Amazon bets on home services provider Housejoy
The company provides on-demand professionals such as electricians, plumbers & carpenters. It fulfills 4,000 orders a day…
Spencer’s clicks online biz, acquires Meragrocer
Meragrocer.com has been in operations from the end of 2014, and is an online grocery business which delivers grocery items to…
Blackstone invests $170 mn in Kerala-headquartered IBS Software
The investment into IBS Software is second such foray into the technology sector with earlier one being with the BPO player…
Japan’s Hitachi seeks to partner with India Post for payments bank
Japan’s Hitachi is keen to partner with the postal department for payments bank solutions, said communications and IT minister…
India will be a bigger market for Android phones than the US : Sundar Pichai, Google
India could reward risk-taking a bit more and, perhaps, its education system could emphasize more creativity, Google CEO Sundar…
eGovWatch: Govt gives in-principle nod to Google’s Project Loon on a pilot basis
The government has in-principle agreed to partner with Google’s Project Loon on a pilot basis and state run BSNL has been assigned…
Digital India pays off for PDS
The perennial gap between allocation of grain meant for the public distribution system by the Food Corporation of India, the…
Corporate-academia-government collaboration in nascent stages in India: Report
The analysis shows that innovation in India, as measured by the number of patents, has been rising. The innovation volume is…
Google to unveil products to work across Indian languages and 2G networks
Google CEO Sundar Pichai underlined the search giant’s intention to push for more internet adoption in India. Pichai said Mumbai…
WiFi at 100 railway stations; massive hiring in new Hyderabad campus: Sundar Pichai, Google
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces huge campus in Hyderabad. It will deploy WiFi at 100 railway station in partnership with…