January 11, 2008 – 4:53 pm
There will be little to no posting on the blog for the next 1 month since I’m going to India on vacation.
Besides Ahmedabad, I will be in Bangalore during the first week of February. If anyone is interested in meeting up, drop me in an email at contact {AT} startupdunia <DOT> com.
Stay safe and healthy […]
January 10, 2008 – 4:40 pm
The online Indian music streaming market has been dominated by two players - Raaga and MusicIndiaOnline. Being a huge music buff, I’ve tried both at some point of time or another. And the listening experience has always been sub-optimal thanks to the poor sound quality, annoying pop-ups and such.
And after trying out Rhydhun, I can […]
January 10, 2008 – 1:19 pm
New to join the bandwagon of portals catering to the “Indian Woman” is MemSaab. As you’d expect, it has stuff related to fashion, relationships, health & pregnancy, careers and celebrities. The site is moderately populated in terms of content and the design is nothing to write home about.
Add Memsaab to the rest of the list […]
January 10, 2008 – 12:42 pm
Call this an impulsive act - I really dont care.
After getting 7-8 self-promotional, spammy comments from MetroMela folks, my patience wore out. I’ve removed them from the poll for local search startups. I ignored and simply deleted the first 4-5 comments but after receiving an additional 2-3 today - it looked like they werent gonna […]
January 9, 2008 – 4:59 pm
I recently needed to book an air ticket to travel domestically in India. Since most of the Indian travel portals limit purchases to those bearing a credit card issued in India, my choices were limited. I decided to book my flight via Jet Airways, one of the few airlines that allows booking using a US […]
January 8, 2008 – 1:27 pm
The following is a guest post by V V K Chandra, who blogs at WebGeekBlog.
I have got a chance to interact with the founders of a new web startup company ‘FlipKart‘. FlipKart is an online book store primarily serving Indian consumers.
I am one of the very first consumers and I have ordered over a dozen […]
January 8, 2008 – 12:35 pm
I recently posted about BigAdda numbers - how many users they have etc.
Not an entire week passes by and BigAdda have released their ‘official’ numbers.
1.24 million users and 15,000 addas.
12000 - 15000 new users added every day
My latest number crunching reveals the following:
As of 11:20 AM (US EST or about 9:50 PM IST):
BigAdda seems […]
January 8, 2008 – 10:42 am
PubMatic, the ad-network aggregator, launched by Komli, has taken a series A funding of $7 million. Investors participating in this round include Nexus India Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Helion Ventures.
TC quotes that they have 1500 beta users and the investment will help them to expand their user base.
via TechCrunch
January 7, 2008 – 2:12 am
I mentioned earlier about getting your votes on some of your favorite startups.
Here’s the first one - covering the local search category. Go ahead and vote for your favorite local search related startup.
Additional categories will follow:
What is your favorite local search startup ?
AskLaila
JustDial
Burrp
Guruji
TolmolBol
Dwaar
Citipals
Onyomo
View Results
January 6, 2008 – 12:15 am
While defending Ning’s position on allowing porn and adult content, founder Marc Andreessen touches upon the flaws of current web metrics companies.
Fourth, bear in mind that you can’t believe any of the Internet measurement companies for any kind of accurate external analysis of Ning usage and traffic — or, for that matter, usage and traffic […]
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