Snapdeal launches ecommerce zone, tech lab at Dharamshala
Online marketplace giant Snapdeal has launched a special ecommerce zone at Dharamshala, in a partnership with the Himachal Pradesh government to enable small and medium... .
View ArticleShop CJ appoints Dhruva Chandrie as its chief sales officer
Home shopping network Shop CJ has appointed Dhruva Chandrie as its chief sales officer. Chandrie will take charge of this new role within this week... .
View ArticleGoogle’s News Labs wants to give journalists new tools for reporting
Google has launched a new initiative called News Labs which is looking to help journalists sharpen their digital skills for reporting. “From Maps to YouTube... .
View ArticleIndian govt supports multistakeholder model of Internet governance
Minister of Communications & IT Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that India will support the multistakeholder model of Internet governance. Prasad said that the Internet... .
View ArticleSAIF Partners and Matrix Partners invest $6 million in Treebo
SAIF Partners and Matrix Venture Partners have invested $6 million in tech-enabled budget hotel chain Treebo. The company was founded earlier this year by former Myntra... .
View ArticleFinance ministry considering tax rebates for debit and credit card transactions
In a bid to boost transactions using debit cards and credit cards, the finance ministry is mulling providing tax benefits to merchants for accepting electronic... .
View ArticleIndian Pharmacists Association writes to DGCI protesting online pharmacies
The Indian Pharmacists Association (IPA) has written a letter to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for not allowing ecommerce companies and online pharmacies... .
View ArticleSEBI chairman UK Sinha approves alternative platform for startups to list on...
Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairman UK Sinha said that the markets regulator will set up a new alternative trading platform for Internet startups... .
View ArticleMTNL to enable advertisers to insert pop up ads in user’s browser
MTNL is seeking external advertisers to insert pop-up ads in browsing sessions of consumers connected to MTNL Wi-Fi connections through their laptops, mobile phones or... .
View ArticleBelong raises $5M from Matrix Partners, Blume Ventures and others
Belong, a company which helps organisations hire talent, has raised Series A funding worth $5 million from Matrix Partners, with participation from Blume Ventures, Snapdeal... .
View ArticleEduKart raises $1 million from United Finsec, YouWeCan, 500 Startups & others
E-learning marketplace EduKart has raised $1 million from Holostik Group’s United Finsec (family office arm), YouWeCan and 500 Startups. Other than this, existing investors Vijay... .
View ArticleFunding roundup: Goodservice, Vidgyor and Cupick
Goodservice, a 24 hour chat-based concierge app, has raised seed funding worth $1.6 million from Sequoia Capital. Goodservice will invest the funds in technology and... .
View ArticleFitbit to launch in India next month; preorders live on Amazon
Fitness tracking company Fitbit is launching in India in the first week of July, reports BGR India. To start off, the device maker has entered... .
View ArticleFoxconn to start making Xiaomi phones in India
Foxconn, a Taiwan based electronics contract manufacturing company, will start making Xiaomi phones in Andhra Pradesh, India, reports The Economic Times. The report mentions that this... .
View ArticleIndustry moves: Jabong, Flipkart, Snapdeal and OgilvyOne
Jabong has appointed Jai Vohra to head women’s fashion at the platform, replacing Manjula Tiwari, reports ET Tech. He also heads Jabong’s sourcing business. Vohra previously... .
View ArticleHero Group’s Munjal family forays into electronics buying majority stake in...
Hero MotoCorp’s Munjal family has entered the electronics business and has acquired a majority stake in set top box manufacturer MyBox Technologies, reports Mint. However the... .
View ArticleReliance Jio in 2014-15: FY15 results, Jio Chat, Wi-Fi services, spectrum...
Reliance Industries Limited’s (RIL) telecom & digital arm Reliance Jio Infocomm, which recently confirmed that it will commence commercial operations by December this year, finally... .
View ArticleI don’t know
I’ve also never seen this kind of a blocked page notification before (and I’ve seen lots) http://t.co/ZSfYoaz2ib pic.twitter.com/VE0hrNpQWi — Nikhil Pahwa (@nixxin) November 8, 2014... .
View ArticleGoogle launches free and ad-supported version of Play Music
Google has launched a free and ad-supported version of its Play Music service ahead of rival Apple launching its own music streaming application. The free... .
View ArticlePratham Books launches crowdsourcing platform for children’s books
Non profit trust Pratham Books has launched DonateABook, a crowdsourcing platform which will let nonprofits and schools raise funding for books in order to provide... .
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