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WOW! Amazon.in To Deliver Goods Using Drone This Diwali; But Is It Legal In India Yet?
Recent reports are coming in according to which, instead of US, Amazon plans to develop India as a Launchpad for their ambitious plan of using drones for delivery of goods ordered via their ecommerce portal.
As per insiders from Amazon,…
Oxigen Wallet Now Allows Sharing Money On Social Networks & Messaging Platforms
Oxigen Services India Pvt. Ltd., one of the leading payments solutions company has announced launch of India’s first social mobile wallet service “Oxigen Wallet”. The service has been launched in partnership with Fastacash, a Singapore…
Indian Telecom Growth Story: From 10M to 900M Subscribers In 10Yrs
Yes, that’s true. Indian telecommunication Industry is one of the fastest growing telecom market in the world. The mobile sector has grown from around 10 million subscribers in 2002 to reach 150 million by early 2007 registering an...
State of Indian Ecommerce: 53.4M Total Online Shoppers, Females Constitute 40%
In the latest study on the ‘State of Ecommerce’ in India conducted by ASSOCHAM and Comcast has unearthed several interesting aspects of Internet usage in the country, and the penetration of retail shopping using digital medium.
Key…
Business Pivots: Tradus Becomes Online Grocery Store, Yahoo SmallBusiness Becomes Yahoo Store
Pivot has varied meanings, but when it comes to businesses and startups, it generally means change in the direction where the company or product is headed. A scientific definition of Pivot is, “structured course correction designed to test…
Real 3G Speeds – 2mbps, 7.2mbps or 21 mbps ?
This is real question to which I have not been able to find an answer and I am looking forward to our expert readers to chip in.
The big Question is:
What real data transfers speed does 3G technology support – i.e: what is the top…
Flipkart Guilty Of FEMA Violations, Evidence Found, 1000 Cr Showcause Notice Issued
Finally, Enforcement Directorate seems to have hit upon hard evidence showing that India’s poster boy E-commerce company, Flipkart, being guilty of violating FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act).
According to ET, who have quoted…
Gmail’s Spam Filter Will Now Weed Out Identical Letter Exploits
Earlier last week, Gmail had announced support for multi-lingual email where even email addresses in non-english language could send and receive emails. So, now non-Latin characters are also supported in Gmail.
However, this change has…
Newegg Now Starts Delivering Products To India!
Geeks and gaming enthusiasts are going to be very happy to hear this news – NewEgg.com, the much loved e-commerce site, especially for PC hardware and components is now available for Indian shoppers. Along with India, Newegg has also opened…
Privacy Invasion? Phone Number Now Mandatory To Open New Gmail and Yahoo Mail Accounts
Both Gmail and Yahoo Mail have silently made phone numbers as a mandatory requirement to create new email accounts on their platform. While Google asks for either a telephone number or mobile number, Yahoo specifically asks for mobile…
Times Internet Brings Ad Age Indian Edition
Times Internet is bringing yet another online publication to India – this time it is Ad Age, a leading source of news, intelligence and conversation for the global marketing and media community.
This alliance with Ad Age is part of Times…
Microsoft May Soon Set Up Cloud Data Center In India, Will Be First MNC To Do So!
Microsoft is said to be considering setting up a cloud computing data centre in India. If it does so, it will be Microsoft's first data centre established within India. Not only that, it would make the Redmond company the very first…
Ratan Tata May Invest Personally Into Snapdeal
The buzz around Indian e-commerce just does not seem to die down - the sector is witnessing lot of activity, especially from the funding side. Most recently, Flipkart's big $1 billion round of funding made waves, which was followed by an…
Biggest Cyber Robbery Ever: Russian Gang Steals 1.2B Passwords from 420k Websites
Described as one of the biggest hacks Internet has ever seen, a Russian gang of hackers have stolen whooping 1.2 billion usernames and passwords from 420,000 websites all over the world. Luckily, the hackers didn’t sell this information,…
Internet De-Addiction Centres Now Go Main Stream In India
Besides creating billion dollar ecommerce companies, Internet in India has opened up another interesting industry: Internet de-addiction centers. And looking by the response they are getting, it seems everything is not ok with Indians.…
Delhi Biggest Online Shoppers, 1 in 4 Indian Buys Through Mobile
Do you know which industry is the biggest benefactor of bad roads and increasing traffic in India? It’s the ecommerce Industry. Nearly 76 percent of the respondents from ASSOCHAM survey said that they find it much easier to do shopping from…
Now, Amazon Too Starts Offering Domain Registration Services!
Amazon is at it again, a month after Google announced their Domain name registration service offerings, Amazon too has gone ahead and announced the same.
You can now register new domain names as well as transfer from your existing…
MSMEShopping.com, Govt’s Unique Ecommerce Portal For SMEs
National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), a Government of India agency to promote and develop SMEs has started their own ecommerce portal: MSMEShopping.com. The website was launched today by Union Minister Kalraj Mishra.
The…
Amazon Steps The Pedal, To Invest $2B In India To Counter Flipkart
If there were any doubts about Indian E-Commerce space being just a bubble and could burst any time, you should put them to rest. Amazon have gone one-up on Flipkart’s recent $1 Billion funding raise. They have officially announced today…
Google In Trouble Again; CBI Initiates Enquiry Into Mapathon 2013 For Mapping Sensitive Areas
With the best of intentions, Google had launched a unique contest to create better and detailed maps of India called Mapathon 2013. The event started on February 12 and ended on March 25, 2013 wherein Indians were invited to add details…