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Amazon smartphone deals: Big discounts planned to woo Flipkart customers

As Flipkart bagged close to 51 percent of online smartphone sales last year, Amazon plans to cut prices and increase spending to increase its market share.

Apr 13, 2018

Amazon wooing Flipkart with $2 bn breakup fee to fend off Walmart?

Amazon has held early exploratory talks to buy Flipkart even as the latter closes in on a sale to Walmart.

Apr 11, 2018

Andy Serkis on Amazons Lord of the Rings TV series

Andy Serkis, the actor who played Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, told Newsweek that he hopes the creators of Amazons Middle-earth series will bring something completely fresh and new to the franchise. It reportedly expects to spend upwards of a billion dollars on at least five seasons of the show.

Apr 9, 2018

Amazon may make rival bid for Flipkart: Report

Amazon has held early exploratory talks to buy Flipkart even as the latter closes in on a sale to Walmart, the report said.

Apr 4, 2018

Amazon India sacks 60 employees as part of global restructuring

There may be more layoffs as Amazon India had put 25 percent more employees on performance improvement plans in the December quarter.

Apr 3, 2018

Amazon still lags Flipkart: Is it only about the head-start?

While Amazon is slowly bridging the gap with Flipkart, the Silicon Valley giant still lags behind the homegrown rival when it comes to introducing business innovations.

Mar 26, 2018

Flipkart initiates aggressive tech hiring: Is it going Amazon way?

Flipkart has over 700 open positions in technology and related areas and planning soon to open a logistics park in Karnataka for enhancing its productivity.

Mar 23, 2018

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Indian professionals' favorite work destination: Flipkart, Paytm over Google & Amazon

Directi, Flipkart and Paytm's parent company One97 Communications Limited take top three spots in LinkedIn's third annual list of top companies to work for.

Mar 22, 2018

How important is India to Apple, Amazon? Earnings transcripts reveal a lot

While mentions of India during quarterly earnings calls have gone down significantly for both Amazon and Apple, the region is still a focus, noted CB Insights.

Mar 21, 2018

Zuckerberg's net worth slumps $5.1 bn in Facebook-led tech selloff

Facebook shares plunged as much as 8 percent, erasing nearly $40 billion of market value on Monday amidst reports of alleged data breaches.

Mar 20, 2018

Amazon latest sale: Sony's noise-canceling headphone available at $298

Amazon is currently running a sale on the pair of Sony noise-canceling wireless headphones, which are available in two colors — black and gold. The deal is valid on both.

Mar 5, 2018

These are top 5 tech companies to work for in India

U.S. employment search engine company Indeed has ranked the top technology companies to work for in India based on reviews from present and former employees.

Mar 5, 2018

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Is Amazon having a Super Bowl déjà vu? Alexa unresponsive after server outage

The Amazon Alexa server outage was first reported around 3:39 am EST. The number of complaints then rose to more than 1,000.

Mar 3, 2018

BlackBerry KEYone Black Edition launched in US for $549, available on Amazon and Best Buy

BlackBerry KEYone Black Edition comes in two variants -- 4GB RAM and 64GB onboard storage and another with 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage.

Mar 2, 2018

Amazon's music streaming service Prime Music goes live in India, available on Android, iOS and on the web

The Amazon Prime subscription-based music streaming service will take on other music streaming services like Gaana, Saavn, Wynk, Apple Music and Hungama.

Feb 28, 2018

Flipkart beats Amazon to top spot in India's smartphone market

The local e-commerce firm tapped the growing smartphones market by selling more than half the mobiles online last year, according to Counterpoint Research.

Feb 27, 2018

Apple tops Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Company ranking, Reliance Jio ranked first in India

Apple tops in Fast Company's list of the World's Most Innovative Companies for 2018. Reliance Jio spotted at 17th place.

Feb 21, 2018

Amazon is now a vendor on Amazon.in, becomes the first foreign e-commerce firm in Indian food retail market

Amazon becomes the first foreign e-commerce firm to enter food retail venture in India. The government recently gave nod to the company to start food-only retailing.

Feb 19, 2018

Facebook to take on Amazon, launch two smart speakers with 15-inch touchscreen in July

Facebook is said to be working on smart speakers with a 15-inch display to take on Amazon Echo Show.