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Regina is a reporter for BW Businessworld. In her previous assignments, she has worked with Independent television Network as a news anchor and reporter in Sri Lanka
FM’s proposals were as he said aimed at providing for the poor, the youth and a clean and corrupt-free India. Nothing much about the proposals affect corporates. “In a sense it is a no-news is good-news story for the IT sector from a budget perspective.”
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Former mayors of Adelaide and Barcelona share their expertise on how to make a smart city; Urban development secretary talks about raising civil charges.
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ParkingRhino is a parking app launched in August 2015 by Tridib Konwar and Mriganka Deka, to digitize the parking industry, and make it ready for smart cities. The app shows more than 1 million verified parking spaces across Bangalore, Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, and Pune, and will soon cover all the Indian cities.
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“Edtech is an exciting space to be in. I’d like to do this for at least the next 15 to 20 years. But it’s not just about capital returns. The ability to make an impact and empower so many lives by taking education online is profound. I have been blessed. I was able to make a big impact in the 90s when I founded UTV. If I am able to make a second big impact with UpGrad, then that would be wonderful and a real privilege.”
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears to have a large fan following among non-resident Indians (NRIs) and many of them may be keen to start ventures in India... "People living in other countries think that India is what the prime minister portrays when he goes abroad. But it's so much different here..."
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The private equity firm has rebranded and will start investing in tech products and services. This may signal a shift in thinking as even private equity investors now acknowledge that new technologies are established and proven enough to bring in an ROI.
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These startups are using digital maps to do bigger things than find out the nearest coffee shop. Innovation in these areas however come at a great price, literally..."That’s why we work with Esri India as one of their emerging business partners,” says these entrepreneurs.
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Christian Rudder is the cofounder of massively popular OkCupid (whose parent company, IAC, also owns Tinder). He is also a data scientist from Harvard. In his book, Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking), he gives us some hard to digest insights. But they are backed by big data, so we guess we’ll have to believe him.
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Startup life is tough. You’re broke, and tired most of the time but you must move at the speed of lightning. Use these tips to unscramble the madness and actually get some work done.
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“Few globally recognized Indian stalwarts advised us not to start this venture as they found it too audacious for an Indian entrepreneur,” says Tarun. But Tarun is adamant that IoT, cloud computing based solutions are the way forward. And they do have a few giant clients like Cisco, so things aren't completely grey. He is looking for another 30 million dollars to grow Covacsis. Investors, interested?
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