Online Advertising Will Be Worth 993 Crores This Financial Year

by | posted: December 17, 2010
The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), in a recent survey, predicts the growth of the online display and text advertising industry at 23% from Rs. 785 crores in 2009-2010 to Rs. 993 crores...
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Google Unwilling To Share Encryption Keys With Security Agencies

by | posted: December 16, 2010
With the entire hoopla surrounding Government of India’s attempts to gain rights to accessing encrypted information for security purposes, this story seems to be taking a similar path. Google representatives...
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American 4B Capital Fund Picks Up 30% Stake In Eko India

by | posted: December 15, 2010
Mobile banking services provider Eko India Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. has secured additional funding from 4B Capital Fund A, a Colorado-based social fund set up by 4B, a Christian charity group. The...
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Microsoft Brings Venture Funds To College Campus

by | posted: October 13, 2010
I studied in an engineering college which has churned out some amazing geeks in the last few years. From the inside, I see absence of an official structured support system for software developers. If that...
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Telenor To Sweat It Out In India

by | posted: October 7, 2010
Cut. Pain. Endure. Heal. This is the story of the Indian telecom sector. Last time around, Telenor was bleeding and we dripped that here. Now, it is not that it has stopped bleeding but the commitment...
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CavinKare Dials Nokia Tej – Streamlines Supply Chain

by | posted: October 4, 2010
Riding on the wave of the post – recession focus on “cost cutting”, Nokia’s application, christened Tej, has partnered with CavinKare, a personal care products company. Tej is a mobile – based...
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SEBI Regulations Push More Mutual Funds Online

by | posted: September 29, 2010
For so much hoopla about online businesses and the advantages of going onto the web, it was VERY surprising that highly dynamic entities like stock markets and investment activities hadn’t taken to the...
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Bailout Alert – Govt. May Reduce Failing Telcos’ Pain

by | posted: September 27, 2010
Normally, you would associate ‘bailout’ with the painful recession of 2008. This one is not so much about that. Over the past 12 – 18 months, news has consistently flooded us with launches of mobile...
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UN – Targets 3.5 billion Netizens by 2015!

by | posted: September 25, 2010
The United Nations had a Summit on the Millennium Development Goals this week and the big tech news out was the International Telecommunications Union call for global leaders to act towards ensuring broadband...
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India Digital Data To Explode By 2020 – Report

by | posted: September 11, 2010
I’ve been going on and on about the boom in Indian telecom sector and internet penetration in India. Quick on the heels of both of these, comes a report titled “The Digital Universe in India” pegging...
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Now Surfing – Rural India @ 5.4 Million Users

by | posted: September 9, 2010
If you are talking about an Internet revolution in India, you will, now, have some very impressive numbers to aid you. The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and the Indian Market Research...
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Olive And Airtel Offer Hybrid Phone at Rs 1299!

by | posted: September 7, 2010
Next time when your mobile phone flashes the “Battery Low” message, you might not go through a wave of irritated emotions. Olive Telecom has rolled out India’s first hybrid powered mobile phone with...
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Telenor – Indian Telecom Sector This Decade’s Dot Com Bubble?

by | posted: September 6, 2010
India’s highly lucrative telecom sector has started testing operators in a serious way. Norwegian company, Telenor is having to face investor flak in a big way with regard to its Indian operations. The...
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Technology That Makes A Level Playing Field For People With Disabilities

by | posted: September 6, 2010
A social support revolution is taking place in the United States and it is firmly dealing with the issue of independence to people with disabilities and their acceptance in society. This is being brought...
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Ekoing Loud And Clear – A Startup Review

by | posted: September 4, 2010
A few of the top words doing the rounds in the Indian economic scene this past year are microfinance, mobile revolution, financial inclusion, social responsibility, sustainable solutions, etc. There is...
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Now Tweeting – 145 Million Users

by | posted: September 3, 2010
The Twitter bird has had much to keep up with lately. With over 145 million registered users now, the micro blogging website is concentrating on how the tweeting experience can be made as available and...
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