The tech world was abuzz this morning with reports that Quikr was eyeing a majority stake in real estate portal CommonFloor. An Economic Times article had stated that the deal would be worth Rs. 330 crore, and had been in the works for the last 5 months. The news was gaining steam and being picked up by other publications, until co-founder Vikas Malpani intervened.
Bangalore has yet another swanky office to add to its growing list. [24] 7, one of the world’s largest providers of chat agents, has set up a spanking new office in the city.
The office is spread over 4.5 lakh square feet and can house 7,000 employees.
Modi’s promised Acche Din might have taken some time coming, but they finally seem to be here. On the heels of his historic Digital India summit in Silicon Valley in which the Prime Minister launched a charm offensive on global CEOs, it has emerged that India led the world in Foreign Investment in 2015.
Instamojo has recently turned 3, and the company has moved into a swanky new Bangalore office. Founded in 2012 by Aditya Sengupta, Akash Gehani, Harshad Sharma and Sampad Swain, Instamojo provides customers a platform to sell digital goods like ebooks, reports, comic books, music, software, templates, photos and tutorials by listing the item on the website and sharing the web link with others.
Indian startup employees have never had it so good. After Flipkart and Snapdeal had annouced new offices that would make the most jaded employee start looking forward to Mondays, Freecharge has come up with a brand new office of its own.
Name a need, and there’s an app for it. Technology these days can help you find jobs, cars, and even love. But what if all one wants is a nice stiff drink at the end of a long day? Some young Indian kids think they have a solution.
Zomato’s been expanding its influence in the food business. From starting Whitelabel, which is a software product for restaurants, to having its own delivery service, Zomato has been taking on uncharted territory over the past year. But when it launched Zomato Book, its restaurant booking service, and announced that it wanted “to ensure that we are the first in the market”, Dineout wasn’t pleased.
Mark Zuckerberg has been opening up about his personal life of late. (You’d think that would come with being the owner of a website that’s built on people sharing travel updates and baby pictures). He’s been using Facebook to share his travel pics, his views about world events, and even letting the world know that his wife was expecting. But he’s just gone ahead and done something he hadn’t done yet – he’s offered the world a tantalizing glimpse into Facebook’s office.
It’s every public speaker’s nightmare come true. While speaking at a Frankfurt event with thousands of media personnel and auto fans in attendance, BMW CEO Harald Kruger was overcome by a dizzying fit and fainted on stage.