Flipkart To Soon Become All-In-One App That Lets Users Order Food, Book Cabs, Plan Vacations
India’s most valuable startup is considering the biggest pivot in its ten year history. Flipkart wants to become an app-of-apps in the comings months,…
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Faasos Has Been Stealthily Building A Network Of “Invisible Kitchens”, And Now They’ve Turned Profitable
The food tech story in India has unfolded somewhat like the Big Bang — the sector burst into prominence in 2014, with big-name deals and…
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…
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,…