Bajaj Chetak is BACCK..
as an electric scooter; Flipkart forays into original videos..and more
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Bajaj Chetak is back !
Bajaj Auto Ltd has announced a return to the scooter segment after a decade with a revival of the classic ‘Chetak’ as an electric scooter. The new Chetak will be available in two variants, with each offering a range of 85 km and 95 km respectively.
Bajaj stopped manufacturing scooters in 2009 to exclusively focus on motorcycles in the two-wheeler segment. [via]
CBSE schools to offer AI, Python courses to class 8 and 9 students from 2020 onwards
Starting academic year 2020-21, CBSE will start offering AI, Python and neutral networks courses to students of Class 8th and 9th.
Curated by Intel, the curriculum will not only make students inquisitive but will also teach them basic tools that are required to develop AI-based solutions. [via]
Qn: Do we have teachers who can teach AI? What’s your take?
Moore’s Law Is DEAD. RIP.
Intel has put the brakes on Moore’s Law.
And a technology roadmap for Moore’s Law maintained by an industry group, including the world’s largest chip makers, is being scrapped .
How will it impact the world? Read on [via].
LinkedIn launches Events Feature
After Linkedin’s pilot in November 2018 with a select group of members in San Francisco and New York, the product will now be available across all regions, first in all English-speaking markets on October 17, followed by non-English markets in the coming months.
LinkedIn Events is one of the first products built out of the Bengaluru Research & Development Centre for a global audience [via].
That reminds us - have you registered for the upcoming UnPluggd conference?
On Dec 13 and 14th - more than 1,200+ founders, product leaders and growth fellas will come together for conversations/ debates / networking on startups, growth and..creating flywheels!
We are currently offering 35% discount (price goes up this Sat).
Amazon Pay users can now pay bills through Alexa
This new feature supports payment of bills across categories such as electricity, water, post-paid mobile, cooking gas, broadband, DTH and more. Users of Amazon Echo, Fire TV Stick and other devices with Alexa built-in can use this feature [via].
An India-first feature, but isn’t Alexa’s payment product looking for use-cases and still there are none? Will bill payments help create that? Will you pay bills via Alexa?
Product Market Fit for Consumer Startups: All you should know
0 magic metrics indicating a consumer tech startup probably has product/market fit:
cohort retention curves that flatten (stickiness)
actives/reg > 25% (validates TAM)
power user curve showing a smile – with a big concentration of engaged users (you grow out from this strong core)
viral factor > 0.5 (enough to amplify other channels)
dau/mau > 50% (it’s part of a daily habit)
Flipkart forays into original video content, takes on Amazon and Netflix
Integrated within the Flipkart Video platform, launched in August, Flipkart Video Originals will be produced by well-known industry figures. Flipkart said it will produce “bespoke snackable content” that is both mobile-first and interactive.
“All the main players are primarily anchored around fictional content,” said Prakash Sikaria, vice-president, growth and monetisation at Flipkart, adding that while other over-the-top (OTT) platforms are focused on metropolitan centres, Flipkart would look at Tier-II and –II cities. [via]
Do you have the appetite for 1 more OTT?