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Google Neighbourly Rolls Out in Five More Indian Cities

13Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Google Neighbourly Rolls Out in Five More Indian Cities

The local information app Neighbourly which was launched by Google recently has reportedly expanded to five more Indian cities including Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Mysore, Vizag and Kota. The app, which helps users with local information like nearby shopping arcades, parks, fitness, food and tuition centres, was launched by Google in beta in May and is now available in seven cities. "With 'Neighbourly', we are able to address the local information needs of India's fast-growing internet users in their neighbourhood," said Josh Woodward, Group Product Manager, Next Billion Users team, Google. The improved version of the app has higher quality voice input, thus, enabling people to ask and respond to questions in their own languages and quicker replies. Also, it has "similar answers" feature ...

Referral App Spini Launched in Coimbatore

Spini, a platform which connects referrers and sales professionals across India, today started its operations in the Coimbatore. Spini is known to be the only app that helped users earn a regular income, its CEO G Shankar told Pixr8 at the launch. On operations, he said one can post their own or others buying requirement of products and services like real estate, insurance or interior renovation on the app. This information then becomes a qualified lead for salespersons who have subscribed with Spini, he said. The company, with offices in all the metros, initially generated sales leads for real estate, loans and interior renovation professionals. It has now added insurance, used cars, tours and travels, catering, tuition and training courses besides security systems, Shankar said....

Coimbatore is next the startup hub after Bengaluru

In 2012, Dhruv Kumar shifted the base of his online medical advice platform, iCliniq, to Coimbatore after operating it out of Bengaluru for two years. The reason: He didn't want to be overwhelmed or distracted by the hoopla around startups in the tech capital. "I wanted to be out of all the noise and focus on building a quality product," he said during a recent interview. "There are events all the time and the place is flooded with funding stories. Those days, we thought we were a tech startup and did not focus enough on the health and business side." Several young entrepreneurs like Kumar, who started up in Bengaluru are shifting to Coimbatore. Do-PartTime, a part-time job discovery portal, is another example and one of the reasons for the shift was talent retention. "Every comp...