As per Google's annual online shopping growth trends report discharged on Thrusday, done in a cooperation with Forrester Research, India will have 100 million online shoppers including 40 million women, by 2016. The quantity of online shoppers was 8 million in 2012 and is 35 million not long from now. This implies there will be a growth component of 12x somewhere around 2012 and 2016.
Mobile is driving this growth in e-trade and India is required to cross 300 million internet clients by end of the year. Rajan Anandan VP and MD, Google India said, " Mobile is driving most if not all the growth on the Internet. All the huge markets like China and the US, created as Desktop markets, however India is consistently created as an issue market." The review secured 6589 respondents covering 50 urban areas including tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3 urban communities. The growth in nearing year will originate from Tier 1 as 71 percent respondents in this section will purchase in the following 12-year and a half. In Tier 1, women outspend men by two times. Furthermore, 1 in 4 women will be shopping by means of their mobile devices.
As indicated by Google officially 1 out of 3 individuals in tier 1 and tier 2 urban communities are executing online by means of their mobile devices and in Tier 3 urban areas as a large portion of the transactions happen through mobile devices. What's more, shopping queries has grown from 24 percent in 2012 to 57 percent in 2014.
By 2016, Indian e business could have retail revenues of Usd15 billion. Nitin Bawankule, Google India's industry executive for e-business, nearby, and characterized said, "The shopper certainty to shop online has grown fundamentally in the most recent year and a half. "
Around 65 per cent individuals purchase online because of accommodation, 64 per cent purchase on account of the variety, and 60 per cent purchase to enhance social status. The report incorporates that hardware is a well known fragment now and classifications like Skin Care, Baby Care, and Home furniture are becoming quickly.
The report additionally found that 62 percent individuals who shopped online have not been fulfilled by their shopping experience. A large portion of the grievances originated from Tire 2 down urban areas bounced from 58 percent in Tier 1 to 70 percent to Tier 2 urban communities. 67 percent individuals likewise highlighted that returning purchased item was entangled and costly.
Google has turned out with this report without a moment to spare for the Great Online Shopping Festival 2014, which is planned from tenth to twelfth December in the not so distant future. Consistently online organizations take part in GOSF, and run offers to pull in the shoppers in the nation. In spite of the fact that it has ended up being a frustration for a few online shoppers, it is to be perceived how Google will oversee it in the not so distant future.
What do you think is the main reason behind this boom? Government policy? Internet Penetration? Boom in E-commerce? Consumer Awareness? Like our article and share your views with us.
Is it accurate to say that you are burnt out on staring at the same old icons on your Android Phone home screen? Take a stab at installing new custom Android launchers to have a superior experience of your Smartphone. A decent launcher can give your phone an aggregate makeover, from changing the look and feel with changed icons and themes, to including new usefulness, for example, keen folders and assistive search. A Good launcher can make your old phone looks great while utilizing. A launcher let you customize your phone home screen and widgets + icons and folders. Launcher topic changes your experience of utilizing your android phone + tablet.
Here are Top 5 best Android Launchers
1. Google now launcher
You can utilize the Google Now Launcher application to get to Google Now and utilize your voice from any Home screen on Android 4.1+ gadgets. To utilize the launcher on your gadget first downlad application from google play store. Google Now is an interface that obliges zero exertion, zero additional customization. On the other hand, that may imply that some of you more exceptional Android clients may favor a portion of alternate launchers we discuss here. It doesn't provide for you additional customization, and doesn't let you apply additional themes to change the look of the framework. With Google Now Launcher, you can open Google Now by swiping to the leftmost screen.
Best peculiarity of Google now is Voice search like siri – SAY OK Google you can give voice summons to your to do message, dial contact, open contacts, make calls, open applications + games and schedule meetings and dates. Get more details
2. Themer launcher
Themer is a launcher with free themes that incorporate High definition wallpapers, clean symbol packs, and sharp widgets to suit your inclination or considering. All themes are completely customizable, and you can utilize them as they are or as you need. To utilize themer launcher themes you don't host to introduce third get-together applications, all that you need is as of now included in each one subject. All themes of Themer launcher are completely free. Themer engineer's week after week or month to month adds 10 to 15 themes. In Themer there are more than 500 premium themes accessible with classifications like: Card UI, Nature, Space, Minimal, and a lot of people more. Themer launcher is controlled by Zooper Widget. Themer Receives progressed data about your battery, climate, and framework and all the more specifically on your home screen without any setup.
Best features of themer launcher are smart icons, installed music player, climate application and utilization of Gestures. Get Themer Launcher now.
3. Aviate Launcher
Aviate is a prevalent launcher obtained by Yahoo prior in its improvement, and through a short shut beta, its turned into an extremely develop alternative for those searching for a cleaned general Android experience. Yippee fly is least difficult, secure and shrewd launcher. Yippee Aviate is the launcher that will take your phone to the following level. Gone are the times of a jumbled and exhausting stock Android phone. Yippee Aviate consequently composes your applications and demonstrates to you the data you require. Fly will tell you movement conditions amid your morning drive.
Best features of Yahoo Aviate are wise datebook features at work, music applications and widgets when you connect to your headphones – in addition to your most-utilized applications are on your core screen so you never need to chase for them again. Get Aviate, Get Wow.
4. Buzz Launcher
Buzz Launcher is a Launcher application with limitless customization properties. Buzz launcher that let clients impart their Homescreen outlines to anybody as far and wide as possible. Offer Homescreens with your companions and Buzz your phone.buzz Launcher was as of late perceived as the best Personalization App for the Best App Ever Awards and the Best of Best Brand Identity for the Red Dot Awards "Buzz Launcher" is a very customizable launcher that empowers you to apply imparted Homescreens to your smartphone. Buzz Launcher is a commercial free custom launcher that has more than 650,000+ free themes.
The best features of Buzz launcher are Customize wallpaper or topic. You can apply new home screens at a touch of a catch, immediately. You can impart home screens to a solitary touch by means of Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. You can include no. of widgets like clock, news and climate and social pop ups. Get Buzz Launcher now.
5. Launcher 8 (fake window 8)
Numerous individuals love window phones, however in genuine they don't purchase it simply in light of paid applications and uncustomizable UI, yet you can experience window 8 obstruction on your android phone. This Launcher 8 is a launcher for Android handsets that permits you to include the appearance and the interface of a Windows Phone to your cell phone or tablet with Google's android working framework. Likewise with all Android launchers, once it is introduced you simply need to press the begin catch and you will get a message asking which 'home page' to view. Numerous Launcher 8 clients are certain to think that it hard to oppose Windows Phone interface's numerous charms. It is significantly more colorful and engaging the eye than the customary Android desktop. Get Launcher 8 App now. The best features Launcher 8 is you can customize icons and basically its an extraordinary launcher with novel colorful looks.
Explore list of all 90+ available Android launcher here. Please share your experience with your android launcher below.
At long last today Nokia reported their new Android based Tablet N1. After so much bits of gossip yesterday Nokia showcased a teaser about their promising new extend.
This tab looks like ipad and Nokia company is even now propelling new items and they are obviously bypassing confinements forced by Microsoft on utilizing brand name and features.
On Tuesday eighteenth November, Sebastian Nystrom, Head of Products at Nokia Technologies advertised dispatch of Nokia's first Android based tablet N1. Sebastian Nystrom said that our new tablet will be accessible at the sticker of $249 and its a straightforward modern item for Nokia fans.
Nokia N1 tablet features a 7.9-inch (2048×1536 pixel) IPS LED-illuminated presentation ensured which is secured by Gorilla Glass 3, and is fueled by a 64-bit 2.3ghz Intel Atom Z3580 processor (4 centers, 4 strings) coupled with a Powervr G6430 GPU and 2gb RAM. It is having 32gb of inbuilt storage, yet it doesn't help Microsd card in light of the fact that memory is Non expandable.
Nokia N1 features 8-megapixel auto-center camera with 1080 video recording abilities, which is really useful for an android tablet of this classification. Video talks and selfies are made conceivable by a 5-megapixel front-confronting cam.
Audio is duplicated by a couple of 0.5w stereo speakers matched by a Wolfson Wm8958e codec. Battery backup points of interest are not specified by Nokia, yet we aresure that its Nokia item and N1's will be having 4000mah + rechargeable lithium polymer battery that would not disillusion Nokia Fans.
Nokia N1 tablet features Nokia Z Launcher interface. This tablet is fueled with Android Lollipop operating system. Nokia N1 is one of a kind tablet with one piece aluminum outline and delicate completion. From back this tablet looks indistinguishable ipad3. This tablet doesn't features calling offices. However it underpins all the fundamental features of an android tablet like Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/air conditioning at 2.4 and 5ghz and MIMO recieving wires for better gathering. The thickness of this tablet is just 6.9 Mm, which demonstrates its uniqueness.
Here are some key features and details of Nokia N1 tablet: 1. 7.9-inch, 2048×1536 (4:3) IPS LCD with Gorilla Glass 3 and completely covered zero air gap. 2. Intel Atom Z3580 processor, Powervr G6430 GPU with 2gb RAM 3. 32gb in assembled memory 4. 8 megapixel back camera, 5 megapixel front camera 5. Slim and smooth Aluminum outline which will be accessible in Natural Aluminum or Lava Gray colors
This tablets will be available in market at price $249 (approx INR 15,400) excluding taxes by next year.
Short messaging app Snapchat has banded together with mobile payment company Square to launch another payment service Snapcash.
The recently launched service permits Snapchat users to connection their debit cards to their account and send money to a contact by beginning a chat on cell phone, writing the dollar sign, entering a sum, and hitting the green catch, Snapchat wrote in its official Blog Post. The same is indicated in the feature below.
This move is in accordance with Snapchat's extension plans which esteemed at USD 10 billion in its late raising support. As per a late report by comscore, Snapchat is presently the third most prevalent app among millennials (18-34 year olds). The app is more famous than Twitter, Pinterest, Vine, Google+ or Tumblr inside millennials demographic.
"We set out to make payments speedier and more fun, yet we additionally realize that security is key when you're managing money" the company included.
Until further notice, Snapcash is accessible in the United States for users who have a debit card and are 18 or more established. Also, the Snapchat said that debit card data will be safely put away by Square, who will quickly transform the payment and send money straightforwardly to user companion's bank account.
This gimmick will be constrained by Square's penetration universally, and Snapchat will need to tie up with diverse nation particular shippers to abstain from getting into issues with government dominant voices in the separate nations. Despite the fact that US could be a guinea pig for this peculiarity, since doing fiscal exchanges over a cool messaging app may not draw in all the users. Also after the late news of Snapchat pictures being spilled on the net the security is still an issue.
Snapchat likewise advertised on Monday that it will bann all third party apps access to its apps to improve user privacy and security, however this still may not relieve the suspicious ones.
Worldwide online food delivery marketplaces Foodpanda and Delivery Hero on Monday proclaimed a series of partitioned securing deals. The two have gained companies possessed by the other in India, Mexico, and five Latin American nations.
Foodpanda assumed control Tastykhana in India, augmenting its position in food delivery markets around the world. Tastykhana will remain a free brand. Together, Foodpanda and Tastykhana will partner with in excess of 10,000 restaurants in India, covering in excess of 173 cities.
Foodpanda additionally procured the Mexican food delivery organizations Pedidosya, Semeantoja and Superantojo and targets market initiative in Mexico. The group has been operating in the Mexican market including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru since December 2012 under the hellofood brand. After the acquisitions, Mexican clients in 10 cities will have the choice from in excess of 2,500 restaurants.
Delivery Hero gained the Hellofood organizations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and caught its market position in these markets, collecting 17,500 restaurants over eleven nations in Latin America, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Ralf Wenzel, Co-Founder and Managing Director of foodpanda group: "The acquisitions permit us to expand our business sector authority in India and enhance our solid position in Mexico. Consolidated with our efforts in other paramount markets, for example, Russia, Brazil and South East Asia." Niklas Östberg, CEO of Delivery Hero Holding: “Latin America holds a central role in our long-term strategy. With these acquisitions we further extend our leading position in a region with tremendous growth.”
About Foodpanda / HellofoodFoodpanda together with hellofood and Delivery Club, is the leading global online food delivery marketplace, active in 38 countries on five continents. The company enables restaurants to become visible in the online and mobile world and provides them with a constantly evolving online technology. Foodpanda operates in India, Thailand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia and Serbia. hellofood operates in Brazil, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Egypt, Nigeria, Morocco, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Algeria. Delivery Club operates in Russia.
About Delivery Hero Delivery Hero is a global network of online food ordering platforms with more than 75,000 partner restaurants worldwide. Delivery Hero has over 1000 employees in 23 countries, including 440 in its Berlin headquarters. Investors in the company include among others Insight Venture Partners, Kite Ventures, Team Europe, ru-Net, Tengelmann Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Phenomen Ventures and Vostok Nafta. www.deliveryhero.com
Reliancefreshdirect to deliver grocery products in a few neighborhoods of Mumbai.
The site is expected to offer fruits & vegetables, dairy products, basic supplies, bundled food, Drinks, confectionery items, Household and personal care products to the residents of Navi Mumbai, South Mumbai and parts of Thane.
According to a Medianama report, Reliance Retail had completed a pilot project at the Reliance Corporate Park office in Navi Mumbai where around 10,000 employees profited its offices through the website. To utilize the service, clients need to first register on the website then organization delivers the products to them either from the closest Reliance Store or by means of its other appropriation channels.
The website likewise have a 'My List' feature to spare a personal list of products and deliveries are free for requests above INR 750. Dependence Fresh Direct offers installment choices both online (Credit/Debit cards/Net Banking) and logged off (Cod). Concerning the return, trade and discount strategy, as of now it has a "no inquiries asked return approach" and sum is discounted by means of credit, store credit account, or through the installment system utilized by the client. The organization does not make any money discounts. Alternate points of interest like when it will broaden its services to different urban areas crosswise over India, are still undisclosed.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation will begin selling India International Trade Fair (IITF) entry tickets for Business Days (14th Nov to 18th Nov 2014) from Friday i.e. fourteenth November 2014 and for general public days (19th Nov to 27th Nov 2014) from Wednesday i.e, nineteenth November 2014.
The IITF entry tickets for general public days (nineteenth Nov to 27th Nov 2014) will be accessible all the Metro stations with the exception of Airport Express Line, where tickets will be accessible for Trade Fair at one and only station i.e, Dhaula Kuan station. Hence, general public is exhorted that to keep away from a minute ago rush of buying tickets at Pragati Maidan Metro station, they should buy the tickets from their starting station. Nonetheless, tickets for Business Days (fourteenth Nov to eighteenth Nov 2014) will be accessible just from 30 Metro stations. These stations are: Rithala, Dilshad Garden, Jahangirpuri, HUDA City Center, Noida City Center, Anand Vihar, Central Secretariat, Inderlok, Kashmere Gate, Rajiv Chowk, Barakhamba, Saket, MG Road, Noida Sec-15, Vaishali, Laxmi Nagar, Rajori Garden, Janakpuri West, Dwarka Mor, Dwarka Sec-9, Dwarka Sec-21, Mundka, Peeragrahi, Punjabi Bagh, Badarpur, Govindpuri, Lajpat Nagar Mandi House, Janpath and Dhaula Kuan Metro station. IITF tickets for both business and general days can be purchased from Customer Care Centers of Metro stations from 08:30 AM to 04:00 PM on all days. The IITF Business days & General days entry tickets at Metro stations will be priced as under:
Business Days(fourteenth Nov to eighteenth Nov 2014) = Rs. 400
General Days (nineteenth Nov to 27th Nov 2014)
Price of ticket for weekday / weekend is Rs. 50 / Rs. 80 for adult and Rs. 30 / Rs. 50 for child. To encourage the public utilizing Delhi Metro while about-facing from progressing IITF at Pragati Maidan, the Delhi Metro will be solely working 20 token/smart card counters from inside the premises of IITF, Pragati Maidan close to its Gate No. 10 from 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM on all general days i.e, nineteenth Nov to 27th Nov 2014
The IITF tickets will be sold from stations just for that day as the tickets are day particular just and no development tickets will be accessible available to be purchased. The DMRC is anticipating that monstrous swarms will utilize the Pragati Maidan Metro station and along these lines extra ticket counters will be opened at Pragati Maidan Metro station. Extra DMRC officers & staff, customer help specialists and security staff will likewise be sent at all stations.
NOTE: At Pragati Maidan Metro station, Trade Fair tickets will be accessible just for Metro clients. Individuals originating from our outside Metro premises need to purchase the tickets from ITPO Gate No. 1 and 2.
Train Operations: During the General days of IITF 2014 i.e, (nineteenth Nov to 27th Nov 2014), DMRC will be running crest hour recurrence of 2 min 45 sec on Line-3 from Dwarka to Yamuna Bank for the duration of the day i.e, from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Other than this, two trains on each one Line will likewise be kept as standby amid Trade Fair to encourage better traveler taking care of, at whatever point needed.
