2014

Last year, we had reported that SMS is dying a slow death in India, as collectively, we are sending only 2 SMSes per day, down from 9 per day in 2009. In the year 2013, telecom companies incurred losses worth $1.2 billion due to less…

Internet Users in India will cross 300 million mark by December 2014 according to ‘Internet in India 2014’ report jointly published by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International. The year on year growth rate…

Twitter has decided to embrace Big Data is a major way: Every tweet ever posted on the website is now searchable, and indexed in their database. For digital marketers, this is one huge announcement. When Twitter filed their IPO last…

The second largest handset manufacturer in India, Micromax, announced its decision to launch a new smartphone brand Yu, which will be sold online ONLY - a take-off on the popular Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi’s business model. The new brand…

WhatsApp, the most popular instant messaging app in the world, has rolled out yet another new feature for its users. It now supports end-to-end data encryption for messages shared by users of this hugely popular 600 million strong platform.…

Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were launched on September 19, 2014, and 4 million units were sold within the first 24 hours. In the next 3 days, more than 10 million units were shipped in US and Canada. When it was launched in India on…

The big ticket funding in Indian tech startups just keep on rolling – Zomato, a popular online restaurant search and discovery service today announced that it has closed a fresh round of funding of USD 60 million at a post-money valuation…

2014 will surely go down in history as a marquee year for tech and online startups in India. No one could have predicted at the start of the year that Indian online companies will see such huge infusion of funds from Venture Capitalists,…

A picture is worth a thousand words, goes the cliché`. No wonder that we love to express ourselves through pictures when we have the choice or we can. Pictures help grab eyeballs instantly and get the viewers’ attention faster. How about…

Indian telecom industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. Over the past decade the telecom sector has experienced rapid growth owing to regulatory liberalization, making telecom as one of the major catalysts in India’s growth…