Monthly Archives: June 2007

RailTel to install Wi-Fi at 500 Railway stations

Just last week, there was an announcement that Sify had signed a deal with Railways, to get access to their fiber optic cable network, RailTel. Now, RailTel has announced plans to launch Wi-Fi access points at 500 railway stations. Bangalore will be the first to get Wi-Fi access in the next two - three months, […]

IBNLive makeover

Just when it seemed that their usability was on a downward spiral, IBNLive has completely revamped their site. Boy, it looks fantastic.
Check it out.

Time for a break

Its time to take a break and let off some steam. I’m off for the coming week for some well deserved vacation. No work and no blogging for a week — yaaayy !!
Stay safe and see ya in a week’s time.

The one thing about Indian blogosphere

Since I started blogging, I’ve got the opportunity to interact and acquaint myself with several Indian bloggers, including some of the elites - something, which would have never happened if I werent blogging.
While I think that Indian blogosphere is still nascent, the one thing I find missing from the Indian blogging ecosystem is the ‘conversational’ […]

Indians are music crazy

I wouldnt need a “survey” to tell me that.  But thats just what the Branded, MTV and Synovate Music Matters survey (phew !) reports. As per the survey, Indians are the most passionate, TV driven music consumers in Asia. 67% watch music videos on TV every day, 22% watch videos 2-3 times a week. 71% […]

Hungama Mobile expands advertiser platforms

Hungama Mobile has tied up with US based Amobee Media Systems to offer a wider range of channels for its advertisers. Amobee enables contextual ads on SMS, MMS videos, WAP portals and games. The goal is to provide ad supported VAS content for free or a reduced rate. As per Patrcik Parodi, Chief Sales and […]

Microsoft launches $500 PC in India

Microsoft has launched a computer called IQ PC in the Indian market for $500 (Rs. 21,000). The PC includes Windows, Office, and specialized education solutions and tutorial and is aimed at children of all ages. They also launched the MSN IQ Beta Education Channel, which will act as the storehouse of educational content.
via release

Indicast interview with Avnish Bajaj of Matrix Partners

Indicast has a great podcast with Avnish Bajaj, Matrix Partners, previously co-founder of Baazee.  As an entrepreneur turned VC, Avnish offers some very insightful and most often, very frank perspectives.
Listen to the podcast for a great background on how he came about to founding Baazee. He even shares his experience of getting acquired etc…
Thanks Avnish […]

Get a second chance at marriage with SecondShaadi

There are moments when you see a startup and wonder - “How did no one think about this before ?”. Delicious was one such startup - a simple concept, even simpler implementation. SecondShaadi is a matrimony site, which throws the very same question at you. As the name suggests, SecondShaadi is a second attempt […]

KyaZoonga, buy movie tickets online

KyaZoonga is a new site that helps you buy online movie tickets in India. I’d reviewed BookEazy earlier but one of the constraints is that BookEazy is currently offered only in the city of Pune. Moviegoers in other cities seem to have no such online channel for buying movie tickets.
KyaZoonga hopes to address this problem […]