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Japan's top telcos offer family discounts to same-sex couples

Docomo, SoftBank, and AU have each offered to extend family plan discounts to same-sex couples, reports Tech in Asia

The elements of failure in a start-up

How can you ensure that your start-up is a success? Ahmad Raza explores in Tech in Asia

An app that's a better alternative to Google Maps

Moovit uses crowdsourced data to channel information in real-time, reports Tech in Asia

TieCON 2015: Guts, smartness key for entrepreneurs' success

Successful entrepreneurs share their experiences of courage and ability to taking risks

Shape up or ship out, Zomato CEO Goyal tells sales team

Zomato is far behind the numbers it promised to its investors for FY16

Kletto raises Rs 1.5 crore from GREX platform

Company was the first one to raise money through this platform

Uber prods users to campaign against new city taxi scheme in Mumbai

Asking its users in the state to sign the online campaign against the proposed draft by the Maharashtra govt, which it calls "regressive"

Accel Partners and Jungle Ventures invest in Moglix

Moglix aims to become online-first sales and marketing engine for Asian brands to sell into over 100 countries

'Start-ups, incubators an urban phenomenon' too nascent in India: Panel

Says access to global markets needed to be strengthened - another area where incubators can help

As Nintendo introduces its first mobile game, the stock nose dives

As news spread that the new game will only be introduced in 2016, the Nintendo and DeNA stock plunged 10 and 15%, respectively, reports Tech in Asia

Care24 raises seed fund of $350,000 from India Quotient

Will use funds to enhance technology, strengthen team etc

Ronnie Screwvala's Unilazer invests in artificial intelligence start-up Niki

Niki supports end-to-end bookings for Ola and Uber cabs, and has an in-chat payment option using Paytm wallet

Indian Angel Network invests in UK-based startup Aznog

Bootstrapped for two years, Aznog plans to utilise the IAN funds to scale its global infrastructure in order to service more users

Uber launches UberAssist in Singapore to help people with disabilities

Uber is preparing to serve athletes attending the 8th ASEAN Para Games on December 3-9 in Singapore, reports Tech in Asia

Seeing through the founders in Southeast Asia

In Tech in Asia, Rosalind Tan explains why the Southeast Asian tech landscape is a heady mix of uncertainty and immense promise

Jewellery B2B portal Myheera.com to raise $ 6 million

Plans to deploy the proceeds from the proposed external fund-raising to expand its footprint to Tier-II and Tier-III cities

Koramangala start-ups break myth of IIT entrepreneur

About 84% founders are graduates from regular colleges, not IITs or IIMs

Indian SaaS firms could be next runaway winners: Vertex India MD

The VC firm had recently said it was changing focus from growth-stage companies to early funding

Innovate in India

By solving local problems while keeping in mind reverse innovation possibilities, start-ups can help take India global

India lacks enough angel investors to fund start-ups, says Nasscom

A recent report by Nasscom had said that India ranks third among global startup ecosystems with more than 4,200 new-age companies