Sunnyvale, CA-based LinkedIn announced the roll out of its LinkedIn Lite app to Android users in India. Akshay Kothari, Head, LinkedIn India, said, "We have now been able to take all the LinkedIn experience and package it into an app that is less than 1 megabyte. This app will soon be...
Cisco Makes India Their Global Export Hub
Hoping to make India a global export hub, San Jose, CA-based Cisco is working with its global component-making partners to help facilitate this plan. "We are working with the global ecosystem providers to set up shop in India and as they start moving in, costs will be less as we...
NetApp Inaugurates a Global Center of Excellence in India
Sunnyvale, California-based storage and data management company NetApp opened a Global Center of Excellence in Bangalore. The 12,000-square-foot data center and engineering laboratory on a 15-acre campus incorporates one million square feet of work space. The new facility incorporates the company's first startup accelerator program called "Escape Velocity" that will...
Ola Claims 75% Market Share of India's Urban Taxi Services
India's Bangalore-based transport aggregator Ola said that because of its India-specific innovations such as offline booking and local language apps, the company "effectively holds over three-fourth market share", reports the Economic Times. COO Pranay Jivrajka told the Press Trust of India that the focus of a business needs to be...
Apple Requests India for Manufacturing, Labelling Concessions
Serious about manufacturing iPhones in India, Cupertino, California-based Apple has requested concessions from India's government. These are exemptions from the country's product labeling regulations, and tax relief. The company has filed a formal request to India's Department of Revenue and Department of Electronics and Information Technology requesting to be excluded from the...
AMD to Grow R&D Team in India
In an interview with India's Economic Times, Sunnyvale, California-based semiconductor company AMD's chief technology officer Mark Papermaster discussed the contribution of the company's R&D facilities in India. These R&D centers are located in Hyderabad and Bangalore, housing over 1,000 of its 6,000-strong global tech team. Excerpts of the interview: On...