All stories by Alnoor Peermohamed
Note 7 backlash may affect Samsung festive sales in India
Rediff.com19 Oct 2016All but 500 who booked Note 7 phones have bought older devices instead of cancelling their orders but Samsung may still lose market share this festive season.
Flipkart grows user base to 100 million
Rediff.com22 Sep 2016Flipkart has seen 33 per cent growth in past 6 months despite slowing e-commerce business and stiff competition from Amazon.
LinkedIn Lite: 'Made in India, for India'
Rediff.com13 Sep 2016LinkedIn hopes to bring more first-time job seekers there, apart from technology talent from the smaller cities.
Ola founders backed Tork to launch India's first electric motorcycle by next year
Rediff.com13 Sep 2016Looks at 100 km ride on single charge, ideal for big cities
Carmakers see gains in Uber, Ola sales
Rediff.com10 Sep 2016Automobile makers in India are embracing taxi-hailing apps such as Uber and Ola, hoping to ride on their expansion to sell more cars, a contrarian view to companies in Western markets that fear a drop in car sales due to them
The real story behind the demise of TaxiForSure
Rediff.com30 Aug 2016Ola's cash reserves are starting to run dry. The company was in talks to raise $1 billion in funding by the end of July, but no announcement has been made as yet
Why the Gorkha community is furious with Flipkart
Rediff.com29 Aug 2016The community has taken offence to being wrongly stereotyped as watchmen in the ad which also plays on an exaggerated Hindi accent to seem funny
Second life for dead start-ups as corporates hunt for cheap talent, tech
Rediff.com29 Aug 2016While the redeployment of talent from companies that have shut down into other start-ups is a great move, some say the gesture is gaining more visibility than the actual companies
Start-ups get a big boost from big companies
Rediff.com25 Aug 2016The idea that technology and startups with newer business models will not disrupt traditional businesses has been thrown out the window.
Why Amazon's victory may be short-lived
Rediff.com24 Aug 2016Its growth has been driven by discounts rather than enticing new customers to its platform
Slow e-commerce growth worries Flipkart
Rediff.com23 Aug 2016In the past eight months, Flipkart has seen the exits of Mukesh Bansal, considered the right hand man of Sachin and Binny Bansal; Ankit Nagori, chief business officer; Punit Soni, Flipkart's million-dollar hire from Silicon Valley who headed product and strategy; and Manish Maheshwari, head of the seller business
Accessing pirated content might lead to prison term & Rs 3-lakh fine
Rediff.com23 Aug 2016The recent blocking of websites by Internet service providers was prompted by court orders to prevent piracy of Dishoom, the Bollywood movie
Uber takes its ride beyond app
Rediff.com18 Aug 2016The new feature is up and running in Nagpur, Guwahati and Jodhpur
Enfield taps techies for Himalayan journey
Rediff.com10 Aug 2016The Himalayan is the company's second motorcycle after the Continental GT to move away from its age-old cruiser design
Apple finds it tough to crack India market
Rediff.com7 Aug 2016iPhone sales in June quarter dropped 35% even as smartphone market grew 19%
Wounded Uber targets India after China loss
Rediff.com2 Aug 2016In India, it is fighting a pitched battle against Ola.
Ananth Narayanan: The turnaround man
Rediff.com29 Jul 2016Narayanan's strategy of building exclusive brands for Myntra has been a success as well, and more such brands will be added to the portal's offering in the future
Flipkart goes for Alibaba model to retain sellers
Rediff.com12 Jul 2016Flipkart claims to have more than 90,000 sellers on its platform.
Cabs on apps to race to $1.7-bn mark this year
Rediff.com4 Jul 2016With Uber & Ola fighting it out, the taxi aggregator space is set for massive growth.
HealthifyMe: A start-up that helps people live healthy
Rediff.com4 Jul 2016HealthifyMe is an app that connects users to fitness trainers virtually, motivate them on goals.