Is this the future? You like a product in an advert on the wall; you pull out your smartphone, scan the QR code, make a payment and swish! As a trial, Paypal is allowing commuters in 15 metro stations in Singapore to purchase using QR codes. The advert offers Valentine’s Day offers from 8 participating… read more »
Digitization of business has ushered in innovative business models, business processes, and organizational structures. Not all companies, however, have been able to successfully cross the chasm between the old and the new paradigms. A big reason why many companies fall by the wayside, despite their intent to adopt new technologies, is the lack of understanding… read more »
Has the experience of negotiating with an educational consultant to get admission in your dream institution, left you tired? Have you gone pillar to post to secure admission to the top engineering college for your child, but stumbled along the way? Studyrays.com is here (for a change) to make the admissions process less tiring and… read more »
Microsoft Bangalore office played host to the country’s first App-development workshop for women on the 11th of February 2012. On a Saturday morning, women from diverse backgrounds, from homemakers to working professionals took part in the event. Over 50 women app developers participated in an interactive workshop by Harish Vaidyanathan, Director, Evangelism at Microsoft. “There… read more »
Freelancer.com, a well-known freelance assignments site based in Australia, launched their India portal on 9th February. The website will provide Indian freelance professionals the perfect platform to grab assignments in IT, content development, designing and various other verticals. The India site, Freelancer.in, will allow transactions in rupees. So now employers can hire locally and making… read more »
Simplifying commuting by auto-rickshaws, Pune based venture AyAuto is a respite to those who depend heavily on public transport. Swati Maheshwari catches up with its co-founder, Vikas Menon and finds out more, exclusively for YourStory.in “AyAuto is all about making commuting easy, for the commuter as well as the driver. There are many who depend on public… read more »
IDG Ventures India led a $14 million Series B investment into Brainbees Solutions Pvt Ltd., which owns the FirstCry.com and GoodLife.com brands. SAIF Partners, the existing investor in Brainbees participated equally in the round, having earlier invested $4 million in the company in May 2011. Manik Arora from IDG Ventures India joins Ravi Adusumalli &… read more »
Rand Fishkin, CEO and Co-founder of SEOmoz and Dharmesh Shah, Co-founder and CTO at Hubspot have come together to launch Inbound, a community curated site which focuses on marketing news. “The goal of Inbound.org is to prevent great content from the world of inbound marketing from going unnoticed. There’s an amazing community of bloggers, marketers… read more »
Based in Chennai, Helios’ Books aims to publish books we had always wanted to read, but could never find in bookstores. Distinctive vision, creative use of narrative and plot, and elegance and finesse in the style of writing are the distinguishing features of their fiction, while the hallmark of their non-fiction is the lucid presentation of original… read more »
Congregation of Techies at the city’s flagship technology unconference. For the second consecutive year, SAP Labs today hosted the Barcamp Bangalore at its campus in Whitefield, Bangalore. The 11th edition of Barcamp was attended by over 400 participants and saw some of the technologically adept and creative minds discussing the latest technology and trends. BarCamp… read more »
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