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Bigcommerce, Australian e-commerce software platform enters India
Australian e-commerce setup platform Bigcommerce has entered India. Launched in 2009, Bigcommerce claims to be serving 50,000 customers across 65 countries. Eddie Machaalani, co-founder and CEO of...
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FreedomHack: hacking for Aaron Swartz and freedom
In his 26 years of existence, Aaron Swartz, who hanged himself in 2013, had arguably worked on more things than anyone else his age. He changed the internet in a way no one could have imagined — from...
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Y is for Your Story
When I urge someone to craft one or more compelling stories from his or her own life, a common response I get back is, “Why would anyone care to read MY stories?” If such a response sprang into your...
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[Book Review] BITS of Success: Inspiring stories of BITS Pilani alumni
What does it take to be successful? Grit, guts and gumption, some would say. Dream, passion and perseverance, the others would vouch for. Educational Institution? That’s what the fifty alumni of BITS...
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UNESCO Mobile Learning Week: innovation showcases (I)
This is my second time at Mobile Learning Week, the flagship annual UNESCO conference on mobile technologies and education. The theme of Mobile Learning Week (MLW) 2014 is teachers. Mobile media is not...
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Apply for INDIAFRICA business venture contest, last date April 15, 2014
INDIAFRICA Business Venture Contest 2014 is an initiative supported by the Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs. YourStory.com is the official media partner for the event. The...
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How dwll.in brings a new order to interior design
Little did Parikshat Hemrajani know, when his mother and he decided to revamp their living room, that it would make an entrepreneur out of him. This Rutgers University trained engineer with an MBA from...
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Google launches Google Capital to invest in growth stage companies
Google has been investing in startups and acquiring companies at a phenomenal rate and terabytes have been written about Google’s dominance. Google has been investing in startups via Google Ventures...
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With $19 billion for WhatsApp, has Facebook bought immortality?
The report of my death was an exaggeration, Mark Twain once said. Facebook could say the same today after its acquisition of the world’s leading phone messaging app WhatsApp for $19 billion – $4...
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KLOUDPaD: from building tablets to setting up a multi-brand online store
Aromal and Abbishek Shikky are the founders and partners in crime at KLOUDPaD Mobility Research. Based out of Kerala, this Startup Village incubatee has had an eventful journey. Aromal and Abbishek are...
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Sheer ambition drives 24-year-old to start Core Diagnostics
When we say India is a land of opportunity, there are a few sectors where this opportunity is more visible than others. Healthcare is a sector that holds promise. While healthcare is a broad area of...
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Facebook – Snapchat missed, WhatsApp acquired!
Facebook – Snapchat missed, WhatsApp acquired! Months after missing the Snapchat boat, Facebook finally managed to snap up another messaging app – WhatsApp, the granddaddy of all messaging apps. Along...
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17-yr-old starts crowd funding platform braving many odds
Crowd funding is a phenomenon that has spread like wild fire in the West and today it is an important factor to estimate the success of a product. We have only a few players in this field of venture...
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Mark Zuckerberg is a time machine: Anna Vital, Founder – Funders and Founders
If an Image is worth a thousand words, then infographics are invaluable. And if you are in the startup space then Anna Vital is a name you can immediately associate with. A startup evangelist and...
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Bring Your Own Device trend gets a boost with Miradore’s free solution on the...
European technology company Miradore, which describes itself as pioneers in supporting the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend, has just launched a new cloud-based solution for mobile device management...
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When should you start raising capital ?
There is no doubt about the wave of entrepreneurship brewing in India. There are several well-respected incubation centers housed in top institutions across the country including IIT-B , BITS Pilani,...
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“80% of Hike Messenger’s 15 million users under 25” – Kavin Bharti Mittal
Close on the heels of the WhatsApp acquisition, India’s very own messaging app, Hike messenger, has announced that it has crossed the 15 million user mark, tripling its user base within 9 months. Kavin...
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Housing.com launches world’s first custom made 3D models of New Projects
While the world talks about the Facebook Acquisition of Whatsapp, our home grown Housing.com has launched an innovative feature for New Projects which are under development. It has been only just two...
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“You are not remembered for doing what is expected of you”, Happy Birthday...
Morning prayer: Pink Floyd’s Shine on You Crazy Diamond Complete with my cousin’s cat in Berlin. pic.twitter.com/KT4ZLxJsCQ — Atul Chitnis (@AtulChitnis) June 2, 2013 This was the last tweet from the...
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UNESCO Mobile Learning Week: innovation showcases (II)
In an earlier column we looked at the first set of innovation showcases at UNESCO’s annual Mobile Learning Week (MLW) conference and exhibition in Paris. The discussion at the conference surfaced a...
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