The US is still a place for innovation and entrepreneurship, and it is good to see Indian Americans and immigrants contributing to this in a major way, says K V Seshasayee who visited the US after four years and found the gloom had dissipated.
Future Group said customer acquisition costs, fulfilment costs and other expenses in e-commerce add up to 50 per cent of overall business costs, making it unviable
Microsoft founder Bill Gates with an estimated fortune of $78 billion heads the list
The latest upgrades may leave some investors and consumers underwhelmed.
Some start-ups, small businesses allowing pets at workplace
Budget smartphones will rule the market in 2015.
Despite recent setback, these remain the most appropriate tool for international diversification
Yes, if you follow certain safety measures, says Shruti Puri. Here are some rules you must follow.
The Chinese billionaire and founder of Alibaba is said to be planning a significant investment in business to business e-tailing as well as payment services and logistics companies.
Ashish Narsale asks if you will be able to hold this bezel-less flagship phone on the road or juggle it in a train, like you do with other phones, or share memory-heavy 4k videos?
Steve Case's book is filled with insightful scenes that describe how the modern online industry was put together, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.
Flipkart's value has eroded by a third from a peak of $15.2 billion to as low as $9 billion following several investor markdowns
These risks are viewed as more acute in the online world.
Model Daljeet Sean Singh wants to give people a meaningful farewell.
BlackBerry has got everything in place to help its latest launch become a favourite with consumers, says Himanshu Juneja
Ratan Tata has invested his own money into 3 high-growth online retail firms, which are yet to make a profit.
The need for larger investment in infrastructure that is the biggest shortcoming, says A V Rajwade.
'It is really troublesome that someone in a position of power is misleading people and presumably, citizens of the country to give up data.' 'That is not a part of informed consent.'
Apple said the new iPad Pro's screens will measure 12.9 inches diagonally
Frilp will help you discover and share valuable information through word-of-mouth recommendations.
Bringing in people with large corporate experience also helps in bringing in world class processes in quality and compliance
'Saying that Snapdeal is not doing well is beyond premature. Suggesting that someone has won or lost is myopic.'
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates tops list of the world's top 25 richest self-made billionaires.
To promote localisation of manufacturing and reduce its import bill, the government increased basic customs duty on mobile handsets - from 10 per cent to 15 per cent.
Just when stocks are seen as invincible, we should worry, warns Akash Prakash.
The founder of the e-commerce firm, which specialises in procurement of industrial products, believes if he plays his cards right, his company could become a unicorn with a valuation of $1 billion in 5 years.
Leading the Indian-Americans on the list is 49-year old Aneel Bhusri.
Here's why it's highly recommended for those looking for an affordable phone with latest features.
'What matters is that India's perspective on global issues -- climate change, intellectual property, free trade, trade routes being kept free, digital technology -- are listened to with respect,' says Ambassador B S Prakash.
'It is in electronics that the gap between where we are and where we need to be is most obvious and most persistent.' 'It is not only a national security issue, but also a commercial issue,' argues Rajeev Srinivasan.
Facebook owns WhatsApp and Microsoft owns Skype, the two services that are at the centre of the current "net neutrality battle".
"If I am using data to build intelligence and personalisation for you, then it's meaningful," says Ankur Warikoo, co-founder and CEO, Nearbuy.
At first glance, it looks like a larger version of the iPhone 4s.
The handset delivers on build quality, battery, design, ergonomics and a pretty decent display. The camera performance is not exactly ground breaking, but the price tag covers up for that slight blip, says Himanshu Juneja
'You worry when serious people, with control of our and our children's future, begin to start obsessing over social media, seeing it as an easy, lazy, fun, low-cost substitute for boring, old-fashioned practices of politics, governance and serious, fact-based debate,' says Shekhar Gupta.
At the GO-JEK hackathon in Bengaluru, there were over 100 people working on their projects. Most were between the ages of 25 and 30. All except the CoderDragons: Mrinal Jain is 11, and Shreyas Katuri is 12. Nikita Puri meets the pre-teens who are building a virtual voice assistant named Erica.
It see modest improvements such as a fingerprint sensor.
Start-ups are adding value to the day-to-day lives of Indian women
When 27-year-old Karthik Kamalakannan founded Skcript with his friend Swathi Kakarla in December 2013, little did he realise that it would become the Pied Piper of India one day.
Thousands of retail investors are reaping the benefits of the disruption that the latest technologies have brought to the equity market. Brokerage firms are aggressively investing in technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data and analytics, social media, chatbots, virtual assistants and so on.
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