The great Indian tech startup story is being rewritten amid the Covid-19 pandemic as traditional sectors still bear the brunt. With 16 unicorns (startups with a valuation of over $1 billion) and more than $11 billion in funding, chiefly from the US-based investment firms (till June-end), the year 2021 has proved that Chinese investment is …
How Apple’s App Accelerator is helping developers create innovative iOS apps
Turned three this year in March, Apple’s App Accelerator in Bengaluru has been supporting Indian developers to create innovative iOS apps. At the App Accelerator, developers are supported at every stage of their app creation. For Lenskart, Apple’s team conducted detailed UX feedback sessions where the former discussed best practices and approaches for each screen of …
With easy money around, tech entrepreneurs turn risk-averse
N.R. Narayana Murthy launched Infosys in 1981 with six other colleagues on a mere $250 borrowed from his wife. The tiny sum kept the company going for some time but the hunger and animal spirit in him did not die. “We stayed in very inexpensive hotels… we didn”t have any cars, sometimes we took buses, …