New inventions allow Tencent Holdings' WeChat users to book taxis, top up phone credit, while Clone Algo's YAY App users are able to talk and chat free besides being able to apply for online for micro loans and use Clone Algo trading algorithms.
The dollar index, which tracks the world's reserve currency against a basket of its peers, is down 0.16 per cent at 97.58.
India is trying to push a national goods and services tax (GST) through parliament that would replace a myriad of state sales taxes and shake-up government revenue.
Apple still has a request pending for a sales ban against newer Samsung phones in that proceeding.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on his maiden visit as minister to Washington, DC, addresses two think thanks, leaves American Establishment impressed, reports Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com.
India can attract significant FDI, says experts.
Apple is also expected to announce plans for a startup accelerator in India to work more closely with the Indian developer community that works on the company's iOS and OS X software platforms
Indians want change and progress. They should be willing to accept tough decisions, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
The catchwords today are digital, analytics, robotics.
Slowdown persists in China. India's GDP estimates for 2015-16 are liable to be pared; projections for 2016-17 are lacklustre.
The group also plans to commission 500 MW of solar power projects
It's Sanjeev Chadha, named Pepsi's chief executive for Asia, W Asia & Africa, versus Coca-Cola's Atul Singh.
The benchmark indices have rallied 28 per cent this year, while the broader market has outperformed
'No analogy is perfect, but a better liquid to liken data to is water, with the global internet like a great borderless ocean of currents and tides,' Facebook's vice-president, global affairs and communications, Nick Clegg, said in New Delhi.
Analysts say consumers would be the real winners.
Its internet penetration still matches up poorly to other countries
After a volatile session, Sensex closed the day 563 points lower
The BSE Mid-Cap index was currently up 0.81%.
Apple reduced channel inventory by $3.6 billion.
Much of Mary Barra's first year as CEO was spent dealing with crisis.
Despite the slowdown, Apple remains the most profitable company in the S&P 500 and the most valuable publicly traded US tech company
For years, India has been a low priority for Apple as spending power is weaker than in China
Amazon also upgraded its 7-inch and 8.9 inch Fire tablets.
'The workers's dance of wilful destruction has the potential to kill all investments planned in India by any foreign entity,' argues Dr Sudhir Bisht.
To mark Prime Minister Modi's seventh meeting with Obama and his historic joint address to US Congress -- the sixth Indian PM to do so -- India Abroad, the newspaper published from New York and owned by rediff.com, reached out to diplomats and strategic thinkers in New Delhi and Washington, DC, to assess the current state of the US-India relationship and suggest a road map for the future.
So what's up? Why are so many promoters heading for the door? It cannot be that all of them lost their appetite for a good fight at the same time.And if Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways and Subhash Chandra of Zee Entertainment do bow out, will it be seen as chickening out when the going got tough or the entrepreneurial instinct of surviving to fight another battle waned, wonders Shailesh Dobhal.
iPhone sales in India were up by 56 per cent during the period.
'Clearly, the depositors of cooperative banks need the maximum protection.'
InMobi helps companies target the users of phones.
Indian-American Raj Nair, executive vice president and president of Ford North America, has been asked to leave the Detroit-based motor company following allegations of misconduct at work place, has been replaced by another Indian-American, Kumar Galhotra.
Markets across the globe are rallying on hopes that the US Federal Reserve won't lift interest rates until 2016.
Indian businesses have emerged as being the most optimistic about the economy for 2015, with 98 per cent suggesting they are positive about the policies of the new government, way above the global average of 35 per cent, says a report by Grant Thornton.
In the past 12 months, such earnings have grown in double digits in Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea.
Users seem to like the idea too: in a recent survey by technology consultancy IHS, 83 per cent were interested in wireless charging; in China, the figure was 91 per cent.
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'India is still a cash economy.' 'For a common household, almost everything from grocery to maid services is paid in cash.' 'The demonetised notes account for 85 per cent of the currency in circulation.' 'Until fresh notes flow back into the economy, day-to-day transactions ordinarily done in cash will be impacted.'
Bank shares were the top losers after sharp gains last week.
The panel producers did not receive Apple's certification, as they were given strict power-saving requirements.
The Sensex has slid 18.5 per cent from its January 2015 peak.
Broader market outperformed with the S&P BSE Midcap index adding 0.7%, while S&P BSE Smallcap index gained 0.6%.
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