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Yahoo Creates An Automated Abuse Detector For Offensive Online Comments
Yahoo takes a step further! About: Online abuse, cyber bullying, and hate speech are rampant when it comes to our social interactions on the internet. People often forget the line between freedom of expression and offence. Many abuse filters fail to spot them as only blacklisted or common insults are detected.

After Two Years Of Rivalry, Uber Joins Hands With Chinese Rival, Didi Chuxing
The Battle That Costed Uber over 2 Billions In the latest development, the infamous tussle between Uber and Didi Chuxing seems to have come to an end. The two were competing for the leading spot in China’s taxi-aggregation business. Now, Didi would be acquiring Uber’s Chinese operations, thus putting an

nuTonomy Announces Partnership With Singapore’s Land Transport Authority To Begin Trials Of An Autonomous Mobility-On-Demand Transportation Service
This partnership accelerates the company’s effort to launch the world’s first commercial AV service in Singapore Cambridge, MA and Singapore, August 1, 2016—nuTonomy, the leading developer of state-of-the-art software systems for self-driving cars, today announced it has entered into a new partnership with Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) to begin

Google In A Family Pack: Enhancing Its Play Store Category
Exploring the New “Family Library” and Eight More Apps! About the New Family Library Feature Google starts a new family affair by launching its unique and cool ’family library’ feature, allowing users to share apps, games, books and video purchases with their family members, across android devices. With no extra

Philips Launches Healthcare Gadgets To Fight Chronic Diseases
More than a Fitness watch! What is Philips launching? Netherlands-based Philips Healthcare that is already helping hospitals by providing equipment like CT scanners, defibrillators and so on is stepping in the health wearable devices too. What devices are available? Philips has not only introduced a wearable health tracker, but a

Media Konnect, Platform For Talent Exchange
Discover. Connect. Collaborate! About Media Konnect: Media Konnect will be the first global online portal, providing end-to-end solutions for all filmmakers across the world irrespective of their country or the language. Ranjit Thakur, Founder and CEO of Krian Group launches a lucrative platform, which aims to provide end-to-end solutions for

Startup-Buzz Weekly Round-Up
Startup-Buzz Weekly Round-Up It’s a Sunday morning; time to do a quick round-up of posts published on Startup-buzz media last week. If you were offline for any reason, this is a great way to catch up with the entire buzz! FUNDING – Checkout which startups raised funds New York Based

Roomi Raises $4 Million In Seed Funding
It’s not another rental app! About Roomi App Roomi is an alternative to craigslist. The app lets you find rental homes but with tenants already living in those homes. Essentially it’s finding you a roommate. This New York-based app raised around $4M in seed funding led by DCM Ventures. The

New York Based Computational Genomics Startup; Phosphorus Has Raised $10 Million
Technology strikes again! How much did the startup raise? New York-based startup; Phosphorus has raised $10M in a series funding led by First Mark Capital. Phosphorus is a computation genomics – a study of decoding biology from genome sequences using computational analysis, including both DNA and RNA. About Phosphorus Phosphorus

Voonik Raises Another $3 Million From Temasek-Backed InnoVen Capital
Another Funding for Voonik Who invested in whom? Voonik, a fashion e-commerce portal owned by Voonik Technologies has secured another $3 million from Temasek-backed InnoVen Capital. Previously the company had secured $20 million in its equity funding round. What will be the funds used for? The company has already secured