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Stuffablog.com is a web 2.0 a venture we featured in out India 2.0 series and though we featured it quite recently Staffablog itself has come a long way. After launching Stuffablog Seshu Tanveer the man behind the venture launched two more cool applications one was fundooweb.com and the other was sanskritvoice.com. Fundooweb was a search [...]

Exchange4media: People group which is more well known for being the company behind shaadi.com also owns and runs Astrolife.com which as the name suggests provides astrology and allied services on the Internet. Now to promote this website they have tied up with MSN India which is not surprising as MSN India also has a tie [...]

Exchange4Media: MouthShut.com is probably one of the oldest players in consmers reviews content space in India but that does not stop them from moving with the times and launching products that are "in" with the trends.
So recently mouthshut.com launched video reviews and video blogging features for its users.
Faisal I Farooqui, CEO of MouthShut.com explained [...]

ActiveMedia Technology has tied up with Spice Telecom to provide its mobile ticketing solution under its proprietary RAPOS (redemption at point of sale) platform for the first time in India. Subscribers of Spice Telecom, a telecom provider in Punjab, can avail of this technology under this tie-up.
Raj Singh, Executive Director, ActiveMedia India, said, “Our [...]

Web2Corp has hired SCA Promotions, Inc to underwrite its 5 million dollar (USD) sweepstakes aimed at getting new registrants to ByIndia.com.The sweepstakes will be open on January 25th, 2007 and ByIndia.com, in conjunction with SCA, will have monthly drawings for the 5 million (USD) sweepstakes. [press Release]

Business Line: Hutchison Essar on Friday entered into a strategic alliance with Japan-based NTT DoCoMo to bring the popular i-mode services to India. The agreement will enable Hutch to provide enhanced mobile Internet services to its customers. i-mode has about 53 million subscribers in 16 countries. Hutch also has a tie-up with Blackberry and Microsoft [...]

Seijo and the Soul Dish’ will be the first restaurant in India to offer its customers the option of paying via their mobile phones.
Through PayMate, Seijo’s customers will be able to make payments for their bills via a  simple SMS. Once a customer has asked for their bill, they would need to inform the waiter [...]

Communications and IT minister Dayanidhi Maran on Thursday said,Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd will offer broadband services with speed of up to 2 megabits per second to all its existing subscribers who were till now getting 256 kbps connection. Subscribers will not be charged for migrating to the high-speed broadband access nor will they have to [...]

A study commissioned by Sapient has revealed that only one in every 10 expects to partner with traditional agencies for their online marketing The respondents believed that traditional advertising firms had difficulty thinking beyond traditional print and TV media models, which, according to the respondents, were `no longer effective particularly because consumers are able to [...]

Indiatimes.com is launching Indiatimes Art (http://art.indiatimes.com) that will act as a virtual platform showcasing works of Indian artists for potential buyers. It will also offer online art advice on how to go about investing in the field.
Indiatimes Art has partnered with several top galleries and constituted a panel of experts that will guide the [...]

Agencyfaqs: Well here comes another social network for cricket fanatics. Afetr the launch of Sixer.tv which is backed by Linus capital here comes CrickeM a  Social Video Network for Cricket. And like sixer it has videos, blogs and a club for cricket fanatics. According to Mr. Sashi Chimala, co-founder, CrickeM “The YouTube of India in the [...]

The Hindu Business Line: TravelPort India, has acquired 100 per cent stake in Sri Balaji Tours and Travels which had a strong presence in Goa. Travelport plans to market Goa to regions such as Central Europe and to launch a online portal specifically for Goa goaonline.com .
UPDATED BY RAJIV: This is not a bad time to [...]

Business Standard: PVR cinemas establishing an exclusive tie-up with Tagit – a Singapore-based mobile technology services company – to pilot barcode scanning system that makes ticket booking virtual. If the tickets are booked over
the telephone, through an interactive voice response system (IVRS) or mobile application, a 2D picturemessage containing a barcode would be text-messaged on [...]

MIH Web Pvt ltd is looking at a 3 pronged approach- build, invest and acquire t ogain a significant share in Indian internet industry. Under its build strategy it launched ibibo.com. Bixee.com and pixrat.com were acquired under its invest and acquire strategy, reports Business Standard. MIH India has already set up a sprawling 40,000 sq ft [...]

Business Standard: Airline ticket customers formed 40 per cent of online shoppers in India in the six months to June 30,according to a report Visa International and AC Nielsen online airline ticket purchases have also been attracting a significant amount of repeat purchases by consumers. Globally, airlines represent the largest merchant category of e-commerce transactions [...]