2013

Future Group, which has one of the largest chain of retail super-shops in India under Big Bazaar brand, have now launched a unique franchisee based direct selling business model called Big Bazaar Direct as per Business Standard. Big…

Unless you are living under a cave, you know by now that Microsoft has acquired Nokia’s Devices & Services business, Nokia’s patents, and their mapping services. According to the announcement, Microsoft will pay EUR 3.79 billion to…

Indian Ecommerce Companies listen up – Contrary to popular belief, nearly half of Indian shoppers give more importance to customer service than product price according to latest Verint research. The report released by Verint based on…

The reports of cyber spying carried out by US Government seems to have woken up Indian Government officials. They may soon ask all Indian Government officers to stop using gmail for official communication purposes. Though Indian Govt…

Ixigo seems to be strengthening their Mobile app portfolio. This is the second Android app they have launched in space of less than a month. Couple of weeks back Ixigo launched a nifty PNR status Android app. They also have separate apps…

Writing a business e-mail is not about using lofty wordings and sentences; as much it is about using short and simplified language to put across your point, in a rather formal or semi-formal manner, as the case may be. Especially, a…

Much talked about IRCTC’s ecommerce foray has gone live. If you visit IRCTC website, you will see a banner asking you to visit IRCTC online shopping mall at shop.irctc.co.in. If you were expecting something really good in store for you…

It is quite interesting to see how mobile and internet lingo is influencing the Oxford dictionary. Majority of the word additions in this benchmark dictionary in recent times have been based on popular lingo that has evolved in chat rooms,…

Twitter accounts getting hacked is a common phenomenon. Many users, especially who are new to this platform or are not too tech savvy wonder how twitter messages go out by their name without they sending it. This article shows exactly…

Update: Interestingly, we found (thanks to comments here & on twitter/FB) that this is available for Chrome browser only. And Flipkart does not have deep integration with their database as was our impression. They have simply added a…