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Pune-based Shoppingwish rebrands as Scandid, focuses on mobile first approach
Launched in June 2012, Pune-based price comparison platform Shoppingwish has rebranded itself as Scandid. The Scandid app was demoed as one of the finalists in MobileSparks 2013. Scandid is a barcode...
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Facebook partners with Russia’s biggest search engine, Yandex
Facebook has cut a deal with Yandex granting full access of its public data to Russia’s biggest search engine. Yandex, which is widely used in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Turkey, poses...
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Canadian incubator Digital Media Zone opens office in Mumbai
YourStory recently reported about the country’s premier stock exchange’s plan to boost entrepreneurship. Partnering with Canadian Ryerson University and collaborating with the University’s Digital...
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International fishing holidays made easy with Dubai-based Fishfishme
Dubai-based Abdullah Alshalabi is Co-founder of FishFishMe.com, an online fishing boat charter service. Like booking hotels and rental cars online, he came up with the idea where people can hire...
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Indians are big hoarders, says OLX – IMRB survey
OLX.in, the online marketplace for used goods and an online classifieds player alongwith IMRB International, a leading market research and consultancy firm, today announced the results of the OLX...
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The ‘M’ Factor: An Entrepreneur’s Staple Diet
When the big idea struck and you knew that your breakthrough thought could change something around you or your environment, something that could lead to an obvious solution or an answer to a long...
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Gen Next tool: memorise for exams with CramBuddy
When it comes to memorising new concepts, using flashcards is not entirely new. MobiTatva has decided to go a step further and brought the same concept to smartphones for Gen Next with their app called...
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Book destination-specific local experiences with Tourlandish
Bangalore-based Tourlandish assists travelers to find local activities that each destination has to offer. In addition to curating these experiences, the site also allows a user to book the activity –...
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Qualcomm Ventures kicks off QPrize 2014 to fund world’s most promising startups
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), through its venture investment arm, Qualcomm Ventures, has just announced the fourth edition of its sought-after QPrize™ international seed investment competition....
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Mobile video network Vuclip grows, clocks $10 million in annual revenues
They saw it coming. Back in 2007, folks at Vuclip had figured out that mobile and video would be big. Starting out as Blueapple.mobi, the company primarily is a mobile video search and delivery...
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Lithuania’s BliuBliu takes a community-based approach to language learning
Caludio Santori founded BliuBliu after feeling frustrated with the traditional approach to learning languages. BliuBliu adapts to a user’s interests and comfort level with a language. Its dynamic...
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Startup Village-based RHLvision bid to raise $100,000 for Fin, a wearable...
It is a band that sets you free. A wearable device, Fin is an innovative product that you can wear as a ring on your thumb and it will convert your palm into a gesture interface. Fin can recognize each...
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Advertising veterans to create ‘mogos’ (music logos) with BrandMusiq
Ever heard of mogo? Well, if you met J Mani, co-founder of BrandMusiq, you would know what a mogo is. BrandMusiq is an advertising agency that creates sonic identities (as opposed to visual...
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uTrade brings stock traders into the tech age with open source trading platforms
Investment banker in London with Lehman Brothers. There are few spots better than that to learn the ropes of finance. Kunal Nandwani was at it for five years but his soul yearned to start up. A chance...
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Husband and wife solve online micropayment for digital content with Yippster
Early last year, husband-wife duo Anant Kochhar and Tashina Singh was looking to start a cyber-security product firm. The duo had started to solve an internet security problem to reduce the attack...
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Advertising giant Mindshare predicts platform and media trends in 2014
Mindshare, is one of the leading media firms in the world with offices across 115 cities. It handles media buying and selling for brands such as Unilever, IBM, HSBC and Volvo among others. The firm...
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PulseWallet Lets You Make Payments With Just Your Palm
“Why should you have to present anything to make a payment — and to prove your identity — other than yourself?” That simple thought lead to the birth of PulseWallet, a simplistic way to charge your...
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Entrepreneur networks energizing ecosystems in rural India
In my earlier column, we discussed the rise of ‘Rubans’ – rural-urbans, a new breed of rural populace with talent, spirit, aspirations and technological access comparable to their urban counterparts....
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Can employee policy lead to customer loyalty? Costco & HP prove it can
Treating employees “right” as a priority over profits is unlikely to be rewarded by customers. It is difficult for firms to get credit from customers for good works such as sustainability or social...
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Teemac, in pursuit of breaking rigid structures around learning
The evolution of technology has helped many sectors and education is no exception. Many have debated about the ways in which technology should be used to impact education and how classrooms should...
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