Innovations and Trends

9 fintech startups that could soon be unicorns in India

Fintech became one of the hottest sectors in India last year, attracting over US$1.2 billion in funding. This year, Indian fintech startups have continued to attract VC interest, even though we haven’t seen a mega deal like the US$890 million invested in Alibaba-backed mobile wallet Paytm.

While Paytm remains India’s only fintech unicorn to date, there may be several more coming up soon on the…

7 quotes from Elon Musk that will inspire you to think out of the box (INFOGRAPHIC)

Many call him the new Steve Jobs. His product launches set off the same frenzy. He’s the new cool out to make a dent in the universe.

From forming and selling PayPal to reimagining the space and auto industries to launching SolarCity, Elon Musk inspires entrepreneurs everywhere who dream of disruption.

But it hasn’t been all a smooth ride for this billionaire entrepreneur who turned 45 on…

World’s first 3D-printed office opens its doors in Dubai

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Prime Minister of the UAE, inaugurated the world’s first 3D-printed office in the glitzy city of Dubai, according to anofficial government statement. The initiative is to firmly ensconce the UAE as a “major incubator of innovation and future technology in the world”, and to build a “global model that can be emulated in all sectors”.

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SOLAR POWERED HIGH SPEED INTERNET WINS DESIGN CONCEPT AWARD

Design Concepts, a product design and innovation consultancy with offices inMadison, Wis., and San Francisco, has been named a winner in the 36th annual International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)conducted by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA).IDSA Board of Directors Chair John Barratt—himself a former IDEA jury chair—hails the competition as “the authority on design,”…

Japan Expanding Floating Wind Farm Amid Intensifying Global Race

Japan’s ambition to lead in the development of floating wind turbines is facing stiff competition from rivals in Europe — most notably from France — as companies and governments press to lower costs and prove the technology can rival other sources of clean energy.

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At the center of Japan’s effort is a demonstration project off the coast of Fukushima north of Tokyo. The largest floating…

First ‘Make in India’ contend delivery tech will cut cost of video distribution to a fift

Riding on the back its considerable  fibre optic communication assets both  in India   and globally, Reliance Communications (RCOM) has joined with its  subsidiary Global Cloud Xchange (GCX)  to  deploy the first   made-in-India  Content Delivery Network (CDN), Fast Edge.

The CDN  will place content caches   around the edge of Reliance’s Indiannetwork, connecting back to 9 data centres  located…

After Google, Facebook To Offer Free Wi-Fi at Indian Railway Stations and Villages

Mark Zuckerberg is a man of his word. Even after the debacle of his much ambitious internet.org in India, Facebook’s founder hasn’t forgotten about his mission to bring the entire world closer through the power of Internet. He is now back in the arena with another project calledOpenCellular, an open source wireless platform that desires to improve the wireless connectivity in remote areas. In…

8 Useful Online Resources for Startups & SMEs in India

Choosing business services and tech products to run startups is easy now! With a few clicks, startups can find all support online anytime, anywhere. There are diverse one stop shops that help Indian startups and SMEs with a large pool of resources like business consulting services and others for buying and selling products and lots more. Here we are explaining about well known one stop shops that…

20 Indian Startups That Died Young in 2016

Startups have been mushrooming in every segment now! Starting of a new business, scaling up and close down has become a part of the startup ecosystem. In every segment, there are plenty of imitator business ideas that struggled hard to survive but eventually failed. If we just checkout 2016 data, bounty of startups opened and closed down in past eight months. A study done by Xeler8revealed that i…

Brigade REAP – The First Accelerator Program in India to Focus on Technology Innovations in the Real Estate Sector

Brigade Group, one of India’s leading real estate developers has announced the launch of its latest initiative – Brigade Real Estate Accelerator Program (REAP).  A brainchild of Nirupa Shankar, Director, Brigade Hospitality and daughter of Brigade Group’s Chairman Mr. M. R. Jaishankar, Brigade REAP is the first initiative of its kind in India, set up with the aim to give innovators and inventors…

Investors Confront Tesla’s Energy Fantasy

Earlier this summer, SolarCity, Elon Musk’s rooftop solar company, appeared to be headed toward bankruptcy. So it shocked investors everywhere when Musk’s other brainchild, Tesla Motors TSLA -0.39%, itself struggling, announced plans to acquire the struggling panel maker and installer.

“Tesla Talks Big, Falls Short,” read a headline last week on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. The…

Just Because You Can’t See IoT Doesn’t Mean It Isn’t There

A corporate-owned, agent-enabled laptop with an OS that’s out of date—that’s an obvious risk. But what about an agentless video surveillance system? That’s a potential disaster you never saw coming. And that kind of threat—the threat from something you can’t see—is the most dangerous of all.

Today’s enterprise networks contain a vast and increasing range of devices—traditional computers, mobile…

OMRON Launches New Image Sensing Unit for IoT

OMRON Corp. of Kyoto City will introduce to the world on Aug. 26, 2016, the HVC-P2 B5T-007001 Series, a built-in human condition recognition unit dubbed a “Human Vision Components” (HVC) system, with a maximum recognition speed 10 times greater than that of previous models.

The HVC is an image-sensing unit incorporating’s proprietary “OKAO® Vision” technology for recognizing human face…

These are the top IoT companies to watch and stocks to invest in

The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to be worth trillions of dollars by 2020, and companies will certainly reap the benefits of that explosion. But investors can do the same if they know which IoT stocks to watch.

Each of the companies below rates as one of our IoT companies to watch, as each one is doing something innovative and important in the IoT space. These range from IoT startups to…

Intel and AT&T Launch Platform for IoT (T, INTC)

Amid an increasing number of connected devices and sensors, a new concept for an ultra-fast network is emerging to support the Internet of Things (IoT). Setting the stage for innovative software-based network services, AT&T Inc. (T) and Intel Corporation (INTC) are collaborating to offer a new platform.

The New Age Network

Based on the concept of software-defined networking (SDN) and…

Global IoT technology spend expected to grow 16 pc to touch $253 billion by 2021: study

Bangalore: The overall IoT tech spend stand at $120 billion in 2016 and is expected to grow at 16% to $ 253 billion. A detailed analysis of the top 2000 spenders revealed, a consolidated structure with top 100 companies contributing to 46% of the total spend.

The study points out that Industrial, BFSI and Automotive verticals are the biggest spenders contributing to over 46% of the overall IoT…

Top security trends in IoT

The continuous connection of smart devices across networks, commonly called the Internet of Things (IoT) is driving a transformation in how enterprises all over the world manage network infrastructure and digital identities.

With such rapid change comes new cybersecurity challenges. Many organizations are hesitant to tap into the power of the IoT due to the complexities and risk associated with…