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ELECTRONICS 
March 16, 2016 Samsung Galaxy S7 Launch, Android N Beta, and More News From This Week
Since we last met, a lot has happened in the world of personal technology. From Apple’s ongoing battle with the FBI, to the new legal tug-and-war on call drop penalties, it has been an exciting week for tech enthusiasts in India and across the world. Possibly the biggest news of the week was the launch […]
COMPUTERS 
March 16, 2016 HP Enterprise Sees Boost From Hardware Business
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co, which houses former Hewlett-Packard Co’s corporate hardware and services division, reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit, helped by strength in its hardware business. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) shares were up 6.4 percent at $14.47 (roughly Rs. 970) in extended trading on Thursday. Revenue in HPE’s enterprise group business, from which it […]
NEWS 
March 16, 2016 DogSpot raises funds from Ratan Tata, others
Dheeraj Jain, partner at Redcliffe Capital, a UK-based hedge fund, existing investors Ronnie Screwvala, K. Ganesh and early-stage investment firm India Quotient were among others who invested. New Delhi: PetsGlam Services Pvt. Ltd that runs online pet supplies store Dogspot.in on Monday said Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons Ltd, has invested in the […]
NEWS March 16, 2016 IFMR Holdings raises funds from Proparco
IFMR Holdings plans to facilitate funding through newer products in the debt credit offering arm IFMR Capital. Hyderabad: IFMR Holdings, a financial inclusion company which offers services such as wealth management to the poor and arranges credit for rural services companies, has raised Rs.12.5 crore from Proparco, a French development financial institution, the company said […]
NEWS March 16, 2016 Education start-up FlipClass raises $1 million from S. Chand and Blume Ventures
The Bengaluru-based firm had in 2014 raised about $250,000 in funding from LetsVenture, an online fund-raising platform. Bangalore: FlipClass (run by Gyankosh Solutions Pvt Ltd), an education start-up that operates a marketplace for home tutors, on Monday said it has raised $1 million in funding from S. Chand and Co. Pvt. Ltd, a publisher of […]
NEWS March 16, 2016 PinkBlue raises Rs1.5 crore from TermSheet.io
PinkBlue was founded in 2014 by Valliappan Kumarappan and Varun Singh. Mumbai: Bengaluru-based clinical supplies provider Pink Blue Supply Solutions Pvt. Ltd has raised Rs1.5 crore in a seed (early stage) round of funding from TermSheet.io, a transaction-focused service provider for start-ups and investors. A group of angel investors also participated in the funding round, […]
ALL DEALS 
March 15, 2016 Don’t Have Money? 17 Entrepreneurs Who Bootstrapped Their Startup from Nothing
Think you can’t start a successful business without huge rounds of funding? Think again. There have been plenty of hugely successful entrepreneurs through the years who bootstrapped their startups from nothing. Here are some of the most successful entrepreneurs who bootstrapped their businesses. Entrepreneurs Who Bootstrapped Include … Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak The story […]
ALL DEALS 
March 13, 2016 How Yoga Can Keep You From Joint Pain
Do your knee joint or wrists or shoulders ache when doing trivial things? Is the pain in your joints limiting you from enjoying life the way you wish to? Are you tired of popping painkillers multiple times a day? If you said yes for either of these questions, you’ve obviously have had enough and are […]
ALL DEALS March 12, 2016 Internet Address Gatekeeper Icann Approves Plan to Break From US
The gatekeeper of Internet addresses on Thursday approved a plan to break from US oversight, shifting those symbolic functions to the broader global online community. The plan, which now heads to the US government for approval, aims to maintain Internet governance under a “multi-stakeholder” model which avoids control of the online ecosystem by any single […]
ELECTRONICS 
March 12, 2016 Work from home fraud most prevalent internet scam in India: Telenor
Thirty-nine per cent net users are victims of ‘work from home’ fraud and 25 per cent have fallen prey to lottery scams even as 85 per cent of the country’s Internet user base are familiar with the term ‘Internet Scam’, says a study by Telenor. The multi-market survey conducted by Telenor Group assessed the impact […]
NEWS March 11, 2016 Tracxn secures funding from Ratan Tata
Tracxn provides information on start-ups to over 6,000 clients across India, the US, the Middle East, South-East Asia and Europe, and claims to sign up at least one new client every day. Tracxn Technologies Pvt. Ltd, a data analytics company that tracks start-ups, has secured funding from Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons Ltd, […]
NEWS March 11, 2016 Qdesq raises funds from investor Dheeraj Jain, others
Qdesq acts as an aggregator for sharing vacant work desks, offices, conference rooms etc. Qdesq Realtech Pvt Ltd, an on-demand platform for sharing and renting office space, has raised an undisclosed amount in its seed round from a group of investors led by Dheeraj Jain, partner at Redcliffe Capital, a UK-based hedge fund. Other investors […]
