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There are many advancement in technologies especially in mobile phones. It all started in 3 rd April 1973 which is when the first mobile phone was introduced by Motorola. Now there are so many mobile phone brands Samsung, Apple, Motorola, Vivo, Xiaomi, etc. But we all have forgotten one major brand in mobile phone market that had 20% of global market share and went down nearly to 0% which is BlackBerry . In this we are going to see the rise and fall of BlackBerry and how fast the technology changed during these years. For that we have to go way beyond to history of BlackBerry The History Of BlackBerry   In 1980’s, Research in motion was created by Mike Lazardis and Douglas Fregin which focused on wireless data technology. During 1997 the company was publically traded in Toronto Stock Exchange. In 1996, the company introduced its Interactive Pager which was the first two way messaging pager in the size of a bar of soap. The Blackberry name came from the Qwerty keyboard wh...

Google launches Subscription services for apps and games. It will be taking on Apple Arcade which is set to release on November month. But Google is one step ahead by launching its subscription model named as Google Play Pass. It has the similar offering price as Apple which is starting at $4.99 (₹354 approx) a month. So the Google Play Pass will offer access to games as well as apps which will be free of ads, in-app purchases, and upfront payments. Google says that it will be adding new content every month. But the service is available to US as for now and it will also offer 10-day free trail. User's who avail the Play Pass before October 10 will be available for $1.99/month for the first year and thereafter $4.99/month. Apple has upper hand in this subscription based model because Apple Arcade is going to be launched in 150+ countries including India. Apple user's can use the service in iPhone, ipad, ipod, Apple TV and Mac but Google Play Pass is currently availab...

Google is going to launch its job listings service in india. The app is named as Kormo App. The app will be launched on Sept 20 at a Google event in New Delhi. This app will help user's who are looking for jobs which are posted on online. User's will be able to build digital CV for free and can enrol in training sessions through the app. This app will display open job listings in the city. Google will partner with employers from large companies to small or medium enterprises to include their jobs in their Korma app which will make users to directly apply from the app. In that app there is tab called Learn Tab which will give free training in the form of videos, articles and courses based on individual interest.

Mostly everyone will have a dream to start a business which will be now or in the near future. So who is an Entrepreneur? Traditionally a person who starts and runs an enterprise or business is called as entrepreneur. Yes it is, but not exactly that a person just wishes to start a business, so he started a business. An Entrepreneur is a person who solves a problem. But to start a company for that need some money and time. So we cannot go and work in a company for full time and earn some money then start a company which will take more time. For many years in our economy there are two mainly two types Full-Time workers and Part-Time workers. But recently a new type jobs comes in to the people lifestyle which GIG ECONOMY . What is GIG Economy? A Gig economy is a free market system which has temporary positions where organization has contract with independent workers for short term. These independent workers would get the money for that work. In short work for that money and mone...

Zomato is an Indian food delivery startup which provides information, menu's and user-review of restaurants. Now Zomato is entering into Video streaming services. It is going to compete with Netflix and Amazon prime. On sept 16, Zomato will launch its video service which will focus on Food in the name of ' Zomato Originals Binge Routine '. It will produce 18 original shows over the next 3 months. These video will have the duration of 3-15 minutes and will be available in hindi and english, which will revolve around food recipes and sneak peek of restaurants. The shows are free and ad-free as well. The common themes the shows focus are comedy, reality, fiction, celebrity interviews and advices. These shows will be available in Zomato app.

There are many entrepreneur success stories which are read by many people. In that some of the stories are youngsters who are dropped out of college. Now a day’s more and more youngsters are dropping out of college and starting to work. There was always a major question the reason behind the drop outs. It can be made into three points. 1. College these days focus on theoretical education more than practical training which does not help in real life. 2. College dropouts start early these days who does not wait for the degree. Hence, there will   be more time to build their dreams. 3. They don’t have to pay student loans, so they can put more investments in their dreams. But whatever it may be we always see college dropouts as successful in life. Starting from Oprah to Bill Gates, Steve Jobs etc.. there is a list of famous entrepreneurs who have not collected their college degrees. In India also entrepreneurs prove that college degree is not that important to be suc...

Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba is set to enter into the Indian e-commerce market by using UCWeb browser app. The company is planning to build a recommendation engine for existing e commerce platform in India. Alibaba is planning to partner with e-commerce firms like Flipkart and PayTM Mall for the recommendation engine and this service would launch within this year. UCWeb Global Business Vice President Huaiyuan Yang quoted that “ We have Alibaba’s e-commerce gene in us. We are actually trying to start innovative business model related to e-commerce. We are going to launch a new e-commerce product in India this year. The recommendation engine is expected to be a platform that would showcase products from different e-commerce platforms for people to browse through it. If customers want to buy the product it will be directed to the actual website. Alibaba holds 30.5 % stake in PayTM and 3% stake in Snapdeal. Yang dismissed speculations that Alibaba’s entry into India’s e-c...

The story continues from the part-I , if you have not read the part-I story. Read the story to know completely about Jack Ma and Alibaba. A Crocodile in Yangtze River Part-I In March 2000, the Dot com crash happened and investors started to dump technology stocks. Then the Alibaba team also recruited 100 new people and also moved out of the apartment. But Alibaba hasn’t brought even a $1 revenue. The company was going in the wrong direction. Jack was forced to have team meeting for the going turmoil. Then moved his operation to united states. But the move only worsened chaos in the company. US and china fought for territory and Alibaba became a two headed monster and within a couple of months jack reversed the decision. By 2001 the internet companies were burning in flames and many companies started to lay off staffs. In Alibaba the situation were the same as other companies they stopped their operation in other countries and brought back its operation to china and they also ran o...