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Quikr Launches QuikrServices to Organize the Unorganized

29Oct By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Quikr Launches QuikrServices to Organize the Unorganized

Quikr, India’s No. 1 cross category classifieds business, has launched QuikrServices with a special focus on the unorganized sector of service providers across the country. Quikr has been facilitating buying, selling and rentals across 12 categories via its platform, and its new vertical provides easy access to reliable service providers across sub-categories such as home, travel, financial, health, fitness, beauty and event services. QuikrServices addresses customer needs by bridging the gap between the offline local home services ecosystem and online demand for the same. It reduces the time and effort taken to find technicians or experts in a given area through location based results that include verified listings and options to call service providers or request a call-back. The platf...

Alphabet, Indonesian companies to expand Web access via balloons

29Oct By No Comments

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Alphabet, Indonesian companies to expand Web access via balloons

Alphabet Inc, the new holding company for Google, has teamed up with three Indonesian telecommunications companies to expand Internet access in that country using solar-powered balloons. Alphabet officials, including co-founder Sergey Brin, and representatives from Indonesian companies Telkomsel, XL Axiata Tbk PT and Indosat Tbk PT signed an agreement Wednesday to bring so-called Project Loon to the nation of 250 million people. (more…)

Lobbying for net neutrality, working on open framework: Zuckerberg

28Oct By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Lobbying for net neutrality, working on open framework: Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said his firm is working on an open framework and continues to 'lobby' for net neutrality even as its plan to provide free Internet access to people under Free Basics programme faces criticism. "We do a lot to support (net neutrality) in terms of regulations, we are working on building an open framework..." Zucerkerbg said, while speaking at Townhall at IIT- Delhi. "We lobby for it (net neutrality) across the world but at the same time, we continue to push for access." he added. Facebook's Internet.org platform, which was recently rebranded as Free Basics, has come under fire from Internet activists for violating the principle of net neutrality that is against any priority being accorded to an entity in Internet traffic flow on account of paym...

Police arrest 15-year-old boy over £1,795 million’s TalkTalk company hack

27Oct By No Comments

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Police arrest 15-year-old boy over £1,795 million’s TalkTalk company hack

Police arrested a 15-year-old boy in Northern Ireland on Monday over a cyber attack that may have led to the theft of data from among the 4 million customers of British broadband provider TalkTalk. The attack, which took place on Wednesday, prompted the company to deny accusations of laxity and say its security was "head and shoulders" above that of its competitors. But it has led to calls for greater regulation of how companies and public bodies manage personal data. (more…)

Indian Angle Network Invests in bangalore based Consumer Healthfood Startup Jiyo Natural

27Oct By AnkitaNo Comments

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Indian Angle Network Invests in bangalore based Consumer Healthfood Startup Jiyo Natural

Indian Angel Network (IAN), India's first and world's largest angel investor network, has invested in Bangalore-based Jiyo Natural which offers personalized nutritionally balanced, calorie-monitored and chemical-free food through web and app. Rajiv Mehta and Sumit Dhingra have led this round of investment and will join the board of the company to further mentor and nurture the team and venture. "Jiyo Natural has, as part of its core values, a strong sense of social responsibility that forms the foundation of its existence. While we are committed to the long term vision of being a key catalyst in creating a Healthy India, we are also committed to contributing to the society and will endeavor to promote a clean environment," said Jayas Damodaran, Co-founder of Jiyo Natural. Mr. Rajesh Sing...

Assocham Report: India’s QSR market may reach Rs 25K crore in next 5 years

26Oct By AdityaNo Comments

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Assocham Report: India’s QSR market may reach Rs 25K crore in next 5 years

The quick service restaurants (QSR) sector in India is currently growing at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25 percent and is likely to touch Rs 25,000 crore mark by 2020 from the current level of Rs 8,500, according to an analysis by apex industry body "Entry of various national and international players in the QSR space has significantly widened the chain market due to fast-expanding middle class, urbanization, youth spending, nuclear families and better logistics," according to the sector-specific analysis conducted by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM). "About 50 percent of India's population eats out at least once in every three months and eight times in every month in bustling metros as compared to the US (14 times), Bra...

Alibaba making Taobao villages to help China’s rural population

26Oct By AnkitaNo Comments

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Alibaba making Taobao villages to help China’s rural population

Taobao, the popular Chinese online retail platform, has become more important to rural economies across China due to an emerging phenomenon called “Taobao villages”. The popularity of “Taobao Villages” is increasing in China. This trend consists in village residents who sell their handicrafts and products via online. According to Alibaba, Taobao village is any place where 10% of the population is engaged in online retailing. The e-commerce has grown in rural China in 2014, with the number of “Taobao Villages” increasing over tenfold in comparison with 2013. At the end of last year the number of “Taobao Villages” reached 211 while in 2013 there were only 20. Almost half of China’s demography resides in agrarian regions and nowadays, e-commerce has an important potential to boost ec...

Dorsey’s Twitter stock gift well-timed to stem brain drain

25Oct By No Comments

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Dorsey’s Twitter stock gift well-timed to stem brain drain

Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey's novel move to give a third of his company stock to an employee equity pool is a smart gesture to restore confidence in a company that lost its way, according to recruiting and compensation experts. Beyond its generosity, the gift is a strategic effort to retain and attract key talent at the social media company, roiled by months of leadership uncertainty and questions over its long-term growth. "It's a deliberate and wise and somewhat necessary move to shore up the talent you want to keep," said recruiter Jason Hanold, who places executives and top managers in the technology industry. (more…)

PayTM Office , battle station of one of India’s biggest e-commerce company!

23Oct By No Comments

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PayTM Office , battle station of one of India’s biggest e-commerce company!

Paytm is an Indian e-commerce shopping website launched in 2010, owned by One97 Communications which initially focused on Mobile and DTH Recharging. The company is headquartered in Noida, India. It gradually provided recharging and bill payment of various portals including electricity bills, gas bills, as well as telephone bills. Paytm entered India's e-commerce market in 2014, providing facilities and products similar to businesses such as Flipkart, Amazon.com, Snapdeal. In 2015, it added booking bus travel. (more…)

YouTube offers subscribers paid option with no ads

22Oct By No Comments

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YouTube offers subscribers paid option with no ads

Reuters- Alphabet Inc's YouTube will launch a $10-a-month subscription option in the United States on Oct. 28 that will allow viewers to watch videos from across the site without interruption from advertisements, the company said on Wednesday. Starting early next year, the service called YouTube Red will add exclusive shows and movies from top YouTube creators including PewDiePie, Lilly Singh and The Fine Brothers. "Consumers are embracing paid subscriptions of ad-free content at an incredible pace," Robert Kyncl, YouTube's chief business officer, said at an event at YouTube's production space in Los Angeles. The effort offers a new source of revenue for YouTube and its video creators. Rival streaming sites such as Vessel and Interactive Corp's IAC.N Vimeo are luring online stars ...

Modi didn’t start ‘Digital India’, it was Rajiv Gandhi: Sam Pitroda

21Oct By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Modi didn’t start ‘Digital India’, it was Rajiv Gandhi: Sam Pitroda

Noted technocrat Sam Pitroda, who is credited as the father of the nation's telecom revolution, on Tuesday flayed the Narendra Modi government for snatching away all the credit for the digital revolution started by Rajiv Gandhi, saying Modi "did not" initiate the digital India drive. "Modi didn't start digital India...It's a journey which started 25 years ago and it will take 20 more years," Pitroda, who was roped in by the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1984 as head of the Telecom Commission, said Sam Pitroda while launching his autobiography 'Dreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India', here this evening. The book was launched by Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, who showered praise on Pitroda crediting his "friend, philosopher and guide" and "daring dreamer" to be a "pio...

Indian PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ Available on Saavn App

21Oct By AnkitaNo Comments

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Indian PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ Available on Saavn App

People can now listen to recorded version of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' on music application Saavn in 24 languages.PM Modi hosts the programme on All India Radio to address issues and events that affect the general public in India on a daily basis. "We are honoured to have Prime Minister Narendra Modi's programme, 'Mann Ki Baat' streaming on Saavn. This is in line with his vision of a 'Digital India' wherein technology can effect a qualitative change in peoples' lives," Saavn Global Chief Operating Officer Mahesh Narayanan said in a statement.This marks the first presence of 'Mann Ki Baat' on an Indian digital streaming platform, the statement said.Saavn claims to have 18 million monthly active users. Each Mann Ki Baat programme edition...