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E Commerce giant Flipkart has reportedly tied up with Chinese bulk sellers, through whom sellers on Flipkart’s platform can access and source products. With the move, the company is looking at China to source cheaper products to get price advantage. According to the Times of India report, Flipkart is tapping China for categories such as electronics, apparel and household items. The company started the service about five-six months ago. For now, it is restricted to select sellers on its platform. It will implement the program on a larger scale in another few...

With India’s mobile application testing market being estimated at around $60 million, there is definitely hope that the future holds brighter and more competitive days for developers and testers alike. In the midst of a seemingly rapid-growing industry is this new venture called pCloudy, the nation’s first cloud based mobile app testing services provider, formed under the aegis of Smart Software Testing Solutions, founded in 2015. A recent round-table gathering shed some light on their flagship offering, and how they just might disrupt the market. It is a known fact...

Canadian mobile company, BlackBerry has posted ts biggest loss a $670 million in over two years. Although much of the loss was down to restructuring charges, sales also fell to $400 million, down 39 per cent on a year earlier. The company sold just 5 lakh phones globally in the first fiscal quarter - down from six lakh in the previous quarter, IANS report published in Economic Times said. BlackBerry has said it will decide whether to stop making phones for good by September. “The device business must be profitable, because we...

In India, the high-end smartphone market is expected to grow by 19 per cent this year. The sudden growth is because of customers’ shift in interest in premium brands like Samsung and Apple, research firm CMR said today. The high-end smartphones, which are priced INR 20,000 and above in the country, have accounted to 7 per cent of the total smartphones sold last year and grew at 15 per cent in 2015. “Out of a total of 163 smartphone brands, only 19 brands shipped smartphones in the high-end price band...

The Statup India program specifically envisages technology business incubators and research parks. To boost such programs, Microsoft is working in conjugation with TCS to create a co-innovation platform which will help startups to develop products the two companies’ customers are seeking. “Microsoft Accelerator and TCS co-innovation network will create a platform to spur the Indian start-up system through an open framework,” the IT majors said at ‘Think Next Summer 2016′, a Microsoft Accelerator flagship forum here for thought leaders intended to drive transformation through innovation. “The progress India has made...

TRAI today issued a consultation paper to explore framework for facility of making calls using internet application on mobile and landline numbers. At present, internet service providers (ISPs) can provide internet telephony from personal computer to personal computer. With advancement in technology, mobile phones are facilitating voice calling through apps like Whatsapp, Skype, etc. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said that internet telephony has now become similar to conventional telephony and these providers compete directly with the existing technology used for making phone calls by landline or mobile...

Commvault today announced the appointment of Mark Velthuis as Vice President of Indirect Business for Asia Pacific and Japan. Leading the newly unified indirect overlay business for the region, Velthuis joins Commvault from EMC, bringing almost two decades of experience in the technology solutions industry. “Mark joins Commvault with an outstanding track record of building strategic partnerships and a strong channel partner network that will help us grow and provide opportunities across our ecosystem of partners,” said Owen Taraniuk, Head of Commvault in Asia Pacific and Japan. “He will join...

E-retailing companies are focusing on turning unit economics positive and retaining customers as opposed to their prior focus on gross merchandise value, a recent report said. “We believe this may be a function of limited availability of capital, leading companies to focus on cash generation. Post government regulations that curtailed discounts, companies seem to have done away with the same; most discounts seen online are being offered by sellers or brands themselves,” PTI report published in Hindu Business Line quoted the study by Kotak Institutional Equities. Gross merchandise value is the total...

PayPal, one of the leading payment platforms, has appointed Anupam Pahuja as the MD and Country Manager for its India operations. Pahuja, has been associated with the company for six years now, served as head, technology in the APAC region. He will be responsible for all aspects of PayPal’s India business, while also strengthening the company’s operations as MD and Country Manager for its India operations. Read also: TranServ Brings Senior VPs From PayPal & Mobikwik On Board “India continues to be a key part of PayPal’s growth strategy. In...