All stories by Alnoor Peermohamed
Softbank reviving Ola-Uber India merger talks
Rediff.com29 Mar 2018According to a source SoftBank is in favour of Ola acquiring the Indian unit of Uber, but the finer details of the deal are being discussed
Any Indian willing to take on Facebook? Anand Mahindra may fund you
Rediff.com28 Mar 2018While Mahindra isn't the first person to think that building a social network out of India was a good idea, past attempts have all failed to compete with the multi-billion dollar giants Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp and the like.
Uber founder keen to fund innovative start-ups in India, China
Rediff.com9 Mar 2018Kalanick said the fund would focus on large-scale job creation through investments in real estate, e-commerce and upcoming innovations from India and China.
Aadhaar: 'Security is continually evolving'
Rediff.com5 Feb 2018Experts say the new security features will significantly ensure there is no 'large-scale theft of people's identity'.
China's Ola of bicycles pedals into India
Rediff.com16 Jan 2018Chinese bicycle sharing giant Ofo launches service in seven Indian cities.
Ola eyes Australia, New Zealand for expansion
Rediff.com11 Jan 2018The two new markets are overwhelmingly dominated by US ride-hailing giant Uber, which has been able to edge out local start-ups
Chinese app plans to use India base to take on FB, Google
Rediff.com5 Jan 2018India isn't just a testbed for SHAREit to find and perfect a new business model, but also the start of the company's globalisation dreams.
E-com industry seen to grow at 60% in 2018
Rediff.com29 Dec 2017The e-commerce industry is expected to return to high growth next year as large players such as Amazon, Flipkart and Paytm Mall begin to look beyond the 20 million customers who shop online on a monthly basis.
A novel idea! Learning math through comics
Rediff.com21 Nov 2017This start-up took the 'novel' path to teach children mathematics.
Nandan and Rohini Nilekani join Gates-led philanthropic group
Rediff.com16 Nov 2017The grouping, which is called Co-Impact, has been set up with an initial corpus of $500 million and will focus providing healthcare, education, and economic opportunity to the underserved populus in developing countries.
Uber India chief: We're at very early stages of our journey in India
Rediff.com15 Nov 2017The company's India focus hasn't changed with the change in CEOs.
India to launch 2 moon missions by March
Rediff.com31 Oct 2017One spacecraft will be Indian Space Research Organisation's own Chandrayaan-2, while the other will be from India's first private moonshot Team Indus which is competing in the Google LunarXPrize challenge.
Infy races against time to fix GSTN glitches
Rediff.com30 Oct 2017Infosys had told the group of ministers that it would expand its 100-member team to speed up the bug fixes.
Can Apple Pay repeat its US success story in India?
Rediff.com20 Oct 2017iPhone, which accounts for just 3% of sales in India's 100 million-plus annual smartphone market, plans to partner an existing player
'GST is very positive and will boost the economy'
Rediff.com19 Oct 2017"Already, a lot of logistics companies and transport companies have started feeling some of the positives of GST. They are saving time and because of this movement towards better trucks is happening very fast," says Vinod Aggarwal, Vinod Aggarwal, Volvo Trucks India
SoftBank willing to fund Ola, but with a rider
Rediff.com4 Oct 2017Growing the number of electric vehicles on Ola's platform is part of the terms SoftBank has put forth for the funding
Will Artificial Intelligence create new jobs or destroy them?
Rediff.com27 Sep 2017As the government faces a difficult choice in keeping up with the rest of the world in AI development while making sure it does not add to unemployment, it has set up a task force to draw up a policy for the accelerated deployment of AI
Has Uber broken US laws by bribing foreign officials?
Rediff.com21 Sep 2017Under the ambit of probe is how former exec Eric Alexander obtained medical records of woman who was raped by an Uber driver in Delhi in 2014
Can Karnataka become the hub of electric vehicles?
Rediff.com14 Sep 2017Eyes investments of Rs 31,000 cr in research and manufacturing of electric vehicles
Apple way behind Oppo in India
Rediff.com13 Sep 2017The company captured just 2.4% of the mid-range smartphone market in India, a far cry from the 24.2% share Oppo's F3 commanded.