Reddit’s r/Cricket is Now the Official Sponsor of the Iceland Cricket Team You may like cricket or absolutely hate it, but one thing that you can’t deny about the game is that it brings people together – even across geographies. One of the finest examples is how cricket fans from all around the world banded together to support IcelandCricket. Since Iceland isn’t a member of the ICC, the Iceland national cricket team doesn’t receive any funding from the sport’s governing body, and was even denied the opportunity to participate in World Cup qualifying rounds....

Twitch Extensions Can Now Generate Revenue for Streamers, Game Developers Amazon-owned Twitch has introduced another source of revenue for its community of streamers and game developers. The platform recentlyannounceda new capability to its ‘Extensions’ feature which will allow users to unlock specific parts of an extension by spending Bits, Twitch’s virtual currency. The Extensions feature, which was launched back in August last year, allows streamers to customize their channels according to their preference....

Xiaomi India Market Share Crosses 30 Percent; JioPhone Reigns Among Feature Phones Earlier this year,Xiaomidethroned Samsungto take the top spot as the biggest smartphone manufacturer in India. Now, according to latest data released by Counterpoint Research (viaET), the company is steadily widening its margin and has crossed a record 30% share mark. The data also points out that Reliance’sJioPhonehas also captured over 35% of the feature phone market in India, which was also controlled by Samsung in the past....

Amazon Beats Apple & Google in Survey on Positive Impact on Society Advancements in technology have almost always had a positive impact on the society in the long run, even though it may be perceived negatively initially. Companies such asAmazon, Google and Apple have been at the cutting edge of technology and we have seen significant changes through their innovations in our daily lives. But which has had the most impact?...

Amazon Says Groceries Would Be Half of Company’s India Business in Five Years In a recentinterviewwithReuters, Amazon India’s head, Amit Agarwal, revealed that the company plans to invest heavily in the grocery business in the country. Agarwal stated that while the groceries and goods such as creams, soaps and cleaning products, were already the largest product category on Amazon, the company further plans to expand the business in the long run....

Meru Cabs Adopts Electric Vehicles, Rolls Out Fleet in Hyderabad Mumbai-based radio taxi service Meru has partnered with Indian electric automobile manufacturer Mahindra Electric for a pilot EV project in Hyderabad. According to a recentreportfromET, Meru will be deploying a fleet of Mahindra’s eVeritos in the city as part of the pilot project. At the announcement, Mahesh Babu, CEO Mahindra Electric, was quoted saying: “This is definitely going to make it easier for the city to adopt EV technology and will also be in line with our constant endeavor to make EVs more accessible to a larger urban population…We believe that innovative and unique partnership models, like this pilot, is what is going to lead the way towards sustainable transportation in urban cities....

Micromax Plans to Diversify With Foray Into Electric Vehicle Industry Indian electronics manufacturerMicromaxInformatics has been struggling to stay relevant in the smartphone space since the entry of Chinese players like Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo into the market. Now, according to a recentreportfromET Telecom,the company plans to enter the electric vehicle and battery manufacturing space and is currently in the advanced stages of completing the testing formalities. The company has received approvals for some of its lithium battery categories and is keen on entering the electric two- and three-wheeler market....