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  1. TringMe’s Mobile VoIP Solution comes out of private beta

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 14 2008) Mobile

    TringMe today announced the public availability  of it’s Mobile VoIP  application. The application utilizes the underlying data network to initiate Mobile VoIP calls. While there are a couple of MobileVoIP applications already , what differentiates TringMe MobileVoIP is that calls can be made to and received from  the all termination options that TringMe supports which include landline and mobile phones, SIP phones, Instant Messengers (Gtalk), Flash Widgets etc.  This gives the user an extended range of flexibility to determine the best options for making and receiving a call from a mobile device. For example, a TringMe MobileVoIP user can call ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha

  2. Lightspeed Venture closes $800mn fund

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 13 2008)

    Lightspeed Venture Partners has closed its eighth fund with $800 million in commitments. The new fund’s large size is a result of the firm’s increasing investment in clean technology and the firm’s growth, particularly in China, India and Israel, as well as the U.S. Lightspeed maintains a strong focus on seed and early stage deals, with seed stage deals making up about 20% to 30% of deals done over the past two funds. In India, Lightspeed ventures has invested in asklaila, mercantila and Tutorvista. More details Related Articles: Lightspeed Venture closes $800mn fund Lightspeed Venture Partners has closed its eighth ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Yatra   Travelguru Affiliate Program   Nasscom

  3. GINSchools - Bringing Educational and Informative Resources for Parents

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 28 2008)

    GINSchools is a Delhi based startup that aims to be the resource site for school going kid’s parents. Unlike the other services which are trying to e-enable schools and provide services to parents (like monitoring child’s performance etc), GINSchools is taking a different route - i.e. go solo and be the most useful resource for parents. GINSchools (which stands for “Good Internet”) has collection of study material (in printable worksheet format), interactive features like Skool TV, Notebooks etc. and is also trying to be the platform for parents to carry education-related discussion. As far as the product is concerned, it’s ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Reliance Industries Limited   Ashish Sinha

  4. The Great Indian Developer Awards - Voting Opens Now

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 22 2008)

    The Great Indian Developer Awards 2008 recognizes trailblazing individuals, technologies, and organizations contributing to the evangelism, productivity and innovation excellence of the Indian developer ecosystem. This year’s awards will be given away across 15 categories at an exclusive ‘awards nite’ at the Great Indian Developer Summit, May 19-23 2008 in Bangalore. Voting is now open from http://developersummit.com/awards.html. Wipro, Infosys, TCS, I-Flex and Patni are all vying for top honor in the Ecosystem Leader category. Products from Oracle, Microsoft, Telelogic, Adobe, SAP, Compuware, Novell ThoughWorks, Salesforce and Parasoft, among others, are competing in the 12 product categories. Infosys’ Nanadan Nilekani, TCS’ ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Wipro   Infosys   Adobe

  5. FaceBook CrowdSourcing Strategy - Will it Fly?

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 21 2008) Social Networking

    FaceBook, the $15bn worth startup is turning to it’s users for translating FB in international languages. Moving beyond the US market is core strategy of FaceBook, and instead of spending millions of dollars in editorial tranlsation, FB is taking the ‘wisdom of crowds‘ route (i.e. crowdsourcing). But what’s really interesting to note is that users aren’t too interested in putting up the effort for no substantial return. But at the same time, users are ready to sweat it out for a not-for-profit site, like wikipedia. “Wikipedia is a charitable, information-sharing, donation-supported cause,”..”Facebook is not. Therefore, people should not be tricked ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Mark Zuckerberg   Ashish Sinha

  6. Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship: Failed entrepreneurs most likely to be successful in the second venture?

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 21 2008)

    Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship: Failed entrepreneurs most likely to be successful in the second venture? What makes an entrepreneur successful? Is it skill or luck? Here are a few key findings by economists from Harvard university. Serial entrepreneurs are more likely to succeed than the first timers. Failed serial entrepreneurs are more likely than successful serial entrepreneurs to get funding from the same venture capital firm that financed their first ventures. 45% of first-time ventures receive first-round funding at an early stage and close to 60% of entrepreneurs receive first-round funding at an early stage when it is their second or later venture. The predicted success rate of entrepreneurs with a track record of success ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Harvard University   IIT Bombay   Ashish Sinha

  7. Barcamp Bangalore 6 - Back to Basics

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 18 2008)

    Bangalore Barcamp is scheduled for April 19th and 20th, and if you are a tech enthusiast, do make sure that you attend the BCB6. Attend, even if you aren’t a tech enthusiast. It’s always fun to be at BCBs! This time, the focus is on increasing participation -so, for e.g. in order to register, you need to be either a speaker, a volunteer or suggest topics to discuss. No more just listening and collecting free tees! This is a welcome change from the earlier versions and I do look forward to couple of interesting talks like Design logos in 20 ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha   Barcamp

  8. IndyaRocks goes mobile

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 17 2008) Mobile , Social Networking

    IndyaRocks goes mobile IndyaRocks has launched the mobile version of social network, that can be accessed from http://m.indyarocks.com The mobile version is an optimized version of the site and has pretty much the same set of features as the website. IndyaRocks has been adding interesting features like online gaming community,social money, and very recently added friend updates feature. Give IndyaRocks’ mobile version a spin and do share your comments. tags: indyarocks Related Articles: IndyaRocks goes mobile IndyaRocks has launched the mobile version of social network, that can IndyaRocks launches Social Money IndyaRocks has launched a cool way to reward it's Podcast with Kalyan Manyam [IndyaRocks] I ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Kalyan Manyam   Ashish Sinha

  9. Startup Jobs: PHP Developers, UI Designers, Biz Dev, RoR..and more

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 17 2008)

    Hiring startup is a healthy sign. So, here are a few openings in “healthy” startups: Web2.0 company has sales & marketing intern opportunities [details] Senior positions at Hyd based startup [details] Flash/Flex developer opportunity at PicSquare [details] OrderMonger looking for design engineers [details] RoR openings [details] UI/Web/Graphics designer [details] Front-end engg. for a startup, back-end too CoCubes has couple of openings Pune based startup is looking for php/javascript engineers, designers and social media folks [details] ..and whole lot of other requirements Related Articles: Startup Jobs: PHP Developers, UI Designers, Biz Dev, RoR..and more Hiring startup is a healthy sign. So, ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   PHP Developers   UI Designers   Ashish Sinha

  10. MySpace India launch, to announce developer platform soon

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 16 2008) Social Networking

    MySpace, after the Korea launch is now gearing up for the official India launch. The India launch is happening on April 17th (Rock Concert @ Taj Land’s End Ampitheater, Mumbai) and the developer announcement will be made in Bangalore. It is expected that Chris DeWolfe- CEO of MySpace is flying in for the event. To attend the MySpace party (it’s free), you need to add IndiHub and an invite will be sent to you. MySpace India has tied up with rock bands like Pentragram, Superfuzz, Thermal and a qtr, Them Clones etc. And now comes the bigger question Is India ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   MapmyIndia   Reliance Industries Limited   Motorola

  11. Pubmatic Launches MediaKit, self service ad platform

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 16 2008)

    If you are a serious publisher and have a monetizable traffic on your site, you might want to sell the advertising space directly to advertisers, instead of sharing the pie with ad networks.  PubMatic has launched a MediaKit tool that enables publishers to directly sell the ad space to advertisers and create a self service ad Once you sign-in using your PubMatic account, you can create your mediakit widget that can be embedded in the site. Advertisers can easily get to see the profile of the site, traffic stats, demographics/audience data, available ad placement slots etc. Interesting to note that ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Komli   Microsoft   Ashish Sinha

  12. Qualcomm to invest in Indian startups

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 16 2008) Acquisition

    US based Qualcomm is planning to invest in indian startups and has already made the first direct equity investment in India is in Tessolve Services Pvt Ltd, a provider of solutions and platforms for semiconductor testing, packaging, qualification and failure analysis. “It would be investing in Indian start-up Companies offering innovative technologies and services that enhance wireless communications and semiconductor ecosystems. Qualcomm’s investment will be in Companies that can serve the mobile and semiconductor ecosystems in the country. Mobile application/ platform software developers, semiconductor components, devices and service platforms, and network infrastructure providers are amongst the segments the company will ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ixigo   Ashish Sinha   Qualcomm

  13. Zoho’s take on Google Apps/SalesForce Integration. Should platforms be Open-for-all?

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 15 2008)

    Very Expensive + Affordable = Still very Expensive That’s how Sridhar (co-founder of Zoho) looks at the Google Apps/Salesforce integration. His argument is that Salesforce is spending nearly 8 times on sales/marketing as it spends on R&D - and that essentially makes the business model highly bloated. Well, I have worked in a SaaS startup (KPCB funded) and all I can say is that except for SalesForce and NetSuite, no other SaaS product has created a dent in the enterprise market. The real challenge in SaaS is not just in getting past the customer mindset (”my data will be stored ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Zoho   Google   Marc Benioff

  14. IPL’s big logistic challenges

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 15 2008)

    IPL’s big logistic challenges IPL is big and is bigger than World Cup, Commonwealth Games and even Asian Games when it comes to logistics. While organizers of events like commonwealth games and Asian Games had 2 years of time for preparation, IPL organizers have got only 8 weeks of planning time. Few Stats: Eight teams, 128 players and 59 matches in 44 days. 12,000 hotel nights, 20,000 air tickets and will move at least 1000 people every day. Total number of 3,000 people who will be ferried from one part of India to another. 4 production kits will be moved through air. A cargo ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Commonwealth   Ashish Sinha   Katrina Kaif

  15. Exclusive: Burrp Launches burrp!TV

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 14 2008)

    Burrp has launched the online TV guide - tv.burrp.com. (the site should be up in another few hours). The online guide currently offers 15 channels and boasts of a cool features, like: Comprehensive view of what’s playing across TV channels along with show timings, channel details, show repeat dates and show synopsis.. search tool that allows you to search by show name, channel, genre or simply any keyword Ability to view channel schedules 14 days ahead of time Set SMS alerts that act as reminders before shows or movies so that you never ever miss them. The TV scheduler allows ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Burrp   ContentSutra   Ashish Sinha

  16. Google Apps and SalesForce Integration - That’s what the SMEs ordered for

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 14 2008)

    So finally Google punches one more blow to MS, by integrating Google Apps with Salesforce’s CRM apps. The integration will give Google access to Salesforce’s one million subscribers, and most importantly, a deeper connection with small businesses. Salesforce customers can start using GTalk, Gmail, GCal etc along with the sales tool, as the products are tightly integrated. The basic edition of google apps is shipped free with the sf account and the premiere ones (with enhanced security and management feature) will cost $5 /user/month. The integration sounds deadly for rival Microsoft, because both Google and Salesforce have amazing platform apps ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Zoho   Google   Airtel

  17. Advertising Market in India: TV and Radio to grow faster than the Print

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 14 2008)

    According to the latest Pitch-Madison Advertising Outlook report, the electronics media industry will grow at 22 per cent in 2008, which will be a three percentage points more than the growth it achieved in 2007. Advertising Market Stats/Projections: The overall advertising and media industry is expected to close at Rs 21,314 crore in revenues in 2008, riding a 20 per cent growth rate Television advertising market is projected at Rs 8,674 crore in 2008 The print industry stands at nearly Rs 10,000 crore. The cinema medium will corner around 0.7 per cent of the total advertising budget in 2008. Outdoor ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha   Microsoft

  18. mKhoj raises $7.1mn from Kpcb, Sherpalo

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 12 2008) Mobile , Funding

    mKhoj raises $7.1mn from Kpcb, Sherpalo Mobile ad network, mKhoj has raised $7.1mn from KPCB and Sherpalo Ventures. mKhoj’s (read the earlier coverage) journey has been quite an interesting one - they started off as a mobile local deals player, but saw real success in their advertising platform. mKhoj earlier raised seed round from Mumbai Angels - a fact we were aware of, but never really wrote about it, since Amit personally didn’t confirm to me. $7.1 mn is a big money and this bringing in reputed VCs like KPCB is definitely a validation of mKhoj’s execution. KPCB, quite lately has been quite bullish about the ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha   Mumbai Angels   Sherpalo Ventures

  19. Of Flickr video, user loyalty/riot and community management

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 11 2008) Video

    Flickr users love Flickr and any forced change/disruption in usage behavior makes the community rip off their fav picture sharing site. The newly launched Flickr video is going thru’ a similar riot and users are creating Flickr groups like NO VIDEO ON FLICKR!!! (10K members), We Say NO to Videos on Flickr (24K members), have launched a petition; and what is really upsetting the users is not just the video per se, but that: Flickr users flock to the site for pics, not videos. Unlike the high quality pics, Flickr may not be able to maintain the same quality in ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha

  20. CoCubes - Connecting Companies and College Campuses

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 11 2008)

    Delhi based startup, CoCubes is brainchild of two IIT B grads, Harpreet and Vibhor. The idea behind CoCubes is to build a scalable platform that enables colleges and companies to get online and get started with campus recruitment, without burning too much of ca$h. CoCubes partners with college campuses, signs MoU with the placement department and brings the placement part online. Companies pay for access to college/student details, for posting job descriptions to which students can apply. The enablement of entire placement process helps companies in making informed choices and speeds up the entire recruitment process. Overall, this model seems ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha

  21. Spamming - the Indian Startup way

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 11 2008)

    Won’t take names, but you should be able to guess: Startup #1 : Two ways to spam: Sends emails from different names, and different ids. Send email from the team@x.com id - which is the official mailer id. One can block the second one, but never the first one. Why? Because you don’t know which id will be used next time they spam you! End result : Spam. Startup #2: Sends a weekly mailer, but quite lately has been using unusual names (hint:bird). The portal tries to be funny with the news item that they send, but the big deal ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha   Prashant

  22. New Launches roundup: Reliance’s Education Portal, ClearTrip’s international products..and more

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 10 2008)

    Reliance's Education Portal, ClearTrip's international products..Turner to launch world movie channel in India (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Reliance Industries Limited

  23. Moser Bear gets creative - to sell DVDs on cycle carts

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 10 2008)

    Moser Baer disrupted the DVD/VCD home video market with price differentiation/low price-point strategy (moser baer’s dvd price was Rs. 34, while others were selling at Rs. 100-150) But the low cost doesn’t seems to be sustainable and Moser Baer has hiked the price. Typically, home video rights are sold for a period of five years. After that it is again auctioned. So, players need to break even and make a decent profit during that period. As per reports, video rights of movies like Welcome and OSO were sold at Rs 1.5-2 crore. Thus, the challenge is to do million-plus copies ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Moser Baer   Ashish Sinha

  24. Naaptol - Online Shopping Comparison Engine

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 10 2008)

    Naaptol - Online Shopping Comparison Engine Mumbai based startup, Naaptol is a social shopping comparison portal that enables one to search/compare/ buy products based on certain attributes/models. While this may not sound different from several other portals, naaptol’s difference is the user experience. Apart from neat colors and clean layout, naaptol has made a good use of ajax and have implemented some cool features (for e.g. ‘filters’ that enables you to filter your search in a very effective way). Once you have made a choice of product, naaptol will show you different options (online/offline sellers) you can order/buy the product from. Talking about the business model, ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Nokia   Ashish Sinha

  25. iXiGo launches Hotel Search Engine

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Apr 9 2008) Travel

    iXiGo has launched hotel search engine covering 4500 hotels in 320 Indian cities. iXiGO’s hotel search accesses more than 30 leading national and international hotel booking websites, enabling comparisons of room tariffs of the same hotel across multiple sites within a few seconds. The hotel search engine sorts accommodation by price, star ratings, amenities and allows detailed views for maps and photos; all in a single webpage. The search works pretty good, though I find iXiGo a little overwhelming in terms of presentation. Give it a try. Share your feedback. Technorati tags: ixigo Related Articles:iXiGo launches Hotel Search EngineiXiGo has ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ixigo   Ashish Sinha

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