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Indian Business Angel Network Makes First Investment, In UK’s SwiftShift

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India’s largest business angels group has made its first investment in a UK start-up, investing in a London-based company SwiftShift. The amount was not disclosed. The Indian Angel Network (IAN) is Asia’s largest angel network of over 250 investors spread across 10 countries. Effectively, this is an Indian angel network investing in a UK company run by an Israeli in London.

SwiftShift allows companies to quickly fill short notice shifts using their own staff through SMS, email, and mobile technology.

The Indian Angel Network decided to invest in SwiftShift following a pitching session in London organised by UKTI where 7 companies presented to the investors.

According to UK government figures Indian firms are now the 5th largest investors in the UK and more than 50% of Indian investment into Europe goes to the UK.

The IAN has already invested in start-ups in countries including the USA, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sri Lanka and India.

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Former homeless man finds success in the speaker business

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Five years ago I wrote about a homeless man in California who wanted to start a speaker company. That man, Kevin Nelson, dared to be different: his speakers could produce stereo sound from a single box. He was way ahead of his time -- nowadays millions of Bluetooth speakers claim the same thing. But Nelson's speakers do a more convincing job of creating stereo. Nelson started working on the stereo from one speaker idea in 1989 and spent years perfecting the concept. He cooked up the name Zealth Audio early on and stuck with it.

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BlackBerry appoints Ron Louks as its new head of devices business

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Ever since Thorsten Heins stepped down as the CEO of the company, John S. Chen had taken his place for a brief period. Now, the struggling smartphone manufacturer has appointed Ron Louks as its head of devices business.

The veteran will be filling in as the president of devices and emerging solutions, according to a statement from BlackBerry. However, the former technology head of Sony Ericsson has its work cut out to bring the company back on its feet.

Ron Louks has previously worked as the head of strategy for HTC Corp's American unit before moving on to OpenNMS Group where he served as CEO.

BlackBerry has been losing ground rather quickly and the recent financial reports raise very serious questions about the future of the company. The firm also released its COO, CMO and CFO and just a few days ago, its global creative director, Alicia Keys also left her job with the struggling manufacturer.

Let's all hope that the new head will help the company to regain its positions and find its way back into the big smartphone game.

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LAS VEGAS — Samsung is supercharging its tablet line with its new Galaxy NotePro and TabPro tablets. The new tablets, which go up to sizes as big as 12.2-inches, are designed to, in Samsung's words, "redefine what a tablet can do."

The NotePro and TabPro tablets are aesthetically similar to the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition, replete with faux-leather backs and silver trim. Just 8mm thick, theses things are svelte and relatively light weight.

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In this episode, Stuart Levinson, CEO and co-founder of TalkTo, will talk to us all about their app which allows you to text any local business in the US and Canada.

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