This Week I Learned - Week #120

This Week I Learned -

* Google currently supports more than 80 APIs that developers can use to integrate Google services and data into their applications.

X-Ray for Movies & TV is a feature available on Kindle and Wii U devices that enables Amazon Instant Video viewers to easily and seamlessly learn more about the video they’re watching. It is designed to enrich the experience of watching movies and TV shows by embedding IMDb’s content into the Amazon Instant Video viewing experience. On books, X-Ray lets you trace characters, places, and ideas as you journey through chapters, using information from Shelfari, YouTube, and Wikipedia.

* The eight Harry Potter movies earned over 7 billion worldwide.

HDFC Bank Ltd is the leader in mobile banking with 38.2% market share in FY15, followed by ICICI Bank

* The main business of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation as its name implies should have been catering but it makes more money from online ticketing mainly as it is a monopoly.

Indian Railways is cash strapped and reported a loss of ₹30,000 crores (₹300bn) in the passenger segment for the year ending March 2014.

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