Microsoft Acquires LinkedIn: How These Planets Could Align
When I first heard about this merger, it was surprising, but on giving it a little thought, it made a significant bit of…
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Yahoo’s Iconic Messenger Is Now A Thing Of The Past
Yahoo has announced that it would be phasing out the messenger on August 5th, in favour of a newly designed chat-app which would pretty much do what Yahoo messenger did, and more. It would allow users to chat, exchange photos, GIFs, “like” things, and make groups – features that Facebook and Whatsapp currently provide. However, the new Yahoo app would also come with an “Unsend” option for those hurriedly sent angry texts or autocorrect disasters.
How This Facebook Hack Helped Me Find Jobs At Indian Startups
After a couple of iterations of the “conventional” way at job hunting, I realized I needed to find a smarter way around this. I needed to stand out at the first step in my job hunt, so I created targeted facebook ads reverse engineering my job search. I wasn’t disappointed.
5 Indian Women Feature Amongst The Forbes Top 100 Most Powerful
These women are taking the charge, making a dent, getting things done, influencing the powers that be, and changing the world. One stereotype broken at a time.
What’s heartening is that 5 of these women are Indian. In a country where women are still trying to find their feet in a largely male dominated public space, and battling issues like female infanticide, lack of sanitation and higher education, and sexual harassment, these women make the country proud.
Will The Pelican Come To Rescue The Nano?
Seven years down the road, Nano is facing an uncertain future. Against an installed capacity of 250,000 cars per annum, the car factory at Sanand (Gujarat) produced only 23,605 cars in 2015 (January to December). Company data reveals that sales have dwindled since 2011-12, when it sold 74,521 cars. In the last three years (2013-14 to 2015-16), Nano has sold 21,130 cars, 16,903 cars and 21,006 cars respectively.
The 22-yr-old Who’s Traveling All Over India To Meet Startups
22 year old Akshay Gunteti is on a mission to explore the startup ecosystem in India, quite literally. He’s on a 100+ city startup tour, which involves meeting the startup community, incubators, achievers, and friends to discover, share, and learn from India’s burgeoning startup ecosystem – all on a cycle, and some public transport.
Fired Helpchat Employee Writes Open Letter To CEO Ankur Singla
Rakesh Nadakuditi is was among those who were fired by Helpchat. In an open letter to Helpchat’s CEO Ankur Singla, Nadakuditi acknowledges that business exigencies could’ve led to their removal, but blames the company for its mismanagement.
14 Indian Startups & Projects That Are Helping The Country Go Green
Indian entrepreneurs are looking to disrupt everything right from the way we shop, to how we order food, to how we get a leaking tap fixed. However, with problems of excessive consumption, and technology, come problems of waste, pollution and environmental damage.
But fortunately, there are startups that are looking to mitigate these environmental hazards, and combined with a love for social good and a technology led product, helping the country become greener. In a country like India, where abject corruption and a huge population can usually put civic works in the background, it’s heartening to see small players coming out and focussing in this sector. We bring you 14 such entrepreneurs and activists who have started ventures towards sustainable development focussing on waste management, alternative sources of energy and awareness platforms.