This Is How Much Money ScoopWhoop Made In 2016
Five friends started a hobby website in 2013. You wouldn’t believe what happened next. ScoopWhoop is today one of the most recognizable brands…
Category: Startups
Home Services Startup Taskbob Shuts Down
There has been yet another shutdown in the home services space – and this time, it’s a big name. Mumbai-based Taskbob has shuttered…
NPCI Steps In, Asks ICICI To Restore Transfers To Flipkart’s PhonePe
The National Payments Corporation of India has finally spoken out on the spat between ICICI and Flipkart. It has directed ICICI Bank to immediately restore UPI…
The Big Problem With Uber And Ola That No One’s Talking About
On 15th May last year, Ishaan Gill from Delhi had an unusual Uber ride. Gill had sensed something was amiss when the ride…
Snapdeal Lost Rs. 9 Crore Per Day In 2016
Snapdeal might have fallen decisively behind Flipkart and Amazon in India’s e-commerce wars, but it still continues to bleed heavily. Snapdeal’s losses have more…
Flipkart, ICICI Trade Barbs Over Blocked Transactions On PhonePe
Flipkart and ICICI are at loggerheads. ICICI had blocked transactions to Flipkart’s PhonePe app last Friday. After users had reported that their transactions…
All Three CommonFloor Cofounders Quit Quikr A Year After Being Acquired
CommonFloor’s acquisition of Quikr was one of the biggest deals in the Indian startup space last year. Back then. the CommonFloor founders had…
ICICI Bank Is Blocking UPI Transactions On PhonePe, Alleges Flipkart
No sector has seen as much churn in recent months as the digital payments industry. With the introduction of UPI, and the government’s demonetizaton…
Top 10 Companies Acquired By Apple
So far Apple Inc., one of the most successful technology companies of our generation, has made few but notable acquisitions so far. The number stands at 83, to be precise, till December 2016. They stand by the philosophy of buying smaller companies that can be integrated into Apple’s existing line of technologies and projects. This 1976 born multinational company made its first acquisition in 1988 and so far the largest deal was made with Beats Electronics, which was purchased for $3 billion. Let’s have a quick look at the top 10 companies acquired by Apple.