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Paytm ‘Is as Indian as Maruti’, CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma Says on Chinese Funding

Paytm ‘Is as Indian as Maruti’, CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma Says on Chinese Funding HIGHLIGHTS Alibaba pumped in $680 million into Paytm’s parent One97 last year Chinese investors are looking to raise their stake to 70 percent in Paytm Paytm Bank will not engage in a rate war with rivals like Airtel Facing criticism over significant Chinese ownership, Paytm Founder ... Read More »

Black Friday Deal Offers Dropbox Pro Subscription at 40 Percent Off, Free $25 Dell Gift Card

HIGHLIGHTS Dropbox Pro 1TB annual subscription costs $99 Under this deal, you can get it for just $59.99 for a year Dell will also give you a $25 eGift card for online purchases Following the Thanksgiving Day in the US, comes Black Friday, bearing plethora of offers and discounted deals for the buyers. While Black Friday is over in the ... Read More »

Facebook Now Has Over 166 Million Monthly Active Users in India, Its ‘Most Critical and Strategic Market’

Facebook Now Has Over 166 Million Monthly Active Users in India, Its ‘Most Critical and Strategic Market’ HIGHLIGHTS Facebook contributes $4 billion and 335,000 jobs to India Facebook revealed a three-fold business strategy for India The company has a strategic partnership with India’s top 100 advertisers As we aim to connect the next billion people on mobile platforms globally, 70 ... Read More »

Reddit CEO Admits to Tampering Hate Comments From Donald Trump Supporters

HIGHLIGHTS Huffman says he edited comments to change the targeted user Reddit CEO admits he edited comments for about about an hour Huffman says he will not repeat the exercise in future In a shocking revelation, CEO of hugely popular Internet message board Reddit – Steve Huffman – has admitted that he used his admin rights to edit some of ... Read More »

Sameer Patel of Kahuna: Modern Mobile Marketing Provides Realtime Link between Insights and Interaction

Small Business Trends: Give us some of your personal background. Sameer Patel: I have been in enterprise software for about 20 years. And prior to that I was at SAP for four years. I joined SAP to help build out their presence in collaboration software and took that product to many millions of users. I had a fantastic team at ... Read More »

Mobile Marketing for Your Small Business

When people are looking for a local business, more and more often they’re turning to their smartphones or tablets for help. Mobile searching is a whole new playing field, with the majority of searches related to shopping or finding a nearby business—a gas station, a restaurant, a hotel or retail store. Google dominates mobile phone searches, even more so than ... Read More »

App or Credit? Why Cash May be Replaced by Mobile Payments

It is Monday morning in San Francisco, and you have just woken up late. To help in your rush to get to work on time, you use your favorite ride service app to pay for a driver to bring you to work. On the way to work, that pre-coffee, drowsy feeling starts to kick in, so you use your Starbucks ... Read More »

Five Ways to Shift Your Social Media Marketing Up One Gear

Social media is a great place to market your business, especially if you’re a small business. It doesn’t limit your traffic or reach, and allows you to connect directly with buyers without having to invest large amounts of money. By optimizing your approach to social media marketing, you can indefinitely increase everything from brand recall to lead generation, and actual ... Read More »

How Digital Marketing Has Shaped Advertising

When Internet users hear about companies like iCrossing, they might understand that they are experts in digital marketing but aren’t aware of everything that the concept entails. The rise of digital marketing agencies like iCrossing has helped add whole new dimensions to the way companies advertise their products and services. Companies today have virtually unlimited opportunities to reach new customers. ... Read More »

Rs. 2000 Note GPS Tracking Rumours, BlackBerry’s Android Phones in India, and More News This Week

Rs. 2000 Note GPS Tracking Rumours, BlackBerry’s Android Phones in India, and More News This Week HIGHLIGHTS No, the Rs. 2000 note is not tracking you BlackBerry’s brought ‘the most secure Android phone’ to India A Lyf phone allegedly exploded this week It’s been a crazy week that’s taken people by surprise on a number of fronts. In India, the ... Read More »