A couple of days back, Dr. Arunachalam Kumar, a Sulekha blogger, reported on how his blog posts were being plagiarized word-to-word on IBibo blogs. A few weeks back, there was a similar incident where a movie review was plagiarized in a newspaper (I cant recall which paper it was..If anyone can recall this, please let […]
In an interview with AgencyFaqs, Manish Agarwal, VP Marketing for Rediff, talks about the Indian Internet landscape, some of the challenges to Internet penetration and finally, some of the efforts Rediff is taking in the mobile VAS and Web 2.0 areas.
Some interesting tidbits -
In a question about the role of ad networks in India, Manish […]
It all began last year. Several US startups chose to auction themselves off on E-Bay as a possible exit strategy. Seems that at least on this front, Indian companies are super fast to catch on. Several Indian companies are looking for a similar, sellout strategy on eBay.
Some bids you may be interested in:
Lucknow based telecom […]
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Cricket and Bollywood are the two biggest obsessions for Indians. In lieu of the recently concluded World Cup, several Web 2.0ish startups launched hoping to rope in the cricket crazy fans. As far as Bollywood is concerned, Web2.0 still remained an alien concept. Chakpak, a Web 2.0 startup, hopes to change that. Chakpak is by […]
As part of Where 2.0, O’Reilly author, Schuyler Erle, gave a talk about how the city of Mumbai was mapped in extensive detail using only free software, consumer devices and a lot of walking. A team of local architects working on public housing projects sought the help of CRIT, who sent a group of surveyors […]
AgencyFaqs reports that online and mobile streaming company, Sydus has tied up with Indian Music Industry (IMI) giving it access to more than 500K music tracks. Users can download an application called OnDemand and listen to tracks either on the web or using their mobile. A free, ad-supported model is also planned. The service, which […]
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) is working towards setting up a website for filing and registering patents, trademarks and designs. The project, called ‘Total IP Solution’, aims to bring transparency and efficiency in the patent filing and approval process. An individual or an organization will be able to not only apply for […]
During the last week, I had my own share of ups and downs - the laptop crash being the highlight of the week. Its a painful, frustrating, tedious job to reimage the laptop and to salvage bits and pieces of your data. To summarize the entire experience in one word - a nightmare. Fortunately, I’d […]
My trusty, rugged Thinkpad crashed on me. I’m in a disaster recovery mode and unsure of how long it would take to restore things. Hopefully I can salvage some stuff, which I failed to backup earlier. Equally painful will be getting all work related apps re-installed. Expect very little activity for the next few days.
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