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Infobip, a cloud communications startup which – like Twillio – handles things like SMS, email, voice and WhatsApp messenger for customer engagement, has completed its acquisition of VoIP provider Peerless Network. Although the deal was announced last November, technewss can exclusively

India received bids worth $18 billion on the first day of an auction for the 5G airwaves from tycoons including Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani as the race begins for faster data in the world's second largest internet market. Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told reporters on Tuesday evening th

Some nine months after the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) revealed it was carrying out a market study into music-streaming services, the government department has revealed it believes there is no case to answer — for now, at least. The CMA already has a pretty full plate

Facebook, no stranger to misinformation on its platform, attempted an uncharacteristically bold move as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold around the world: instead of merely labelling posts that discouraged vaccination and/or spread COVID-19 conspiracy theories about masks, social distancing and othe

Tick tock, early-stage startup enthusiasts. technewss Disrupt takes place on October 18–20 — the very height of pumpkin spice season. However, your chance to score early-bird passes (and soak up serious savings) disappears in just four short-but-sweaty days of summer. Buy your pass before July

Russia has announced that it will officially end its international collaboration with NASA around operation of the International Space Station (ISS) as of 2024, according to AP News. Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, also announced plans to construct its own orbital station, which build and oper

Amazon has announced that it’s increasing the prices for its Prime subscription service in Europe, with fees rising by as much as 43% in some markets. The announcement comes some six months after the e-commerce giant announced a similar price increase in the U.S., where the annual price jumpe

With the after-effect of the pandemic set to play out for years, VCs specializing in health, wellness and general 'joy' would appear to have rising fortunes. Funds such as Able Partners and Joyance have appeared in recent years to invest in startups that make people's lives healthier, o

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It’s easy to be skeptical of the big social media giants. They typically sell user data to advertisers and have been mired in controversy for their approach to content moderation. Web3 proponents think they can build a new system altogether that sidesteps the concentrated power of platforms &

Hey, friends! It’s that time again. Another week has passed us by, which means another issue of Week in Review — the newsletter where we recap the top stories to hit technewss’s front page in the past seven days. Sign up here! The top story this week was about a new set of documents

As Q2 earnings send enterprise giant SAP's stock down, President of SAP North America DJ Paoni is leaving the enterprise company, technewss has learned from sources. SAP confirmed the news, saying that Paoni is retiring from the company after 26 years. “We truly believe the momentum we'r

In April, startup accelerator Techstars, in partnership with ARM Labs, a Lagos-based innovation program focusing on fintech startups, announced the launch of ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator Program.  As Techstars' newest accelerator program in Africa, the announcement re-emphasized the e