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Mobikon raises USD 1.7 Mln Series A Funding
Pune Based Mobikon, a niche mobile marketing company specially targeted towards hospitality Industry, has raised USD 1.7 million Series A funding led by Singapore-based Jungle Ventures and supported by other angel investors including Ravi…
8 Indian Companies in the Fortune 500 list for 2012
8 Indian companies found their way to into the latest edition of Fortune magazine's list of top 500 companies globally. In 2012, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Reliance Industries (RIL), Bharat Petroleum (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum (HP),…
FDI Inflows: India 3rd most preferred country in World
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published its World Investment Report for 2012 which outlined that FDI in 2011 exceeded pre-economic crisis levels. More importantly, the report ranked India as the 3rd most…
India Mobile Subscriber base reaches 929.4 Mln, MNP requests cross 50 mln [May’12]
Although, the growth in mobile subscriber base has slowed down considerably over past few months, May 2012 saw a healthy growth after dismal April figures. According to the TRAI report for May 2012, India added 8.35 million new subscribers…
Indian Funding, PE, M&A Deals of the Week [June 25th to July 1st 2012]
Here is a quick round-up of Funding, PE and M&A deals happened in India for the week starting June 25th 2012.
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Tablets to surpass Notebook numbers by 2016
If you are one of those who think that Tablet PCs are just a passing fad, think again. According to the latest NPD DisplaySearch’s Mobile PC Shipment Forecast Report, tablet PC shipments will be the major growth driver for mobile PC market…
Mysmartprice.com raises Rs. 2 Cr from Helion & Accel [Interview]
Mysmartprice.com – an online product comparison search engine today announced that it has raised 2 Crore VC funding from Helion Venture Partners & Accel Partners. We spoke to Sitakanta Ray, Co-founder of MySmartprice.com to know more…
Women entrepreneurship in India: On the rise and how
A recent survey titled Women & Entrepreneurship in India 2012 Study by Women's Web interviewed more than 100 women entrepreneurs in India and put together an interesting set of statistics. Most of the respondents were owners of small to…
Cleartax offers Free Tax Return filing for Indian women
In last couple of years online tax return filing has taken off – According to reports, 51 lakh (out of 3.4 crore ) people filed their tax returns online in the year 2009-10, this number ballooned to 91.57 lakhs in 2010-11. That is…
MTS mPOS – Card swiping service on Smartphones!
MTS has announced launch of revolutionary service on its smartphones called – mPOS or Mobile as Point of Sale. The MTS mPOS is essentially a combination of a smartphone app along with a small hardware that reads debit or credit cards. The…
Indian Funding, PE & M&A deals of the week [June 18th to June 24th 2012]
Here is a quick round-up of Funding, PE and M&A deals happened in India for the week starting June 18th 2012.
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Internet Media consumption witnesses highest growth [ IRS Q1 2012 ]
Global market research giant Hansa Research revealed the latest Indian Readership Survey (IRS) for Q1 2012. The survey noted that while Radio and Cinema consumption decreased 4.2%, the Indian consumer's appetite for Internet and Cable &…
Income Tax Return Filing -Govt. setting up Tax kiosks & Mobile Vans
As you all know, Income Tax Return Filing season is upon us and it is great to see that Indian Income Tax department is taking steps to ensure that the whole process is as easy as possible for Tax payers. According to NDTV news, IT…
Be Brandtastic: 5 Golden rules for an ICONIC Personal Brand Experience
Icons are loved; Icons are revered; Icons are Fantastic! What if I tell you it doesn’t take much to be an Icon-The Apple of your Industry’s Eye! (Pun, intended) All you need is what Steve Jobs had when he brought Apple back (thanks to the…
3G Data Rate Comparison: Airtel vs Vodafone vs Idea vs Reliance
Update: We have published a new article comparing the 3G Data plans of various mobile operators for 2014.Â
In the last few months, mobile service providers in India have been aggressively slashing their 3G rates to get India Inc. craving…
Indian BFSI sector’s IT Adoption to Double in 2012
We've talked about how IT is changing every nook and corner of the different industry sectors in India Inc. A recent survey by Zinnov Management Consulting revealed key performance indicators of adoption of IT in the Banking, Financial…
Indian Funding Deals of the week [June 11th to June 17th 2012]
Here is a quick round-up of Funding, PE and M&A deals happened in India for the week starting June 11th 2012.
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Income Tax Return Filing – 7 Formulas for Error Free and easy filings
The Income Tax Return Filing season is upon us. Businessmen, professionals as well as Individual tax payers are starting to worry about their tax returns, as the due date for the tax returns for financial year 2011-12 (AY 2012-13) i.e.…
Why Microsoft is keen to enter the Tablet space ?
Recently Microsoft gave indications that it would be unveiling its own tablet running a new version of windows called the windows RT. This news came after rival Google had completed the acquisition of Motorola Mobility and was soon to…
Delhi Traffic Police to issue ‘E-Challans’
Tech savvy traffic cops in New Delhi are preparing to issue e-challans in a pilot project undertaken by the state transport department. Mobile teams will issue traffic tickets to vehicles violating traffic rules. Motorists who violate…