New York-based retail tech marketing company Bluecore Inc., announced the acquisition of Noida-based startup Betaout a customer intelligence and marketing automation platform for e-commerce companies. Fayez Mohamood, CEO and co-founder of Bluecore said, "Betaout brings expertise in channels beyond email, like Facebook, onsite, mobile push, SMS, that are critical to...
Is China Losing Ground to India in Manufacturing?
In an article written in Chinese by Wang Xinxi and published by Sina Tech, the author shares reasons why India is starting to threaten China's dominance in some parts of the manufacturing sector. In the mobile phone manufacturing business, global players such as Samsung, Apple, Foxconn, have invested in India-based...
Global, Indian Companies to Boost Smartphone Adoption in India
Google and India's telecom company Bharti Airtel have partnered to launch low-cost 4G smartphones powered by Android Go, a trimmed down version of Android 8.1 Oreo, in India. Noida-based Lava International Limited and New Delhi-based Micromax, will make the first set of 4G handsets powered by Android Go. Vani Venkatesh, chief...
India Installs Supercomputers for Weather Forecasting
The Ministry of Earth Sciences in India installed the country’s two fastest supercomputers to conduct earth science research and improve weather and climate forecasts. Both machines are Cray XC40 supercomputers with ClusterStor storage, and are deployed at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune, and the National Center for...
India's Healthcare Industry to Reach $372 Bn by 2022
With the growing incidence of lifestyle diseases, and rising demand for affordable healthcare delivery systems, India's healthcare market will increase three times in value terms to $372 billion by 2022, says a report prepared by trade association Assocham. The medical devices market in India, which was valued at $4 billion...
Samsung to Expand in India with $760 Million Investment
Samsung announced an investment of $763 million in India to expand its plant at Noida in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where it manufactures smartphones, refrigerators, and TVs. Android Authority reports that the company added an additional 35 acres of land adjacent to the current facility to double the...