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Key takeaways from Indian PM Modi’s visit to silicon valley
30Sep By No Comments
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Key takeaways from Indian PM Modi’s visit to silicon valley

The Indo-US Startup Connect was a unique exhibition of Start-Ups that showcased products from 40 different companies. Forty startups from India are participating in the programme at San Jose, which was planned following PM Modi's "Startup India, Stand up India" call from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day. (more…)
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Quikr launched QuikrJobs for country’s job seekers
29Sep By AnkitaNo Comments
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Quikr launched QuikrJobs for country’s job seekers

Quikr, India’s leading cross-category classifieds platform, today announced its newly launched vertical, QuikrJobs will focus on Blue Collar, Grey Collar and Entry Level Jobs across India. By bridging the gap between recruiters and a large portion of the country’s job seekers that have no access to the internet, QuikrJobs will bring more people to the overall talent pool. Quikr has already been using its own platform to recruit for its call centre operations, sales force and delivery needs. (more…)
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Self Proclaimed hacker Ankit Fadia becomes Brand Ambassador of Digital India
28Sep By NitishNo Comments
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Self Proclaimed hacker Ankit Fadia becomes Brand Ambassador of Digital India

Self-proclaimed ethical hacker, Ankit Fadia, has been allegedly appointed as one of the brand ambassadors for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India initiative. On his Facebook page Fadia posted a photo of a certificate issued by the department of electronics and information technology, which states that he is a brand ambassador for the Digital India initiative. (more…)
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Why We Support Modi’s Digital India But Not Facebook’s Version Of Digital India & Free Basics
28Sep By No Comments
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Why We Support Modi’s Digital India But Not Facebook’s Version Of Digital India & Free Basics

We all know that Facebook is trying very hard to bring its Internet.org to India, which was disallowed in India is selling the same item in a new packet: “Free Basics”. Recently, they launched a super cool looking feature to change your profile picture to one with tricolour hues. This is supposed to be your show of support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India initiative. Lakhs of people just loved this cool feature and started changing their profile pics as soon as they saw these giants changing their profile picture. However, please beware, Facebook is actually counting each DP change to as your support for its on “Internet.org” in India. Remember, it took a number of Internet influencers almost a month to educate people about Net Neutrality and garner about a million and...
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Ola opens up API for selected mobile apps
26Sep By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments
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Ola opens up API for selected mobile apps

Taxi aggregator Ola today announced the public release of its API, allowing major mobile apps as well as individual developers to integrate the company's offering with their platforms. (more…)
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Modi promises American CEOs faster decision process
26Sep By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments
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Modi promises American CEOs faster decision process

As top American CEOs held no punches about the "obstacles" in ease of doing business in India, Prime Minister Narendra promised to fast-track the decision-making process, acknowledging that "the world is not going to wait for us". (more…)
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Google CEO Pichai backs ‘Digital India’ initiative
24Sep By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments
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Google CEO Pichai backs ‘Digital India’ initiative

India-born Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Thursday took to YouTube to back Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi's 'Digital India' campaign focused on connecting 1.2 billion people in the country and said his company would play its part in supporting the initiative. (more…)
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