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Google Showcases Its Latest Daydream View VR Headset
Cardboard Out, Daydream In Google just unveiled its new VR headset named Daydream View at an event in San Francisco. It also unveiled its new flagship smartphone Google Pixel at the same event. Company’s VR head, Clay Bavor, believes that VR is not just a technology of the future. Rather,

GMV of INR 104 cr in just 19 months
An exceptional 21st century experience for buying and selling automobiles Continuing with Droom’s success story, this progressive online automobile transactional marketplace begs big business achievement with its disruptive offerings, Recently it came forward that Droom has been able to successfully generate a monthly gross merchandise value (GMV) of INR 104cr

Mahindra Holidays Gains 12% Stakes in Giftxoxo & Frogo
Mahindra Holidays to expand its reach! The new acquisition Nreach Online Services Pvt. Ltd., a leading activities, experiences and rewards platform has announced that it has confirmed its investment agreement with Mahindra Holidays, one of India’s largest leisure hospitality providers. The strategy behind this 12 per cent stakeacquisition is to

Hamwells’ e-Shower: World’s First Water Recycling Shower
Shower of the Future Just as you had thought, with the current global water crisis, this reality was never too far. A Netherlands-based startup, Hamwells, has come up with world’s first e-shower that flows recycled water from its faucet. Rob Chömpff led company was part of the Startup Battlefield at

Assam’s Oil India Ltd. Announces INR 50 crorefund to boost Startups That Don’t Even Exist
Whose Benefitting At All? A couple of days ago, we wrote about how Modi’s Startup India campaign has nothing to show for even after nearly 2 years of its announcement. Now comes a curious case about Assam’s state-run Oil India Ltd. The company has announced a Rs. 50-crore fund to

INDIA’S FIRST BREAK THROUGH CROSS OVER ELECTRIC BIKE
huge step by VOLTA towards the futuristic developments in e-vehicles VOLTA motors is a Chennai based start-up focused completely on electric vehicle manufacturing for the Indian and global industry. They have designed and developed India’s first cross-over electric bike completely in India, boldly representing the MAKE IN INDIA strategy. India

Fuze’s iPhone case Brings Audio Jack Back to iPhone 7
Who’s Apple to Kill Audio Jacks? iPhone 7 killed the 3.5 mm headphone jack but is the world ready to dispense with it just yet? We don’t think so, especially in the wake of so much hue and cry after Apple’s decision came in. But worry not! Austin, U.S.A. based

Startup-Buzz Weekly Round-Up
Get updated with the posts published on Startup-buzz media last week. If you were offline for any reason, this is a great way to catch up with the entire buzz! FUNDING – Checkout which startups raised funds. SAP Going to Invest 2 Billion Euros in Internet of Things (IOT) by

Autopilot Shouldn’t Be Blamed For Bus Crash In Germany, Says Tesla
Bus veered into car’s lane? Yet Another Accident for Tesla Self-Driving Cars An Autopilot Tesla Motors car crashed with a bus in Northern Germany. The company claims that the crash was inevitable as the bus swerved into the car’s lane. The accident happened in the town of Ratzeburg on Wednesday, claimed

Flipkart Rolls Out Employee Stock Options
Expressing Employee Value? India’s leading e-commerce platform, Flipkart, has rolled out Employe Stock Options (ESOP) to a third of its employee force. This is being seen as a milestone move by many in the industry for the company led by Binny Bansal and Sachin Bansal. What is an ESOP? An