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Google plans to buy Waze, might outbid Facebook
Google is considering to buy Israeli mobile satellite navigation startup Waze Inc, as per the claims. This might drag Google and Facebook in a bidding war. Earlier Facebook offered as much as $1 bn to … Read More
WeChat being hacked on Google play store
It seems WeChat’s recent aggressive marketing campaign caught them with a wrong eye. Tencent backed instant messaging app has been reportedly hacked on Google play store creating a roar from user … Read More
First Pandas and now Penguins : Google’s effort to make SEO more humanly
In a constant approach to rank genuine content sites higher on search pages and to fight the malpractices of SEO, Google’s head of webspam Team, Matt Cutts, in his recent blog post announced the … Read More
Microsoft bizSpark announces its top 10 Hyderabad startups
Microsoft BizSpark India Startup Challenge is an annual event which provides a platform to identify and promote upcoming promising startups in India who are providing a product in the field of … Read More
Curated fashion portal for men, Seat14a goes live in India
Seat14a, an online portal specifically catering to fashion and style statements of men, goes live today in India as updated on its Facebook page. It is one of the 5 companies that received seed … Read More
Viacom18 launches its messaging, music and gaming apps
Viacom18, a joint venture of Viacom Inc and the Network18 Group, has announced launch of three mobile products under its own brand i.e. IVR - based voice chat - MTV Gupshup, a mobile content app - Vh1 … Read More
Tencent backed messaging app WeChat on a rapid expansion
Chinese internet giant Tencent in its approach to expand its mobile messaging app WeChat in multiple countries outside China is definitely looking strong to crack the Indian market with its aggressive … Read More
Dentsu India to acquire 80% stake in Network18’s Webchutney
Network18 Media & Investments Limited’s venture capital arm, Capital18 has entered into an agreement with Dentsu India Group to divest its stake in digital agency Webchutney. An official … Read More
Makemytrip gains hotel business, losses air ticketing, reports net loss
This can come as a warning sign for Makemytrip, India’s online travel leader since long which has gone down in its revenues from air ticketing business for the last financial year. In the recent … Read More
Amazon appstore now available in India
Amazon has no plans to make any delays for its last month’s commitment where the company claimed to expand its app store to 200 countries. Available in ‘nearly 200’ countries, its appstore has … Read More
Tune patrol, platform for independent music artists and music lovers
Entrepreneurship is a passion to follow what you love and this is what 4 BITSPilani students did. For independent artists to compose good music is not enough, getting a producer, a nice label and … Read More
JustDial IPO subscribed 11.6X on closure
JustDial IPO finally get closed, putting investors into high aspirations.The IPO has been subscribed 11.6 times, as said due to the support of Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIB’s) and High … Read More
Google cuts prices in its cloud offerings
Google India has announced a 45% reduction in the price of Google Apps for Business, in order to attract more Indian small businesses adopt cloud. The Indian customers now have to pay either INR 150 … Read More
The need for measuring data in ecommerce: In talks with R J Metrics
Any company not leveraging their own data to make business decisions is at a serious disadvantage in the Internet economy. There are countless examples of data driven businesses becoming leaders in … Read More
Just Dial IPO gets 1.77 times subscription
Just Dial IPO seems to have really gained its pace. The public issue has been fully subscribed on its closure day today. The issue has been subscribed 1.77 times so far, with reserved portions of … Read More
Wooplr, helping shoppers provide product recommendations
With evolving ecommerce market, customer today prefer researching online even if they shop from a brick and mortar store. This recent trend has pushed several startups to find new and interesting ways … Read More
Housing.co.in scales operations to Pune, Gurgaon and Hyderabad
Housing.co.in, India’s first map based real estate search portal has today expanded its operations altogether in Pune, Gurgaon and Hyderabad after gaining a great response in Mumbai. Launched in … Read More
Rocket Internet gains Asian stronghold with USD 100 million for Zalora
Rocket Internet backed, South-East Asian online beauty and fashion e-tailer, Zalora has raised USD 100 million in funding from regular Rocket Internet’s co-investors Summit Partners, Kinnevik, along … Read More
Enchantess, a subscription based beauty products platform
The rise in aware consumers in beauty product segment, the regular etailing of cosmetics is witnessing a shift as companies are changing their focus to engage consumers rather than just burning money … Read More
Marketing myth busters for startups
A man once wanted to set up a small restaurant in a busy marketplace. Having completed all the necessary requirements, he was all set except in figuring out the name of the hotel. When he shared this … Read More
