Startups News - Page 21

US retail leader Target is coming to India to incubate startups

Target is courting startups like Turnaround Innovision, which automates generation of rotating 3D images and muHive, which helps simplify social conversations

In Chennai, first automated restaurant that serves food in just 90 seconds

Aimed at serving people on the go, a city-based entrepreneur has set up the first automated restaurant that serves food from other restaurants within 90 seconds.

Can Indian companies innovate? Unlikely, when we simply don't have the culture for it

Indian workplaces are simply not diverse enough and not adequately tolerant of failure and dissent to foster a culture where innovation can thrive

Google acquires Israeli security start-up SlickLogin

The company is based on a novel idea to enable end users to log-in easily into password-protected websites by using a uniquely generated sound.

If something doesn't exist, build it yourself: How Housing.co got the online home hunt right

With 75 percent month-on-month growth in individual landlord listings and 100 percent increase in brokers' listings, their scale can be attributed to their USP: Giving clients a near-perfect sense of properties and delivering realistic leads to brokers.

Syntel founder Bharat Desai to fund new entrepreneurship centre at IIT Bombay

The new centre will have multiple programmes focussing on nanotechnology and biotechnology.