May 19, 2013

Marry in a week, a matrimonial app for facebook singles

May 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
marry in a week facebook application for singles

Getting married might not be a big deal, but getting married in India can be a big decision. When it comes to arrange marriages, be it guys or girls or the hassled parents, finding the right one is a nightmare. Marryinaweek, a Facebook app has entered the space of online matchmaking with the aim to help people find right partners using their Facebook profiles as a base. As the name suggests, the app speeds up the whole process of finding the right match and unlike other matrimony portals like … [Read more...]

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Thatspersonal, a portal in adult products etailing niche

May 13, 2013 By 1 Comment
That's-personal

Indians are found to be shy when it comes to purchasing Adult products. Be it contraceptives or Adult literature, Indian men and women do not want to get spotted in public while buying these. To overcome this problem and still to tap this category in the market, Thatspersonal, an online shopping portal offers erotic and adult products with complete privacy and also solves the barrier of embarrassment. Brand which is owned by Digital E-Life Pvt Ltd, ships products in an unmarked, unbranded … [Read more...]

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Myntra introduces product exchange tweak for better customer experience

May 9, 2013 By 4 Comments
Myntra

In the light of customer woes in product returns in ecommerce, Bangalore based fashion etailer Myntra has introduced a new tweak of product exchange facility for consumers. The product exchange will work as simple as returning unwanted item while exchanging the stuff of right fit or better choice. It will allow shoppers to have an option to exchange an existing product for a different size. The trends of misfitting and not suiting of color are common in apparels and footwears which leads to … [Read more...]

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China’s UCWeb to invest USD 170m in India and other countries

May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Chinese mobile internet browser compa­ny UCWeb is looking to invest $170 million (~ INR 940 crore) in expanding global operations, chunk of which will be de­ployed in India said, Chairman & CEO Yu Yongfu  to ET during Mobile Conference in Beijing. "India is our largest overseas market where investment will be maximised by ramping up headcount, creating start-up teams and working with droves of local mobile game/app developers like we have done in China," added the UCWeb global … [Read more...]

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Big data company, Opera Solutions LLP, raises USD 30 mn from Wipro

May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Wipro, India’s third largest IT company has  announced to invest  a corpus of $30 mn in a New Jersey based Big Data company Opera Solutions LLC to acquire a minority stake. It believes that Big Data provides an new opportunities  for business value creation and Opera Solutions contributes these capabilities that allows organisations to turn raw big data into strategic advantage, profit and productivity. Opera Solutions founded in 2004, specializes in machine learning to extract predictive … [Read more...]

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McAfee acquires a cyber security firm in USD 389 million

May 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Intel owned McAfee, the Internet Anti virus Firm, has announced the acquisition of StoneSoft Corporation, a cyber security firm based out of Helsinki in a blog post yesterday. The acquisition is valued at $389 million. Following the acquisition of secure.me by Avast last week , McAfee’s move signifies his efforts to boost his network security business. McAfee which has 4.4% vendor Market Share worldwide lies on the 8th number among the table way behind AVAST, AVG and others. The acquisition … [Read more...]

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Hiring Programmers is just a matter of Click – InterviewStreet

May 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Looking to hire programmers , coders and software engineers? Interviewstreet might be of interest to you. Be it large MNC’c or tech start-ups, hiring tech talent has always been a daunting task. Interviewstreet.com is an online portal which helps companies to find the right candidate when it comes to hiring coders, developers and techies. Where large corporations are flooded with the applications most of which lie below the basic standards, start-ups are struggling to find the quality … [Read more...]

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Security solutions provider AVAST acquires Secure.me, a facebook security app

May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Secure.me acquisition

AVAST Softwares, the maker of popular antivirus has acquired a two year old social networking security startup Secure.me revealed co-founder Mario Grobholz in a blog post today. Secure.me which was backed by several investors, including T-Venture was launched in Nov 2011 and has became the number one security app on Facebook . It has more than 90 Million Facebook profiles scanned to protect the privacy, security and reputation of users worldwide.Company was looking for strategic investors to … [Read more...]

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Naturesfeast brings mangoes online

May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Indian Online Grocery market has witnessed number of players such as Aaramshop, Zopnow, MyGrahak, Farm2Kitchen, Bigbasket etc., all catering to needs of grocery, fruits, vegetables for different geographical locations towards end consumers. But wonder an online portal operating in the niche market of Mangoes. Nature’s feast, an Indian online portal based out of Pune is trying to carve a space in the Mangoes market by supplying farm picked organic Alphonso & Kesar Mangoes. Alphonso and … [Read more...]

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Facebook now earns 30 percent of advertising revenue from mobile

May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Facebook did some exciting things in Q1 2013 which kept  the social media giant in news from past couple of months, following the pattern, Facebook yesterday announced results for Q1 2013, ending on March 31st 2013. According to the findings FB now has more than 1.11 billion monthly active users and 665 million daily active users. The figures are appealing  as it has been a rise of more than 25% (approx) in the user patterns. Facebook Business Highlights Q1 2013 1. Major Acquisitions in Q1 … [Read more...]

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South Asian Market, new favourite of Accelerators

May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
JFDI

Singapore based JFDI (The Joyful Frog Digital Incubator) has unveiled it’s second batch of start-ups for the boot camp. Accelerator picked its another batch of 9 start-ups with rewarding each of them with an immediate S$25,000 (US $20,000) investment to tide them over for 100 days. The selected startups also includes 2 Indian Startups. The Demo day will give startups a chance to win S$600,000 (USD 485,000) or more, where the team gets six minutes on stage to impress an audience of active … [Read more...]

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Internet of Things, the future of internet

May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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You enter a supermarket, want to know the availability, price and location of an item x in a store. A voice search via mobile app or a wearable computer (just like google glass) provides you the satisfactory result on your screen and on the top of that you purchase it via mobile payment and find it home delivered. Sounds magical, but it’s the future, Internet of Things. Internet Of Things (IOT) Internet of Things is a concept where all ordinary devices around you will be connected to … [Read more...]

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How to overcome challenges in starting your own startup?

April 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Starting and pursuing an entrepreneurial career is not easy but can be the most satisfying experience. India is a country where there are lot of individuals willing to start something on their OWN, but lands up doing something otherwise and giving up their dream. Here are some challenges, where these dropout happens and the test of toughness occurs and how you can overcome these challenges with your GRIT to own a successfully running startup.   Lack of ‘Business’ Ideas - Definitely … [Read more...]

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Groupon with Croma launched gadgets microsite

April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Daily Deal Site Groupon has joined hands together with Webstore of Croma  to launch a microsite which will provide daily deals on Gadegts presented by CromaRetail.com.  Groupon will be managing the deals, Croma will bring the expertise of logistics at the backend. After cromaretail.com which was launched last year , this venture of TATA with Groupon will try to strengthen its reach in Online Retail vertical. It can help Croma Retail to take leverage of the marketing platform provided by … [Read more...]

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X2PN E-Learning, acquired by SaaS based software provider Knewcleus

April 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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KnewCleus which provides education management software to help students to maximize potential has recently announced that it has acquired X2PN E-Learning, a startup that build apps to make learning simple and interesting. With this deal X2PN team will be joining Knewcleus. X2PN is a Bangalore based, learning focused enterprise which provide learning solutions using game dynamics. This acquisition will help KnewCleus to move in mobile space. Talking about X2PN’s products, it has developed a … [Read more...]

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Google Glass- First delivery batch soon to be dispatched

April 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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With Apple i-Watch rumors continue to spread all over the internet, Google in its attempt to make people believe that the device is for real - has announced that Google Glass will soon be available to its long anticipating customers. Google has recently sent a notification to those who are already registered in the waiting list of Google Glass, which says that “We’re seeing the first few devices come off the production line right now....We are producing enough for everyone, but only a … [Read more...]

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Utthishta, a hyderabad based accelerator, looking for startups

April 13, 2013 By 1 Comment
Utthishta

The evolving startup culture in India had led to formation of various incubators and accelerators in the country, Hyderabad based Utthishta (Sanskrit meaning: Rise up) is one such name that had come up in the list of supporters and growth providers for the Indian internet ecosystem. Utthishta is looking for startups who are trying to raise seed funding, states a facebook post from the accelerator-incubator. Utthishta is providing seed fund along with mentoring in a business accelerator … [Read more...]

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RTI applications can now be filed online for greater transparency

April 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Govt of India

Department of Personnel and Training, in a step towards providing greater transparency, has announced setting up of a unique facility for submitting RTI applications and fees online through www.rtionline.gov.in. The website which was launched earlier this week is the step taken by the government with the aim to help people exercise their right to seek information through online medium. It will provide individual greater and easier access to government information. Currently it is available for … [Read more...]

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Bitcoin Bubble Burst: Is this the end?

April 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Bitcoin, a decentralized, Virtual currency which received a lot of public attention lately, has witnessed a sharp fall in its value from over $250 earlier this week to around $120 on Wednesday and $90 on Friday. The currency has seen a loss of almost $ 160 per Bitcoin. There have been fears between its heavy investors that the bubble has finally burst. Launched in 2009, Bitcoin is a virtual currency that is being used in mainstream in increasing numbers over the last few months. From selling an … [Read more...]

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Linkedin acquires news reader app in $90 mn

April 12, 2013 By 1 Comment
Linked-acquires-pulse

Linkedin, one of the leading professional social networks has announced on Thursday that it has acquired pulse. The deal was finalized for approximate amount of $90 million which comprised of 90% stock and 10% cash. The idea is to position itself as a business news source and make LinkedIn an everyday website for business people to visit. “We believe Linkedin can be the definitive professional publishing platform – where all professionals come to consume content and where publishers come … [Read more...]

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