Category Archives: Start-ups

JustWatch can help you find where to legally watch movies

With more Indian millennials aggressively migrating to video-on-demand (VOD) platforms to watch premium content, JustWatch — a Berlin based start-up — offers a search engine to help viewers find where to legally watch their favourite movies and television series online.

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Start-up investors fret over risks of mass data collection

Nearly every technology startup wants the same thing: more data.

But in the rush to collect all manner of information about customers, tensions are rising in Silicon Valley over whether such practices amount to a form of surveillance that customers will ultimately find invasive.

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UAE announces completion of legal system for venture capital funds

The government of the UAE has announced the completion of a legal system to supervise venture capital funds, as one of the first projects approved by the Government Accelerators initiative, launched last year by Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in line with the goals of the UAE National Agenda, the Ministry of Economy has announced.

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Hamdan Innovation Incubator signs MoU to protect members’ patents, intellectual property rights

Hamdan Innovation Incubator, an initiative of Dubai SME, the agency mandated to foster the small and medium enterprise sector, has signed a memorandum of understanding, MoU, with United Trademark and Patent Services to protect the patents and intellectual property rights of entrepreneurs.

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Dubai Chamber of Commerce will launch five new initiatives in 2017

Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry will launch five new initiatives in 2017 to boost start-ups and entrepreneurs, while efforts to foster innovation and develop Dubai’s entrepreneurial ecosystem will remain a major priority for the chamber, revealed a senior official.

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