The Sunday edition of the Economic Times, a leading business daily from India was special for us. The cover story, titled ‘Startup Country’ was about entrepreneurship not being a big city phenomenon.
The lines between digital, mobile, technology and apps are blurring in today’s world. We at Robosoft are keen followers of developments in this arena. At the end of every week, we will share with you highlights of news items which caught our eye in this space.
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The lines between digital, mobile, technology and apps are blurring in today’s world. We at Robosoft are keen followers of developments in this arena. At the end of every week, we will share with you highlights of news items which caught our eye in this space.
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India is enjoying the benefits of e-commerce in a big way. Almost any item can be ordered through established online retailers. However, 45% of these transactions are said to be COD – Cash on Delivery.
We, at Robosoft Technologies are pleased to announce a Series B funding from Ascent Capital, with participation from the existing investor, Kalaari Capital. ‘The new round of funding will be used to bolster all our current offerings across service segments’, says Rohith Bhat, CEO & MD of Robosoft Technologies. ‘It will also help us invest in products, user acquisition and double down on our offerings’, he goes on to add.
NextBigWhat asked our Pradeep Kumar, AVP – Delivery (Consumer Mobility) to share his thoughts regarding the Apple Watch from a developer’s perspective and asked questions on these broad topics: (a) Will people see value in the Apple Watch? (b) Why did Apple retain the hardware and functionality across all the variants? (c) Will we see apps specifically built for high-end variants of the Apple Watch?.
Rohith Bhat, CEO and MD of Robosoft Technologies recently spoke about the various factors affecting the success of an app. In that context he spoke about the four critical aspects of app development: Acquisition, Engagement, Retention and Monetisation. He stressed on the need to focus on each aspect of app development as many newbie app developers face issues pertaining to app discovery, poor downloads and low monetisation when it comes to apps.
Messaging apps have morphed and grown over the last few years. They started off as simple chat platforms but have innovated constantly and kept pace with the societal trends. Today, they are vastly different from their early days – they are seen more as ‘platforms’ offering a variety of features & benefits.
Remember your first tweet? Many users of Twitter shared their first tweet last week and commented how embarrassed they were about it. The reason? Many of the first tweets displayed a a tentativeness – of being unsure how to use this new platform. Over the years many have become ‘experts’ at using the platform for whatever they choose to do best – sharing interesting articles, news, opinions or simply self promotion.
As with any Apple event, there is much speculation prior to the event and analysis post the event. The ‘Spring Forward’ event held earlier this week is no different. The post analysis event is perhaps even more this time with lots of online discussions on the pros and cons of the luxury pricing of the Edition variant.
