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Financial Express: On July 14, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asked a leading media organisation (TOI which recently launched Wallet365)  to “desist” from offering the e-wallet service. Currently there is very little regulation to keep a watch on this kind a service, afterall all you need is a credit or a debit card and an [...]

Pekoe Tips, Inc. founded in 2006 based in Chicago, Illinois announced the Launch of The Simple Leaf Brand. Pekoe Tips, Inc. recently launched their new online store as well www.thesimpleleaf.com.
The Simple Leaf™ brand has launched with 11 distinctive premium teas from India. Darjeeling, Assam, The Dooars and Himachal Pradesh are some of the growing regions represented.
Choosing the perfect [...]

Cars cars and more cars and even more cars on the internet! Well im talking about the car classified portals. Recently the online matrimony giant Bharat Matrimony also jumped on the the car classified bandwagon by launching IndiaAutomobiles.com. Now Carsalesindia.com was recently launched in UK in the Le Royal Meridian, Mr. Samuel Jeyakumar, Chairman & [...]

Sony Ericsson has launched a site known as www.nevermissashot.com in order to promote its new phone cyber shot. They have roped in sexy (thats what i think) tennis players Ana Ivanovic and Daniela Hantuchova. The commercial will be supported by an integrated global press and print campaign, point-of-sale, digital and viral marketing activities.
www.nevermissashot.com, the website offers consumers a [...]

The print campaign "Sharpest Job search" and TV Campaign of "Caught in the wrong Job?" seems to have caught the imagination of the Job seekers in India. Monster India has reported substantial growth in the job seeker traffic and new resumes received, after the launch of their new search product in February and the new advertising [...]

Rediff.com’s profits in the fiscal first quarter increased nearly forty times on strong growth in advertising revenue due to the boom in the online advertising market in India.
Quarterly earnings grew to $2 million, or $6.70 per American depositary share, from $50,000, or 20 cents per U.S.-traded share, in the same period last year.
There has also [...]

The indian government blocking blogs seems to have created a ripple among the masses. The news about blogs been blocked has got the officials so much of flak one is tempted to ask are we seeing the first signs of internet becoming the most powerful medium of communication because it empowers the common man? It [...]

GoIndiGo, the soon to be launched low-fare airline promoted by InterGlobe Enterprises, has joined forces with eSpherical.com, Inc. to provide mobile airline booking and payment for its customers with GPRS-capable mobile phones or mobile PDA’s. This move will surely enhance its position in the E-travel market due to the reach of mobile phones as compared [...]

Well if you do have an opinion about everything.. then someone just launched a site made for people just like you! Tezaa.com. It calls itself the opinion engine and is a web 2.0 concept (For those who don’t know in simple terms web 2.0 in when user interactivity is prime focus and essential for a [...]

Exchange4Media: Cleartrip.com the online travel booking portal funded by Sherpalo recently appointed Beehive Communication as its creative agency for all its advertising. The account size is expected to be around 15 crores. The Vp Marketing has also made a statement that Cleartrip will spend whatever it takes to manage four lakh transactions a year. Now [...]

According to a report by Crmmetrix a leading provider of customer-listening solutions the French are most blog savvy outside of the USA. The report put down the following facts:
26.7% of the French online population visit a blog at least once a month.
In addition:

18.8% have posted a comment on a blog
8.1% have created [...]

LosAngelesTimes: Indians seem to be taking to the mobile revolution faster than their Chinese counterparts. According to current growth rates India’s monthly additions in mobile subscribers could overtake China as early as September this year predicts Gartner, an information technology research consulting firm. Though the overall mobile market size of India is less than one fifth of that [...]

Well haven’t we all come across this problem.. We are searching for something on google and see a result which looks exactly what we are looking for.. and the we click on it! Voila! its a spam page! How does one get rid of these spam pages and save time while searching? Microsoft has come [...]

The e-Commerce Market Size Analysis Report, 2006 published by eStatsIndia states that e-travel, including the railways, airlines (domestic and international), no-frills airlines, hotels, e-tours and travels, constituted the biggest segment in the B2C segment grossing at Rs 750 crore vis a vis Rs 550 crore last year. On the whole the Indian B2C industry has grown from Rs 1,169 [...]

The success of google adwords has started a trend which is now having its effect in India as well. Ad networks by indian run companies. Recently an article in StreamingMedia talked about the launch of MediaEstate.com India’s Major Online Ad Network. This company is Delhi based company and both publishers and advertisers can sign up and start serving [...]