Ola Launches Ola Corporate: An Enterprise Plan For Companies
Ola has launched Ola corporate, an enterprise solution to corporate cab bookings.
With Ola corporate, employees would be able to book a cab for official visits, with the click of a button and have the option to have it expensed directly to the company account, instead of needing to have it reimbursed later.
Media Professionals Share The Most Hilarious Things Clients Say
People working at Digital, Advertising, PR and Media agencies have a tough job. While on one hand, they are always constant pressure to churn out eyeball-grabbing content and make and sell a brand, on the other, dealing with a client can get tedious. The clients are usually marketing heads or just business managers from the company with very little knowledge of how the creative stuff works.
While woe be the client servicing folks, they sometimes let in on some of the most hilarious or WTF things said by their clients to them.
Facial Recognition Startup Emotient Taken Over By Apple Inc.
San Diego-based facial recognition startup Emotient has been taken over by Apple Inc. The financial terms of the deal have not been revealed. This is the third startup acquired by Apple in the area of artificial intelligence (AI), the previous two being Perceptio and VocalIQ.
Zomato Shuts Down Its Ordering Service In 4 Cities
After grocery delivery service Grofers had withdrawn its operations from 9 Tier 2 cities last month, Zomato has shut down its food ordering service in Lucknow, Kochi, Indore, and Coimbatore.
Binny Bansal To Be New Flipkart CEO
India’s largest e-commerce giant, Flipkart, is in for some organizational change. Co-founder Sachin Bansal, who has been the CEO since the inception of the company in 2007, will step aside. His cofounder, Binny Bansal will take his place. Sachin Bansal will in turn become the Executive Chairman.
These Indians Trolled Their Interviewers & Still Got The Job!
Interviews are usually a sacrosanct affair. It’s a matter of getting a job and advancing your career, and people put their best foot forward. However, there are some cases when candidates take a leap of faith and instead of playing it safe and giving well-thought out, stock responses, end up putting their foot in the mouth. Here are a few shining examples of when people said or did some rather crazy things AND got the job! Whether they got lucky, or their cheek paid off, is a anyone’s guess, but these make for some very interesting and hilarious interview stories.
24 Year Old IAS Officer Quits Job To Launch E-learning Startup
There’s no surer sign of the changing times. Until recently, a job with the Indian Administrative Service meant the pinnacle of professional success – it represented status, great money, and an opportunity to touch the lives of millions. But 24 year old IAS officer Roman Saini had other ideas. He’s quit his job as the assistant collector of Jabalpur to launch his own startup.
1 Lakh Entrepreneurs Vie For 1500 “Start Up India” Passes
The Indian entrepreneur community is early awaiting the announcements that are expected to be unveiled at the Start India event to be organized in New Delhi on the 16th of this month. Such is the interest around that event that an astonishing 1,00,00 people have registered for the passes. Sadly, there are as few as 1,500 passes available.
Facebook Has Spent Rs. 300 Crore To Advertise ‘Free Basics’ In India
According to media buyers, Facebook has spent close to 300 crores – or almost 90% of its yearly revenue from India – on promoting this campaign across digital and offline media.