Monthly Archives: February 2007

IBNLive becoming quite popular

Where the other Indian news portals have failed, IBNLive scores big - engaging the users. They have consistently strived to offer new features, rich media and make their site more interactive. And those efforts seem to be reaping great dividends.
As an example, here’s a screenshot of their story related to the Union Budget. The story […]

Hovr - Mobile gaming community

Hovr announced today the launch of a new mobile gaming community. They begin service with more than 100 titles from over a dozen world-class mobile game publishers, all subsidized via advertising and available to users at no cost. In addition to downloading free games users can join Hovr MobileSpace, a social network in which players […]

India Laptop shipments rise 104%, desktop shipments up 25%

The prices of the notebooks dropped 11 per cent during the calendar year 2006 against the previous year, posting 104 per cent growth with shipment of about one million unit.
On the other hand, the desktop PC prices that rose by by 3 per cent year-on-year, reported a 15 per cent growth. The Indian PC market […]

CK Prahalad on entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs should think beyond the available resources to become a successful innovator, and this is not just limited to a particular region, the golden rule applies to all.
This is what CK Prahalad, management guru and distinguished professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan told a gathering of at the golden jubilee management convention of […]

Ashok Jhunjhunwala, professor of IIT Chennai on innovation and entrepreneurship

The IITs, as they are known around the globe, have a long history of turning out top engineers. Thousands of their graduates have flourished in the global technology marketplace, with a good portion landing in the Bay Area. Many have also stayed home, or returned to India, to help fuel the world’s […]

TRAI efforts to digitize Indian television

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has kickstarted discussions with broadcasters, cable operators, equipment manufacturers, industry and technology experts to lay the road map for digitalisation of television services across the country.
Following the consultation process, TRAI is likely to set up a deadline for complete digitalisation of television services in India. This implies all […]

Entrepreneurship in India

In India, only 5 per cent of institutes’ alumni go on to set up their own enterprises. According to NEN, 50 per cent first-time entrepreneurs are engineers and 25 per cent are management graduates.
Reasons for the low penetration in the sector – other than lack of social and family support – are factors like a […]

WTF ??? - Indian news portals obsessed with Oscars

Rediff, IBNLive, Sify — leading Indians portals seem to be more than smitten by the Oscars. To what extent — Heck Rediff and IBNLive even have coverage of the Oscar red carpet ? Why ? I havent ever seen them cover the FilmFare awards to this extent. Wonder why they’re so obsessed with the Oscars […]

UTV’s youth entertainment brand - Bindass

The youth broadcast venture of UTV in association with Malaysia based media company Astro Measat, has been named BINDASS. The name was arrived at, after an in-depth quantitative Brand Name Test conducted by research agency Synovate India with youth aged 15-24 years.
via IndiaPRWire
I couldnt help laughing when I read that bit.
If you were to ask […]

AceProcedures.com to cover Indian budget

www.aceprocedures.com will provide online coverage of the 2007-2008 budget.
via Hindu