India's start-up scene in technology has seen a massive boom over the last few years, with the much needed funding rush last year. While well known brands like Zomato, Practo and Flipkart continue to rule the brand game, there are a number of unique tech start-ups that you must keep an eye on.

Here?s a list compiled by Exec Lifestyle:

1. BugClipper:  BugClipper is an in-app tool designed to make reporting bugs very simple, smarter and more efficient. By using this tool, one can reduce miscommunication and spend time on fixing issues. Currently, it is available for iOS with over 650 installations.

2. Hipcask: Hipcask is India's first and only wine & spirits smart phone app. It is a consumer platform to discover and learn more about wines & spirits. A knowledge repository of both Indian and international wines & spirits, Hipcask is a focused mobile application to discover and learn more about wines & spirits. As of now, they have up to wine and food suggestions in over 50 restaurants across Mumbai and Delhi. They are also targeting Singapore and Dubai in the coming months. Hipcask aims to capture the $258 billion Asia Pacific alcoholic beverages market.

3. LivingTree: LivingTree is a hierarchical and contextual social network that aims to harness the best technology in order to enable schools, districts, communities, and families to truly partner in developing children. It emulates the natural organisation that exists in a K-12 educational system and connects people who raise, develop and educate children. It has 800 school communities on board and is targeting 10,000 institutions by the end of 2015.

4. LogiNext: LogiNext is a real time tracking platform with high tech data visualisation for the logistics industry. LogiNext aims to help logistics companies improve their day-to-day operations, provide superior customer service and optimise their delivery networks. They promise to give 15 per cent reduction in delivery time for each time.

5. Mocept: Mocept is a video dictionary and builds education videos for mobile and tablets. The video dictionary is available on all major mobile platforms. The app makes use of animated videos and actual conversations to explain the meaning, context and usage of words. So far, the video dictionary covers 20,000 words and 105,000 videos have been watched. Additionally, the Illustrate Video Platform (IVP) is also an innovative, scalable video platform that has been developed by Mocept. It makes it possible to create HD videos that stream at less than 2MB per minute. This ability to stream high quality videos without consuming too much data makes videos ideal for smart-phones and tablets.

6. Outsy: Outsy is a discovery platform for local events. It is the easiest platform to discover the most interesting and fun things trending in the city. One can use Outsy to find out about the kinds of events happening in cities like Mumbai, Bangalore and Singapore. You can choose from a range of activities that include food & drinks, music & nightlife, shows & entertainment, classes & exhibits and fitness & outdoors. Outsy provides a handpicked list of going out experiences in a timely and visually appealing manner. The app has more than 5,000 downloads on Android. The company is focusing on Android, iOS and the mobile web.

7. Papertrell: Papertrell creates award winning digital book applications for publishers and authors around the world. So far, there are 15 publishers in the portfolio including HarperCollins and Hachette. It has more than 400 published applications. Papertrell presents a new way of experiencing books and content. It has worked with publishers and authors to release book apps for Apple iOS devices, Google Android devices, Microsoft Windows devices and for the web.

8. PickYourTrail:  PickYourTrail is a trip planning start-up that helps you ideate, plan & book experiential international vacations. It helps to craft experiential vacations and personalised holidays across 30 countries and 24 Indian states based on the consumer?s desires. Currently, they have approximately 175 customers from 10 countries. The company claims to have clocked revenues of over Rs 1 crore in six months.

9. Roomys: A consumer product that helps you to find roommates in any city based on your preferences. Roomys helps you find roommates in a city for a permanent, long-term or temporary, short-term stay. You can browse through profiles of various people and their interests who are looking to share a place or offering a place. Till date, there are 2000 users and 600 successful connections have been made so far.

10. Kryptos: Kryptos Mobile is a mobile app technology company, which provides high-end mobile apps to the schools and colleges along with a self-service mobile app creation platform called Kryptos AppMaker. More than 100 universities, schools and colleges across United States, Canada and Australia use Kryptos Mobile as their official app to provide information related to student grades, holds, courses, account summary etc. on the go. So far, the application has over 80 clients with 1.5 million students being active on the application. Kryptos AppMaker allows individuals and organisations to create cross-platform apps without writing any software code. It is a cloud-based, self-serviced, cross-platform mobile app creation platform.

By Papri Das

Light years, speed, a day, hours, minutes, and seconds -- for centuries, men have been fascinated with time keepers. And amongst them, analog watches have been a symbol of achievement and progress for the eclectic man, and has survived the digital era quite remarkably. Even after the launch of iWatch, which was widely expected to eat into the market for premium watches, analogs made by Swiss companies still thrive. The reason being the time, effort and sheer skill that goes into making these complicated time keeping machines, and Titan Company Limited, Watches and Accessories Division, CEO H G Raghunath can personally vouch for it.

Raghunath has been associated with Titan for over 38 years, and as he retires from his services on 30 June, he reflects over his journey with a heavy heart. ?I have worked with the organisation over three decades now and each day has been full of memories I will cherish for a lifetime. It?s been a wonderful journey so far,? says the avid watch aficionado.

When it comes to time keepers, Raghunath?s philosophy is simple ? to each is their own.

?Every person has a different evaluation of time as literally speaking it is the time elapsed between one action and another. Therefore watch makers continue to come up with new and innovate ways to represent time,? shares Raghunath, when Exec Life caught up with him at the launch of Titan?s new premium range of Moon Phase watches, Celestial Time.

Taking the moon phase as an example, Raghunath further explains, ?These types to watches have high precision movements and it is not possible for an ordinary person to put it together. A complete watch is a piece of art. Movements are to watches what engine is to cars. Inside a car the engine will have ordinary gears, auto transmission, four wheel drivers, etc. In a watch all that is visible ? that allows you to check time by hour, minute, second, days, years and even use the chronogram to measure each event separately. In a moon phase watch, as you approach towards the New moon day, the moon one can see through the case visibly wanes in a fortnight, and the similar process is repeated for the full moon day, where the moon grows. Now it might sound simple but each brand has its own unique way to build a moon phase watch, and so does Titan.?

Priced between Rs 12,000 - 15,000, Titan?s exclusive range of moon phase watches are aimed at the young batch of entrepreneurs and below 30 CEOs who represent the new India.

An avid collector of time keepers, Raghunath owns 73 watches till date including the new rosewood coloured moon phase watches. ?My first ever watch was gifted to me by my parents. But the first watch that I owned was a Titan watch, which I bought after joining the company. My family and I have an affinity for watches. My two daughters love flaunting their watches and they carry all the watches, which I have collected as well. My favourite so far is the one is the classical gold plated Edge by Titan, which my wife has bought for me.?

When asked to recommend a watch for the young men out their who want to cultivate their taste in fine luxury watches, Raghunath gives a simple tip. ?Wear a watch for time keeping first, and then as a fashion accessory. It will help you respect others? time as well as your own.?

By Papri Das

With meetings galore and deadlines hovering over almost all corporate executives, the fast paced digital world makes it a lot easier for them to manage their schedule and at the same time keep up with what?s happening around the world.

Executives are constantly on the lookout for new and innovative technologies to keep their lives updated and efficient. With an increased dependency on mobile gadgets, applications that rev up their devices become essential. However, the dilemma lies in choosing the right one from an array of apps that are at our disposal for the same function. As Colors CEO Raj Nayak points out, ?Keeping a tight list of apps for varied purposes is better than having a long list with overlapping functions.?

Nayak shares with Indiantelevision.com?s Exec Lifestyle, the top mobile apps that are absolutely a must for him.

Twitter and Facebook:

As a media executive, it is essential to stay in tune with the world, and at the same time keep track of what is trending nationally. So naturally the first app that comes to Nayak?s mind is Twitter. It is fast, informative and to the point? something that a person with a thousand agendas a day can appreciate.

Moreover its use varies from person to person. While a college student will sign in for entertainment, for a media executive it?s a powerful tool to reach out to the consumers. Similarly, Facebook, according to Nayak, has evolved from being a contact log of sorts to a window to the world.

Instagram:

?A picture can say a thousand words? and that stands true for Instagram, which is second on the list of apps that Nayak can't do without. While it has its appeal as a professional tool, for Nayak it?s more a personal referendum that helps him keep up with the little nothings in the lives of his friends and family.

Periscope:

This powerful and fairly new app takes citizen journalism to the next level. It basically allows you to see the world from a different perspective and being a media personality, its appeal was not lost on Nayak. Essentially, Periscope is a live streaming app that is available on both Android and iOS platform. While it benefits by allowing us to share visual experience at an alarming speed, it also leaves us vulnerable to many breach of privacy crimes. That being said, Nayak would definitely recommend this app to young media enthusiasts.

Whatsapp:

Nayak agrees that the Whatsapp app has replaced his ?old school? texting habits and it?s easier to chat, send files and multimedia attachments on the same platform. He especially appreciates the group broadcast feature that allows him to pass on important messages in a jiffy to multiple contacts.

Buzz Feed:

It truly goes by the principle of ?something for everyone? and perfect for those who have less time at hand to go through detailed reports. As per Nayak, what makes it even more efficient is the internal sorting program, which mostly blinks relevant information to you, so that you don't have to weed through the Internet junk.

Apart from these primary apps, Nayak also shares that he subscribes to various news and media house apps. Watch this space for more lists from executives who share the Top five essentials from various categories.

Mumbai: No one wants to be left out single! Who doesn?t like receiving gifts, chocolates, roses and feel loved. To encourage its users to go ahead and try their luck at love, Vee one of the safest socializing app in the market, launched its all new and exciting brand campaign called ?#beingsinglesucks?.

The campaign is currently running on the Vee Facebook page and is getting an incredible response from the users. The campaign touches upon the feeling of how you need someone to hug in a cold winter day, someone to talk your heart out to. The campaign encourages the single people to make an effort and find a date.

If not anything long term, you will get to know a new person, engage in meaningful conversation and have a fun filled date this Vday. It also helps you gain self-confidence and feel good about yourself. So, this Valentines, stop being shy and jump into the dating pool with your well-rehearsed jazzy pick-up lines and amazing clothes! This year, make an effort to find someone.

Doll up and go somewhere romantic and make the date that you have been imagining about for months, a reality. Who knows what you may find! A good friend or maybe a boyfriend!

Mumbai: Dell has launched its newest product ? the best way to stay connected on the go - using versatile Dell Venue 7 & 8 Tablets, equipped with 3G and voice calling facility. The new Dell tablets will allow you to shift seamlessly between work and play.

Introducing the Dell Venue 7 & Dell Venue 8 tablets, equipped with voice calling feature as well as 3G. Enabling users to access their personal information, and to stay connected on-the-go all day long, the new voice enabled Venue Android tablets are the answer to users looking for a complete, yet compact technology companion. The Dell Venue Android tablets deliver a solid performance in a sleek design with incredible features including all day long productivity that allows users to shift seamlessly between work and play.

 Key Features:

1.    All day long productivity with a 4550 mAh (17.29 WHr) battery and the latest dual-core Intel Atom processors, Android 4.4, KitKat OS, HD display and premium audio.

2.    Best in class viewing on the Full HD (1920x1200) display available on the Venue 8 inch tablet

3.    Premium sound with MaxxAudio Mobile by Waves

4.    The textured backing offers a firm grip and keeps the device smudge free. The Dell Venue 7 is available in black with a variety of colour cases to complement the sleek device.

5.    This includes Accidental Damage Service, which is offered on all Dell Venue tablets and protects users? devices against liquid spills, drops, power surges and screen cracks. This service includes repair and if required, whole unit replacement.

6.    Users also have the option of owning a Dell Venue Cradle or a Dell Venue Rotating Folio for the Venue 8 tablet.

7.    Dell Venue?s Android OS includes access to all of the latest Android apps and an easy device set up experience. You can also access your files and data anywhere with PocketCloud and 20GB of free Dropbox storage for one year.

The Dell Venue 7 voice enabled tablet is now available in India at Rs 14,999, whereas the Dell Venue 8 voice enabled tablet is priced at Rs 18,999.

Mumbai: Get ready to be a part of an exciting conference and master class organized by Osianama?s Vintage and Classic Automobile Club on 21 February 2015 at the Osianama. Osianama?s Arts Auto Cine and Cultural Centre at the iconic Liberty cinema in Mumbai was launched recently with the red carpet premiere of Baby, master classes by Anupam Kher and Neeraj Pandey and the launch of Osianama's Vintage and Classic Automobile Club with leading scholars, designers and professionals focusing on French and Italian Design and Coachbuilding. 

FIVA (F?d?ration Internationale des V?hicules Anciens) is the international body that leads the vintage and classic car movement worldwide and FIVA president Patrick Rollet is visiting India to address the vintage and classic car collectors, enthusiasts, professionals and media about the global supremacy of Roll Royce in vintage and classic cars.

Coinciding with his visit, Osianama has also arranged an exhibition at the forecourt of the Osianama at Liberty Cinema to showcase the finest classic cars with a focus on the Rolls Royce with some very special luxury cars, which have been competitors, such as the Mercedes Benz, Invicta and Pierce Arrow amongst others.

In a written message, Rollet mentions about the tremendous opportunity in India for vintage and classic cars. According to him, such cars will not remain in the exclusive domain of India's former princes and the super-rich. In the last decade, vintage and classic cars have given maximum returns on the investments made on them globally. He also mentioned that India will soon be amongst the world leaders in this category given the interest shown by Indians in recent years.

There will be an interesting debate conducted amongst Andr? Blaize, who will be arguing for Rolls-Royce and Serge Cordey and Robert Cumberford, who will arguing against him and insisting that the French, the Germans and the Americans made technologically more advanced and better cars than Rolls-Royce.

While Blaize is an eminent world authority, who has devoted his entire life to building up the most extensive database of each and every Rolls-Royce manufactured till World War II, Cordey is the editor and publisher of the French edition of classic and sports car magazine and Cumberford is a legendary designer-writer and design critic.

Speaking about the event, Osianama founder and chairman Neville Tuli said, ?These Osianama events, will encourage a new daily Indian-International dialogue across all aspects of cultural civilization-building, so that India can step by step emerge as a creative force, more aware of its international role and a hub of research and the coming together of the finest minds to create the new institutional platforms essential to become a leader.?