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Top 10 Expectations from Union Budget 2014-15

With just two days to go before Finance Minister Arun Jaitley lays down the Budget for this fiscal year, here's a look at all the talk and buzz surrounding the Budget and what it is expected to bring to the table. Jul 7, 2014
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Nasscom launches third phase of startup initiative mission

Bangalore, July 01 (ANI): The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) invited applications from startups as it commenced the third phase of its 10,000 start-ups initiative across the country. The 10,000 startups initiative, which is a national database of startups and identifies the areas of their operations, is a one-stop platform for all fresh entrepreneurs. Addressing a news conference in Bangalore Senior Director, NASSCOM 10,000 Startups initiative, Rajat Tandon said in first two phases at least 529 people were impacted. The association had earlier sent a 30-member representative delegation of software products and solutions to the Silicon Valley in the US for providing a global platform for young entrepreneurs. Jul 1, 2014
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Seniors cooking up a storm for German start-ups

In Germany people are having to stay in work longer. This has created a new sector in the working population - one that is being capitalised on by a project that gets older citizens to cook meals for company employees in Berlin. Duration: 01:42 May 29, 2014
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Tech startups taking off in Washington D.C.

Long a poor relation to west coast US cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles when it came to startups, Washington D.C. is now attracting them with readily available talent and close links to government. Duration: 02:32 Mar 20, 2014
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Apple Acquires Hopstop, Locationary to Beef up Mapping tools

In a bid to improve its mapping tools, the California-based Apple Inc has acquired an online navigation start up HopStop.com, according to media reports. This is the second acquisition by Apple this month, the first being the crowdsourced location data start-up Locationary, to work on its map woes. Jul 20, 2013