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India’s Kuku snags $85M as mobile content wars intensify

Kuku, an Indian storytelling platform backed by Google, has raised $85 million in fresh funding as it aims to scale its audio and video content offerings amid intensifying competition in the South Asian nation’s mobile-first content market. The Series C round, led by Granite Asia (formerly GGV Capital), values Kuku …

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Seoul weighs approval for Google, Apple high-resolution map requests

South Korea is nearing a decision on whether to allow Google and Apple to export high-resolution geographic map data to servers outside the country. The detailed maps, which use a 1:5,000 scale, would show streets, buildings, and alleyways in far greater detail than currently available on these platforms. However, several …

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