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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The legal notice comes days before Bhavish Aggarwal’s EV startup heads for an IPO.
CE Info Systems Ltd, parent of home-grown map service provider MapmyIndia, has sent a legal notice to Ola, accusing it of copying its proprietary data to build Ola Maps.
The notice states that Ola cached, saved and reverse-engineered MapmyIndia's licensed data from a prior partnership between the two and duplicated its proprietary application programming interface (API) and software development kits (SDK) to construct Ola Maps. Basically, calling Ola’s claim that it developed the API and map data solely through open-source data false.
Since its inception, Ola has relied on various third-party map providers to power its ride-hailing services. In 2015, …
The EV maker is back for fresh capital as its businesses fail to generate enough to sustain themselves.
As Rapido and Uber pull ahead, falling traction and mounting financial stress leave Ola with few options.
Shared rides seemed tailor-made for India’s congested cities. Yet, economics, trust and regulation kept the idea from scaling.
