Tuesday, July 7, 2015

July 7, 2015 - Housing.com hacked within a week of Rahul Yadav's exit

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Digital
Housing.com hacked within a week of Rahul Yadav's exit
Rahul Yadav, who was sacked after tiffs with investors as well as the media, has not made any comment on the hack as of now.

Digital
Uber plans to set up Rs 300 crore facility in Hyderabad
Uber plans to set up Rs 300  crore facility in Hyderabad - Bangalore Mirror
Uber, an international transportation network company, on Monday announced a Rs 300-crore investment in Hyderabad to set up a facility which will be the biggest outside its headquarters in the US.

Digital

Digital
Twitter names Mahima Kaul as India public policy head
Twitter names Mahima Kaul as  India public policy head - MediaNama.com
Twitter has appointed Mahima Kaul to lead its public policy in India, reports ET. Twitter's head for India news politics and government announced this through a


Retail
Fat paychecks lure IT executives to e-commerce sector
Fat paychecks lure IT executives  to e-commerce sector - Economic Times
Industry experts, however, rule out a mass migration from the services sector, mainly because of the advanced skillsets in demand at the new firms.

Retail
Will India miss the E-Comm bus?
If India does not revaluate the FDI policy on e-commerce, we will miss the bus and our chance of capitalising on the next big growth story. We should trust th..

Retail
Amazon India sees high growth in music category
With over 12,000 musical instruments on its platform, Amazon.in is reaching to not only metros and mini-metros, but also to smaller towns and cities...

Retail
Foodpanda India MD Rohit Chadda may step down or take different role
Foodpanda India MD Rohit Chadda  may step down or take different role - Economic Times
Foodpanda, which is active in 39 countries, faces increasing competition in India's food-ordering and delivery industry.


Telecom
Telcos worried over voice call tariff war as Reliance Jio preps for launch
Telcos worried  over voice call tariff war as Reliance Jio preps for launch - Economic Times
Brokerage Jefferies warned that the entry of Jio would make the environment more harsh, especially on the data side, which is expected to drive sector growth.

Telecom
India's top operators put $71 bn behind Digital India initiative
India's top  operators put $71 bn behind Digital India initiative - Mobile World Live
India's top operators put $71B behind Digital India initiativeMobile World LiveSome of India's top companies, including many leading telecoms operators, have committed a total of INR4.5 trillion (almost $71 billion) to support prime minister Narendra Modi's Digital India campaign, which was back in focus last week with the launch

Telecom
Greek telecom firm seeks damages from Indian-origin investor Nikesh Arora
Greek telecom  firm seeks damages from Indian-origin investor Nikesh Arora - Times of India
Arora and the two firms he is allegedly involved with, have reportedly earned huge profits, and left Hellas in heavy debt caused by indiscriminate borrowing...

Telecom
The State of Digital India: This is the base on which the edifice will stand
The State of  Digital India: This is the base on which the edifice will stand - Express Computer
On July 1, the Centre launched its Digital India push, aiming to empower lakhs of Indians in the country's remotest corners, and boost economic growth.


Finance
How banks are trying to be your Flipkart, Ola and more
Banks are moving into e-commerce through payment services, jostling with companies like Flipkart, Amazon, Bookmyshow etc, to enable customers to buy stuff online.

Finance

Finance
Reliance to sell 3.1% of Network18 to meet listing norms
The conglomerate gained control of Network18 last year.

Finance
Suzuki to ride on Indian roads without Maruti
Suzuki's new cars will carry only the 'S' badge


Food/FMCG
British food regulator finds Maggi safe for consumption, results raise questions on FSSAI
British food regulator finds  Maggi safe for consumption, results raise questions on FSSAI - ET
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), which banned the product in June, didn't respond to queries regarding the FSA statement.

Food/FMCG
A month into Maggi fiasco, instant noodles sales crash 90%
A month into Maggi fiasco,  instant noodles sales crash 90%
In the last one month the instant noodles category has suffered a massive drop in sales to about Rs 30 crore a month.

Food/FMCG
Paper Boat maker valued at over $100 million
Hector Beverages has raised close to $30 million from investors Advent Management and Hillhouse Capital Group, valuing the maker of Paper Boat brand at more than $100 million

Food/FMCG
Carl's Jr's Indian franchisee CybizCorp plans to raise Rs 125 crore to scale up
Carl's Jr's  Indian franchisee  CybizCorp plans to raise Rs 125 crore to scale up
This will be over and above $2 million, or about Rs 12.5 crore, that CybizCorp has already raised from private equity investors.


Software
Fighting cyber threat : SEBI lays out Cyber Security Policy for Stock Exchanges and others
Sebi also asked the MIIs to share the useful details among themselves "in masked and anonymous manner" using a mechanism to be specified by the regulator

Software
Cognizant biggest gainer among IT firms in banking and finance deals : Adds incremental $537 million
Cognizant biggest gainer among  IT firms in banking and finance deals : Adds incremental $537 million - Times of India
Cognizant's incremental revenues in the banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) vertical was the highest among IT firms in 2014-15, the first time in recent years that it overtook TCS in this metric.

Software
Wipro's Azim Premzi goes all out on philanthropy : Allocates additional 18% stake and more than half of his wealth for charity
Wipro's Azim Premzi goes all out  on philanthropy : Allocates additional 18% stake and more than half of his wealth for charity - Economic Times
Premji, who will turn 70 this month, controls a 73.39% stake in India's third-largest software company, which is worth about Rs 99,500 cr.


Ecommerce
Zomato reorganises its top management, with cofounder Pankaj Chaddah tasked to lead new business; Surobhi Das taking over as the new COO
Zomato reorganises its top  management, with cofounder Pankaj Chaddah tasked to lead new business; Surobhi Das taking over as the new COO - Financial Express
Das will lead media and op functions such as human resource, finance and recruitment, according to an email addressed to employees by CEO Goyal...

Ecommerce
Online t-shirt retailer VoxPop announces its tie-up with Chicago-based online community of designers Threadless for design crowdsourcing
Online t-shirt retailer VoxPop  announces its tie-up with Chicago-based online community of designers Threadless for design crowdsourcing - ET Retail
Threadless, which follows a crowdsourcing model in supporting art, has more than 3.5 million members worldwide who submit their designs online from which the ..

Ecommerce
Meru says gets more than 70% of its revenue from bookings done on its mobile application, partners with two more mobile payment service providers
Meru says gets more than 70% of  its revenue from bookings done on its mobile application, partners with two more mobile payment service providers - Economic Times
Meru also introduced a zero-click option, where the amount will be directly debited from mobile wallets.

Ecommerce
Foodpanda India MD Rohit Chadda may step down from the online food-ordering company or don a different role in the organisation
Foodpanda India MD Rohit Chadda  may step down from the online food-ordering company or don a different role in the organisation - ET Retail
Foodpanda, which is active in 39 countries, faces increasing competition in India's food-ordering and delivery industry...


Franchise
Lead your team towards more sales with a creative approach
Lead your team towards more  sales with a creative approach - Entrepreneur
Your business should aim to change the ordinary purchasing transaction into a fun-filled festival. Lead your team toward more sales with a creative approach.


HR
Does Greece matter to India? Nifty likely to hit Mt 11K in next 18 months
Does Greece  matter to India? Nifty likely to hit Mt 11K in next 18 months - Economic Times
As Greece voted for 'no' in the referendum last night, Indian market opened with some sharp losses. The Sensex is down 287.36 points or 1 percent at 27805.43 and the Nifty is down 98.75 points or 1 percent at 8386.15. About 170 shares have advanced, 532 shares declined, and 64 shares are unchanged.

HR
Arun Maira | Building a jobs machine
If India is to generate the 100 million jobs it needs, it has to create strong manufacturing networks

HR
IPOs no longer a priority for tech startups
Not long ago, if you were a young, brash technologist with a world-conquering startup idea, there was a good chance you spent much of your life taking your company public.


Logistics
Giants going tech savvy, now grain can be tracked on a real time basis: 550 FCI depots to go online in FY16
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) will put all its 550-odd grain depots under an online system where the movement...

Logistics

Logistics
Managing the Omni channel emerges as the biggest challenge for Retail : CEOs of Retail Revamping SCM Strategies
Managing the Omni channel  emerges as the biggest challenge for Retail : CEOs of Retail Revamping SCM Strategies - IndianRetailer.com
Retailers and suppliers are under pressure than ever before to deliver more goods to multiple destinations in a faster time.

Logistics


Construction
The untold story of Ex Housing.com founder Rahul Yadav
The untold story of Ex  Housing.com founder Rahul Yadav - Founding Fuel
An insider's account of what went wrong with a brilliant 20-something IIT dropout’s entrepreneurial journey

Construction
DMG Information Asia Pacific invests Rs 32 crore in Liases Foras
The company announced two projects in Mumbai and Chennai under 'Happinest' offering one and two BHK categories

Construction
Developers are not happy with Government Agencies as they are causing delay, According to CREDAI Kerala
Government Agencies Causing Delay, Say DevelopersAddressing a press conference, office bearers of the Kerala chapter of Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) blamed local bodies, Fire and Rescue Services and the Pollution Control Board for the delays. Despite the


Marketing
How Virtual Reality Could Change Shopper Marketing, B2B : and More
How Virtual Reality Could Change  Shopper Marketing, B2B : and More - AdAge.com
Facebook may not be talking about ad implications of Oculus Rift yet, but agencies and marketers are already working on ideas for virtual reality.

Marketing
There's Data in Those Emojis, and Marketers Want to Mine Them : Report
There's Data in  Those Emojis, and Marketers Want to Mine Them : Report - AdAge.com
Brands and social media agencies are devising ways to interpret emojis and other imagery in social media posts.

Marketing
Are CFOs and CMOs able to effectively handle role reversals? : Report
Are CFOs and  CMOs able to effectively handle role reversals? : Report - Marketing Interactive
Are CFOs and CMOs able to effectively handle role reversals?Marketing InteractiveAccountability on Advertising to Sales Ratios - Marketing budget forecasting has moved from "What did we pay last year?" to "What's the optimal percent of revenue to invest in marketing?" - and marketers are becoming active participants in this discussion.

Marketing
Comparing the ROI of Content Marketing and Native Advertising : Study
Many companies today rely on content marketing and native advertising to gain visibility for their brand -- after all, 70% of people say they'd rather learn about products through content rather than through traditional advertising. But is either content marketing or native advertising a surefire way to boost brand awareness? And which one offers more bang for the buck?


Politics

Politics
Vyapam Scam: Uma Bharti Says Investigation Being Botched; Fears For Her Life

The Vyapam scam just sent ripples through the Bharatiya Janata Party as union water resources minister and senior BJP leader Uma Bharti has levelled serious allegations against political rival and Mad

Politics
Call For St Stephen's Principal's Resignation Goes Up

Students and teachers of Delhi University and women rights activists today stepped up their protests against St Stephen's Principal Valson Thampu demanding that he resign over his handling of the rese

Politics
BJP accuses Cong of concealing truth behind 'mysterious' death of Syama Prasad Mookerjee

Punjab BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia on Monday accused Congress of concealing the truth behind the "mysterious" death of Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee.


Sports
Happy Birthday MS Dhoni: India ODI skipper's best quotes over the years

Happy Birthday MS Dhoni: Here are a few of the Dhoni-isms that have stood out over the years.

Sports
Floyd Mayweather Jr. stripped of the title he won after beating Manny Pacquiao

The WBO said it is against rules for boxers to hold world titles in multiple weight classes.

Sports
India women's hockey team arrive to grand welcome

India women's team's lone Olympic appearance was at Moscow in 1980.

Sports
Took MS Dhoni’s feedback in a ‘positive manner': Ajinkya Rahane

MS Dhoni had said that the Mumbai batsman has 'problems in rotating the strike in slow sub-continental conditions.'


Entertainment
Watch 'Welcome Back' trailer: John Abraham, Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor, Paresh Rawal steal the show

The team of the comedy movie 'Welcome' (2007) is back with 'Welcome Back' and this time, reloaded with loads of laughter and greater fun.

Entertainment
Shahid Kapoor hugs, kisses fiancee Mira Rajput at their sangeet ceremony

Shahid Kapoor's fanpage on Twitter posted a video that shows the last moments of Shahid's dance with Mira.

Entertainment
Watch teaser: Kareena Kapoor is sensuous in 'Brothers' song 'Mera naam Mary'

Kareena Kapoor is a silver queen goddess in the first look of her special song in 'Brothers'.

Entertainment
Salman Khan issues a warning to John Abraham saying ‘Back Off': The inside story

Salman Khan wants to take John Abraham's 'Welcome Back' head on with his film 'Hero'.


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