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Crowd Bargain Sites Are Crowding The Web!
Are you looking for good discount offers to shop, spa or place to hang around with friends? It seems the web would be the perfect place to find out about such discounts. There have been almost half a dozen group discount sites that have been launched in the last 6 months. We feature some of [...]
Events Update: Headstart 2010 Hyderabad
Headstart the startup event is being conducted for the last 2 years. This year it comes to Hyderabad where in it ties up with ITsAP.
Details
Event: Headstart 2010
Venue: Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Novotel
Date: 12th March
About event
ITsAP (formerly HYSEA) & HeadStart Foundation are jointly hosting the “Annual Software Products Showcase, Awards and Conference 2010” in Hyderabad. Other [...]
Bloom Box Makes A Wave..
While most of us were still celebrating the Little Master’s amazing feat, there was a celebration of a different kind going on at Silicon Valley. eBay’s headquarters played host to the unveiling of energy startup Bloom Energy’s – Bloom Box! For the uninitiated – Bloom Box is supposed to be a new type of fuel [...]
Jivisha.com – Doctors Get Own Social Networking Space
Social Networking portals are now being community specific; here comes new social networking site for Doctors and health care professionals – jivisha.com. This portal is open for all (That too free). This portal will be a great help for medical students, hospitals and medical institutions. It comes from the Webdunia stable who have been [...]
Morpheus Venture Partners Morphs Into The Morpheus – To Invest 5 Lac Per Startup
Morpheus Venture Partners (MVP) an incubation firm which we have tracked since inception (earlier coverage here, here and here) has evolved into a complete Y Combinator Clone. MVP has rechristened itself as The Morpheus (www.themorpheus.com) and shall now be investing 5 lakhs or 10000$ in their new batch of incubated startups.
Morpheus would be making these [...]
Webwalks.com – One Point Access To All Accounts
Have you ever thought that how much time you spend on internet browsing, remembering different username/password or logging into different sites for checking mails etc… or performing regular internet activities.
A website – webwalks.com has been launched to save our time spend on all these activities and improve work efficiency and save your time as well [...]
Tikona Sells Stake – Plans To Expand Wireless Broadband Services
It seems broadband services are finally gearing up for a massive roll-out as new entrants are betting heavy capex on such services. The Tikona Digital Networks group that recently sold 70% stake to various PE players like Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, Indivision India Partners and Oak India Investments for Rs.500 crores is considering [...]
NDTV’s New Brand Association With Consim Info
After NDTVSME.com, NDTV Convergence has now join hands with Consim Group and launched a property portal – property.ndtv.com. In last few months NDTV has made association with many players to serve the information online.
Tieups By NDTV Convergence
• Tieup with The City Guide for city based search service
• Tieup with Indiamart & HP to serve SME segment of [...]
Events Update: Proto.in & E-Summit
Proto.in – 30th Jan – IIT Mumbai
Proto .in comes to Mumbai for the first time. The last edition was held in Pune. The agenda for this year speaks for itself. Check it out below:
9:30 AM to 10:00 AM In Conversation with Pradeep Gupta, Founder Cybermedia Group
10:00 AM to 10:30 AM In Conversation with Sanjeev Bikhchandani, [...]
Just In: Infibeam Dreams To Become Amazon Of India – To Launch E-book reader named ‘Pi’
Latest Update: Infibeam’s CEO – Vishal Mehta has confirmed the development of the reading device.He has also conveyed that the reading device is in final stage of development but refused to divulge any further information. Infibeam just after the story publicly announced the launch of its E-book store, a precursor to its reading device plans.
Update:This [...]
TimesJobs Launches TechGig – An Exclusive Portal For Techies (Our Review)
TimesJobs.com – well known Job portal of Times Group, has launched a new portal – TechGig exclusively for IT peoples to get in touch with IT industry jobs, news, Expert views etc.. TechGig domain has been chosen because ‘Tech’ is the short form of Technology and ‘Gig’ represents professional engagement in project. So this [...]
Askme.in – Our Review – Ask Why It Has Been Designed?
Another local search portal has joined the wagon – Askme.in (beta version). This portal has been launched by Infomedia 18. Listings are distributed under 18 categories and 74 cities. Infomedia is calming to have more than 3 million business listings.
Quick Look to
Features:
Click to Call
Narrow Search
Take business card on phone via SMS
Share on FB, Twitter only
Preview [...]
‘My Name Is Khan’ Music Available Online, First Look At Subs.to – Subtitles Under One Roof
The time has come where Bollywood film makers have finally realized that music stores are more or less only for the elite sophisticated minority to buy new music releases. Indians known for it’s downloading abilities from the internet have got some strange news here. Karan Johar has made his new movie My Name is Khan’s [...]
MyCupid.in – A New Matrimony Cum Dating Portal – Our Review
Oxigen Services India (known for Oxicash – payment gateway), has launched a new matrimonial and dating site – MyCupid in partnership with World Dating Partners. One more matrimonial portal has joined the wagon with rest of the portals in market like Shaadi.com, BharatMatrimony.com, SimplyMarry.com. Is there a need for one more you might ask?
But before [...]
35 Percent Of Cars Sold In India Are Researched On Web First! Looks like an opportunity?
The blogging scene in India has never looked back after broadband and knowledge penetration happened in the urban Indian society. Yougsters have become more knowledgeable and aware of the stuff around them. Today the Indian blogosphere is full of splogs (read: spam blogs) that will tell you how to bring readers to your website and [...]