-hailing giant Ola last year, has acquired an Amsterdam-based electric scooter startup as the Indian firm looks to locally produce and launch its own line of two wheelers as soon as this year. The Indian firm said Wednesday it had acquired Etergo, a Dutch firm that has built … Continue reading Ola Electric acquires Etergo, to launch own line of electric two wheelers this year Continue Reading →

Net profit for Singaporean telco group down by a quarter, while associates continue to grow. The impacts of Singtel’s telco associates are once again the rare bright spots within a fourth quarter that saw revenue and earnings contract. Operating revenue for the three months to the end of March was down 10% to SG$3.9 billion for the … Continue reading Singtel sees fourth quarter double digit falls in revenue and earnings Continue Reading →

Yes, it is most likely a scam. For months, we’ve been following the bizarre saga of Roberto Escobar (Pablo Escobar’s brother) trying to peddle Escobar-branded folding smartphones. At first, tech reviewers like Marques Brownlee pointed out that Escobar Inc was actually just repackaging the Samsung Galaxy Fold and that most orders were never delivered. Now Escobar Inc has … Continue reading Pablo Escobar’s brother is trying to sell refurbished iPhone 11 Pros for $499 Continue Reading →

Aircall has raised a $65 million Series C round (€60.2 million) with DTCP leading the round, Adam Street participating and existing investors eFounders, Draper Esprit, Balderton and NextWorld injecting more money in the company. Overall, Aircall has raised $106 million. Aircall is building a software-as-a-service company around phone calls. You could use it to operate a … Continue reading Aircall raises $65 million for its cloud-based phone system Continue Reading →

ChatableApps is launching its hearing assistance app on iOS today, with a wider Android release to follow shortly. Backed by Mark Cuban, and based on the work of auditory neural signal processing researcher Dr. Andy Simpson, the app removes background noise in near real-time so that one-to-one conversations can be heard more clearly. And, unlike other solutions on … Continue reading ChatableApps launches its hearing assistance app Continue Reading →

There’s eight minutes of never-before-seen footage. We’re just a few weeks away from the official launch of The Last of Us Part II, and to get gamers appropriately hyped PlayStation’s next State of Play episode will feature 20 minutes of footage, including eight minutes of never-before-seen gameplay. That last bit is particularly important, since loads of spoiler-laden footage was leaked back … Continue reading Watch new ‘The Last of Us Part II’ gameplay here at 4PM ET Continue Reading →

Arq Group, formerly Melbourne IT, is now Webcentral Group Limited, after it sold its naming rights along with its Enterprise Services Division.   Arq Group, formerly Melbourne IT, has emerged from its annual general meeting with another new name, moving forward under the branding of Webcentral Group Limited. “The board considers the change of company name … Continue reading Arq Group rebrands again, remaining business emerges as Webcentral Group Continue Reading →

China won’t be happy. The US has edged one step closer to securing the extradition of Huawei’s CFO over alleged Iran sanction violations. The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ruled (via TechCrunch) that Meng Wanzhou’s case met the standard for “double criminality” in extraditions — that is, what she allegedly did in one country was also illegal in Canada at … Continue reading Huawei CFO is one crucial step closer to being extradited to the US Continue Reading →