Singapore-based Near acquired a minority stake in MEmob+, a leading Middle Eastern SaaS provider of data-driven marketing solutions owned by Dubai-based Akama Holding. Near will work with MEmob+ to continue its global expansion with a push into the Middle East and Africa. The company has access to billions of device IDs globally, including more than 400 million in MENA.
Starlink, part of Elon Musk’s SpaceX company, has registered its business in India and is preparing to apply for licenses from the local government, according to a top official. A local unit is required for an internet company to offer its services in India, where Starlink — assuming that it gets the license — plans to offer 200,000 active terminals in over 160,000 districts by December 2022.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has seen application development services support the push for digital transformation projects, new research has claimed.
Salesforce has reversed course on its bid to acquire data management and integration platform Informatica a source has told Reuters. Informatica itself said that it is not in talks to be acquired. Salesforce stocks rose on this latest news while Informatica’s fell.