Last week was full of new launches and innovations in the market. In case you missed out any news this week, here is all that you need to know:
Funding
Enterprise Mobility Startup, Nivaata Secures Funding From GWB (And Blume)
AppVirality Raises Seed Round Funding Led By Rajan Anandan And Mike Galgon
Sokrati Raises Series B Funding Led By IvyCap Ventures
SaaS Provider RateGain Raises First Round of Funding
Mergers, JVs and acquisitions
Call Taxi Services To Step Up A Level : Possibilities Of A Global Alliance[Ola & GrabTaxi]
Zomato Enters US; Acquires Urbanspoon
Lumia Users Can Now Purchase Apps Via Idea’s Carrier Billing
Xiaomi Rethinks Its Online-Only Model. Redmi Note 4G Available At AirtelStores
Innovations and new launches
Infosys Innovation Fund Upped By 5X to $500 Million. We Hope They Invest (This Time)
Cars Will Be A Big Part Of The IoT Revolution, Just Like Your Toaster
Google Launches Flight Search In India [Yet Another Blow To Aggregators]
Idukki In kerala Gets India’s First High Speed Rural Broadband
Now Ride-share Your Intercity Journeys With BlaBlaCars
Rdio Which Acquired Dhingana Finally Launches In India
Samsung Launches Its Tizen OS Based Z1 Smartphone [Should Google Be Worried?]
123on Is Now In India; Ties Up With Shemaroo To Power Content
TaxiForSure Introduces Autorickshaw Booking Facility
Reports, Trends and Data
Data : 82 million Broadband Subscribers; Urban Wireless Declines
90% Of Total Music Streaming Is Happening Through Mobile Phones [Hungama]
Not Enough Being Done to Boost Broadband Speed in India? [Still Lowest In SE Asia]
PC Makers Find It Hard To Break The Stronghold of Smartphones In India & China
Biggest Consumer Technology Trends In India During 2014
A Look At Email Marketing Trends In India [59% of Marketers Send Atleast 1 Email Per Week]
India’s Internet Economy Has Potential To Grow to $200 Billion By 2020
IT Department Puts A Penalty of INR 23.51 Crores On Flipkart [Many Bogus Vendors Listed]
Good Reads:
On Micromax’s Flash Sale : Yu Were Mislead [Only 2657 Devices ?]
A Look At 25 Mobile Startups Pitching for #MobileIQ
Infosys To Turn Mysore Campus Into A Smart City
Delhi Rape Victim Looks To Sue Uber In The US Courts
Pi Of Life : Dumbify Daily Decisions. This Is What Successful People Do.
