Modern businesses are notoriously complex entities. They transcend geographies and political boundaries, and can often have a confusing set of investors and partners. So when things happen in one business, they can impact other unrelated businesses – often with surprising results.
Your favourite internet companies have all the technology in the world to keep you informed, entertained and socially active – online. But diversifying is in their DNA and everyone from Google to Instagram have decided to expand their influence beyond the internet. One chappal at a time. Here’s some of our favourite lesser known products by our favourite social networks.
It’s finally official. If Apple CEO Tim Cook is to be believed, Apple will soon be opening its iconic retail stores in India. The announcement was made by Cook on the sidelines of Apple’s Q3 earnings call.
Amazon has finally brought one of its most sought-after features – Amazon Prime – to India.
India Inc. is also home to startups that fulfill needs that you didn’t even realize you had. These startups are quirky, zany, and are solving some very unusual problems. We trawled the length and the breadth of the Indian startup ecosystem to find out the most outlandish startup ideas that are being worked on last year. And we are back with our top picks this year.
This Independence Day, you can send personalised letters to the Indian Army with a couple of clicks. The Hyderabad based OyeHappy that organizes surprises and other beautiful gestures for your loved ones is now looking to delight those who protect the country. OyeHappy has designed LettersToTheArmy, a website especially for people to write a message for the Indian Defence Force personnel, whihc will be printed and personally hand delivered to the serviceman by the team.
People had been speculating that the grocery delivery business might not have the best unit economics, but we finally have some data on just how brutal it is.
Amazon is flourishing, and so is founder Jeff Bezos. The company’s shares have risen 54% since February this year, and that’s added $5.4 billion to Bezos wealth this year. This rise has helped him pip Warren Buffet to become the third richest man in the world.
After setting up world class offices in Hyderabad and Mumbai, that’s home to Facebook India’s operations, the social networking giant has now moved into an all new office in Gurgaon. (Delhi NCR)