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Here are the Funding and M&A deals happened in India for the week starting February 26th 2012. Funding, M&A Deals of the Fortnight Funded Company / Acquired Company Deal Type Who Funded…

TIME Magazine, Forbes Magazine, The Economist and other such prestigious publications have year after year covered lists on the lines of Top 100 Influential Persons or Top 50 Women in Business. And the results have often carried the names…

Business daily ET reported yesterday that Tata Nano is all set to resurrect its image from an ultra-low cost ‘People’s Car’ to a more powerful variant with an 800cc 3-cylinder engine to tap the entry-level segment in the four-wheeler car…

The mobile media consumption has grown to a proportion where now it has surpassed the amount of time spent by consumers watching TV. InMobi’s first Mobile Media Consumption report states that consumers spend 27% of their media time on…

We could not post the funding deals last week, so we are covering the fortnight since Feb 13th. Here are the funding & M&A deals happened in India for the Fortnight starting February 13th 2012. Funding, M&A Deals of the…

“Time is never right for your ideas; you have to make it right”. Steve Jobs truly exemplified the Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Steve Jobs, who lived 56 years of his life doing what he loved, turned a garage based computer venture into…

Samsung is one of the largest mobile manufacturers for the Android OS and the Windows OS. Both these OSes have strong ecosystems which sustain and enhance their growth. Samsung however is still going ahead with its Bada OS, and has recently…

The 2nd largest private bank in India today announced the launch of its mobile payment service that allows its customers to make payments through their mobile phones using their debit / credit card registered with the bank.  Movida,…

In last few days there has been a talk about Datawind being the shown the door - Most of the online media sites covered this story. We also wrote about it citing NDTV & Livemint articles. However, the reality seems to be quite…

4 Indian business schools out of 6 in the list have finally made the mark amongst top 10 B-schools in the Asia-Pacific region, according to QS Global 200 Business Schools Report. IIM-Ahmedabad is ranked second, IIM-Bangalore is ranked…

Indian NGOs have come a long way in terms of raising funds for charitable causes. While most major Indian NGOs have a fairly good web presence since the past few years, GiveIndia and GuideStar India has emerged as mature online platforms…

After nearly 2 years, Blackberry has finally agreed to setup its server in Mumbai, India. This controversy has had quite a effect on Blackberry’s business in India. According to the latest report by convergence catalyst, Blackberry…

It's always easy to have armchair discussions about what the government should do and what it isn't doing. Notwithstanding that, here are a few things we'd love to suggest to the tourism ministry, because we can't help but say again and…

While India has been struggling with double digit Inflation for past 3-4 years, it still boasts some of the cheapest cities in the world. Within India, Mumbai & Delhi are some of the most expensive cities to reside in, primarily due to…

We know nothing beats the feel and drive of a new car, but gone are the days when your idea of buying a used car in India was limited to dodgy road side car mechanics. The used car segment in India has recently taken massive leaps and the…

It's only natural that when foreign nationals visit India either for business or for leisure, they're going to arm themselves with utility oriented information that they need to travel within the country. This would include apps for finding…

Fast Company’s recently announced it much awaited rankings of the world’s top 50 most innovative companies, and globaly as is customary in these kind of lists, Apple has come out on top, followed by Facebook & Google. Amazon comes in at…

Times Internet Ltd. (TIL) announced launch of India’s first weekly magazine purely for tablet computers on Wednesday. This Weekly magazine - TWEEK - has been developed by TIL in partnership with GENWI, a cloud based mobile publishing…

Gujarat attracted maximum investment proposals compared to any of the 20 industrial states in India. According to the recent study undertaken by ASSOCHAM, Gujarat attracted investment proposals of Rs 16.28 lakh crore in year 2011. After…

Globally, Smartphone Market grew 61% in 2011 with total shipment volumes reaching 491.4 million units in 2011, a whopping increase of over 304.7 million units in 2010! Smartphones are replacing features phones at much faster rate than…