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Jobsite Exits: Kliener – Naukri(Infoedge); Web18 – Jobstreet

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Mar 16 2010)

Its exit time in the digital space as two exits by investors in two jobsites in India were announced. Lets have a look at them and how they differ from each other. Kliener Exits Naukri – Makes a profit of 61 crore Naukri.com the poster child of the dotcom space in India can pat itself on the [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com (Read Full Article)

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After Indya.com & In.com, Its Time For India.com

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Feb 24 2010)

India has seen the launch of Indya.com and the In.com but now its time for the authentic (atleast in spelling) India.com to be launched. This one is from the stable of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL). ZEEL has tied up with Mail.com Media Corporation (MMC), a leading digital media company based in Los Angeles, USA [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com (Read Full Article)

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Q3 Result Updates: Network18 & Web18's Topline Sees 33% & 13% Jump Respectively

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Jan 21 2010)

WATBlog (blog)Q3 Result Updates: Network18 & Web18's Topline Sees 33% & 13% Jump RespectivelyWATBlog (blog)The major performance boost has come from the Web18, online subsidiary and news & channel operations via TV18 , IBN18 (Viacom 18). The revenues of Web18 was ... (Read Full Article)

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WATBlog Panel On Digital Convergence Opportunities For ...

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Dec 21 2009)

Akshay Garg, Co-Founder and Business Head, Komli Media; Jai Maroo – Director – Shemaroo Entertainment; Manoj Dawane – Chief Executive Officer - Mauj Mobile; Vivek Bhargava – CEO and Founder of Communicate2 ... (Read Full Article)

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Explore Article WATBlog.com (Dec 19 2009)

Manoj is the Chief Executive Officer of Mauj Mobile – wireless division of People Group, which owns interactive websites such as Shaadi.com, Fropper.com, Makaan.com and Astrolife.com and also entertainment oriented business called ... (Read Full Article)

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Future Of Telecom In India – Premium Vs Rural Customer Segmentation

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Dec 9 2009) Telecom

At the recently held IAMAI Panel I posed a question to the Mobile VAS panel moderated by Manoj Dawane of Mauj Telecom. My question was.. ‘Do they see telecom operators offering services as per customer segments in the future i.e. premium services for premium customers?’ The answer was a unanimous ‘YES’ from the panel which also [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com (Read Full Article)

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WATFive: Google vs Newspapers, Telenor Launches Service, Mtnl ...

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Dec 5 2009) Mobile

WATFive your dose of 5 news stories is back. Here are the 5 news stories of last week! Google vs Newspapers At the World Newspaper Congress in India it. (Read Full Article)

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Inviting You To WATBlog Panel On Digital Convergence On 20th ...

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Dec 4 2009) Mobile

Mauj Mobile is a Mobile Media Business founded on Consumer Applications and Content Aggregation & Distribution, executed through managed storefronts and monetized through the company's own fully integrated mobile advertisement platform. ... (Read Full Article)

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The CATastrophy Saga – When The Online CAT Failed To Purr!

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Nov 30 2009)

Well, the news is out. CAT is a failure in its online avatar! You might have read reports from various news sources such as NDTV, Hindu Business Line, Times of India, just to name a few, about the series of happenings all around the cities in India. The most frustrating part of the story is [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com (Read Full Article)

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3G Netbook At Rs. 10,000 – Qualcomm’s Kayak To Sail In India

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Oct 29 2009)

Qualcomm, the US-based mobile chip-maker announced in November that they were working on a low-cost PC, codenamed ‘Kayak‘. A ‘Kayak’ for all those who don’t know is a small, sleek and fast boat used by American Indians (Red Indians). And India might be the testing ground. The computer will be priced under Rs. 10,000 (200$) [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com (Read Full Article)

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Q2 2009-10 – Web18 Cuts Losses; Targets Cash Positive Ops Next Quarter

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Oct 19 2009) Mobile

Web18 was in the news just 3 weeks ago for raising a fresh round of funding of 10 million $ from Nokia Growth Partners. This was the second time they raised a 10 million dollar round. The first time they had raised it from Tracer Capital over 3 years ago. Web18’s parent company Network18 was [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com (Read Full Article)

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New Portal Launches – MJunction Goes B2C & Pressmart Launches E-Portal Solutions

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Oct 15 2009) Social Networking

Mjunction Services, an e-commerce company which is a joint venture between Tata Steel and Steel Authority of India (SAIL), has forayed into a business-to-consumer (B2C) initiative. Named www.straightline.in, with technology support from information technology companies IBM and Cognizant, the e-commerce portal now comes in direct competition with established ones, such as eBay and Amazon.com, among others. Viresh [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com (Read Full Article)

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Dream11.com’s Dream Run Fantasy Ends With The Exit Of Otago Volts

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Oct 14 2009)

The Champions League T20 is off to a flyer as teams from all around the world compete for the big prize. Indian IPL teams include Delhi Daredevils, Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore, the top three teams at the IPL season II. Fans have witnessed a thrilling performance by all the teams so far at [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com (Read Full Article)

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Credence Capital Joins Social Investing Bandwagon – Ties Up With Stockezy

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Oct 5 2009)

The Indian Social Investing space finally seems to be attracting attention in general. IIM Lucknow based Credence Capital appears to be adapting itself to Web 2.0’s new environment by recently tying up with Stockezy. The tie-up would be for providing Investing advice through weekly and fortnightly newsletters to Stockezy members. The newsletters will explain market insights [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com (Read Full Article)

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Funding Updates: MChek – Nexus | Nokia Growth Partners – Web 18

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Oct 2 2009) Mobile

Funding continues in the Indian space. Though it still more of middle to late stage funding that seems to be filling up the Indian digital media space. Here are two such recent deals. One in the mobile space and in the internet space. Here are the updates: mChek Raises 2nd Round Of Funding From Nexus Capital mChek [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com (Read Full Article)

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WATTech – The Gartner Hype Cycle

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Sep 28 2009)

The WATTech series hopes to shed light on the developing technologies on tomorrow. Now, as mentioned in the Introduction to WATTech that we published last week, I’ll more or less be following Gartner’s take on the whole thing. This article is about the Hype Cycle as such. Gartner is a research firm which specialises in [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com (Read Full Article)

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Cyber Crime Rising – Indian Companies Most Vulnerable

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Sep 23 2009) Social Networking

It’s no news that Cyber Crime is on the rise in India. From privacy issues to identity theft, to insecure hack and phish attacks, the list is endless. Though cyber law is improving and steps are taken to stop it from proliferating, (check out our coverage of India’s first cyber court, and the awareness initiatives [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com (Read Full Article)

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ibibo Yet Again Launches A Musical Initiative – Is Music The New Tool To Success?

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Sep 1 2009)

We’ve all heard about music being the finest drug and that we should stick to it no matter what. The era of musical revolution begun right during The Great Depression, 1929 when employment was available in sections like folk and Gospel music. Lyrics of such songs included, for instance the story of an average American [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com (Read Full Article)

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Moneycontrol Ties Up With Intuit To Introduce Personal Finance Tool

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Aug 28 2009)

Moneycontrol, a finance portal from Web18’s fold has announced their tie-up with Intuit to provide a new personal finance management tool. The tool is currently in beta but soon would be rolled out to all users on Moneycontrol. The service named ‘Intuit Money Manager’ would also provide bank details on web itself in addition with [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com (Read Full Article)

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UTV New Media Lays Off 20 People – Old Media Businesses In New Media Mess?

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Aug 13 2009) Acquisition

This is just in: We have been told by various sources that UTV Newmedia division which runs UTVi.com, Techtree.com and various other online properties (which they acquired with the acquisition of ITNation) has laid off 20+ people yesterday. Many of those laid off are designer developers and even editors and creative directors and joined UTV New [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.comUTV New Media Lays Off 20 People – Old Media Businesses In New Media Mess? (Read Full Article)

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Star News Now On Mobile TV

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Aug 10 2009) Mobile

As an internet enthusiast, what is the first thing that comes to your mind when you see a news channel being aired on your mobile? You think, is it the internet booming or is it the internet-on-mobile facility aiming the apex position? Well, anyway Star News seem to have something similar planned in the coming [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.comStar News Now On Mobile TV (Read Full Article)

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Quikr In News - Series B Funding Round & Appointment Of New CEO

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Jul 31 2009) Funding

In an economic slowdown companies have open their arms and investing in one another to expand their businesses. Recently, Quikr Mauritius (holding company of Quikr India) has completed the second round of Rs. 200 million ($4.13 million) funding from a new investor Omidyar Network and returning investor Matrix Partners India. Deal Details - Deal Value [...] (Read Full Article)

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As Life Gets Real Time Where Does it Leave Personal Blogging?

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Jul 29 2009) Social Networking

First of all, this question didn't crop up because Twitter has remodeled itself to be a real time search engine. It arises however, because of reports that are floating around, and adoptions that people who earlier powered blogging are now making. Personal blogging, which goes beyond the definition of chronological arrangements of posts is facing what can perhaps be called an adolescent age, and it is changing.Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com (Read Full Article)

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Online Food Ordering - Does This Really Work In India?

Explore Article WATBlog.com (Jul 27 2009)

(By Porush Jain) Have you ever ordered food online? Have you ever booked a table online? Did you ever look for these things? I am not so sure! But certainly many entrepreneurs think that you do. We have a score of entrepreneurs who are all set to answer these very questions. Some dozen websites [...]Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com (Read Full Article)