Doordarshan has started broadcasting free TV to mobile phone in 16 cities. Mobile TV can be received in and around these cities usingdongles on smartphones, tablets, and TV sets.
Two days after the Karnataka Road Transport Office issued a directive to commutech companies against applying surge pricing, Uber and Ola seem to be defying the rules and continuing with higher prices.
It’s been a tough few months for Indian startups, but the bigger ones that been thought to be largely doing well. In a sign that even vaunted, highly funded startups are struggling, InMobi has become the latest company to let go of employees. It has fired 100 people from its headcount of around 1000 in Bangalore.
Facebook has just made a huge play in the Indian home services space by launching Facebook services. It’s created a separate section, Facebook Services, where it promises to “find local businesses with the best Facebook reviews and ratings.”
It’s no secret that large scale software contracts are often hideously overpriced, but this takes the cake. The US government airport security agency…
The Future Group has just acquired FabFurnish.com, which was one of India’s first home and furnishing online stores.
Last night, a prominent media house had reported that local services provider LocalOye was on the verge of shutting down. Today morning, LocalOye founder Aditya Rao posted a heartfelt 15-tweet tweetstorm talking about the report and the problems at his company. In an unusually honest and brutal assessment of his company, Rao admits that while Localoye is “wasn’t in the best of situations”, it will live to fight another day.
How does a great cricketing nation hire a new coach? Through an ad in the newspaper of course.
Paytm’s tie up with Flipkart’s delivery arm is a pointer towards what the company’s priorities are going forward.