A 3G customer in India is worth 3.6 times more than a 2G one – Vodafone
Telecom operator Vodafone said that a 3G customer in India is potentially worth 3.6 times more than a 2G customers in its Q4-2014 earnings concall.... .
View ArticleNow book an appointment with government officials online
The government has been busy and has been pushing many of its services online, but this one’s surely going to be a hit with citizens.... .
View ArticleJustdial looking to enter delivery business & on-demand services business
“We are seriously considering hyper local fulfillment, within two kilometer radius and this would be for products and services where it requires instant gratification,” Justdial founder... .
View ArticleNDTV plans e-commerce foray in food, auto and gadgets
Media house and broadcaster NDTV is planning new online ventures in the field of food, auto and gadgets and has signed preliminary, non-binding term sheets... .
View ArticleDuolingo raises $45M from Google Capital and others
Language learning platform Duolingo has raised funding worth $45 million led by Google Capital and some existing investors. The funding will be used to improve... .
View ArticleGoogle Now introduces Location Aware Search
Search giant Google has added a new feature to Google Now called Location Aware Search, that detects a user’s location and answers questions based on... .
View ArticleTrain tickets booked through MakeMyTrip on a sharp decline
The number of rail ticket bookings on MakeMyTrip have declined sharply over the past three years: MakeMyTrip facilitated 194,856 transactions for rail tickets in 2014-15, 245,542... .
View ArticleTwitter makes public blocked users’ lists; adds popular conversation threads
Twitter has added a feature where users can share their blocked users lists publicly. The feature will also let users block multiple accounts at a... .
View ArticleGoogle to speed up webpage load time on mobile in India
Search giant Google will start rolling out a new feature in India to speed up web pages within the next two weeks. The company had... .
View ArticleFacebook is beta testing a buy button for Shopify merchants
Social network Facebook is beta testing a buy button for DIY ecommerce platform Shopify. The company on its website said that it is working with a... .
View ArticleJustdial’s Search Plus app to be launched in July for Android & iOS
Justdial’s Search Plus app, which will integrate all 24 services that are part of the suite on one platform, will be launched in July this year... .
View ArticleIndustry Moves roundup: Flipkart and BlackBerry India
Flipkart ropes in Ravi Garikipati as entrepreneur in residence Ecommerce player Flipkart has appointed Ravi Garikipati as ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’. Flipkart says that this is a newly... .
View ArticleJustdial looking to launch payments biz JD Cash in Q2-FY16
“JD Cash is almost done, but I think we would delay it by one (more) quarter to launch it,” Justdial founder & MD VSS Mani... .
View ArticleUpdated: Apple Music launched at $10/month; offline listening for paid...
Update: Apple Music may be available in India at Rs 120/month reports TheNextWeb. Screenshots of the Apple Music app on iOS 8.4 gave the impression that... .
View ArticleTwitter CEO Dick Costolo steps down; Direct messages’ 140 character limit...
Amid mounting pressure from investors from Wall Street, Dick Costolo has stepped down from his role as chief executive officer of microblogging platform Twitter after... .
View ArticleZEEL forays into original digital content with instrumental musical series
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd’s (ZEEL) digital ecosystem Zee Digital Convergence (ZDC) and its content studio Essel Vision Productions Ltd are working on a new online-only instrumental... .
View ArticleFetchr raises $11M from New Enterprise Associates & others
Dubai based startup Fetchr has raised Series A funding worth $11 million led by New Enterprise Associates and participation from Delta Partners, Dhabi Holdings, Triple... .
View ArticleFunding roundup: AdStringO, Allizhealth, Voonik and PayMango
AdStringO raises $350K from Indian Angel Network Mobile content compression software startup AdStringO has raised $350K in the angel investment round from Indian Angel Network... .
View ArticlePIL opposes 55 additions to Tamil Unicode Standard
A public interest litigation (PIL) in the Madras high Court has sought the removal of 55 special characters for the Tamil language in the Unicode... .
View ArticleHealthKart launches weight loss products private label Incredio
Online healthcare and fitness store HealthKart has launched another private label brand: Incredio, under which it’s currently offering a meal replacement shake and a honey lemon... .
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