Airtel-ZEE5 Extend Partnership As Telcos Inch Towards Bundled App Ecosystem

Customers of Airtel Thanks will now get free, unlimited access to ZEE5’s premium content library as part of their exclusive benefits, the companies announced. Airtel, like rival Reliance Jio, has been inching towards a bundled app ecosystem powered by content.…

No Walkover: Spotify Faces Tough Competition From Amazon, Apple Apps

Within a week of its launch in India, international music streaming platform Spotify made headlines by clocking one million users. While it is late to the party — Apple Music, Amazon Music and Google Play Music have been around, along with long-standing Indian players…

Spotify Had No Choice But To Offer An Excellent Free Service In India

It might be late to the party, but the Swedish music streaming app Spotify is trying really hard to make up for the lost time in India. The Stockholm-based company launched in the country yesterday (Feb. 27) with freebies and…

Amazon Has Ambitious Plans To Earn From Virtual Assistant Alexa

Amazon is working with brands across sectors to enable them to build skills on its Alexa platform. From daily news updates to smart-home integrations, banking services, food ordering and cab hailing, Alexa has been equipped with skills as the service expands.…

The Weird, Wild World of Live Streaming

Sanchit Vir Gogia, Founder & CEO of Greyhound Research believes that live streaming is a profitable business and more startups will come to the fore in the future. But he also warns that individual users should be more careful about how much…

The Rise Of Virtual Assistants

Search is now moving towards voice commands and giants like Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are trying their best to bring in the change in consumer behaviour. “You have all the information at your fingertips,” is soon going to be replaced by, “You just…

Google, Apple, Amazon Bet On Virtual Assistants: Voice Could Be The Next Big Tech Revolution; Here’s Why

Voice could be the next big technology revolution in the world, and tech giants like Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and others are investing heavily in it. There are already several tools that listen to people and respond like a human being and the growing…

Luxury Apartments Get Smarter With Alexa

Now, homebuyers in India will be able to play music, control appliances and even place online orders on Amazon even without moving their fingers as luxury apartment maker Embassy Group is launching smart homes fitted with Alexa in India. These…

Amazon To Take On Google With Mobile Browser #GreyhoundStandpoint

Online retail giant Amazon has launched an Android-based mobile browser with limited availability in an apparent bid to take on Google in the Internet game. The new product ‘Internet’ is a 2MB browser that currently works only on limited Android…

Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Plus Alexa-Powered Smart Speakers Launched in India; Prime Music Coming Soon

Amazon said it is bringing Alexa as well as Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Plus smart speakers to India, its fastest growing marketplace, as the company looks to extend its lead over Google Assistant-powered Google Home, and Apple's Siri-powered…

India Contributes To Amazon’s 77% Profit Plunge: Why Company Will Still Continue To Invest Here

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How Prime Video Is Turning The Ecommerce Wheel For Amazon

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Will Flipkart’s One-Stop App Script A WeChat-Like Success Story?

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Can Budget Airline SpiceJet’s E-commerce Venture Fly High?

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Why Flipkart Needs More Than SoftBank To Take On Amazon

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Is Flipkart Clawing Back In The Game Against Amazon?

In early signs of a reversal in fortunes, Flipkart has outrun rival Amazon India in gross sales in two consecutive months, after trouncing the US-based ecommerce company with its Big Billion Day sales in October. The Indian ecommerce giant recently…

How It Made Itself Indian: The Amazing Rise Of Amazon In The Country

“This is just the beginning… we are building the most customer-centric company based on a large selection, low prices and fast delivery,” says Amit Agarwal, head of Amazon India. “E-commerce is so fast you cannot afford to make too many…

Want To Buy Property In Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, More; Soon, Try Amazon.in

Want to buy property in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Gurgaon and more? Read on. Amazon, last year did two online property events to advertise their property. One with Tata Housing and the other one with Magic Bricks. Housing.com, Magic Bricks…

After Roti and Kapda, Amazon Bets On Makaan

Jeff Bezos-led Amazon, which is breathing down Flipkart’s neck in India, is likely to soon list houses and apartments, or run promotional campaigns to generate leads for real estate firms, a top company source said. The company may take a…

‘Prime’ Isn’t Just For Faster Deliveries, It Has Got More In Store, Says Amazon

Amazon is encouraging customers to sign-up on Prime, its premium membership service, which is essentially the US-based e-commerce giant’s biggest loyalty program. And the hook is faster deliveries. “It becomes a e-commerce platform of choice once you have purchased a membership,”…