Monthly Archives: December 2006

Good article on The Gurus of YouTube in Time

Time has a great article on YouTube and its founders. A very interesting read indeed.

Sixty Minutes with Bill Gates - Ridiculous questions by the influential bloggers

So, a group of 14 bloggers and online influencers were invited to 60 minutes with Bill Gates as part of Microsofts Mix n’ Mash 07 event. Participants included - Jeremy Zawodny, Mike Arrington, Liz Gannes, Niall Kennedy, Evan Williams, Shaun Inman, Steve Rubel and others. From Steve Rubel’s site, here’re some of the questions that […]

Online DVD rental market in India - Comparison of Key players

The online DVD rental market, pioneered by Netflix in the US, has become very HOT in India recently. I did a comparison of some of the key players - Seventymm, ClixFlix, CatchFlix, Madhouse, Cinesprite - in the area. Below is a screenshot from the comparison and here’s the actual comparison chart.

Update: Vinay Bapna, founder of […]

CrickeM - Social Video network for Cricket

Crickem - the world’s first social video network was launched yesterday. As per their site:
CrickeM is an online community for anyone anywhere in the world who shares a love for cricket. Its about getting to know your fellow fans; creating games and clubs; and enjoying video clips and photos (you can even upload your own, […]

New Video sharing site for Indians

AapKaVideo, another video sharing website for Indians, launched in the last week. By far, it seems to be the best of the pack — others in the pack being: MeraVideo, Apnatube, VideoDubba. Yes, YouTube was insanely successful, but I have my own doubts about India based video-sharing websites. Besides, such sites in India […]

RHR Networks - owners of Bixee, Pixrat acquired !!!

Ok, back from my hiatus with some amazing progress on my development efforts. Some great news for those interested in the Indian startup scene:
RHR Networks, owners of Bixee, Pixrat and a bunch of other websites was recently acquired by MIH India, the Indian arm of South African media company Naspers.
Here’s my interview with Ruban […]