Reliance launched e-commerce portal: Reliance Retail has started its online shopping portal. The company’s retail portal, named Ajio.com, was launched at the Lakme Fashion Week. The fashion show was attended by Isha Ambani, daughter of billionaire Mukesh Ambani in an indication that the next generation is involved in the new-age businesses of the group.
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Xiaomi invested in India for the first time: Xiaomi, the Chinese mobile manufacturer has just made their first investment in India. For their first ever investment, they have chosen Hungama, which provides video on demand services and aggregate content on their platform.
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Flipkart will deliver Paytm orders: India’s leading e-commerce rivals have now shaken hands. Flipkart’s logistics arm Ekart will now start to deliver the orders booked through Paytm. This will bring a drastic change in the current e-commerce delivery model as the major players who capture more than 60% of the market share, have unitedly taken this step.
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Neeta Ambani, the most powerful business women: Married to the richest man in India Mukesh Ambani, Nita Ambani has topped the list of Asia’s 50 most powerful businesswomen by Forbes. The list also includes eight more women from India. SBI Chairman and Managing Director Arundhati Bhattacharya has been ranked at the second number.
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Whatsapp end to end encryption for all messages: Whatsapp full encryption: The company announced this week that all chats on its service would be end-to-end encrypted, meaning that it wouldn’t be possible for the company or others to read what is contained within them. The change means that only the sender and recipient are able to unscramble the encrypted messages and read their contents.
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PM Modi booked Ola e-rickshaw through Stand-up India event: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on last Tuesday booked the first Ola e-rickshaw ride, as part of the ‘Stand-Up India’ initiative, which the government took on to to promote entrepreneurship. The transport aggregator launched the ‘e-rickshaw’ category on its app in Delhi-NCR.
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Android auto comes to India and 17 more countries: Google’s Android has it rolled out in-car operating system Android Auto in 18 new countries including India. Brazil, Russia, Chile, Switzerland, Columbia, Paraguay, Venezuela, among others are on the list too. Google’s Android Auto competes with Apple’s in-car system CarPlay. Both CarPlay and Android Auto allow voice commands to be turned on with a touch of a steering wheel button.
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Watch DD channels on smart phone without internet: India’s Public service broadcaster, Doordarshan, has launched a new service where viewers can watch any DD channel on their smartphone without internet. The viewer interested in DD services will have to incur the charges of buying a dongle and no additional charges for internet would be required.
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