2. Continued...
Exactlyfouryearsago,onapleasantwintermorning,wesigned
thepapersthatmadeitofficial:Innofiedwasborn.Acompany
that,inmanyways,wasadreamturnedintoreality.
TheThesupportfrom anexcellentteam andallourclientshelped
Innofiedtogrowinleapsandbounds.It’saveryexcitingmoment
todayaswecomplete4years.Inmanywaysthisisamilestone
moment.Together,wehavemadeInnofiedasuccess.Together,
we have made sure that we can celebrate many more
anniversariesinfuture.
ThereThere had been manychallengesin ourgrowth path.The
companyhadtwoperspectivestomanage.Ononehandthe
operationalandfinancialside,ontheotherhandupgradingour
skillstokeepatparwiththetechnologicaladvancements.Inorder
toremainrelevantinthemarket,weconstantlykeptdeveloping
ourskillsandknowledge.
PeoplePeoplearewhatmakeInnofied great.Withoutthankingour
employeesInnofied’sjourneyremainsincomplete.Itistheirhard
workanddedicationthathelpedustobecomeoneofthe“most
trustedAppdevelopmentcompanyinIndia”.
Dearreader,
SandipistheCo-FounderandCEO
ofInnofied.Heholdsdualmasters,
MCAandMBAfrom NMIMS.He
hasworkedwithpremierinstitutes
likeIIT,andCDACasascientist.He
hasmorethan10yearsofindustry
experience.Sandipworksclosely
withwith the development team,
mentorsthem,takescareofall
R&D operations and heads the
in-house product development
division.
Co-founder& CEO
SandipSaha
SwarnenduistheCo-Founderand
CTO ofInnofied.A Bachelorin
EngineeringfromIIESTShibpur,he
ispassionateaboutweb&mobile
apps,UIdesignandarchitecture.
With over 8 years ofindustry
experience, Swarnendu has
authoredauthored “Backbone.js Patterns
andBestPractices”,publishedby
PacktPublishing,UK.Swarnenduis
the lead architect and drives
BusinessDevelopmentoperations
atInnofied.
Co-founder&CTO
SwarnenduDe
Founder’sDesk
3. Innofiedofficepremises
SandipSaha
&
SwarnenduDe
Regards,
Alongsidedeliveringhighqualityappstoourclientswebegantobuildour
in-house app and game development team in 2013. Our ideal
‘bong-connection’droveustobuild‘Barnoparichay’-aninteractiveapp
thathelp kidsto learn Bangla Bornomala (alphabetsand numbers).
LaunchedinBengaliin2014,currently‘Barnoparichay’isinHindiand
EnglishandwehaveplantocomeupinmoreIndianlanguages.
TillTilldatewehavedeliveredover200successfulappsforourclientsandhave
builtoveradozenin-houseutilityappsandgames.
WeareaproudmemberNASSCOM todayandboastofaluxuriousoffice
spaceinSaltLake.Tomarktheoccasionofour5thFoundationDay,wehave
inauguratedour2ndofficeinKolkata,whilekeepinginpipelinetheplanto
openourPuneofficesoon.
Wishingourreadersaveryhappy2016!
Founder’sDesk
4. IndustryNews
Source:http://goo.gl/eL0PLP
TheAppleStoreexperiencedhighestsales
everonJan1,2016asconsumersspentover
$144milliononappsandin-apppurchases.
The totalrevenue accumulated overthe
holidayseasonamountstoarecordUS$1.1
billion.TheAppleStorehasgenerated a
revenue of around $40 billion for
developersdevelopers since 2008. Apple further
reportedthat2014-15witnessedarevenue
of$20billiononAppStorepurchases.
AppleWelcomes2016With
RecordAppSales
01
Source:http://goo.gl/2HbBaC
Now WhatsApp users need not worry.
January 18,WhatsApp broughtreliefto
manybydroppingtheideaofchargingan
annual subscription fee and officially
announcedtoremainfree.JanKoum,the
companyfounder,announcedthemoveat
theDLD ConferenceinMunich.Thereare
900900 million users worldwide using
WhatsApptostayconnected,andcharginga
subscription fee mighthave resulted to
usersmigratingtosomeotherfreeservice.
StayConnectedasWhatsApp
RemainsFree
02
Source:http://goo.gl/GUkacm
Getinspired by CREO,the new Indian
startup that's hitting headlines. The
Bangalorebasedstartupwantstobuildits
own smartphone enabled with a new
Android-basedoperatingsystem.Recently
the startup has raised $3 million from
SequoiaIndia,BeenextVentures,andIndia
Quotient.Quotient.
IndianStartupBuilditsOwn
Android-basedOS&
SmartphonestoRaise$3M
03
5. IndustryNews
Source:http://goo.gl/ypp3TI
BrendanEich,theformerCEOofMozillaand
the creator of JavaScript programming
language,isworkingonanewsolutionthat
willbringanendtomanyowes.WithBrave
Softwareheisbuildingawebbrowserthat
willblockallads.But,Eichaddsthatthe
browserwillhave a lotofpotentialfor
publisherstomakemoney.publisherstomakemoney.
JavaScript’sCreatorisBuildinga
WebBrowserforAd-Blocked
Future
04
Source:http://goo.gl/XrRcBc
Technologyishelpingthe cosmeticsand
makeup industry to boom.ModiFace,a
startupthatworksonaugmentedreality,
hadpoweredappsforworld’s55topbrands
including Sephora,P&G and Unilever.A
buyerneedsto use the cameraoftheir
phone,choose from various shades of
cosmetics,cosmetics,andModiFacewillapplythem on
theirskininrealtime.ModiFacehasalready
increasedsalesofbrandsby31%.
AugmentedRealityHelp
CosmeticBuyerstoTryingon
Makeup
05
Source:https://goo.gl/gLjefH
Microsoft has acquired Swiftkey, the
companythatdeveloped highlyengaging
softwarekeyboardthatcatertomorethan
300 million Android and iOS devices.
Microsoftin its officialblog mentioned,
“SwiftKey’stechnologyalignswithourvision
formorepersonalcomputingexperiences
thatthatanticipateourneedsversusresponding
toourcommands,anddirectlysupportsour
ambition to reinvent productivity by
leveragingtheintelligentcloud.
London-basedSwiftkeyacquired
byMicrosoft,IT’SCONFIRMED!!!
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