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|In: e-commerce|Last Updated:

Introducing the concept of showcasing ones’ own style and trends to the like minded people across the vertical, Dilbole.com, a unique style shopping platform, has been launched, bringing a whole new experience online.

DilBole aims to be a product bookmarking tool to showcase and discover style to the online community. It a platform for both men and women that offers a variety of category to choose from i.e., apparel, lingerie, accessories, gadgets, footwear, jewelry, cosmetics, furniture, home decor etc.

One can choose the products from over 25,000+ online shopping sites including Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Jabong, Myntra etc.

DilBole

The portal allows users to browse or flip through products from the other portals, create his/her own style & trend , showcase it to others and get the credit as a STYLIST!

  • Dilbole allows users to create a wish-list & categorize them into different mood attires like party wear, formals, casuals, beachwear etc. Users can then showcase their wish-list and can get the credit.
  • Users can also save the products they like from online stores, add the product using the chrome extension or using a link. On an mobile they can directly share product to Dilbole App from other shopping apps like Flipkart, Myntra etc.

Talking on the same, Khaleel Pasha, the founder of DilBole.com said

Dilbole.com aims to bring out the stylist within the person to stay up-to-date with the latest trends and smart buys. Style is just not the periphery of any gender. I would like to invite both Men and Women to join the “Stylocase” wagon with our portal and app.

They can now make their own style statement with the collections and can showcase it the way they like to share with others. We have tried to create a me-time for our users who love shopping

In a short span of time, since its launch Dilbole.com has succeeded in attracting and engaging people and won huge accolades. It guarantees loads of fun, fashion and style for fashion junkies and shopaholics at Dilbole.

DilBole.com is the right place to discover people, products and brands based on the style they are looking for. Fashion bloggers, stylists, fashionistas and proud shopaholics are part of the core. With an ever-increasing database of 1,80,000+ products, 25000+ online stores and over 10,000 brands, this is the right place for shopaholics to come to!

It is available both in web portal and mobile application for android can be downloaded from here.

About the founders of DilBole.com

  • Khaleel Pasha is a master in computers science from NIT Warangal. Worked for around a decade in eRetail industry with eCom biggies like Amazon, target, mothercare and marksandspencer. He had many stints of starting up before all in eCom domain. Backed with his experience he has very deep insight into the eCommerce and social shopping space.
  • Hemakiran is a masters in computer science from BITS Pilani. Bitten by the entrepreneurship bug he joined Khaleel to change the way India shops. Before this he was with Broadcom. Experience with bootstrapped start-ups made Kiran a package of diverse skill-sets. He takes care of design and marketing aspects of Dilbole.

Do give DilBole.com a spin & share your experience 🙂

|In: Mobile|Last Updated:

Staying connected has become very critical in today’s world and with the increasing number of first-time users of the smart phones, they have become in-separable from our lives !!!

Smart phones from brands like Sony Mobiles, Samsung, Apple & Xiaomi are beneficial for both business people and gadget fans alike because they offer both easy access to emails and word processing programmes, plus they are equipped for gaming and listening to music on.

Busy work people can reply to emails, edit word documents or even host online calls, which makes dealing with work issues convenient and accessible at any time. Many commuters can now do some work on the train, meaning they can relax when they get home. In fact, to be more precise; even Students and House-Wives have also become a ciritical market that mobile phone manufacturer’s now consider important.

 

Alternatively, phones are perfect for those who love socializing and gaming. Wifi allows users to go online, chat to friends using instant messaging and browse their favorite websites. Users can view sites like Facebook, YouTube or even do some online shopping. Plus, the large screen makes reading online magazines, newspapers and E-books easy and clear.

When it comes to mobiles, consumers want a stunning display & one brand that everyone can co-relate to it “Sony Mobiles”. Who can forget their impressive line-up of TV’s – The Bravia 🙂

When it comes to smart-phone’s; we cannot forget the Battery Life since with more & more requirements; it has become very critical for Smart-Phone’s success. In this article, we feature some of the power-packed options consumer’s have if they plan to purchase Sony Mobile Phone.

Sony Xperia Z3

This flagship from Sony falls in the “Premium Category”.

Some of the features of the phone are listed below

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As they have mentioned in their Tag Line, Sony Xperia Z3 does make you “Demand Great” of the smart-phones !!! It is Everything you want a smartphone to do. Done better than ever.

Priced handsomely around Rs 35K, it is a great buy who want all the smart-phone features packed into one “beast of the smart-phone” !!!

We feature the next smart-phone from Sony “xperia-c3-dual” which caters to the Mid-Level segment.

Sony Xperia-c3-dual

This smart-phone has been tagged as the “Best phone for Selfie-Lovers”. Considering it’s impressive specs, the price of Rs 19K looks appealing.

Display – 9 cm HD (1280×720) IPS display

Processor (CPU) :

• Snapdragon 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Quad-core
• Adreno 305

Memory and storage :

• 1 GB RAM
• 8 GB flash memory [internal]
• Up to 32 GB microSD [card slot]

Connectivity and communication

• aGPS
• Bluetooth 4.0
• Native USB tethering
• Screen mirroring
• Smart Connect

Camera and video

• 5 MP Front-facing camera [720p]
• Front flash LED
• Wide view front camera
• 8 MP camera with auto focus
• HD video recording 1080 p
• Sony Exmor RS for mobile image sensor
• HDR (High Dynamic Range) for photos and videos
• Pulsed LED flash
• 16x digital zoom

More information on the product can be found at the official website.

Sony – The revival Story

Ever since Sony has broken its alliance with Ericsson (by buying the company out of Sony Ericsson), it has been trying hard to gain a significant foothold in the mobile market. The smartphone market in India is growing significantly with 70 per cent growth per year.

With increasing marketing efforts, consumers are now able to connect to the “Sony Brand”. As per the recent reports, Sony Mobiles now stands as the second largest smartphone brand [in terms of value sales] in India. Major of this revival is due to their major focus on India specific features in their mid-range & high-range smart phones [Xperia Z category].

In this competitive landscape of “Indian Smartphone Market”, Sony would definitely want it’s market share growing with introduction of “smarter & better” phones in the Indian turf !!!

|In: Business|Last Updated:

NASSCOM organized its third regional edition of the NASSCOM Product Conclave 2015 at the Novotel Hotel in Hyderabad. The one day conference served as a vital platform for Indian product start-ups and emerging companies to access knowledge & support available in the ecosystem.

The inaugural address was given by Rajiv Vaishnav, Vice President, NASSCOM & the key note address by Ravi Gururaj, Chairman,NASSCOM Product Council. The conference was attended by industry leaders from the products industry, venture capitalist, entrepreneurs and consultants, who shared their views on the evolving product landscape.

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The Hyderabad edition of the conclave witnessed curated sessions for budding entrepreneurs, early stage founders and start-up product teams on the intricacies of structuring a business entity, protecting your intellectual property, raising initial capital, growing your product business & building market momentum for early stage products. The conclave additionally showcased interesting startups that were a mixture of burgeoning product innovations and exciting new solutions.

Speaking at the occasion, Ravi Gururaj, Chairman, NASSCOM Product Council said

The product landscape has witnessed tremendous growth, and is now considered as one of the fastest developing domains of the industry. With the Internet of Things being the new land of entrepreneurial opportunity, there is a need to create an ecosystem for transfer of knowledge and technological know-how amongst start-ups and academia.

Hyderabad has been a breeding ground for some of India’s largest business houses, and has always been very supportive for the new businesses with its friendly policy structures. It was a pleasure to witness some of the most innovative product companies at the conclave with offerings ranging from e-commerce to cloud platforms.

The rapid growth in establishment of new technology product & digital start-ups has positioned India as the 4th largest base of start-ups world-wide. India currently boasts of over 3,100 start-ups, with an addition of 800+ start-ups in 2014 alone. Product startups, for their sheer scope and with their impressive applications and numbers, have formed the backbone of the ecosystem which in turn is playing a key role in the growth of the Indian economy.

The conclave recognizes that the time for the Indian product story is ripe as the country’s IT industry moves beyond its leadership in the services sector towards IP and products. The Hyderabad edition of NPC, witnessed a turnout of over 400 delegates encouraging companies located in the region to participate and interact with some of the super achievers in the Indian Products arena.

About NASSCOM

NASSCOM is the premier trade body and the chamber of commerce of the IT-BPM industry in India. NASSCOM is a global trade body with more than 1800 members, which include both Indian and multinational companies that have a presence in India. NASSCOM’s member and associate member companies are broadly in the business of software services, software products, consulting services, BPM, e-commerce and web services, engineering services and animation and gaming. NASSCOM’s membership base constitutes over 95% of the industry revenues in India and employs about 3.5 million professionals.

|In: Life Plan|Last Updated:

As the earnings of any person increases, it becomes very important to plan the investments also carefully. In fact, with exponential earnings, investments in terms of “Life Insurance” becomes very critical. To give an example, when I had taken a Home Loan, the returns [every 4 years] of a “Cash Back Life-Insurance” policy came in very handy irrespective of the size of amount. Just like a dialogue in the movie Spider-man “With great power, comes great responsibility”, the analogue of that in insurance terms would be “More earnings means investments should be thought-off, planned & should provide good insurance cover” !!!

It becomes critical that you choose the right company, right policy that reaps the best returns…

Overview of Life-Insurance

Life insurance or life assurance is a contract between the policy owner and the insurer, where the insurer agrees to pay a sum of money upon the occurrence of the policy owner’s death. In return, the policy owner agrees to pay a stipulated amount called a premium at regular intervals. From an investor’s point of view, an investment can play two roles – asset appreciation or asset protection.

The core benefit of life insurance is that the financial interests of one’s family remain protected from circumstances such as loss of income due to critical illness or death of the policyholder. Simultaneously, insurance products also have a strong inbuilt wealth creation proposition.

Benefits of Life-Insurance

Life insurance allows long term savings to be made in a relatively painless manner because of the low and convenient investments made through premiums. More investment options make your money work harder, but there are no substitutes to the life insurance. Because only a life insurance gives you both – risk cover against your life as well as returns on your money invested like a “Money Back Policy”. Amongst the most known benefits of Life Insurance is the savings on your income taxes. So, a life insurance policy is an ideal tool to gain security and ensure savings. If you require loans, say for building a house, it can be easily obtained against a life insurance policy which was there in my case !!!

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Edelweiss tokio Life – MyLife+

When it comes to Insurance, there are many options that are available to the customers, however from an investment perspective & life-cover, Edelweiss tokio Life MyLife+ insurance policy provides both the benefits.

Some of the key-features of the product are below:

  • Flexibility of payout options
  • Cover up to the age of 80 years
  • Low Cost Term Assurance Plan
  • Tax benefits for premium and claim amount
  • Comprehensive Cover Through Riders
  • Low Cost Term Assurance Plan
The minimum entry age for the policy is 18 years and the product offers two death benefit options; Lump-sum benefit option and Income benefit option. One can choose between a combination of both the options as well, depending on the family’s need, level of financial literacy & stage of life.
Some of the product details are below
The major advantage of this plan over near-similar plans offered by other companies are
  1. Choice of payout options i.e. monthly, annual or combination of both.
  2. Term period of 80 years which is highest in the industry.
The interesting part about the policy is that it offers discounts for women, as well as on choosing a high sum assured. The premium rate for 21 year old women would be equal to rate paid by 18 year old male.
The policy offers three riders to choose from : Accidental total & permanent disability rider, accidental death benefit rider and waiver of premium rider. Edelweiss Tokio Life – MyLife+ product brochure for reference can be downloaded from here
Options to Edelweiss Tokio Life – MyLife+
Given the unique set of features that MyLife+ offers, there are some options available from other insurance companies
  1. HDFC Life Click 2 Protect
  2. Aviva i-Life Term Plan
  3. ICICI Prudential Icare Term Plan

Given that the policy-holder has options to pay the insurance amount & the way that Edelweiss Tokio Life MyLife+ is tailor-made to handle different kind of customers [as mentioned above], it definitely has a winning-edge over it’s competitors !!!

If you have taken the MyLife+ policy & want to share your experience, please leave a comment…

Image Credit – Edelweiss Tokio Life – MyLife+

|In: Marketing|Last Updated:

BigRock, one of India’s leading domain registrars and web hosting companies, announced its nationwide campaign to launch a brand new domain extension – ‘.desi’. As a part of this contest, BigRock has invited entries from participants in the form of creative image submissions that helps decode what being DESI [Indian] implies to them.

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How to register for the event

  • In order to register for the contest, interested participants will need to register themselves on this link.
  • Participants will then be asked to post their entry & share it within their network of friends on popular social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
  • The entries with most number of Facebook likes and shares on Twitter will be short-listed to win.

Prizes to be won

To be conducted between April 8-15, 2015, the contest will choose one lucky winner for the grand prize of– Hyundai Eon Magna Plus car while the next two winners will stand a chance to win an iPad Mini3 tablet and a Motorola Moto G [2ndGen] smartphone respectively.

BigRock has tied up with Miss Malini, who is widely regarded as India’s first and most famous celebrity blogger, to choose the prize winning entry. She will announce the lucky winner on April 17, 2015.

Targetting the DESI audience

By virtue of its unique name, the .DESI domain lends an air of credibility to local entities and is thus a powerful targeting platform to connect Indian individuals, businesses and charities from around the world with more than 1.7 billion global Indians.

BigRock aims to encourage wide scale adoption of the .DESI domain extension for entities who wish to associate with the diaspora of Indians spread across the globe.

The Indian community is considered to be amongst the largest in the world and represents a unified culture and a cohesive, shared identity. As such the .DESI extension enables entities to reach out to a group of highly passionate and active online group without restriction by geography.

BigRock plans to offer the .DESI domain extension to businesses who may be interested in effectively exploring this vast and often under-served market, at competitive prices starting from INR. 499/year.

About BigRock

BigRock, an ICANN accredited registrar and hosting company, is a leading provider of web-presence solutions to small-businesses, professionals and individuals. We provide our customers a complete suite of products that help them establish & grow their online presence. Our product portfolio includes – domain registration, web-hosting services, Personal email services & Business Email services, website builder products, Virtual Private Servers (VPS) & digital certificates.

|In: Accelerator|Last Updated:

NASSCOM marked the second anniversary of its 10,000 Start-up Program to create 10,000 domain specific start-ups in the country by 2020. As the 10,000 start-up program keeps rolling to its fourth phase of shortlisting, Phase 3 had 500 startup shortlists who went through pitch & mentoring Konnect sessions.

Applications are currently being processed on FIFO basis till 22nd April for the next session of Startup Konnect which is a mini boot-camp program for shortlisted startups who will be eligible for connect-2-pitch with all ecosystem partners including leading Accelerators, Angel investor networks & venture capital firms.

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Speaking at the occasion, Rajat Tandon, Senior Director, NASSCOM 10,000 Startups stated

Startups are the lifeblood of our economy. We today have the support of 150 volunteer mentors, industry specialists, angel investors & VCs, as well as a startup alumni network like no other.

We can proudly say that through its phases the 10,000 start-ups program has been able to carve out many success stories across domains. Now with the roll out of the fourth phase, we are looking to accelerate more startups who will re-define the technology landscape of the country.

Speaking at the occasion Mary Grove, Director, Google for Entrepreneurs said

We are impressed by 10,000 Startups’ work to foster a vibrant ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship in India. We are very excited for the fourth phase of 10,000 Startups Program that enables entrepreneurs to connect with investors and mentors to grow and expand.

Ravi Narayan, Managing Director, Microsoft Ventures India said

Microsoft Ventures has been working with NASSCOM 10,000 startups to accelerate high potential startups and we are delighted to see the impact of our partnership. Many of the startups we have helped gain traction through our accelerator programs were previously incubated in the 10K Warehouse and the startups have benefited from both programs immensely. We are positive that this partnership will continue to build a stronger ecosystem for startups in India and provide them promising future.

Application Process for startups

  • Startups need to apply for the program here
  • Startups should provide a detailed overview of their business idea and the market opportunity.
  • Approximately 200 startups will be shortlisted for the 4th batch, handpicked by the ecosystem partners.

Benefits of the Program

  • Shortlisted startups will participate in the intensive accelerator pitch & mentoring connect sessions starting June 1st week across Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad
  • They also get a Start-up Kit – a package worth $25,000 of value added services and credits from Google, Microsoft, AWS, Knowlarity, HackerRank and Kotak

About 10,000 Startups

Started in April 2013, 10,000 Startups is an ambitious attempt by NASSCOM to scale up the startup ecosystem in India by 10x. 10,000 Startups aims to enable incubation, funding and support for 10,000 technology startups in India over the next ten years. The initiative brings together key stakeholders of the ecosystem including startup incubators, accelerators, angel investors, venture capitalists, startup support groups, mentors, and technology corporations.

Since its launch in April 2013, they have done about 450+ events in 22 cities of the country which were attended by a whopping 25,000 attendees and received 9000 Applicants, 800 Startups Shortlists, and 150 Impacts.

Nasscom-Partners

The program is supported by founding partner Google for Entrepreneurs, Microsoft Ventures, Intel and Kotak Mahindra Bank.

|In: India|Last Updated:

Unicom Learning, a Global B2B platform for IT industry & KPMG India together presented the 2nd edition of World Business Excellence Summit 2015 at Movenpick, Bangalore recently with the theme Meet Leaders in Business Assurance.

Two contests viz. India Quality League 2015 & IT Manager Olympiad 2015 was held together under the World Business Excellence summit. The contest had several rounds including online written tests, on stage quiz etc. This event saw thousands of QA professionals from 112 companies participating from across the nation.

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The Winners

Mrinal Chatterjee & Dipan Lahiri from Tech Mahindra emerged as the winners of the prestigious India Quality League 2015 whereas Samgram Das, Associate Director – IT-IS & Arvind Rao, Director – Development from Team Zyme Techno Camp. Zyme Solutions emerged as the winners & grabbed the Gold.

In the earlier edition of one day conference on World Business Excellence Summit, the best practices used like the Balanced Scorecard, Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, ISO, CMMI, Change Management, People and cultural issues were discussed.

This year the focus was on Lean, Kanban, Scrum Ban, DevOps, Innovation Games & Mind Mapping along with other important frameworks and issues related to quality assurance and change management.

Congratulating the winners Nitesh Naveen, Co-founder and CEO of Unicom Learning shared

I wish all the best to the winners and my heartiest congratulation to Tech Mahindra and Zyme Solutions for having this year’s India’s most knowledgeable quality champions with them.

India Quality League 2015

1st place : Team Dark Horses [Mrinal Chatterjee & Dipan Lahiri] from Tech Mahindra
2nd place : Team Atos Excellence [Samir Umrikar & Ramesh Ramanathan] from @ATOS
3rd place : Team QRM Deloitte [Neetu Kar & Shrikrishna Pandey] from Deloitte Consulting

IT Manager Olympiad 2015

1st Place : Team Zyme Techno Champ [Sangram Das, Associate Director – ITIS & Arvind Rao, Director – Development] from Zyme Solutions.
2nd Place : Team Zyme IT Team from @Zyme Solutions [Santosh Phalle, IT Manager & Binaybhusan Nanda, IT Manager]
3rd Place : Team TechMighty [Pankaj Kumar, Test Manager & Piyush Sinha, Test Lead] from Tech Mahindra

About UNICOM Learning

Unicom Learning is a leading player in the Knowledge Forum industry giving a Global B2B platform for the IT industry founded by Professor Gautam Mitra [Chairman & Co-Founder] & Nitesh Naveen [CEO & Co-Founder]. The organisation holds 150 knowledge conferences (forums) across the globe annually, out of which 100 are held in India. UNICOM has close to 10,000 professionals attending each of these conferences cum training platforms. Over the years, Unicom Learning has gained deep insights with organising knowledge forums in multiple disruptive technology domains like, Agile, Big Data, Cloud computing, Internet of All Things among others. UNICOM Learning’s knowledge partners include KPMG, CISCO, INTEL, Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam among others.  For further information, please visit Unicom Learning

Image Credit – Tech Mahindra

|In: Accelerator|Last Updated:

Pitney Bowes Inc., a global technology company that provides innovative products and solutions to power commerce, called for entries for the second phase of the Pitney Bowes Accelerator Program in India. The program focuses on startups that leverage software for customer information management, mobile, data analytics, location-based services, E-commerce management & Machine learning.

Selected startups will be informed by April, 2015 and invited to present before a jury panel. After the selection process, the names of the selected startups for the six-month long acceleration program will be announced in May, 2015.

Last year, Pitney Bowes named eight startups to the program.  Participants last year included Audianz, Tagalys, Teritree, RetailNav, Heuristics, Ideata, Yo-app and Brown Tape.

More details about the program

  • As part of the program, Pitney Bowes will shortlist entrepreneurs/startups that will have a choice to be located in the PB offices either in Pune or in Noida for incubation and mentorship.
  • Startups in the program will have access to Pitney Bowes’ software, application programming interfaces [APIs] and data for the duration of the program.
  • Training, technical and business guidance and mentoring will be provided to the start-ups from Pitney Bowes engineering and innovation leaders, and from software industry experts.
  • In addition to these strategic connections, start-ups in the Pitney Bowes Accelerator program will also be networking with prospective investors.

Speaking on the of launch of the second batch, Manish Choudhary, Vice President, Global Engineering and Managing Director, Pitney Bowes Software India said

Pitney Bowes guides its clients through the complex worlds of digital and physical technologies to drive growth and create meaningful impact. Startups are vital to technology innovation and India is a hotbed of startups. The talent fostered through the Accelerator Program has the ability to develop disruptive technologies that can be scaled globally.

Pitney Bowes continues to build its presence as a strong organization in India centered on innovation by becoming an incubator partner to NASSCOM’s 10,000 Start-ups initiative. 

About Pitney Bowes

Pitney Bowes is a global technology company offering innovative products and solutions that enable commerce in the areas of customer information management, location intelligence, customer engagement, shipping and mailing, and global e-commerce.  More than 1.5 million clients in approximately 100 countries around the world rely on products, solutions and services from Pitney Bowes.  For additional information, visit Pitney Bowes at www.pb.com