{"id":42158,"date":"2023-10-20T15:19:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/the-news-wrap-google-to-relaunch-android-one-in-india-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:19:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:19:10","slug":"the-news-wrap-google-to-relaunch-android-one-in-india-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-news-wrap-google-to-relaunch-android-one-in-india-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"THE NEWS WRAP: Google to relaunch Android One in India – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Google is relaunching its Android One cut-price smartphone project in India with the aim of delivering a $US50 phone.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019ll be on the back of a \u201cvery large-scale\u201d investment programme, managing director in India and Southeast Asia Rajan Anandan says.<\/p>\n

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As the Financial Times<\/i> reports<\/a>, the original launch at the end of last year, with phones costing $100, was \u201cnot delivered to expectations\u201d, with supply chain problems leading to product shortages.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is like any company when you try to launch a new initiative \u2013 we had a few hiccups,\u201d Anandan says.<\/p>\n

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Sidecar pivots away from Uber to deliveries<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Sidecar has been pushed out of the on-demand ride-hailing market by the likes of Uber and Lyft, deciding to rebrand as a delivery company for businesses.<\/p>\n

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It seems Uber and Lyft have now pulled so far ahead that there\u2019s no room for any other competitors or newcomers in the market.<\/p>\n

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As Forbes<\/i> reports, the US-based startup is moving most of its employees into the delivery area, and CEO Sunil Paul says although they often were the ones coming up with the ideas first, Uber has become unstoppable.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn some ways, I\u2019m proud of Uber,\u201d Paul says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey were able to take the ride-sharing innovation, rebrand it as UberX, and really grow it and scale it like clearly no one else was able to \u2013 us or Lyft.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt shows that our idea really does work. We\u2019re still proud of the authorship even if it ends up being executed by someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Investors are pouring money into freight startups<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Silicon Valley investors have pumped more than $US1 billion into freight-forwarding startups since the start of last year, according to the Wall Street Journal<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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They\u2019re all trying to find the startup that successfully puts the $US160 billion-a-year business into the internet age.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s becoming a very competitive market for startups, and investors have put in twice as much money into this realm in the last year than in the five years before that.<\/p>\n

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Overnight<\/b><\/h2>\n

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 46.37, falling 0.27% overnight to 17,373.38. The Australian dollar is currently trading at US74 cents.<\/p>\n

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Raising your<\/i> first round of capital<\/i><\/a>? Starting a<\/i> crowdfunding campaign<\/i><\/a>? Want to grow your business<\/i> with Instagram?<\/i><\/a> StartupSmart School can help.<\/i><\/p>\n

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