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Altigreen tests fuel-saving, emission-reducing tech with BigBasket, Carzonrent

The Bengaluru start-up promises 20% reduction in emission, 26% fuel efficiency increase

Banking through video chats, voice messages

Active Ai, a Singapore-based start-up, provides such digital services as banking through live chat

Hardware start-ups get a leg-up at Intel Maker's lab

To help small hardware firms stabilise by helping them with prototypes and device testing

Altigreen tests fuel saving, emission reducing tech with BigBasket, Carzonrent

Bengaluru start-up promises 20% reduction in emission, 26% fuel efficiency increase

Koovs raises $16 million from Times Group, other investors

The online shopping firm said the fundraising is part of a three-year program to secure $43.3 million, reports Tech in Asia

Secret for converting users from cash to digital payments

As Indian start-ups contend with demonetisation, Go-Jek's CEO Nadiem Makarim tells Tech in Asia about GoPay

How a pregnancy app made it into Facebook's startup program

Mombie is an exhausted mother staying up late as she craves kid-free time, reports Tech In Asia

Dealing with millennials in the start-up workplace; here's how

Start-ups suit millennials because they focus on a limited portfolio of products, reports Tech in Asia

7 growth hacks to make social media work for your start-up

Tech in Asia brings you the thumb rules

Facebook buys facial recognition tech startup FacioMetrics

FacioMetrics specializes in using AI to give facial image analysis capabilities to applications that run on smartphones

Flipkart, Snapdeal, other start-up biggies laud demonetisation

They say move will boost their business, though they will retain cash-on-delivery as payment option

India to hold start-up fest in London

Tie-ups and access to infrastructure of a developed ecosystem prompts choice of venue

MIT launches accelerator programme for design-led startups

It will give an exposure to latest design methods, co-working space, business and design mentorship, among several other methods

Sonar energises mobile payments

Payment start-ups opting for sound tech, finding it a far more reliable and cost-effective way to authenticate for both citizen and merchant entities

6 lessons start-ups can learn from the corporate world

There are areas that a start-up can learn from a well run corporate, reports Tech in Asia

How an American launched Zoomcar in India, and now plans to go international

Zoomcar is India's biggest app-based car rental as less than 10% of city residents own cars, reports Tech in Asia

Xiaomi finally cracks top 5 as India's smartphone market hits record high

Samsung still leads the way, with Lenovo moving up to 2nd spot; Micromax is 3rd, just ahead of Xiaomi, reports Tech in Asia

Hardware startups get legup at Intel Maker's lab

Jayalaxmi Agrotech has built a local server to help farmers download agriculture-related applications in local language

This e-commerce site gives big discounts and still makes money. It just bagged $6 mn

Today it announced series A funding of $6 million led by Sequoia Capital India, reports Tech in Asia

Indian Start-ups need to adopt Silicon Valley's crazy talk

Crazy talk or no crazy talk, these Silicon Valley guys are actually doing it, reports Tech in Asia