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Ronald Menezes

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Facebook, Instagram, Amazon bet big on curated video content

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Video streaming has become a major focus point for social media platforms. Facebook earlier this month ran a pilot to play offline videos in India. Instagram launched the 'videos you might like category' and Amazon is waiting to release covers from Video Prime. The competition is getting tougher in the video streaming space and more focus is shifted to showing curated video content on smartphones

Ronald Menezes Jul 28, 2016 8:08 AM

Modi @ 2: With $222 billion investment pledges, Make in India gains significant traction

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Since the launch of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious campaign Make in India, the country has been witnessing multi-million dollar pledges from the international business community. In conjunction with Digital India and the expansion targets of the economy, the government is certainly working on a comprehensive plan to rope in foreign investments to boost the economy and growth

Ronald Menezes Jun 6, 2016 8:55 AM

Apple CEO's India visit:What's on the cards?

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According to latest media reports Tim Cook is scheduled to meet Narendra Modi this week. With global revenues plummeting, India is a source of hope for the Cupertino based tech company. Tim Cook’s meeting with the Prime Minister could not have been better timed than this. India is beginning to better its ‘ease to do business’ rankings and this may just be one of the reasons attracting this visit between the Apple’s CEO and the PM

Ronald Menezes May 18, 2016 8:29 AM

Be Indian, Buy Chinese: Xiaomi, Oppo, Lenovo, Vivo & Alibaba aggressively target Indian consumers in 2016

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India is already familiar with a few Chinese brands like Haier, Xiaomi, Lenovo and Gionee, with Oppo being the latest entrant. Moreover, 2016 seems to be the year to ‘Make in India’ as the country recently jumped 12 places higher on the ‘Ease of Doing Business Rankings’ released by the World Bank. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country has reportedly increased by 31% to $24.8 billion (Rs 1.70 lakh crore) during April-November period last year

Ronald Menezes Mar 15, 2016 8:05 AM