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Smaller cities beating many congested state capitals in GCC race
From Karnataka’s coastal belt to West Bengal’s rust belt, founders and technology leaders say smaller cities are increasingly outcompeting congested state capitals for deep-tech, AI and R&D work. In Karnataka, founders and CTOs who built for global markets from the coastal tier-2 city of Mangaluru are now doubling down on it as a serious alternative to Bengaluru for deep-tech, gaming and legal-tech work.
SC allows UGC to notify draft regulations on ragging, sexual harassment, discrimination
The Supreme Court has permitted the University Grants Commission (UGC) to finalize and notify its 2025 draft regulations addressing ragging, sexual harassment, and discrimination in higher education. This decision follows a March 24 verdict concerning student suicides and the formation of a national task force (NTF) to address mental health.
Book on me is to humiliate me ahead of elections, "totally defamatory", BJP behind it: Siddaramaiah
According to sources, the book contains writings on the alleged misrule during the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government and his "appeasement politics". It also reportedly highlights certain controversial and communally sensitive issues and incidents linked to the former Chief Minister's tenure.
Japan’s TechnoPro buys Robosoft for ₹805 crore
Japanese technology-focused staffing and services firm TechnoPro Holdings has bought Udupi-based digital transformation solutions provider Robosoft Technologies for an estimated ₹805 crore. The deal has been structured in two tranches.
Japan’s TechnoPro acquires Udupi-based Robosoft for Rs 805 crore
Started in 1996 in the coastal town of Udupi, Robosoft counts Apple Inc. as its first customer and has built mobile apps for a slew of top Indian and global Internet brands over the years.
How improved internet infrastructure, low-cost smartphones are changing mobile game development in India
Game developers are being forced to build a whole ecosystem around the game to drive engagement among users and top it with a business model.
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Ravi Teja is Robosoft Tech's CEO, Rohith Bhat stays MD
According to Bhat, the company was on the lookout for a new CEO and finally settled on Teja to continue building the company in the coming years.
How mobile apps became the heroes of your business story
In the future, companies are likely to seek integrated technology hubs, which they can partner with to create digital solutions which impacts business.
Japanese investment firm Dream Incubator looks for a dream run with 99Games
99Games is best known for its game Star Chef which has over 1.5 million monthly active users and is most prominently played across the world.
Move over Bengaluru; here is how Belagavi, Udupi and Mysuru are charting their own startup success
Four-hundred kilometres to the south, in the coastal town of Udupi, Rohith Bhat, Robosoft’s founder, had a very pragmatic reason for shifting from Mumbai.
Apple bets on local apps to sell iPhones
The Cupertino-based iPhone maker is looking to build a long-term relationship with Indian developers to build more locally relevant apps on the iOS platform.
Simmering discontent on Indian campuses evident by protests in Bengaluru
On March 31, student bodies stormed the offices of the Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) to protest question paper leaks.
99Games to develop new game based on Salman Khan's next flick 'Sultan'
Mobile games developer 99Games has partnered with Yash Raj Films to create a game around Salman Khan’s next film Sultan.
Truth about JNU, Rohith Vemula: NDA government will not permit anti-national programmes in universities
As regards the suspension of Rohith Vemula and other students, this was not the first time any action was initiated on students in HCU.
Gaming companies bank on celebrity deals for marketing
Mumbai-based mobile gaming company Nazara Games recently inked a multi-year partnership deal with Bollywood celebrity Hrithik Roshan.
99Games alongwith Yash Raj Films to release game about SRK-starrer movie 'FAN'
Indian gaming studio 99Games has partnered with Yash Raj Films on a multi-year deal to launch their product, ‘FAN: The Game.
Udupi now becomes a favourite destination for iOS, Android app developers
A few hundred of them, working in the Udupi-Manipa-lMangaluru belt, are, literally , high on code and caffeine.
Star Chef - India's most successful mobile game developed in Udupi
With 35% users each in the US and Asia Pacific region and the remaining in Europe, 99Games is one of the first Indian gaming studios to hit this success.
Apple app maker Robosoft picks up Rs 74 crore from Ascent Capital, Kalaari
Robosoft will use the money to hive off its subsidiaries 99Games and Global Delight as separate companies, as well as to expand its services.
Startups switch code to products for higher revenue
Inspired by soaring valuation of technology product companies like Zoho, Freshdesk and InMobi, several startups that began by offering software services are switching to developing products.
To keep search relevant, Google aims to bridge gap between apps and web
If developers choose to use app indexing, relevant search results linked to their apps will appear on the web page of the Google search along with normal web links.
Microsoft turns to Bollywood to spruce up Apps store
A game based on the upcoming action movie Dhoom 3 starring Aamir Khan and Abhishek Bachchan was downloaded nearly a million times.
Hindi movie-based games turn popular in mobile app stores
The Krrish 3 game, launched a few months ago, rose up the charts at Android and Apple app stores recently with over 2 million downloads globally.
Udupi-based app developer Robosoft Tech raises 22 cr from Kalaari Capital
Robosoft focuses on creating mobile applications, or apps as they are popularly known as, for clients. It also creates its own apps through 99Games and Global Delight.
Nasscom sets up 'product council'
Software industry body Nasscom today announced setting up of a 'product council' to help develop the product ecosystem in India.
Power of Ideas 2012: How five startups & their apps have captured the attention of the Indian market
These days, there are mobile applications to service almost every need. ET profile five such apps that have managed to capture the Indian market’s attention recently.
Mobile application entrepreneurs from the other India making millions
Entrepreneurs from non-metro cities and towns are proving that location does not matter anymore, as their mobile applications are downloaded by millions.
How little known Indian entrepreneurs are making millions by designing globally hit apps
India boasts a cache of little-known app makers who have produced global hits. Here's the story of the entrepreneurs who have hit paydirt.
Book publishing business gets facelift with new tech & products
The dynamics of the book publishing business is changing with new tech and products jostling for shelf-space.
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