2016

Seth Godin, the Marketer, often tells that competition on price is often a race to the bottom. In June this year, when news came in that Flipkart is following the Paytm way to source cheap Chinese products and then sell to Indians,…

The surgical strike against black money continues with full force, as banks are now overflowing with deposited money, even as black money hoarders are discovering new ways to convert their wealth into white. In order to stop the…

Online grocery delivery in India is a tricky business, as PepperTap closed down its hyperlocal delivery model in India and Grofers closed its operations in 9 cities. Amazon also recently got into this with the Amazon Pantry service in…

Amazon’s video service, Prime Video, is coming to India as it forged tie-ups with Dharma Productions some time back. It is a direct competitor to foreign born - Netflix and Indian born - Voot, Hotstar and Bigflix. Video-on-demand is the…

After choosing Paytm as a partner for selling e-toll tags, NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) has granted contract to Paytm for managing 40 out of 350 toll plazas across the country. Hence, 11% of all toll plazas in India…

It’s Monday morning and yet again time to do a quick review of posts published on trak.in last week. If you were offline for any reason, this is a great way to catch up with all the tech buzz! When everyone is talking about just…

In a move to encounter the unlimited voice calling packs of Reliance Jio which will come into effect from 1 January 2017, provided Jio doesn’t extends its ‘Welcome Offer’, RCom has already launched its unlimited voice calling plans.…

A few days back we reported that Jio is starting home delivery of SIMS in major metros. The update to this is that we are hearing from sources that there are not 1, but 2 different programs that Jio is experimenting with, one of…

Google partnered with Indian Railways to offer free WiFi at railway stations and it was a massive hit. The high-speed internet service is free for around 30 mins in the beginning and then users have to pay further to use the service.…

#CurrencyBan has divided the country into two parts: On one side are those who are going ga-ga over the masterstroke by PM Modi, while on the other side are those are complaining about the mismanagement and long queues outside ATMs and…