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Many tech- delivery companies are now focusing on drone based delivery system and want to use this system in India. Now Govt has selected Zomato, Swiggy, Dunzo and 4 other companies to test the drone-based deliveries. The world might their first public drone-delivery four months ago, but India is taking baby step towards the same. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has selected 7 firms out of 34 applicants which are food and delivery companies Zomato, Swiggy and Dunzo, medical delivery providers Zipline and Redwing, and large enterprise like Tata Advanced Systems and Honeywell. It has rejected 27 applicants because of incomplete information. Zipline and Redwig said that they are waiting for the approvals from the DGCA which has not made these details public yet. The person quoted that “ we’re hoping that they will grant us approvals in the next month, which will allow us to begin work on setting up our solutions and hopefully begin flying by January next year ...

Bharti Airtel which is an Indian telecommunication service has reduced its calling ringer time to 25 sec why? There is a reason for reducing the ringer time……no don’t think that this is being done for the consumer’s benefit. It does not have anything to do with the consumer’s. So let me rephrase it “There is a strategy behind reducing the ringer time”… Airtel has copied the concept from its competitor none other than Jio. Then what is the concept and why it has to copy from Jio. What is the concept? Before saying about the concept let me introduce you to a new term which is probably know by telecom operators which is Inter-operator fee technically known as Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC). IUC as the name suggest when a call is made from an telecom operator A to telecom operator B. Then operator A has to pay some charges to operator B which is in charge per minute. Now IUC charge is 6paise per minute. Before Airtel had used to allow the ringing time as 40 sec. But Re...

Instagram has launched a new app called Threads which is camera first messaging app that helps users to connect with close friends. Robby Stein, Director of product, Instagram has said that " Over the last few years, we've introduced several new ways to share visually on Instagram and connect with people you care about- from sharing everyday moments on Stories to visual message on Direct. But for your smaller circle of friends, we saw the need to stay connected throughout the day, so you can communicate what you're doing and how you're feeling through photos and videos. That's why we built Threads, a new way to message with close friends in a dedicated, private space ." Threads is a standalone app in which you can share photos, videos, messages, Stories to your close friend list. The user's are in control of who can reach you on Threads. You'll have dedicated inbox and notification for your close friends.  Threads has a camera screen w...

Tesla acquires computer vision startup DeepScale , a silicon valley startup that uses low wattage processors to power more accurate computer vision for automated vehicles. CEO Elon Musk vision to turn electric vehicles into robot axis. Tesla as we all know which is an automotive and energy company, it manufactures electric cars. Tesla cars are not fully autonomous, they have a autopilot feature which is more advanced driver assistance than other vehicles on the road today or we can say 'Level 2' designation by SAE. Musk has promised for that Tesla vehicles will continue to improve its autopilot to reach full automation mark. Tesla released a new software update that adds new features to its cars. This update had Smart Summon which help owners to use their app to summon their vehicles from parking space. DeepScale is a 4 yr old startup which was founded by Forrest Landola, which raised $18 million funding from investors from Autotech, VC, Bessemer, Greylock and Trucks V...

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...

A person can handle up to 3 to 4 rejection in life after that he gets demotivated and then he will be trying for another one or two times. Even at that time if he gets rejected he will be changing his dream or choice according to his comfortness…. Now we are going to see the story about a man who got rejected so many times and by which he founded a company which made him a billionaire and second richest man of china… He is none other than JACK MA who founded a e-commerce company called Alibaba . Let’s get way back to Hangzhou where Jack Ma a.k.a MA YUN   who was born on 10 September 1964 which was during china’s cultural revolution was increasing and capitalist and intellectuals were punished and sent to the country side. Families and friends were divided along class lines. His family was also not having money when he was young. JACK MA CHILDHOOD DAYS   In 1978, DENG XIAOPING emerges as new leader and opened china’s doors to the world and Deng went to the Unite...

When I started to know about his story there were so many interesting things in his life. How come he has achieved so many things after he was affected by the disease? Stephen Hawking was born in 8 January 1942 in Oxford. It was exactly after 300 years of Galileo Galilei who was known as the father of observational astronomy and father of modern physics. In 1950, Stephen did his schooling in St Albans high school for girls ( boys could attend untill age 10). At the age of 11 he went to St Albans school. In school he was a good student, not an exceptional one. In 1959, he won a scholarship to University of Oxford where his father studied. He wanted to study mathematics but the course was not offered in the university. So he opted for physics under Robert Berman. There he pursued his interest thermodynamics, relativity, quantum mechanics. Afterwards he got bored in his university life, he graduated in 1962 with first class. After graduating from the university, he spen...

By now you should have known Narayana Murthy's half story, how his life is, his well known people's influence in his life.... If you have not read the part I and part II story. I recommend you to read it to have a clear understanding of the story STORY OF A MAN BEHIND INFOSYS PART I   STORY OF A MAN BEHIND INFOSYS PART II Here comes the fun part or we can say interesting part of the story, where Narayana Murthy left his job to start a entrepreneurial journey with the money of  र 10,000 which was given by his wife. Third chapter  Entrepreneurial journey On a morning January 1981 when he thought of starting a company, he went and talked with his friends who worked with him in Patni Computers. He discussed to start a company to write software codes. After six months of hardwork N.R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, N.S Raghavan, S. Gopalakrishnan, S.D Shibulal, K. Dinesh and Ashok Arora registered the company. In 1982 they moved to Pune and ...

Narayana Murthy’s confidence and with his will to study in IIT. He joined IIT Kanpur which changed his career or we can say the first turning point in his life. Here comes the second part of his life where he met his partner….. If you haven't read the First part of the story please click the link and read it. Story of a man behind Infosys Part I Second Part Work Life After completing his Master’s in IIT Kanpur, he moved to London where he worked in a company called SESA for 3 years. While working, he excelled in designing software for air freight management. At that time he decided to return to India to start his own company. In 1976 he joined IIM Ahmedabad as chief system programmer where he designed and developed BASIC interpreter for Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL). At that time he started his first entrepreneurial venture called Softronics , a software consulting firm in Pune but the company failed.   Later he joined Patni Co...

Now you are going to read about …..no no , Now you are going to see the story of an entrepreneur who changed the IT sector with his confidence and the influence of some characters in his life. By this time you would’ve found the man. He is the co-founder of Infosys, N. R. Narayana Murthy . Next question from you would be “ What is so special about him”. For that I just believe we could learn something from every person. I have separated his life story into three parts where his close persons influenced him. First Part School to College As most of them, Naryana Murthy was also born in a middle class family in Karanataka. He was a very bright student in his school days. He was passionate about Mathematics and Physics. His uncle was a civil servant and Narayana’s father wanted him to follow the same route. For everyone in their childhood their father would be their greatest influence in their life. Narayana Murthy is none different from others, His father ...