“If you can’t beat them, join them” – Amazon acquires Zappos for $920 million There’s a reason that Amazon is the largest online retailer in the world, it realises that if a rival firm is too much of a threat, instead of competing with them, just buy them! With news today that Amazon has dug [...]
The thought of compiling a formal business plan can be quite daunting to the entrepreneur. Many of us see ourselves as the creative type rather than the formal intellectual and we might have an inbuilt tendency to try and fly by the “seat of our pants”. In spite of the pain, perceived or otherwise, involved [...]
The data revolution would create over three lakh jobs in the interior. The Minister recalled that the broadband connectivity at present was only two per cent of the population and PC penetration just three per cent. Post offices would be used to reach broadband services to rural areas. The Government plans to raise Internet subscriber [...]
Rashtrapati Bhavan is coming closer to the common man with a little help from technology. President Pratibha Patil launched a helpline portal that will not only allow citizens to register their grievances online but track them to various ministries as well. The portal will allow people to petition the President directly. // The portal — [...]
Tata DoCoMo – Do the new “Do the new” is the tagline of Tata’s GSM service. It is not a complete sentence and yet complete. I am really not sure if it is grammatically correct but I really don’t care. It is like Samsung’s Next is What? But, only better and stickier. Tata DoCoMo is [...]
Twitter founder Biz Stone has confirmed to BoomTown reporter Kara Swisher that the company will finally fix its home page, which has a few basic problems that have very likely cost the company members and money by not engaging new users. There are three big problems with Twitter’s front door that are readily apparent to [...]
Google has made AdWords a little bit more local for businesses by allowing them to run location extensions on ads. According to Google, location extensions allow you to “extend” your AdWords campaigns by attaching your business address to your ads. // Once you link you AdWords campaign to your Google business center account, Google will [...]
Exisiting backers Matrix Partners and Intel Capital also invested in Itz Cash, which has a turnover of Rs 1,700 Cr. Lightspeed Venture Partners has led a Rs 50 crore second round of funding in Itz Cash Card Ltd, a multi- purpose pre-paid card company. Exisiting investors Matrix Partners India and Intel Capital also participated in [...]
As the dates for India’s top startup showcase event proto.in is nearing I can see a lot of buzz and activity around the event on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. Boot camps are happening and 15 startups are busy preparing their presentations and speeches to be made to a select group of ‘investors’ hoping [...]
Oracle has planned to buy privately held GoldenGate software, beefing up its portfolio of technology that helps companies manipulate information in databases. The companies did not disclose financial terms of the transaction. Hasan Rizvi, Senior Vice President, Oracle’s Fusion Middleware Product Development said, “The combination of GoldenGate and Oracle is expected to create a comprehensive [...]
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