Why Flipkart's app only strategy makes sense

Flipkart's currently the leading e-commerce player in India. According to Punit Soni (Chief Product Officer at Flipkart), Flipkart currently dominates 50% of the e-commerce industry in India and e-commerce in turn represents 1% of Indian retail. So Flipkart's already owning 0.5% of India's retail market.

AT&T and Verizon's future plans

The American telecom market has been through interesting phases recently most of which has been a direct result of T-Mobile and its slew of uncarrier initiatives.

Google Play and monetization

Google Play has been the source of a lot of apps currently found in the smartphones of Android users.

Internet.org and why it makes sense now

In the previous post Data uptake in India I discussed about data uptake in India and the organic ways to achieve the same.

Android TV/Auto/Wear policies and why they are messed up.

When someone says the word "open" in the tech arena, Android is probably the first name to come in our minds and subsequently Linux and other open software. Android for a long time has used its open nature as a big advantage against iOS. Any Android vs iOS comparison will definitely bring up the topics of customization and choice. Android because of its open nature has been more flexible (more choice and more customization) than iOS.

Motorola and Flipkart- The online revolutionists.

All of us buy smartphones, or at least chances are high that you have bought a smartphone at some point if you're reading this article. Earlier people would visit stores such as Radio Shack or Carphone warehouse or a carrier store to buy a smartphone. With the rise of e-commerce, the trend of buying smartphones shifted to e-commerce websites and parts of Radio Shack being bought by Sprint and and Standard General makes it all the more clear (if it wasn't already) that most future sales of smartphones would occur online. In fact sales of most stuffs to be frank.

Data uptake in India

If you have just recently loaded this article on your browser and are not connected to Wifi, then chances are 9 out of 10 that you're using a mobile data connection in case you're reading this on a mobile device.