What goes up must come down, and this is true for Bitcoin as well. Consider the price fluctuations of cryptocurrencies this year alone. In January, Bitcoin is around $42,000. Come March, its price zoomed to $73,000, only to reach $60,000 later. As of mid-day on December 14, the price of Bitcoin was $101,739.82 This begs … Read more
hi, Things are heating up in the clash of convenience czars. Quick commerce unicorn Zepto is running full steam ahead on its profitability journey, as it more than doubled its accounting revenue and managed to rule in a complete loss in FY24. Zepto, which competes with Zomato’s Blinkit and Swiggy’s Instamart, earned Rs 2,025 crore … Read more
Bengaluru-based full-stack customer engagement platform whoAxotelwho It has reported profits with positive EBITDA in the third and fourth quarters of FY24. The company reduced its annual loss by 65% in FY23 to Rs. 108.8 crore in FY24 to Rs. 38.8 crore, while revenue rose from Rs 420 crore to Rs 445 crore during the same … Read more
India’s electric vehicle (EV) industry is witnessing an unprecedented transformation, marked by rapid growth in adoption and production. And recent statistics highlight this momentum. A remarkable 1,675,800 EVs were sold between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024, translating to an average of 4,591 units per day. The country has sold 3.95 million electric vehicles, … Read more
Vadodara-based electric vehicle maker Wardwizard Innovation and Mobility expects 30-35% of its sales volume to come from electric three-wheelers. The company has also stated that it aims to sell up to 42,000 units in the current financial year. WardWizard Innovation & Mobility has expanded its product portfolio under the Joy-A-Rick and Joy-E-Bike businesses with two … Read more
Stock exchanges BSE and NSE on Friday fined digital insurance platform Go Digit General Insurance for failing to submit certain disclosures on time. According to the exchange filing, the company will have to pay Rs 5,000 to the exchange for not submitting the XBRL of the related party’s transactions for the half year ended on … Read more
Food delivery startup Thrive is shutting down its consumer app after four years amid intense competition from well-funded startups in the food tech space. Krishi Phagwani, co-founder of the Mumbai-based company, shared on LinkedIn that the company has taken the “difficult decision” to shut down the operations of Thrive Consumer App (currently based in Mumbai) … Read more
Started in 2014, PhotoSpark is a weekly feature from your story With photos that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the previous 825 posts, we featured one art festival, Cartoon Gallery. World Music Festival, Telecom Expo, millet fair, Climate Change Expo, wildlife conference, startup festival, diwali rangoli, and Jazz Festival. Doha, the capital … Read more
The UnboxingBLR Foundation and Nikhil Kamath’s WTFund announced the five winners of the Namma Bengaluru Challenge on Saturday. Each winner will be awarded a grant of Rs 10 lakh for their ideas that address Bengaluru’s critical urban challenges and drive transformation in the city. More than 600 have registered for the challenge, which was launched … Read more
A 26-year-old Indian-origin former employee of artificial intelligence giant OpenAI has died by suicide in San Francisco, authorities said. Suchir Balaji was found dead inside his Buchanan Street apartment in San Francisco on Nov. 26, San Francisco police and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner were quoted as saying by The Mercury News. The … Read more
In today’s rapidly evolving business world, a new generation of changemakers is redefining industries and driving transformative changes. These leaders are not only excelling in their respective fields, but are shaping the future with innovation, guidance and visionary leadership. These change-makers are not only transforming industries but reshaping the future, creating innovative solutions, and promoting … Read more
hi, The way AI is built is about to change. OpenAI co-founder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever predicts that pre-training will end soon. The next generation of models, he predicted, “is going to be truly agentic.” He also said that future AI systems will be able to do things in a step-by-step manner that … Read more
The gaming landscape has undergone a revolutionary transformation in recent years, with cross-platform gaming emerging as an important force uniting diverse gaming ecosystems. Once boxed across disparate platforms—consoles, PCs, and mobile devices—gaming now allows players to seamlessly connect, compete, and collaborate on their devices of choice. This development not only enhances the player experience but … Read more
The growth of the wellness market has led to the revival of Ayurveda, one of India’s oldest traditional medical systems. As the influence of herbal medicinal remedies, supplements and other health products grows, Ayurveda-oriented wellness enterprises, businesses and corporations are on the rise. However, with this growth, bureaucracy has also increased. New businesses in this … Read more
Lateral Sparks, from the weekly quiz your story Tests your domain knowledge, business acumen, and lateral thinking skills (see previous version here). In this 166th edition of the quiz, we present the problems real-life entrepreneurs have solved in their startup journey. What would you do if you were in their shoes? At the end of … Read more
Started in 2014, PhotoSpark is a weekly feature from your story With photos that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the previous 825 posts, we featured one art festival, Cartoon Gallery. World Music Festival, Telecom Expo, millet fair, Climate Change Expo, wildlife conference, startup festival, diwali rangoli, and Jazz Festival. Bengaluru headlined the … Read more
Fibrohale Woundcare on Sunday said it has raised Rs 6.3 crore in a pre-Series A funding round from existing promoters and a new set of investors including leading surgeons, medical professionals and bankers. The company has also pledged to raise an additional Rs 10 crore from existing and some new investors. The silk protein-based medical … Read more
According to US health regulators, drugmakers Aurobindo Pharma, Glenmark and Zydos are recalling products in the US market due to manufacturing problems. According to the latest enforcement report of the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), Hyderabad-based drugmaker Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc. is recalling more than one lakh bottles of multiple strengths of cinacalcet tablets. … Read more
Learn how to automatically save password protected PDF attachments from your Gmail to Google Drive. PDF files will be saved in Google Drive as unencrypted PDF documents that can be opened without entering a password. Credit card companies and banks often send their financial statements as password-protected PDF files. These PDF attachments may be encrypted … Read more
How to pre-populate responses to Google Forms using data from Google Sheets and send pre-populated Google Forms as personalized emails. Prefilled Google Forms, where some form fields are pre-filled with answers you already have, make filling out your forms easier and faster. Your contacts are more likely to fill out the form as it takes … Read more
How to set up conditional email notifications in Google Forms. This powerful feature allows you to route form responses to different email addresses based on form answers or choices made by respondents. The Google Forms Email Notification add-on lets you send Google Forms responses in an email message as soon as the respondent submits the … Read more
Mail Merge for Gmail is the ultimate journalistic outreach tool for marcom and PR professionals. Send personalized and targeted email pitches and press releases to your media contacts via Gmail. John is a public relations professional and needs you to email press releases and event invitations to journalists, bloggers and influencers. It can be slow … Read more
The availability of third-party add-ons for Google Docs, Sheets and Google Slides has definitely made the Google productivity suite more capable and useful. If you haven’t tried them yet, open any Google Docs or Spreadsheet in your Google Drive and look for the Extensions menu near Help. Users of Google Workspace may need to ask … Read more
How to send a Google Forms response in an email message after the respondent submits the form. You can also send a copy of the form answer to the submitter. Google Forms is the best tool for creating online forms and surveys. The forms are responsive and mobile friendly, and they look beautiful because the … Read more
Quickly rename files in Google Drive with Apps Script and Google Gemini AI. The script will automatically rename the files with a descriptive name based on the image content. Your Google Drive contains image files with generic names IMG_123456.jpg or Screenshot.png Which provides no context about the image? Wouldn’t it be great to have an … Read more
How to automatically send emails to people when they submit a Google Form. An autoresponder email message can include custom notes and copy of form responses. You have a Google Form and want to send auto-confirmation emails to people as soon as they submit the form. An autoresponder email message may include a custom note … Read more