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March 2, 2016 Taskbob raises Rs28 crore in series A funding
The funding comes at a time when home services platform operators have raised fresh capital to remain afloat, pursue consolidation efforts and to remain competitive and scale rapidly. Bengaluru: Taskbob, a home services company run by Mumbai-based Crenovative Ideas Pvt. Ltd, has raised Rs.28 crore ($4.5 million) in a series A funding round led by […]
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March 2, 2016 The teacher with a million-dollar plan
Robin Chaurasiya, one of the 10 finalists for the Global Teacher Prize 2016. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint Mumbai: Robin Chaurasiya, one of the 10 finalists for the Global Teacher Prize 2016, knows what she is going to do with her million dollars if she wins—she will share it with the nine others. “They all need the […]
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February 28, 2016 Time to Buy a Phone? Smartly.Me Can Help
Buying a new Android phone is tricky – everyone has a different opinion to share, and it’s rarely advice that is customised to your needs. The Smartly.Me app is another place to get suggestions for the phone you want to buy, along with news about mobiles and upcoming phones, and suggestions for apps and games […]
ALL DEALS February 28, 2016 Homido Mini Is a Cheap VR Headset That’s Even Simpler Than the Google Cardboard
The Homido Mini is a small, easy to use, and extremely portable virtual reality ‘headset’ for mobile devices that works with apps that support Google Cardboard. It’s reasonably cheap, and you can use it to very easily showcase VR experiences without having to carry around a large boxy cardboard headset, which makes it a great […]
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February 24, 2016 Billionaire Wisdom: 8 Insights From a Quartet of the World’s Most Effective Entrepreneurs
Until very recently, taking on grand challenges was off-limits for most people. Historically, going big meant huge capital outlays and multi-decade bets. It meant staging personnel in dozens, sometimes hundreds, of countries. Assembling the astounding array of talent required an infrastructure for hiring, retaining and retraining it as technology evolved. But with the wealth of […]
ALL DEALS February 24, 2016 Want to Sell Your Phone? Get a Better Deal With These Startups
Selling off old phones and other gadgets can be tricky, because it’s hard to know what value you can expect for it. You could always go in for an exchange offer (there are several even when buying online, and at the local store) but the deal you get is rarely as good as when you […]
ELECTRONICS February 23, 2016 A Technology Wish List for New Year 2016
This past year brought lots of new products, services and features – including a few that even managed to improve everyday life. For instance, a double tap of the home button on Samsung’s newest phones instantly launches the camera, so you’re less likely to miss that magical moment. TiVo has a smart way to skip […]
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February 23, 2016 Asus ZenFone Zoom Camera in a More Affordable Package? Don’t Hold Your Breath
Asus on Friday launched the ZenFone Zoom at an event in Agra, which is the thinnest smartphone in the world with 3X optical zoom. Given what previous smartphones with optical zoom looked like, what Asus has achieved in terms of design looks really impressive. The ZenFone Zoom still looks like a smartphone, instead of resembling […]
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February 18, 2016 The man on the burning deck: Arsene Wenger and his insatiable quest for a fourth league title
Photo Credit: IKIMAGES/AFP 13.5K Total Views In a science fiction universe, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger would be the last man standing in a world overrun by peculiar-looking aliens and morbid zombies. After nearly two decades in North London, Wenger, perennially in search of an affirmative fourth league title, is the last steadfast beacon in the […]
ALL DEALS February 15, 2016 Followers of Ashutosh Maharaj insist he is in a deep state of meditation, in conditions that approximate a Himalayan cave.
Photo Credit: Courtesy: Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan 22.6K Total Views Last month, Ashutosh Maharaj, the head of the Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan, completed two years in a freezer. Doctors declared Maharaj clinically dead after he collapsed following complaints of severe chest pains on January 28, 2014. But Maharaj’s followers insist that he is actually in […]
NEWS February 14, 2016 Recreation of Ram Sethu on a map fuels a never-ending controversy
Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons 40.8K Total Views On Thursday, the Supreme Court turned down a request by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy seeking an urgent hearing to verify if a Cabinet decision had been taken to “not touch” the ancient Ram Sethu or the Adam’s Bridge in the implementation of the Sethusamudram Ship Channel […]
