2014

In 2012, a research conducted in USA had estimated that Facebook.com, world’s most popular social network has resulted in loss of 80 billion hours of productive work in a year, which turns out to be $1.4 trillion or 1.5% of overall GDP of…

Even though Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal hog majority of limelight, the fact remains that IRCTC is not only the largest eCommerce site in India, but also one of the largest in entire Asia-Pacific region. The kind of transactions that…

TastyKhana, a Pune based online/mobile food ordering and delivery service startup has been acquired by Rocket Internet backed Global online food delivery marketplace FoodPanda. Interestingly, Foodpanda’s competitor Delivery Hero had…

Reliance, which is India’s most powerful public company (as per Forbes ‘Global 2000 List’) has launched their first purely ecommerce portal: RelianceFreshDirect.com. They are targeting households in Mumbai who wish to order grocery…

As I write these words, the Indian tech startup ecosystem is blossoming. We have learned a lot from other countries about technology and startups. The government is on its way to creating policies which make it easier for people to start…

Our PM Narendra Modi is leaving no stone unturned to create a positive image of India among foreign investors and capitalists. But it seems we need some serious makeover and efforts to improve the branding of our nation, as compared to…

The rising property rates in almost all the Indian cities are making people work from their homes and meeting their clients or teams at restaurants or coffee shops. This is especially true in case of startups, who are perpetually working on…

It’s Monday morning and time to do a quick wrap-up of posts published on trak.in last week. Delhi Government’s unique initiative to address complains and issues against Ration Shops and Fair Price Shops by using Facebook as a medium…

When 8 year old Reuben Paul was invited to the podium to speak at Ground Zero Summit in Delhi yesterday, he was provided with a chair, because he couldn’t reach the microphone on top of the lectern. No wonder, the delegates there named…

Yahoo India Homepage today shows up a new section called “Shopping” and if you click on it, you will be led to Flipkart’s site, albeit with a purple-blue header which says - Flipkart.com in association with Yahoo India. The site has a…