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29Mar By NitishNo Comments

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Now With Zoomcar Drive Your Own Auto

Have you ever faced an issue while commuting in an auto? Have you had drivers demanding excess fare? Have some of auto drivers just driven off? Don’t worry. Zoomcar is giving you the option to self-drive your own auto! Yup, now you can get your hand on one of those green machines! With a self-drive auto, you won’t have to listen to excuses like, “my meter is not working”, or “give me Rs.500/-” or “no, I’ll not get any return passenger from there” or “Station!!! Do you have luggage? Pay me extra Rs.200 for luggage.” Book your own Zoom Auto and drive to the places you want, minus the hassles and haggling with auto drivers. Self-drive your own auto, and don’t have the worry of hanging on to your life, as most auto drivers use their famous zigzag patterns of driving, with insane speeds t...

These “On Demand” Travel Apps Become Hit Among Budget Backpackers

29Mar By AnkitaNo Comments

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These “On Demand” Travel Apps Become Hit Among Budget Backpackers

(ANI): Foreign travelers are very excited to visit India and explore the enriched and diverse cultures. As it is said "Atithi Devo Bhava" India takes care of its guests and their needs and provide them with the affordable transportation to delve into India. India is a soulful, soul-stirring country, overflowing with cultural treasures, spiritual wonder, and natural beauty. A wondrous land of crowded mega cities, which attracts the travelers to explore India. These 4 Apps have been considered best for travelers to commute: JUGNOO: If you find cabs and taxi expensive you can book a Jugnoo auto from the auto ride application. Jugnoo, a Chandigarh based company, was established in the year 2014. It has ventured into the industry as one of the leading auto-rickshaw aggregators and the ...

22Mar By reutersNo Comments

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BigBasket Raises $150 Million in Funding Led By Abraaj Group

Grocery delivery service BigBasket has raised $150 million in fresh funding in a round led by UAE's Abraaj Group as the company looks to expand its services into smaller cities, the investor said. Existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Helion Advisors along with International Finance Corp and Sands Capital participated in the round, Abraaj said in a statement. Online grocery sales is a fast-growing segment in India's e-commerce industry as more consumers log in to the Internet for their purchases. Rival Grofers, an app-based service that connects local stores to customers, raised $120 million from Japan's Softbank last year to expand operations. Amazon.com Inc, which is aggressively investing in India, also launched a grocery delivery pilot in Bengaluru late last y...

21Mar By AdityaNo Comments

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Baxi App to Now Work Without Internet

NEW DELHI: Gurgaon-based Baxi will roll out a new feature to help users book rides on the app without using Internet. The bike-taxi hailing app, which offers services in Gurgaon and Faridabad, will make the feature available to its 30,000 users from next week. "All customers that have an Android smartphone without a data connection can now use the new Baxi app. Customers can also use the app even when their Internet connection isn't working," Baxi co-founder and CTO Manu Rana told said. This feature will help the company reach out to a larger number of customers as they will not have to rely on or spend money on data packs. Upon opening the app, the user has to press the BOOK button to get the nearest Baxi. If the app is offline, it uses an SMS to send the user's loc...

Petdom – India’s First Pet Adoption Platform

16Mar By NitishNo Comments

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Petdom – India’s First Pet Adoption Platform

Incepted in September 2015, Petdom is India’s first pet adoption platform. The company based out of Delhi. Petdom leverage technology to bring pets from individuals, animal shelters, ethical breeders and NGOs under one virtual roof making their discovery easy and helping in expediting the process of adoption. Well, when we were conceiving the idea for the company 1yr ago the fifth season of Games of Thrones was aired. Neha Khandelwal (not in the picture) got the inspiration for the name Petdom, there are kingdoms for humans so why not a Kingdom for Pets, Petdom, because Pets rule our world. Maybe if we do let them, it will be the happiest place. :) We are a team of motivated and passionate entrepreneurs/engineers/designer from DCE/NSIT/NIFT who are pet lovers and dedicated to the cau...

Republiqin – An App That Will Locate Pocket Friendly Pub & Bar Near you

14Mar By No Comments

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Republiqin – An App That Will Locate Pocket Friendly Pub & Bar Near you

After finishing masters at Northeastern University, in 2011, Raj ventured into developing an independent video-streaming platform, Athlatinum, for Sports Learning. After 1 and 1/2 year of developing the platform and securing 5+ clients, Raj ran out of funds to support the development. Lesson learned – never go alone, especially, when it comes to developing a startup. Around the same time, an opportunity came along to develop IT solution for E-Services domain. As the saying goes, first focus on activities that bring revenue, Raj put Athlatinum on hold and began developing Cromshield as E-Services Platform AS A Service. CROMSHIELD front-end further transformed to an IT Product based E-commerce platform. Its back-end is used by 7+ vendors, and, in its 2nd year of operation, CROMSHIELD achi...

For The First Time “Co-Living” Spaces in India by CoHo.in

14Mar By NitishNo Comments

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For The First Time “Co-Living” Spaces in India by CoHo.in

With the largest youth population, India is where the future of the world lies. From multinationals to savvy investors, everyone is betting on youngistan. The ever-growing trend of university students and young professionals from across the nation migrating towards big cities, in the hopes of realising their dreams, has created a demand for better living. This internet savvy generation has a panache for living in style! With a click of a button, they want money to be transferred, food to be delivered, appointments to be made and much more. This integration of the physical world with the virtual one has been made possible by startups that are looking for innovative and cost-effective ways of solving day to day problems. CoHo.in is one such innovative tech platform that is pioneering the ...

Skype Co-founder Launches Ultra-private Messaging App, Wire

13Mar By reutersNo Comments

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Skype Co-founder Launches Ultra-private Messaging App, Wire

FRANKFURT: A group of former Skype technologists, backed by the co-founder of the messaging platform, has introduced a new version of its own messaging service that promises end-to-end encryption for all conversations, including by video. Wire, a 50-person startup mostly made up of engineers, is stepping into a global political debate over encryption that pits privacy against security advocates, epitomized by the standoff between the US government and Apple. The company said on Thursday it was adding video calling to a package of private communications services that go beyond existing messaging providers. Rivals such as Facebook's Messenger and WhatsApp or Telegram offer encryption on only parts of a message's journey or for a specific set of services, it said. Wire, which is b...

10Mar By NitishNo Comments

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Uganda to US and Fiji to France: UniversalHunt Story Without Funding

All of us dream of a lifestyle that is absolutely customised for us, lets us exploit our talent to the hilt and meet our aspirations. Most of very renowned platform including LinkedIn trying to do so but failed to solve the real professional network problem. But a company, running from last 8 years solved it with higher customer satisfaction rate without having large investment and big names in its portfolio, “Universalhunt.com”. “Universalhunt.com is a networking cum talent showcasing portal that provides a common platform with advanced automated searchable database – it enables its members to share talent, experiences, list their offerings and share ideas – a single platform permitting unlimited interconnectivity and sharing. Universalhunt.com overcomes inefficiency from global talen...

Bucker: An App That Have All Major Service Players in India

7Mar By NitishNo Comments

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Bucker: An App That Have All Major Service Players in India

"A friend shared her experience that happened to her on a late Saturday night, she was walking down the streets of Hyderabad because she couldn't find a cab back home. She was complaining she has fished through all the apps for a long time, but was disappointed. It was high time to introduce a service which shows you the best available options quick and cheap" says Vennela, co-founder of Bucker. Bucker is a Hyderabad based startup which aims to simplify user's choices by giving them the best available service at the cheapest price. It provides service aggregation in the fields of cabs, shopping and coupons. Major services players like Ola, Uber, Taxiforsure, Swiggy, Foodpanda, Paytm, Freecharge and Mobikwik are already available, the team is extending their service to provide coupons and ...

Ankit From Lucknow, A Real Digital India Hero

3Mar By NitishNo Comments

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Ankit From Lucknow, A Real Digital India Hero

Ankit Srivastava, a 22-year-old Entrepreneur from Lucknow become a real example of Digital India. Ankit made an app, which receives 2 million (20 lakhs) downloads in one year without spending a single paisa. Cherry on the cake, Ankit now receiving a passive income of $50,000 per year through his app, while sitting in Lucknow. Brilliant!!! So here Ankit shared his amazing story with Pixr8. We hope you all will inspire after reading his inspirational journey. From College Goers to App maker- When I first started learning to make android apps, I was still in college and I was barely passing. I never liked going to classes. I didn’t have many friends and the ones I had, always sought pleasure in demeaning others and laughed at others’ misery. I was just killing time and avoiding ...

How NewsBytes got 1500 downloads in 4 days with their innovative campaign!

1Mar By Sonia MotwaniNo Comments

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How NewsBytes got 1500 downloads in 4 days with their innovative campaign!

Valentines week this year was filled with campaigns of e-commerce companies giving away discounts. In the middle of all the mess we came across an innovative campaign by a news technology company- NewsBytes, with a theme ‘Intelligence is the new sexy’. Pixr8 got in touch with the founders to understand how this worked out! NewsBytes is a Gurgaon based news technology company, started by Sumedh Chaudhry, Shikha Chaudhry, Romesh Khaddar, and Sripriya Yegneswaran. They call themselves a bunch of geeks who discuss start-ups when relatives talk about marriages, who get excited when they see a 3D printed iPhone case, who have strong opinions about random things they read on Quora and who think they are la-di-da entrepreneurs. “A lot of entrepreneurs say that you should be able to measure eve...