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Ola Hires Pranav Tiwari, Sanjay Kharb to Lead Its Engineering Operation

13Feb By AnkitaNo Comments

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Ola Hires Pranav Tiwari, Sanjay Kharb to Lead Its Engineering Operation

Transportation app Ola today said it has roped in two new executives, Pranav Tiwari and Sanjay Kharb, to strengthen its core technology leadership. Tiwari, former CTO of Cellworks, has joined Ola as Vice President of Engineering and will work towards optimising growth and profitability by bringing in necessary efficiencies in the supply chain function, Ola said in a statement. An ex-Googler, he has over 35 patents in his name. Under him, the team will focus on building solutions that effectively optimise use of vehicles on the platform, reduce deviations in routes and improve customer-driver matching. Kharb, who was earlier VP Production Engineering at InMobi, has joined as Vice President of Engineering Infrastructure and will strengthen efficiencies in Ola's technology infrastruct...

MEDZIN- The Emerging Player in The Indian Healthcare Industry

5Feb By NitishNo Comments

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MEDZIN- The Emerging Player in The Indian Healthcare Industry

Indian healthcare is experiencing a new wave of opportunity. Providers are reinventing existing delivery models to bring healthcare closer to the patient. One of the Leading light in this sector, Medzin (holding company of Medhealix Health Tech Pvt. Ltd.) is a hyper-local healthcare aggregator app connecting the users with the nearest healthcare facilities and services. Catalyzing growth and innovation in the Healthcare sector, one can buy Medicines and Daily Supplements at Your Convenience, Book Appointments Based on Recommendations and Healthcare and Daily Supplements, Book Appointments with Doctors Nearby. According to, Economist Intelligence Unit of World Healthcare Outlook, “Healthcare is a high-cost sector for both end-users and providers, billing at an average of 10.5% of GDP on...

Uber CEO Quits Trump’s Business Advisory Group

4Feb By NitishNo Comments

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Uber CEO Quits Trump’s Business Advisory Group

Uber Technologies Inc Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick quit President Donald Trump's business advisory group on Thursday amid mounting pressure from activists and employees who oppose the administration's immigration policies. Critics included Uber drivers, many of whom are immigrants themselves. "Joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the president or his agenda but unfortunately it has been misinterpreted to be exactly that," Kalanick, who had planned to attend a meeting of the group on Friday, said in an email to staff that was seen by Reuters. Uber spokeswoman Chelsea Kohler later confirmed that he had left the group. Social media campaigns had targeted Uber, urging users to delete accounts and opt for rival Lyft Inc. Uber has been emailing users who...

Leading Indian Dating App Woo Acquires US based DUS Dating App

3Feb By AdityaNo Comments

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Leading Indian Dating App Woo Acquires US based DUS Dating App

Leading dating app Woo forges ahead in the online dating space by acquiring DUS, a Los Angeles-based dating app focused on the South Asian community. The move will further strengthen its positioning by connecting Indians all over the world. DUS was specifically designed for South Asian singles to provide them a dating opportunity within their community. Woo, which has been the pioneer in the online dating industry of India since its inception in 2014 is now gearing up for a major global push. This acquisition is a natural step in driving its vision of connecting like-minded singles around the world. Woo announced today that they have formally signed an agreement with DUS and now will acquire its platform and brand to increase their foothold in US, one of the largest markets for the o...

Uber to Suspend its Ride-Hailing Service in Taiwan From Feb 10

2Feb By reutersNo Comments

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Uber to Suspend its Ride-Hailing Service in Taiwan From Feb 10

Uber Technologies Inc said it will suspend its service in Taiwan from February 10, the latest salvo in the wrangle between the island's authorities and the global ride-hailing service company. Late last year, Taiwan's legislature finalised regulations raising fines against unlicensed ride-sharing services, targeted at Uber, which said at the time that was the highest level for such fines globally. "Today, we are announcing our intention to pause our Taiwan service starting Friday 10th February. We hope that pressing pause will reset the conversation and inspire President Tsai (Ing-wen) to take action," Uber said in a statement on its website. The statement did not specify what action Uber wanted the president to take.

Delhi Based OneLoyalCard Acqui-hires Restaurant Deals Startup Pocketin

1Feb By AdityaNo Comments

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Delhi Based OneLoyalCard Acqui-hires Restaurant Deals Startup Pocketin

OneLoyalCard.com, a Delhi based restaurant reservation & deals platform has acqui-hired Pocketin, a year old startup which was also operating in the same space. Pocketin’s entire team along with its founders will join OneLoyalCard at their office. This move will help strengthen OneLoyalCard’s technology and quicken its expansion plans across major markets in India. Arpit Aggarwal, Vaibhav Garg and Sahil Mendiratta, all Chartered Accountants and 2nd-Generation entrepreneurs, started OneLoyalCard in July 2015 with a vision to enhance diners’ experience and to provide a comprehensive marketing solution to the restaurants. Currently, OneLoyalCard provides 2,000+ deals at over 500+ restaurants in Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida & Faridabad. Customers can use OneLoyalCard’s website or app to...

Facebook to Develop App For Television Set-Top Boxes: Report

1Feb By AnkitaNo Comments

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Facebook to Develop App For Television Set-Top Boxes: Report

Facebook is creating an app for television set-top boxes, including Apple's Apple TV, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The world's biggest online social network is also in discussions with media companies to license long-form, TV-quality programming, the report said on Tuesday. Facebook declined to comment. An app for set-top boxes would bring Facebook closer to live video and video advertisements. Getting advertisers to buy more video ads is key to Facebook's continued revenue growth as such ads fetch higher rates from advertisers than text or photo-based ads. Live video is also becoming a highly competitive feature on social platforms, with companies competing to stream major sports events and exclusive video components from high-profi...

Introducing Pepsite to India: The World’s First Mobile Website Builder App

31Jan By NitishNo Comments

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Introducing Pepsite to India: The World’s First Mobile Website Builder App

Starthosting, a web hosting service provider announces the launch of Pepsite, the world's first mobile website builder app for Indian market. Pepsite is a drag-and-editor, which allows anyone to create a unique and professional website. Worldwide, many thousands of small and medium enterprises already use Pepsite, as what they commonly describe as their best choice to make an appearance on the Internet. Starthosting team has more than 16 years of experience with supporting online presence in over 120 countries around the world, and has an Asian support centre in Bangalore since 2012. Website Creation on-the-go - Start Free Pepsite is the first mobile website editor to create and websites on-the-go - any time, any place and from any device. It offers great professional tem...

Cisco to Acquire Software Firm Founded By Former IIT Delhi Student For 25000 Crore

26Jan By AdityaNo Comments

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Cisco to Acquire Software Firm Founded By Former IIT Delhi Student For 25000 Crore

San Francisco-based software company founded by an IIT alumnus will be acquired by American technology giant Cisco for USD 3.7 billion. Jyoti Bansal founded application intelligence software company AppDynamics in 2008 with a vision to "help modern enterprises embark on their journey of digital transformation with a disruptive approach to managing their software applications." Cisco said it will acquire AppDynamics for approximately USD 3.7 billion in cash and assumed equity awards. It said AppDynamics's cloud application and business monitoring platform enabled the world's largest companies to improve application and business performance. "Applications have become the lifeblood of a company's success. Keeping those apps running and performing well has never been more important," sai...

Wipro Acquired Brazil Based IT Services Provider

26Jan By NitishNo Comments

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Wipro Acquired Brazil Based IT Services Provider

Wipro Ltd. a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company today signed an agreement to acquire InfoSERVER S.A. for BRL 27.6 Million (USD 8.7Mn). InfoSERVER, an IT services provider, which is focussed on the Brazilian market, provides custom application development and software deployment services. Two-decade old InfoSERVER, which counts some of the largest Brazilian banks as its clients, will help Wipro in expanding its presence in the country’s highly traditional and competitive Banking, Financial Services & Insurance market besides adding invaluable domain and process knowledge on the sector. This acquisition closely aligns with Wipro’s vision to localise, expand its presence and become a significant partner of choice in the LATAM ma...

26Jan By PriyankaNo Comments

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Online School Aggregator Platform SchoolForSure.com Raises Funding Led by Foodpanda Co-founder Rohit Chadda

New Delhi based online school admissions platform SchoolForSure.com has announced raising an undisclosed amount in angel funding from private investors amongst which is Rohit Chadda, co-founder Foodpanda & founder, PayLo, it said in a statement. SchoolForSure.com which operates a single platform for filling master application form for all schools enables parents to apply to multiple schools in a single click without having to visit each school. The young startup will use the proceeds to expand its team and increase its reach to more geographies. The platform was launched late last year and is presently operational in Delhi and allows nursery admissions to over 100 schools, the firm said in a statement. Rishi Shukla, co-founder & CEO of SchoolForSure.com said, “We are trying ...

Ola Appoints Vishal Kaul as Chief Operating Officer

23Jan By AnkitaNo Comments

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Ola Appoints Vishal Kaul as Chief Operating Officer

Ola, India’s most popular mobile app for transportation, today announced the appointment of Vishal Kaul as its Chief Operating Officer. Vishal is a PepsiCo veteran, who has been with the company since the start of his career in 1999. He has held key leadership positions across operations, sales and marketing in his career spanning 18 years within the company. Vishal was most recently the General Manager of PepsiCo Foods for Thailand, Myanmar and Laos. As COO, Vishal will head Ola’s operations, strengthen Ola’s market leadership, expand its reach to nooks and corners of the country and widen the base of Ola's customers and driver-partner fraternity, in line with its mission to build mobility for a billion Indians. The mobility opportunity is massive with over 300 million trips happening ...