India’s Supreme Court rules that privacy is a fundamental right for citizens India’s universal identification program — Aadhaar — suffered a setback today after the country’s Supreme Court voted unanimously in favor of individual privacy.

Business messaging service Eko picks up $2M to fuel push into Japan, US and UK Eko Communications, a U.S.-Thailand company that operates a messaging app targeted at businesses, has closed a strategic investment of $2 million to grow in Japan and expand into Europe and the U.S..

SparkLabs launches $50M fund for promising early-stage startups in Korea SparkLabs Group started in 2012 with a Seoul-based accelerator dedicated to boosting South Korea’s then-nascent startup ecosystem.

Social Capital to help startups go public without an IPO Silicon Valley venture firm Social Capital plans to help startups go public without the dreaded IPO process.

Google expands its public Wi-Fi program for emerging markets to Indonesia Google is launching its public Wi-Fi program, which offers free connectivity at railway stations and other locations such as universities, in Indonesia, the company announced today.

Flytrex launches an autonomous on-demand drone delivery service in Iceland’s capital Flytrex wants to prove that drones are a realistic option for on-demand logistics with a new delivery program that took flight in Iceland’s capital today.