Vineet Singh, who was the former business head of 99Acres.com, had invested an undisclosed sum in Housing.com. 99Acres is one of the chief competitors of Housing in India’s crowded online realty market.
Uber’s cat and mouse game with the Bangalore Traffic authorities just refuses to end. One thought that Uber had one-upped the competition by branding itself as a ridesharing service in order to let its bike taxis run, but it turns out that Bangalore’s traffic cops have other plans – in a fresh round of activity, the Bangalore police has seized at least 15 bikes belonging to Uber.
Under the Smartbox model, your package is delivered to a pickup spot, chosen by you at the time of making the booking. After receiving the intimation of delivery at the location, you can go there at your convenience, swipe your card to pay the amount and pick up your package.
Despite a slow April fool’s, some Indian startups went all out there and pulled off some great April Fool’s day pranks. While Google, as tradition goes, pulled off another April Fool’s joke in the form of the “Google glass cardboard”, it’s the Indian startups, that in their own tone and style, had their unsuspecting customers fooled up. Here’s a list in no particular order.
Flipkart’s VP of Seller Business & Ecosystem Manish Maheshwari has quit the company. Maheshwari had joined Flipkart 14 months ago and had been responsible for acquisition, enablement and growth of sellers that operate on its marketplace.
Tesla’s latest electric car, the Model 3, has had a worldwide launch amidst much excitement – it has received $3.5 billion worth of pre-orders for a car that no one’s seen and will only start to roll out in 2018. But what makes this car unique it is it was open for reservations at a handful of countries outside the US, and that included India.
Ola cabs, India’s leading commutech company is doing something heartening to help the community. In the wake of the tragic flyover collapse accident in the city that has killed over 10 people and has left many hundreds injured and stranded, Ola has offered to help in its own capacity. The company is offering free rides to people commuting on the affected route.
Flipkart, and by extension, Myntra, knows how to treat its employees well. Flipkart employees have one of India’s swankiest offices, generous maternity and…
Not many job descriptions say that their ideal candidate needs to be “lazy and unmotivated”, but this is no ordinary job description. Urban Ladder has just posted an opening on LinkedIn for a Senior Mattress Tester.