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Why Retailers and Manufacturers are jumping into the services game?
During my stay in US, I had gone into Best Buy one day to buy a laptop. After selecting the laptop when I went to the cashier, he was telling me about an interesting value add service provided by Best Buy called “The Geek Squad”. Though I…
Microsoft is “Most Attractive Employer” in India [Randstad Survey]
Microsoft was ranked the Most Attractive Employer to work for in 2012 by Global HR services company Randstad. Microsoft has won this award 2nd year running! The survey by Randstad was conducted amongst a large audience of 8,500 respondents…
Establishing A UK Branch Of An Indian Company [Overview]
There are such organizations like the UK-India Business Council for those UK companies which would like to open a branch in India. As far as I know there are no such resources when it has to go the opposite way. The entrepreneurs have to…
India rated 2nd most economically confident country in World
Recent research figures released by Ipsos, a world leader in market research, for the month of March 2012 pegged India to be the 2nd most economically confident country. More Indians believe that the current economic situation in India is…
5 Cheap Budget Android Tablets in India!
Unless you have a fat pocket and you don't mind spending a bomb on expensive android tablets or even the much awaited Apple iPad 3, you will love the hot picks that we've featured here. Please note that we are not talking about hordes of…
Average IT / Software Salaries in India [Report]
If you are an IT professional and in midst of a change of job or an appraisal, this report may be very beneficial for you. ZDNet Asia conducted an online survey between March 2011 and March 2012 to find salary packages of IT professionals…
The Best Airports in World: Delhi’s IGI ranks 62nd, most improved
Skytrax, who offer the most prestigious & trusted awards for the Airline industry worldwide have announced “Best Airports in the World” Rankings for 2012. Incheon International Airport in Korea gets the coveted position of having the…
Asia’s largest solar park opens in Gujarat today
What do you say to a state which is on a dream run? The state's tourism is promoted by Amitabh Bachchan, its infrastructure for the automobile industry is geared towards making it the Detroit of India and now the state has launched Asia'a…
Maruti Suzuki on a promotion blitz: Innovative marketing in rural areas
Most of India still hasn’t forgotten how there was a time when everyone was vying to buy the Maruti Suzuki 800 or the Fronty as it was lovingly called. Fronty may have been bid goodbye after its memorable run spanning a couple of decades,…
RBI cuts interest rates by 50 basis points, surprises markets!
Finally after 2 years of continuous upward revisions RBI, in its annual monetary policy for 2012-13, slashed the policy interest rates by 50 basis points surprising analysts and markets. They were expecting a rate cut of 25 bps, but RBI…
Infosys bleeding: Low Q4 profits, competition with Cognizant, share price fall & now freezing…
What happens when the stock price of the country's largest IT giant tanks 13% in a single session? The markets go into a frenzy, analysts go into an overdrive and investors fret. That's exactly what happened when Infosys posted…
Designer Designations: Indian companies giving innovative titles to their key executives
Hindu mythology expert Devdutt Pattnaik is the Chief Belief Officer (CBO) of the retail giant Future Group. What do you think that title means? When quizzed by the media, Pattnaik stated that this designation was created to align the…
Facebook on an acquisition spree: Tagtile follows Instagram
A few days back, we carried a post on Facebook and Instagram's surprisingly overpriced marriage. There's one more announcement that been unleashed as a part of Facebook's sudden app acquisition spree. Facebook has acquired Tagtile, a San…
Clean Energy Economies: India ranks 6th!
India Inc is on a roll. After claiming the second spot in the Regus Business Confidentiality Index 2012, the Pew Energy report recently announced that private investment in clean energy in India increased by 54 percent in 2011, which…
Facebook’s Instagram Acquisition: Don’t think valuation, think synergies!
This is what has been happening on my messaging client since last 12 – 14 hours since Instagram acquisition news came out. ------ Friend: Did you hear about Instagram’s 1 Billion Dollar Acquisition by Facebook? Me: Yes, that’s…
Maruti Suzuki’s Ertiga: A car designed in Japan, made for India
A car made for global markets, but designed keeping India in mind? While that sounds too good to be true, Maruti Suzuki seems to have nailed it. Based on the tried and tested Swift Platform, Maruti has unveiled its plans to launch the brand…
SMS will be used to send UIDAI’s Aadhar numbers!
UIDAI have dispatched close to 10 crore Aadhar cards till now, however, one of the major issues most users face after applying, is the delay in getting their Aadhar numbers. If not for delay, these numbers would have been much more. Some…
BMW launches its iconic Mini Cooper in India!
While it may not be the best of news for the team marketing the Beetle, it is definitely time for die-hard Mini fans to rejoice. BMW recently announced that various models of Mini Cooper will hit Indian roads by May this year. BMW earlier…
Live tracking of trains introduced by Indian Railways!
As promised during the Railway Budget, the railways is getting technologically advance. Indian Railways has launched beta of their website trainenquiry.com, which allows travellers to know the status of current & future trains. The new…
Why single view of the customer is a myth in India?
When I came back to India for good, I choose to settle down in Bangalore. One of the first things I did was to get a mobile connection and the service provider I choose was Air Tel. Now I have been an Airtel customer for 10 years and I am…