2013

There has been a widespread reporting of India’s economic woes and its systematic slowdown of growth. Both national as well as international media has slammed the Indian government for its short-sightedness regarding the nation’s economic…

Here is a quick wrap-up of posts we published on trak.in last week. Why Do Indians shop online? How much of their total shopping is done online? How many of them use coupons or deals for shopping? If you want to find these answers, here…

In the month of July India added 1.52 million new subscribers taking the total tally to 874.88 million. This is the 3rd consecutive month where the mobile subscriber growth has registered a rise. In last 1 year before July 2013, 9 out of 12…

In a historic development, India Post has announced its partnership with UAE’s national postal service: Emirates Post Group to create a platform for International Money Transfer Service for Indians living abroad. The agreement has been…

Here is the 2nd edition of Trak.in AppWire, a place where we feature mobile apps that have been recently launched by Indians and for the Indians. Since we published Trak.in AppWire last week, we got quite a few mails asking for…

It is sweet to hear that Samsung has dropped the price for two of its upper-mid range smartphones. Samsung Galaxy S3, which was last year’s flagship model, has seen a price cut of Rs. 4000 and is now loitering at Rs. 25400. On Flipkart, the…

“If it works, it will be bigger than Big Bazaar” – Kishore Biyani, managing director of Future Retail on Big Bazaar Direct. There are mainly two keywords in his statement: “If” and “Bigger”. And if this statement is even 1% true, then…

Finally, much hyped ultra-portable ultra-light Google Chromebooks are available in India. In a blogpost released today, Google announced availability of 2 variations of Chromebooks in India, Acer C720 Chromebook for Rs. 22,999 and the HP…

In a recent study conducted by The Internet and Mobile Association of India , it was found that India’s dynamic Internet population can swing around 3-4% of votes in the next Lok Sabha elections in India. 3-4% of votes mean a lot in a…

In the clutter of ecommerce where every other site on the web is trying to sell something, it needs innovation to do something new to catch the consumer’s eyeballs. Snapdeal has now partnered with a re-commerce platform ReGlobe. It allows…