Capgemini Appoints Srinivas Kandula As India CEO
Capgemini has appointed Srinivas Kandula as chief executive officer for India, replacing Aruna Jayanthi, who has moved to a global role within the group.
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Barclays To Shut Equities Division In India; Job Cuts Expected
British bank Barclays Plc will shut its cash equities division in India. This is in line with a decision to exit this business across the Asian region. The move is expected to result in around two dozen job cuts.
Google’s Free Wifi At Indian Train Stations Launches At Mumbai Central
For the thousands that mill around Mumbai Central waiting for their trains every day, there’s now a new distraction. Google’s much-anticipated Wifi service for Indian stations launches tomorrow at the station. Waiting commuters will now be able to access high-speed Google powered Wifi at the station premises.
Housing Raises 100 Crore From Existing Investor SoftBank
Housing has raised Rs. 100 crore from Softbank in new round of funding. Softbank is already the largest investor in Housing and has a 33% stake in the company.
CREO Raises $3 Million To Build Their Own Phones And OS
CREO, a Bangalore based Technology Company, has secured $3 Million funding from Sequoia India, Beenext Ventures and India Quotient.
8 Indian Startups Selected For First Ever Google Launchpad
Eight Indian startups are a part of Google’s first ever Launchpad Accelerator that began on Monday in Silicon Valley.
Housing Appoints Cofounder Snehil Buxy As Chief Product Officer
Housing.com has appointed Snehil Buxy as its Chief Product Officer. Buxy was a part of the original 12 member founding team of Housing. The 26 year old was also close to former CEO Rahul Yadav.
TRAI Reprimands Facebook For Its Free Basics Campaign In The Most Epic Way Possible
“Your urging has the flavour of reducing this meaningful constructive exercise designed to produce informed decisions into a crudely majoritarian and orchestrated opinion poll.” This isn’t a school headmaster admonishing an errant student. It’s TRAI letting Facebook know what it thought of its Free Basics poll that generated 9 million responses.
Indian Business Chat Apps Have Some Serious Competition; WhatsApp To Focus On B2C
Over the last year, India has seen a mushrooming of chat apps that aimed to connect consumers directly with businesses. Services like LookUp, Haptik and Helpchat all had business models that involved setting up and easy, phone-based communication channel between users and local businesses, and had met with varying levels of success. But the industry is now likely to be upturned. Whatsapp, the global chat behemoth with 70 million Indian users, is looking to enter the space in a big way.