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Apple cuts iPhone price in India amid China slowdown

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Apple has reduced prices of its iPhone models in India by 3-4% following a cut in import duties in the South Asian market. The price cuts range from 300 rupees ($3.6) for models like the iPhone 13, 14 and 15, and to up to 6,000 rupees ($71.7) for the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max […]

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Egypt’s MNT-Halan banks $157.5M, gobbles up a fintech in Turkey to expand

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MNT-Halan, a fintech unicorn out of Egypt, is on a consolidation march. The microfinance and payments startup has raised $157.5 million in funding and is using the money in part to fund the acquisition of another fintech, Tam Finans, to expand into Turkey. Tam Finans provides financing to micro-enterprises and SMEs. It currently operates 39 […]


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Egypt’s MNT-Halan banks $157.5M, gobbles up a fintech in Turkey to expand

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MNT-Halan, a microfinance and payments startup out of Egypt, is on a consolidation march. The company has raised $157.5 million in funding and is using the money in part to fund the acquisition of another fintech, Tam Finans, to expand into Turkey. Tam Finans provides financing to micro-enterprises and SMEs. It currently operates 39 branches […]

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Alphabet pours $5B into Waymo, Cruise scraps the Origin and Elon’s bet on autonomy

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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! I don’t know about you, but for me, the past few days have offered up even more evidence that our world is vulnerable to software bugs. Yep, […]


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Google makes its Gemini chatbot faster and more widely available

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In its bid to maintain pace with generative AI rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI, Google is rolling out updates to the no-fee tier of Gemini, its AI-powered chatbot. The updates are focused on making the platform more performant — and more widely available. Starting Thursday, Gemini 1.5 Flash — a lightweight multimodal model Google announced […]


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Energy tech startup Greenely grabs €8M to reach more households and support Europe’s energy transition

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The energy transition is a marathon, not a sprint. But opportunities for acceleration are growing. Swedish startup Greenely* has just spotted one. It’s closing an €8 million Series A funding round to expand its energy management platform into neighbouring Nordic countries (so around $8.7M at current exchange rates). The energy tech startup is serving around […]

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Apple Maps launches on the web to challenge Google Maps

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Apple announced on Wednesday that Apple Maps is now available on the web via a public beta, which means you can now access the service directly from your browser. The launch puts Apple Maps in direct competition with Google Maps, which has long been available on the web. Maps on the web is accessible in […]


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Alternative app store AltStore PAL adds third-party iOS apps in wake of EU Apple ruling

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AltStore, an alternative app store, has launched its first batch of third-party iOS apps in the European Union. The rollout comes a few months after the company launched an updated version of its app marketplace in the EU. AltStore PAL arrived as a response to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which is forcing Apple to […]


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bunch raises $15.5M for its platform that simplifies investment management for VCs

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Public market investors have a large variety of infrastructure and software that helps them keep track of, analyze and manage their investments, but that’s not the case for investors in private companies — such as venture capitalists. Indeed, a lot of private market investors have to manage and upload information about their investments into a […]

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024