VodaFone and Microsoft India have jointly launched SMS search service to VodaFone users in India. The cost is 30 paisa per search query and the search technology is powered by Microsoft’s Live search. Currently, the search service will be launched in 8 Indian cities with others to follow later.
Late 2006, Bharti Airtel had announced a […]
Josh@RRW has profiled an interesting startup called Prototype Invest. The company is a unique kind of early stage investment firm.
Instead of providing capital in exchange for equity, the company provides programming and design skills to interested entrepreneurs. This would be particularly helpful to build a prototype for entrepreneurs who, have the idea but dont necessarily […]
As if there arent enough social networks already competing for the Indian audience, Desiji is yet another social network targeted towards Indians.
The site has the regular fan fare you’d normally expect from a social network such as user profiles, friends, groups/networks, events, videos, classifieds etc.
As per the founders, here’s how they think they’re different:
1) We […]
After procrastinating for a looong time, I finally opened a Twitter account today. I’d put it off till now due to all the information overload I suffer on a day to day basis (ok..partly because I was lazy too).
Signing up for Twitter however got me thinking - with the rise and increasing popularity of so […]
April 25, 2008 – 12:46 am
Nasdaq listed Sify is planning to raise funds by listing on the Indian stock market. The funds will help expand to 2nd and 3rd tier cities in India and open additional data centers.
I’m not sure if this statistic was released by them before - they have 2,15,000 broadband customers. As per CEO Raju Vegesna, consumer […]
Google India has launched a movies section. You can search for theaters and movies in your city. Filter by movie name, movie popularity of theater distance.
Check it out at www.google.co.in/movies . Via Labnol / Prashant.
April 24, 2008 – 11:54 am
Startups and the startup ecosystem in India are making impressive strides. Just going by the number and quality of startups that launched in 2007 as compared to 2006, I can vouch for the fact that both are getting progressively much better.
But there’s one thing that I’m trying hard to find an answer to - how […]
Myntra.com has announced partnership with Indian social networking site, IndyaRocks. Via this partnership, IndyaRocks users will get access to Myntra’s services.
Users can use any of the photos uploaded to IndyaRocks to order personalized merchandise like t-shirts, mugs, calendars etc from Myntra.
Myntra seems to be pretty aggressive at signing up such partnerships. Earlier, they also announced […]
Scene 1, Take N:
Execs at BigAdda, R-ADAG’s social networking site, nervously thinking of ways to counter MySpace India’s launch.
Exec 1: “Quick…We need something to counter PR efforts from MySpace India’s launch today. Can we pull off a rabbit from the hat ? ”
Exec 2: “Hey, why not ask Amitabh Bachchan (who happens to be Anil […]
As per the latest reports, number of mobile subscribers in India has crossed the 250 million mark. By April 2008, India is projected to become the second largest wireless market in the world.
So, is it time to pop that bottle of champagne and celebrate ?
Definitely. Second largest wireless market in the world -WOW !!! that’s […]
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