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- August 19th, 2008
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DealTracker - PicSquare Raises Funding
Further to the seed capital of $75,000 that PicSquare had raised in 2006 (part via the TiE-EAP program, and part from other investors), it has now raised an undisclosed sum from Bhola Digital Lab, a photo/printing company with branches across Karnata
- August 18th, 2008
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UTV Software Acquires Gaming Startup True Games
After picking up a stake in Indiagames, UTV has now has picked up an 80 per cent stake in California-based gaming company True Games Interactive through it UK-based subsidiary IG Intercative Entertainment. Founded in January 2008, True Games is a mul
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Print On Demand With Pothi.com
Borrowing a page from Lulu, comes Pothi.com, from Bangalore based Mudranik Technologies. the site serves as an online self publishing platform that helps writers self publish their books in print without any upfront cost. Authors can upload a soft co
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Internet Telephony Comes To India
“It is envisaged that customers will ultimately benefit from cost effective and innovative internet telephony service. These recommendations will put Indian telecom sector in tune with global trends. The grey market tendencies shall be curtaile
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Email, The Snail Mail Way
“Culturally, we seem obsessed with immediacy. Time is not to be taken but crammed to bursting point.” Attempting to change this, comes Real Snail Mail, part of a “slow art” project at Bournemouth University in the UK. HereR
- August 16th, 2008
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Mobile Internet Growth Drivers In BRIC Countries
Entertainment, gaming and music websites rank among the top five categories visited in all four BRIC countries, unlike the mature markets like America and Europe, where information and news draw the most mobile Internet browsing according to a report
- August 15th, 2008
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Andriod Launch Nears - Fight Moves To Your Mobile Phone
Looks like The Google Andriod phone might just become a reality by as early as October according to the New York Times, and would be made by HTC. Apparently, the phone would have a touch screen like the iPhone, but would also include a screen which s
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UK Online Ad Spends Top Mainstream Ad Spends
Online ad spend in the U.K. overtook advertising on mainstream commercial TV last year, according to Britain’s Office of Communications, with paid search garnering over half of online ad dollars spent in the U.K. in 2007. U.K.’s online ad
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International Journal Of Emerging Technologies And Society
iJETS is a multi-disciplinary journal, focusing on the complex relationship between science and technology and their wider socio-cultural contexts. Perhaps more importantly, iJETS is designed as a forum for informed discussion and debate about the ro
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Zapak Launches Game CDs
Given the lukewarm response to the online version of its games, Zapak is releasing its games On CDs, hoping to drive traffic from there to its online platform. Over 150,000 CDs across 47 titles in the action, adventure, sports and classic genre, pric
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BSNL To Provide WiMax Connectivity To 25,000 Villages
“We will be installing WiMax BTS in 1000 blocks out of country’s 6000 blocks by the end of the current financial year,” BSNL’s CMD Kuldeep Goyal told Business Standard. This is part of BSNL’s plan to install WiMax base s
- August 14th, 2008
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Matchmaking Comes To Your Mobile Phone
Shaadi and Vodafone have come together to provide a first of its kind service in India according to this release. The matrimonial service ‘Shaadi.com on Vodafone‘ will enable Vodafone customers to access Shaadi.com’s matrimonial service
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Facebook Edges Over MySpace
Now here’s something that was rather inevitable - slightly more than 132 million people visited Facebook in June as compared to the approximately 117.5 million that went to MySpace that month, according to comScore, making Facebook the top dest
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How Is The Online Video Market Shaping Up?
The worldwide online video market is experiencing dramatic growth, according to In-Stat, with worldwide online video revenue expected to eclipse US$4.5 billion by 2012, up from $1.2 billion in 2008. Purchased/rented videos are expected to offer the m
- August 13th, 2008
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ClearTrip Gets Hotel Reviews From TripAdvisor
Cleartrip’s hotel search now features traveller reviews for hotels supplied by TripAdvisor. TripAdvisor is the world’s largest travel community and features over 15 million unbiased reviews generated by travellers from all over the world.
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Is All That Online Ad Inventory Worth It?
The “Digital Pricing Benchmarking Study,” by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and Bain & Company released recently, found that publishers used ad networks to sell 30% of all ad impressions in 2007, up from only 5% in 2006 - a stragg
- August 12th, 2008
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In-Stat - Bluetooth’s Growth Beginning to Reach Maturity
Bluetooth seems to have reached a maturation period with growth rates that, while strong, do not match the growth of the recent past, according to In-Stat. However, the Bluetooth chip market should benefit as new standards, such as Low-energy and Hig
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Launched - Music Social Networking Site Planetradiocity.com
To expand it’s avenues of interaction with consumers, Radio City, has launched a social networking site, Planetradiocity.com, aimed at people associated with music, be it musicians, artists or even music lovers. The site will invite users to re
- August 11th, 2008
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Libraries Take The Download Route To Retain Members
Hoping to draw back readers, libraries have expanded their lists of digital books, music, and movies that can be downloaded by their patrons to a computer or MP3 player - and it doesn’t cost a cent, unlike, say, media from Apple’s iTunes
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Google Insights For Search Launches
Adding on to their already considerable Google Trends, Google has launched Google Insights for Search, which provides more flexibility and functionality for advertisers and marketers to understand search behavior, throwing in some other features like
- August 10th, 2008
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LinkedIn To Enter India - Looking For Partners
With around 25 million subscribers globally, Indians comprise 1 million for LinkedIn, which estimates the total Indian market at around 20 million users as of now. LinkedIn, valued at over $1 billion, has probably the best revenue model so far, throu
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CFP: Cross-Cultural Research in Information Systems
Submissions are invited for papers addressing how culture, broadly defined, shapes the way Information Systems are designed, used by, or affect society. Finished papers, research-in-progress and panel proposals are sought for the 2008 SIG-CCRIS in P
- August 6th, 2008
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Mobile TV company, Apalya Technologies, Raises Funding
Hyderabad based mobile TV company, Apalya Technologies Pvt. Ltd, has raised $500,000 (Rs 2 crore) investment from Mumbai Angels, a network of angel investors. Founded in December 2005 by by Vamshi Reddy and Shiva Bayyapunedi, Apalya aggregates premiu
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Now, Search Bus Fares On Rediff
After flights and train tickets, Rediff has now launched Rediff Bus FareSearch. Currently, the service allows users to search for buses plying across seven states — Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, West Benga
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Manorama Online Launches M4Marry.com
Manorama Online, the new media division of the Kerala based Malayala Manorama, has launched M4Marry.com - a matrimonial portal aimed at Keralites of different communities across the world. Going by the slogan, ‘Where Malayalees Marry,’ th
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What Works Online? Short Videos Or Long Videos
“The bulk of video consumed online today is typically short-form entertainment, rather than full TV episodes or full-length movies,” says David Hallerman, senior analyst at eMarketer. Last year, about one-half or more of US online video v
- August 5th, 2008
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Confirmed - The Six Degrees Of Separation Theory
Back in 1969, when Stanley Milgram and Jeffrey Travers wanted to confirm their theory of “6 degrees of separation” they asked nearly 300 people in the US state of Nebraska to send a letter to someone in Boston through acquaintances. Peopl
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DealTracker - Ubona Raises Series A Funding From Capital18
Voice recognition company Ubona, which claims to have developed a unique patent-pending set of systems that can understand what people say, interface with real life applications and trigger appropriate actions in response, to complete the requested t
- August 4th, 2008
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The State Of The Mobile Gaming Market
India is expected to lead among Asian countries in terms of total mobile gaming revenue generated, with the 2007 figure at approximately $80 million (Rs 342.64 crore). Not that big, but this is forecasted to reach a staggering $450 million (over Rs
- August 3rd, 2008
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Indians Hitch Onto eShopping
A piece of jewellery sold every 7 minutes; a coin or note every 16 minutes, a stamp every 19 minutes, apparel every 22 minutes and book every 27 minutes - and that’s India we’re talking about. eBay estimates that a product is sold every m
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Hollywood Account For 6-7% Of Collections In India
“Earlier, Hollywood films were never considered serious competition, but today they are eating into the business of Bollywood films,” says film analyst Taran Adarsh. Just a few years ago, Hollywood films would be considered a hit if they
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115 Towns To Get Tata Comm WiMax Service
With an investment of $2 billion in the next three years as part of its capital expenditure, Tata Communication is planning to take its WiMax service to 115 towns in this fiscal from the present 60, besides launching broadband-WiMax service in four t
- August 1st, 2008
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e-Choupals Launched In Tamil Nadu
ITC’s e-Choupal network currently covers 40,000 villages in India and has benefited over 4 million farmers so far. The Choupal Pradarshan Khet initiative, which currently covers 43,500 hectares, has a multiplier impact and reaches out to over 1 mil
- July 31st, 2008
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DealTracker - Forrester Acquires JupiterResearch
Syndicated research firm Forrester has acquired JupiterResearch from MCG Capital for $23 million in cash plus assumed liabilities. Both Forrester and JupiterResearch specialize in syndicated research, analysis, and advice for business professionals.
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Times Internet Acquires 50% Stake In A1Books.co.in
Times Internet Limited (Indiatimes.com), a part of the Times Group, has acquired a 50% stake in Webnotions Books India, which owns an online book marketplace A1Books.co.in. Owned by Shinu Gupta, the US-based Webnotions was founded in 1995, and entere
- July 30th, 2008
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Get Ready For Advocates Advertising Online
Lawyers, like other professionals, are now free to advertise their services on the Internet as the Bar Council of India informed the Supreme Court that it has relaxed its rules on the issue in view of the changing global scenario. The BCI’s lat
- July 29th, 2008
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DealTracker - Idenizen Raises $2.25 Million
Education-related technology solutions provider Idenizen Smartware has received venture capital funding of $2.25 million (Rs 9 crore) from Vinod Dham-led NEA-IndoUS Ventures, to fund its pan-India growth plans. Idenizen plans to use the funding to se
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Broadband Subscriber Base In India Grows To 4.38 Million
Total Broadband subscribers base has reached 4.38 million by the end of June 2008 as compared to 4.15 million by the end of May 2008, a growth of 5.5% according to Trai. This also represents a growth of 74% over the subscribers numbering 2.52 millio
- July 28th, 2008
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Is Cuil Cool Enough To Take On Google?
Cuil pronounced “cool,” the new search engine on the block, is in the news for quite a few reasons: It’s already raised about $33 million in two rounds of funding It’s founders and execs include 3 ex-Googlers They claim to ha
- July 27th, 2008
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MoneyControl.com Gets A Redesign
Starting with In.com, Web 18 seems to be moving towards a design philosophy marked by a lot of white space, less colours that are also easier on the eyes, and extensive use of AJAX. Indiaearnings seems to be following the same philosophy, and so is M
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Medpedia - Wikipedia Model For The Medical World?
Scheduled to launch towards the end of 2008, The Medpedia Project is a global effort to collect, organize and make understandable, the world’s best information about health, medicine and the body and make it freely available on Medpedia.com in a ma
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Railway Tickets On ThomasCook.in - Best Experience So Far
In a first, Thomas Cook (India) Limited, launched Indian Railway reserved ticket booking facilities on its portal thomascook.in - the only travel solutions portal that offers this facility at present. IRCTC is the only other website which provides th
- July 26th, 2008
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The New Business Standard Online
Business Standard seems to have changed it’s online interface to a more Web 2.0ish design complete with gradations, etc. The focus on advertising is pretty clear given the rather large number of banners (I counted 12 internal and external banne
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1 Trillion Webpages And Growing Strong
We’ve known it for a long time: the web is big. The first Google index in 1998 already had 26 million pages, and by 2000 the Google index reached the one billion mark. Over the last eight years, we’ve seen a lot of big numbers about how m
- July 25th, 2008
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The China Online Population Story
The latest figure on China’s Internet population at the end of June show a 56% increase from a year ago, reaching 253 million to reaffirms its stake the world’s biggest online populace, according to the China Internet Network Information
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Indian Mobile Subscribers Increase By 9 Million In June
Close to 9 million (8.94 million) new wireless connections were added in June, up from the 8.62 million new subscribers added in May taking the total number of mobile subscribers in the country to 286.86 million according to the Telecom Regulatory Au
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Will Video In-stream And Pre-Roll Ads Beat Overlays?
Video overlay ads of the sort offered by YouTube will command just $184 million in ad spending by 2013, according to new research from JupiterResearch. While that represents a significant rate of growth over the estimated $20 million marketers will s
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DealTracker - iYogi Raises $9.5M In Series B Funding
iYogi - a remote technical support provider from India - raised $9.5 million (around Rs 40 crore) in Series B financing from SAP Ventures, a division of SAP AG, Canaan Partners and SVB India Capital Partners. For SAP Ventures, this would be the first
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Clickindia.com Launches Mobile Version
Clickindia.com has recently launched its mobile version, which is accessible at http://wap.clickindia.com from all WAP capable and GPRS enabled mobile phones. Launched last month, the service allows users to view over 85000 ads and listings from the
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Advertisements That Respond To Music
A redesign of Last.fm, is giving advertisers the ability to create “smart ads” that can, among other things, move to the beat of whatever music a user is listening to. The new site design also allows ads that are based on and can “r