Articles from Amit Ranjan

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  1. Top 25 Hottest Indian Web Companies video…

    Webyantra  (Nov 19 2008) Video Explore Article

    Check out this video about the Top 25 Hottest Indian web companies. This has been put together by AppAppeal, a website that aggregates reviews about web applications worldwide. They have similar videos for hottest startups in other countries as well- UK, Holland etc. Amongst the startups in the video: you are likely to recognize most [...] (Read Full Article)

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  2. Twitter, Twitter on the wall… who’s the coolest of them all?

    Webyantra  (Nov 11 2008) Explore Article

    Beware! This one is REALLY stupid. I allow myself the indulgence of one comic/silly blogpost a month on Webyantra .. this surely shuts out the quota for Nov. A bunch of Indian Twitter maniacs are running a public vote (via what else but Twitter) for selecting the Indian TwitterGuru. Wondering what’s that? Well [...] (Read Full Article)

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  3. Indian Startup Map - Which cities are startup friendly?

    Webyantra  (Nov 9 2008) Explore Article

    Wonder which Indian cities are the most startup friendly? Which city offers facilities, manpower, infrastructure, environment etc to startup folks, so as to enable them to kickstart their ventures? While this is by no means a scientific poll, the Tata - NEN hottest startup awards (which incidentally has completed its public voting phase) offers valuable [...] (Read Full Article)

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  4. First Ruby Funday (aka Ruby Barcamp) in Delhi on the 22nd

    Webyantra  (Nov 9 2008) Explore Article

    Delhi is hosting the first All Ruby on Rails Barcamp on the 22nd on Nov. Aptly called Ruby Funday, this is a day long event on the Barcamp format and is being hosted at the Impetus tech office in Noida. Needless to day, the ruling language of the day will strictly be ROR. And [...] (Read Full Article)

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  5. Wish the startup/tech community a Very Happy Diwali!

    Webyantra  (Oct 27 2008) Explore Article

    Here’s wishing the Indian startup & technology community a very Happy Diwali on behalf of Webyantra. May the coming year be a smashing success for your and and your internet interests. The economic downturn notwithstanding, the festival of lights is a great way to cheer yourself up and get cracking with renewed vigour. (Read Full Article)

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  6. Move over Sequoia… here’s the silver lining to the credit crisis

    Webyantra  (Oct 20 2008) Explore Article

    For all the dull gloom that the Sequoia presentation seems to have unleashed on the technology startup community, there are others who beg to differ from its ominous forebodings. While certainly nowhere in the same league as Sequoia, Altos Ventures, a mid-tier VC firm based out of the Bay Area challenges the postulates of the [...] (Read Full Article)

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  7. BarCampDelhi5… terrific show for Delhi’s tech community

    Webyantra  (Oct 11 2008) Explore Article

    BarCampDelhi5 happened today at the IIT Delhi premises and the event was attended by more than 100 participants (not sure of the exact attendance?). This was the fifth time the unconference was being staged in Delhi and more two years down the line since we held the first one, the enthusiasm is live and [...] (Read Full Article)

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  8. The Financial Crisis in Cartoons

    Webyantra  (Oct 11 2008) Explore Article

    In a atmosphere of financial gloom, laughter the best medicine… Financial Crisis in Cartoons View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: crisis financial) (Read Full Article)

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  9. Sequoia Capital’s Presentation on startups and the economic downturn

    Webyantra  (Oct 10 2008) Explore Article

    Make sure to check out this presentation. Its from Sequoa Capital and they are advising their portfolio companies on how to tackle the economic downturn caused by the economic crisis. Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturn View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: downturn finance) Is it doomsday for tech startups? …. the [...] (Read Full Article)

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  10. SnappyFingers… search engine for Q & A

    Webyantra  (Oct 9 2008) Explore Article

    Snappy Fingers is a Bangalore based vertical search engine for Questions & Answers. It crawls and indexes FAQs spread across the internet, and provides search results in a easy to view Q&A format. People can use it for finding answers or for conducting research. If you are wondering what they are crawling, well [...] (Read Full Article)

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  11. Seven Stages of Scaling Web Applications

    Webyantra  (Oct 4 2008) Explore Article

    Startups that are grappling with the challenges of scaling their webapp would do well to check out this awesome slide deck about scalability from the CTO of Rackspace, one of the high end web hosting companies. Delivered at the LinuxWorld conference in August earlier this year, the deck lays down a framework for webapp scalability, [...] (Read Full Article)

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  12. Akamai’s Open Video Player initiative…

    Webyantra  (Sep 29 2008) Video Explore Article

    (I received a tip-off about this unique initiative and so thought of sharing it on this blog. ) Open Video Player is a community site dedicated to sharing best practices around video player development. Promoted by Akamai, the global leader in online content delivery networks, Open Video Player is a resource for developers wanting to build [...] (Read Full Article)

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  13. Nasscom’s EmergeOut Conclave 2008 and how it is “emerging” out to harness the 2.0 wave

    Webyantra  (Sep 26 2008) Explore Article

    Nasscom is holding its first ever conference for Emerging Companies. Aimed at encouraging SMEs & startups in the IT-BPO industry to “EMERGE OUT” of the shadows, this conference is slated for the 29th of September at New Delhi. This is expected to become an annual feature in NASSCOM’s annual agenda and provide provide a [...] (Read Full Article)

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  14. Vocalite… birth of a community of presentation lovers!

    Webyantra  (Sep 20 2008) Explore Article

    I was part of a unique event today- the birth of Vocalite, a community of people passionate about effective public speaking & presentation design/delivery. The venue for this ‘birth’ was the SlideShare New Delhi and on the day’s agenda was getting the preamble of Vocalite up and running. You have probably heard of existing presentation [...] (Read Full Article)

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  15. LifeInLines… slice up your life’s moments on the web

    Webyantra  (Sep 19 2008) Social Networking Explore Article

    LifeInLines describes itself as a life-streaming service. It is a website where people can aggregate their live’s little moments, thoughts and experiences as it happens. Users can post notes/snippets on the website via typical means - email, SM, MMS, IM etc (off course, they can post directly on the website as well). They can [...] (Read Full Article)

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  16. Laughter the best medicine…

    Webyantra  (Sep 18 2008) Explore Article

    And these are Indian cartoons… so you can easily relate to them. Cartton Slideshow On Current Indian Condition View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Pick of the lot: 4, 10, 11, 12 & 19. In fact 19 is the best… don’t miss it! (Read Full Article)

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  17. New Delhi bomb blasts… hope all readers are fine!

    Webyantra  (Sep 13 2008) Explore Article

    I am not in New Delhi right now… but just got to hear about serial low intensity bomb blasts in the capital. The terrorists seem to have targeted popular market places that we end up going to very often - Connaught Place & Greater Kailash II. With an hour, the toll is supposed to be [...] (Read Full Article)

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  18. Tata Nen Hottest Startup Awards - Reality voting contest for India based startups

    Webyantra  (Sep 5 2008) Explore Article

    Comment "Hope it doesn't turn into reality show like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4pFzgZJ8l8&feature=related" - Pawan

    The Tata Group & National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) are jointly running an online contest for voting the Hottest Indian startups. Called the Hottest Startup Awards, this works like the umpteen reality shows that are all over national televison (think BigBoss, IndianIdol, FearFactor et al). People can nominate startups & vote for them both on [...] (Read Full Article)

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  19. Thirst wins the World’s Best Presentation Contest on SlideShare

    Webyantra  (Sep 4 2008) Explore Article

    I can’t but share the results of the 2008 edition of the World’s Best Presentation Contest that just got over on SlideShare yesterday. Here are the winners …. First Place: THIRST by Jeff Brenman, a beautiful presentation on the impending water shortage across the world was unanimously chosen by the judges as the best [...] (Read Full Article)

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  20. Ayojak… where venue booking meets event management

    Webyantra  (Aug 30 2008) Explore Article

    Ayojak is a website where you can plan/manage an event and also book a venue for it. While there are many websites that let you do event planning (or ones that aggregate events), Ayojak claims to be India’s first Event & Venue Organizer. Ayojak has a simple and effective layout & navigation. It contains [...] (Read Full Article)

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  21. Internet Explorer 8 Beta launches- new standards of usability and safety

    Webyantra  (Aug 28 2008) Explore Article

    Internet Explorer 8 beta launched today and its new features promise to take the browser to new standards of user friendliness and safety. I joined a live blogger demo given by Microsoft’s Bangalore based evangelism team; check out key features below: Visual Search suggestions: When you search from the default search box, it suggests different [...] (Read Full Article)

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  22. Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 launches- new standards of usability and safety

    Webyantra  (Aug 28 2008) Explore Article

    Internet Explorer 8 beta launched today and its new features promise to take the browser to new standards of user friendliness and safety. I was part of a live online demo (Live meeting + phone) organised by Microsoft’s Bangalore based evangelism team and the demo did not disspaoint me. Check out key features & [...] (Read Full Article)

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  23. Resource: China Internet Industry trends & datapoints

    Webyantra  (Aug 27 2008) Explore Article

    If you are an Indian company with a substantial exposure to the Chinese market, you should check out these slide decks. They are a treasure trove of hard to get, easily digestable information about the Red Dragon. With the Olympics having been the success that they were, China is clearly the flavour of the [...] (Read Full Article)

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  24. Google workshop on Social Web and Cloud Computing in New Delhi

    Webyantra  (Aug 26 2008) Social Networking Explore Article

    Google is organising a workshop in Delhi on the Social Web & Cloud Computing. Its a day long event (September 5th) and on the agenda are discussions & presentations about Open Social & Google App Engine. The presenters will be developers/evangelists from Google and even a session by Impetus about OpenSocial integration with open source [...] (Read Full Article)

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  25. Storrz… online shopping with the social hook

    Webyantra  (Aug 20 2008) Explore Article

    Storrz is a Bangalore based online social shopping website that seems to have a few good things going for it. It recently demoed at the Delhi edition of Proto (where I thought it was one of the best startups on display). They have a concept that is intriguing, they seems to have struck the right [...] (Read Full Article)

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