How Uber’s Cofounder Came Up With The Idea, And Then Gave It To Travis Kalanick To Run
[This article is the first in our of our new series The Cofounders, where we talk about the stories of the lesser known founders…
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The One Chinese Company That’s Now Sponsoring Nearly All Of Indian Cricket
The Indian cricket team has a new set of sponsors for its jerseys. Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is the latest sponsor for the…
BookMyShow Unfazed By Paytm’s Movie Booking Entry, Says Loves Seeing Competition Spend Unintelligently
For several years, BookMyShow had a near monopoly on the movie ticketing business in India. As companies in other sectors tried to woo…
Fake News Reports Of An Azim Premji Investment Are Being Used To Lure Subscribers To A Dubious Startup
If fake news stories can be used to win elections, they can also be used to part gullible people with their hard-earned money….
A Six-Year-Old Indian Startup Has Quietly Entered The Unicorn Club, And Is Already Worth $2 Billion
It hasn’t been a good few months for Indian unicorns. Flipkart has seen its value fall from $15 billion to 11 billion, Ola has…
How One Developer’s Carelessness, And A Hack Of A Completely Unrelated Website Led To The Zomato Hack
A butterfly flaps its wings somewhere in the universe, and two years later, 17 million Zomato passwords and emails are stolen. On 28th…
Here’s How The New Paytm Payments Bank Compares To Airtel’s Payments Bank
After several delays, and much back-and-forth, Paytm has finally launched its own Payments Bank. Paytm now has the third payments bank in the country,…
Uber Has Now Started Charging Fares Based On How Much It Thinks Particular Passengers Can Afford
Uber has already brought about a revolution in way taxi rides are priced. Before it had been founded, taxi rides cost a simple…
World’s Nicest Hacker Waives Poor Person’s Ransom, Asks Them To Buy Him A Coffee Instead
Hackers have been getting a bad rap over the last few months. Their attacks have targeted hospitals, factories, and governments, and thousands of ordinary people…