Abirami Pillai
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Abirami Pillai

A 20 year old passionate geek, never misses a chance to read on internet culture, consumer-facing technology & social media.
Abbie loves to write about early-stage startups, disruptive technology and new Apps in the market, besides that she is a diehard cinephile and logophile.

Dublin And Berlin-Based Startup Smartfrog Raises €20 Million
StartUp NewsTechnology

A step ahead in right direction ! Smartfrog, an IoT startup scored more funds Smartfrog, Internet of Things (IoT) startup based in Dublin and Berlin has just raised funding of a whopping €20 million. Their new funding is broke down into two parts that is €15 million for equity and

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Furniture Rental Startup, Furlenco, Raises $30 Million
BusinessStartUp News

Eyes Set On Catering To The Needs Of Millennials Indian startup, Furlenco, has just raised a funding of $30 million. A closer breakdown of this funding shows that the company raised $15 million in equity from Lightbox Ventures and Axis Capital, and $15 million in debt financing from banks, NBFCs

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Mahindra and Mahindra introduces Trringo – Tractor Hailing App For Farmer
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Uber-like but to find tractor !  Trringo– app for hailing tractors A similar Uber-Like smartphone app has been introduced in India which is aiming to provide rental tractors for farmer. Even today many farmers still can’t afford their own tractors and have to often rent at high cost prices.  In

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Facebook’s Messengerit is trying to introduce “conversation topics” on the app. This new feature will suggest topics so that one can converse with friends at ease.
StartUp NewsTechnology

Easy to converse with your FB friends ! “Conversation topics” – in Messenger app Past this year Facebook’s Messenger had reached billion users but the team is still trying various strategies to increase its app usage. Recently it is trying to introduce “conversation topics” on the app. This new feature

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Food Leaders Addressing Hunger Issues
Social EntrepreneurshipStartUp News

Meal Exchange – Charitable organization to work on the rising hunger issues Today’s world is filled with countless problems such as poverty, education and hunger issues, but the young and upcoming generation is creating awareness and taking initiatives to address these issues for the betterment of our world. One of

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T-Hubs Launches T- Bridge To Connect Indian Startups All Over The World
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Global opportunities for startups ! India’s biggest startup ecosystem builder, T-Hub has now launched T- Bridge in collaboration with Uber and TiE Silicon Valley. The program will focus on connecting Indian startups with marketing opportunities all over the world. It will also bring global startups to India. T-Bridge will aid

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Google’s New Devices To Look Out before 2016 ends
StartUp NewsTechnology

Keep your eyes open this November !  What’s new this November ! Technology is becoming another basic necessity of life. Companies are inventing new and more innovative devices such as smart watches, smart TV, Virtual Reality Glasses, AI devices and much more day by day. This year we have witnessed

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Meet The New Small And Adorable AI Robot, Cozmo,From Anki
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AI with a little bit of mischievousness ! Cozmo – the new tiny robot With no doubt Cozmo is one of the best playful robotsanyone has ever seen. It has  tiny creative eyes, robot mumble voice pattern and a knack to play. It easily recognizes you, smiles and shouts out

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Uber Drivers In New York Get To Avail Benefits After Winning Lawsuit
BusinessStartUp News

Victory for former Uber Drivers !  Two former Uber drivers will now avail unemployment benefits  Two Uber drivers broke out their independent contractor status as state Labor Department declared them as the employees of the company. Jakir Hossain and Levon Aleksanian, the former drivers of Uber filed a lawsuit in

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Speakable Will Help You To Take Action On News Articles You Read
StartUp NewsTechnology

Now change the world with click of a button ! A startup focusing on changing the world “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Isn’t that what Gandhi said?Everyone reads ton of news everyday but what good it is if we don’t act upon and change the

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