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Uber Board Considers 3 Investment Offers to Buy Company’s Shares
Uber's board has voted to move forward on proposals by two investment groups to buy shares in the ride-hailing…
Careem expanding business in Egypt
Careem, the region’s leading app-based car booking service, continues to support economic growth and innovation in…
Facebook OKs local firm’s launch of Moments-like app in China: New York Times
Facebook Inc, whose social media platform is blocked in China, authorized a local company to launch a…
China’s three internet giants under investigation for content that ‘endangers…
Chinese internet giants Tencent, Baidu, and Sina Weibo are under investigation for cyber-security violations, the…
Intel joins the self-driving car race
Intel announced Wednesday that it will build a fleet of 100 cars to test self-driving technology, as the chip…
SoftBank’s Vision Fund seizes stake in India’s Flipkart
A tech fund backed by Japan's SoftBank Group has picked up one of the biggest stakes in India's leading homegrown…
Facebook unveils a YouTube competitor called Watch
Facebook revealed in a blog post on Wednesday that it will soon offer users a new way to watch videos on its social…
iflix secures additional $133 mln funding led by US media firm Hearst
Malaysian streaming video provider iflix announced Monday it had completed a $133 million funding round as it…
Google’s firing of memo writer strikes nerve in Silicon Valley
A Silicon Valley culture war pitting liberal-leaning tech firms against a small conservative cohort took on new…
China’s Uber rival Didi making a move in Middle East and North Africa
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing has announced plans to expand its business in the Middle East and North…