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CarDekho.com Launched Battery Research and Discovery Portal ‘BatteryDekho.com’

28Jun By NitishNo Comments

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CarDekho.com Launched Battery Research and Discovery Portal ‘BatteryDekho.com’

CarDekho.com, India's largest auto portal announced launch of automobile battery research and discovery portal, BatteryDekho.com to build a comprehensive ecosystem for vehicle ownership and making the battery discovery, research and selection process much more convenient for the Indian consumer. The development will allow CarDekho.com users to search and compare specification and pricing of batteries. The site has more than 250 batteries of top brands such as Amaron, Exide, SF Sonic, Tata Green and Base. Users can search for batteries that are compatible to 500 car and bike brands and contact their preferred dealers for free. CarDekho.com has partnered with more than 10,000 dealers in 200 cities to enable better search results and greater selection flexibility for its users. "After ...

IRCTC Tie-Up With Defence Food Research For Better Food Quality in Trains

28Jun By AdityaNo Comments

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IRCTC Tie-Up With Defence Food Research For Better Food Quality in Trains

Seeking to upgrade its catering operations, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) today signed an agreement with the Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) here for transfer of technology in food and beverage processing and packaging. Under the agreement, DFRL, a Defence Ministry establishment under Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), will transfer the technical know how and testing for quality assurance to IRCTCs ready-to-eat packaged food for the rail travelers. The Licensing Agreement for Transfer of Technology (ToT) was initiated by IRCTC Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) A K Manocha and DFRL Director Rakesh Kumar Sharma, an IRCTC release said. "IRCTC has been taking several new initiatives to upgrade, professionalise and standardize its cat...

What Can Companies Do To Mitigate The Impact Of Brexit

28Jun By AnkitaNo Comments

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What Can Companies Do To Mitigate The Impact Of Brexit

The United Kingdom, Europe and the world woke up to a new reality. With the majority of the population voting to leave the European Union, Britain has started its road to separation. With sterling plummeting to its lowest level in 31 years and the stock market falling sharply this morning, what lies ahead? What will be the impact on companies and markets? What can be done to mitigate potential repercussions that Brexit will inevitably bring? Even more importantly, how can companies adapt to the important changes coming our way and identify new opportunities? As we all know Brexit is likely to take a minimum of two years to materialize, with the process for withdrawal from the EU expected to start when Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon is triggered. Once the intention of separation i...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s Quora Account Hacked

27Jun By AnkitaNo Comments

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s Quora Account Hacked

Google CEO Sundar Pichai's Quora account has been hacked by the same group which previously broke into Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts, according to a media report today. The hacker group called OurMine Team has been posting messages on Quora through Pichais account. The breach of his account became apparent when tweets linking to his Quora posts appeared on his official Twitter account yesterday. The Indian-born Google CEOs has 508,000 followers. The hacker group initially wrote, hacked using his account. "Hey its OurMine, we are just testing your security, please visit OurMine to upgrade it," it said in later posts, The Verge reported. Pichai or perhaps his team, however regained control of the Quora account soon, and the tweets were deleted within fe...

Ivycamp Join Hands With Nasscom To Promote IoT Startups

27Jun By NitishNo Comments

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Ivycamp Join Hands With Nasscom To Promote IoT Startups

Nasscom 10,000 StartUps along with IvyCamp, an initiative of IvyCap Ventures, has forged an alliance to bolster the Internet of Things (IoT) movement in the Indian startup ecosystem. The initiative will connect startups, investors, mentors and industry bodies to converge and explore ways of working together, a statement from Nasscom said. IvyCamp platform will connect the industry participants to entrepreneurs for providing guidance on formulating and driving the IoT business. Activities through the year will focus on seeking out, supporting and growing IoT innovations and ventures, it said. "The potential scope of disruptive technologies in India is vast, as they can have a massive economic impact. IoT is one such sector which is gradually gaining popularity. With this collaboratio...

Messi Retirement Wouldn’t Affect Advertisement Association: Tata Motors

27Jun By NitishNo Comments

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Messi Retirement Wouldn’t Affect Advertisement Association: Tata Motors

Tata Motors today said Argentine superstar Lionel Messi's decision to retire from international football will not affect his association with the company as its global brand ambassador. Messi sensationally announced his retirement today from international football after Argentina crashed to defeat against Chile in the Copa America Centenario final. "This does not change our association with him," a company spokesperson said. Last year, in November, in a major marketing initiative, Tata Motors had roped in the soccer superstar as global brand ambassador for its passenger vehicle portfolio in a two-year contract, which can be extended. The company had signed up the five-time winner of the best football player of the world award and Argentine captain to promote and endorse passenger vehi...

27Jun By reutersNo Comments

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Messaging App Line Delayed IPO Launch

Japanese messaging app firm Line Corp has delayed setting a tentative price range for its initial public offering (IPO) by one day, until Tuesday, the company said in a regulatory filing, citing the "market environment". The IPO price range was originally scheduled to be announced on Monday. Line still plans to list in New York on July 14 and in Tokyo the following day, the filing showed. On Friday, the S&P 500 fell 3.6 percent, its biggest one-day drop in 10 months, and Japan's broad Topix index slid 7 percent after Britain voted to exit the European Union. The equity market in Japan recovered somewhat on Monday as the Topix closed up 1.8 percent, but the delay will allow the company to assess the market in New York and London on Monday before setting the tentative price range, a...

Online Education Platform Coursera Focussing on Tie-Up With Indian Enterprises

27Jun By AnkitaNo Comments

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Online Education Platform Coursera Focussing on Tie-Up With Indian Enterprises

Online education firm Coursera is focussing on partnering Indian enterprises for corporate learning solutions as part of its efforts to expand its presence in the country. Coursera, which counts India as its third largest learner market after the US and China, has 1.3 million users here. Globally, it has a user base of 19 million learners. "India is a priority market for us in 2016 and we are making significant push here. We are building features into the product specific to local needs," Coursera Senior Advisor Nikhil Sinha said. He added that the company is also in discussion with various Indian educational institutions for offering courses through its platform to global users. Sinha said the aim is to be a tool that people use for both "educational benefits and career ...

Tata Starbucks Will Now Offer Indian Coffee in The US Market

27Jun By AnkitaNo Comments

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Tata Starbucks Will Now Offer Indian Coffee in The US Market

Tata Sons and Starbucks have finalised multiple new joint initiatives to expand their collaboration at a global level, apart from building the iconic American coffee chains brand and business here. The initiatives include sourcing Indian coffee for the US market, introducing the Teavana brand of specialty teas in Indian stores, expanding the market of the Tata-owned mineral water brand Himalayan and skilling over 3,000 youths, the companies said. Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry met Starbucks Chairman and Chief Executive Howard Schultz last week in Seattle and finalised these initiatives, which will be rolled out by the year-end, the companies said in a joint statement today. The two groups have been running Tata Starbucks coffee chain in the country since October 2012 as part of a joi...

Facebook Hires Top Ex-Google Executive For Internet Projects

25Jun By AdityaNo Comments

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Facebook Hires Top Ex-Google Executive For Internet Projects

IANS- Social media giant Facebook has hired a co-founder of Google's Fibre high-speed Internet project to beef up its Internet connectivity team. According to tech news site Re/Code, the social network has hired Kevin Lo as its Director of Infrastructure Connectivity and Investments to help lead Facebook's partnerships such as Terragraph - a project to bring Wi-Fi to dense urban areas and Facebook's partnership with Microsoft to build a fibre optic cable. Lo later confirmed his appointment on his Facebook Page, saying that he wants to bring onboard over four billion people who lag behind in terms of using high-speed Internet services. "...so I'm excited to let you know I'm joining Facebook this month as Director of Infrastructure Connectivity and Investments. I'll help shape our strateg...

Shopclues Expecting 20,000 Cr Sales in This Financial Year

24Jun By AdityaNo Comments

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Shopclues Expecting 20,000 Cr Sales in This Financial Year

E-commerce company Shopclues expects to register more than two fold jump in Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) from its platform at USD 3 billion (about Rs 20,000 crore) by the end of current financial year. "We are planning to close financial year 2016-17 at annualised GMV rate of USD 3 billion," Shopclues Chief Business Officer Radhika Ghai Aggarwal said. The company has registered GMV sales of USD 1.2 billion in 2015-16, she said. Shopclues expects that additional push to its business will come from fashion category which it has recently started. "The company has already added 60,000 new sellers on its platform under fashion category and will take this number to 1,50,000 by the end of the year. In GMV and orders terms, we expect 100 per cent growth in fashion category by end of ongoing ...

Two lakh ‘Freedom 251’ handsets are ready, says Ringing Bells

24Jun By NitishNo Comments

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Two lakh ‘Freedom 251’ handsets are ready, says Ringing Bells

IANS: The world's cheapest smartphone at Rs 251 (less than $4) is here, finally. Its makers, the Noida-based startup Ringing Bells Pvt Ltd, say they have made it possible despite allegations from various quarters that such a phone would not see the light of the day. Even an FIR was lodged against the company. According to Ringing Bells' Founder and CEO Mohit Goel -- sitting comfortably in his Sector 62 office here, the company has been able to keep its promise to consumers. "We are ready with nearly two lakh 'Freedom 251' handsets. We will start delivery from June 30," Goel told, adding that once he is done with this first phase of delivery (of two lakh phones), he will open registration again for those who wish to buy the handset. The company had in mid-February this year planned to ...