Uber drivers are a resilient lot. They’re used to dealing with erratic customers, hard-to-find addresses, and the traffic snarls on Indian roads. But Shahnawaz, an Uber driver from Delhi, was quite taken aback when his cab was ordered by a heavily pregnant woman who wanted to go to the hospital.
As startups have mushroomed across India, it’s become increasingly hard for them to get noticed. With consumers often having multitudes of options to choose from for the same service, it’s not easy for companies to stand out. That’s when brands start getting creative.
Zomato users shall now be able to have their customer service questions answered in real time. The company has introduced an in-app chat feature that will help users resolve their queries and complaints about Zomato’s service.
Rahul Yadav’s much vaunted startup is finally beginning to take shape. After being fired from the Housing CEO post, Yadav had taken to social media and announced that his startup would be “10x more than all Indian internet companies put together”. He’d then gone on to tantalizingly reveal bits and pieces about the details of his new venture. It had emerged then that the company would be in the data analytics space and would be called Intellignent Interfaces.
It used to be lots of Davids against a Goliath, but now the Davids have all decided to gang up. Ride sharing apps…
Oyo Rooms and Zo Rooms have been slugging it out for supremacy in the budget hotels space. There are, however, signs that there’s some consolidation that’s imminent in this sector. It has emerged that Oyo Rooms is interested in buying out Zo Rooms, which is scrambling to raise funds to avoid being sold.
After the euphoria of the Big Billion Dollar Sale in which Flipkart made a record number of transactions, claimed a record number of sales,…
Chennai has been hit by record levels of rainfall over the last few days. The rains have left thousands of people stranded, shut down offices and businesses, and 188 lives have been lost. But amidst the gloom, there’s some hope. Indian startups are going out of their way to help Chennai’s stricken populance in any way they can. Here are some Indian startups that have pitched in to help with the Chennai floods.
It’s nearly Christmas, and it’s the season of giving. Quite appropriately, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s 31 year old billionaire founder, has pledged to give away 99% of his Facebook shares towards good causes. These shares have a combined value of $45 billion.