India’s first e-ink, dual-screen phone to be launched next week

A prominent Bangalore-based online retailer will launch India’s first back-and-front dual-screen phone next week, according to an industry source. The manufacturer of the phone is not known, but the price will be around Rs 35,000. The phone will have a Snapdragon processor and the display will be slightly smaller than 4.5 inch. The key selling […]

Flipkart to let you specify time of delivery

In the war for delivery speed, Flipkart, which was lagging behind others for long, has launched a new innovation – scheduled delivery. Under the facility, all customers can specify the time at which they want a package to be delivered. “Customers can choose delivery slots as early as the next day – a feature currently […]

Flipkart raises Rs 1,250 cr funding from DST Global, others

Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce platform, said it has raised $210 million (Rs 1,250 crore) from a consortium of investors led by DST Global – one of the leading global investment groups focused on Internet. Existing investors Tiger Global, Naspers, and Iconiq Capital also participated in the financing round, it said. The fund raising comes days […]