All stories by Alnoor Peermohamed
How Uber palns to serve its passenger better
Rediff.com1 Sep 2017It was investing heavily in finding new ways to gauge driver behaviour apart from just relying on feedback provided by riders.
How WhatsApp plans to make money from businesses
Rediff.com29 Aug 2017WhatsApp says business profiles verified by it will carry a green badge, similar to how parent Facebook verifies businesses with a blue tick.
'Aadhaar will clear SC privacy test'
Rediff.com29 Aug 2017Aadhaar, says former UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani, has followed 'all the design principles laid by the Supreme Court.'
KS Puttaswamy, 92-yr-old, who fired first shot in Right to Privacy case
Rediff.com25 Aug 2017The retired Karnataka high court judge is frail but sharp as a tack is a staunch disbeliever of Aadhaar, saying all it does is replace other forms of identification.
With 'apni hi gadi samjho,' Uber aims to break outsider tag
Rediff.com21 Aug 2017With a new campaign that talks about togetherness, Uber challenges Ola's homegrown narrative.
Innoviti, the Google Maps of digital payments
Rediff.com11 Aug 2017A platform that helps retailers reduce failed transactions while keeping the cost down, Innoviti is all set for India's digital payments revolution.
Lessons from Snapdeal's failures
Rediff.com10 Aug 2017India's first true e-commerce marketplace is struggling for its survival and in it lies valuable lessons for pure play aggregators, say experts.
Titan taps Amazon to enter US
Rediff.com9 Aug 2017Titan will become the latest Indian brand to ride on the back of the global e-retail major
Can Nykaa teach Amazon, Flipkart a lesson?
Rediff.com7 Aug 2017Unlike some of India's largest online retailers like Flipkart, Amazon, Myntra and Jabong, which are very secretive about their data and use it to cut better deals with brands than their competitors, the Nykaa monetising its insights. If it is is able to do so without giving away any of its advantages to competitors, it could be on to a winning model.
Why winning in India is so important for Uber
Rediff.com4 Aug 2017The Indian arm is the second largest unit for the company, crosses 500 mn trips milestone
The speed bumps for India's electric cars
Rediff.com1 Aug 2017Even as India goes green, lack of uniform standards for setting up charging stations is holding back companies. Alnoor Peermohamed reports.
Will India choose Rupay over Visa, Mastercard?
Rediff.com14 Jul 2017RuPay has 42% of total debit cards, but contributes only 16% of PoS, e-commerce transactions. With banks scheduled to renew deals with Visa, Mastercard, here's how RuPay plans to increase its reach to premium customers.
With Halli Labs, Google makes its first Indian acquisition
Rediff.com13 Jul 2017Joins Facebook, Apple and Twitter in buying Indian start-ups
Flipkart claws back, snatches market share from Amazon
Rediff.com27 Jun 2017Its share among top three e-commerce players grew to 57% in March 2017 from 45% in June 2016
Modi clinches deal with Bezos, Amazon will keep investing in India
Rediff.com27 Jun 2017Terrific meeting with Narendra Modi. Always impressed, energised by optimism and invention in India. Excited to keep investing and growing," Bezos wrote on social networking platform Twitter.
Tesla eyes India plant, seeks relief
Rediff.com16 Jun 2017Elon Musk's likely referring to waiver of 30% local sourcing norm for setting up single-brand retail
Why Uber's APAC head was fired
Rediff.com9 Jun 2017He was illegally probing a 2014 Delhi rape case using the victim's medical records to find out if it was a ploy by Ola to sabotage Uber's operations
Tata Elxsi wins deal for self-driving car software
Rediff.com6 Jun 2017While Tata Elxsi will steer clear of building hardware sensors used in autonomous driving, the company is also working with large Tier-1 suppliers to co-develop sensors that will be work with its underlying software.
India overtakes US in Android app downloads
Rediff.com1 Jun 2017India has around 355 million Internet users, second only to China, says a report
How Bharat Electronics plans to boost revenue
Rediff.com1 Jun 2017Eyes Rs 10,000 cr revenue mark despite focusing less on manufacturing, more on system integration