Wechat is being hailed as the up and coming competitor to Whatsapp. The app has picked up in the Indian market which is itself getting accustomed to smartphones and the handheld device revolution. It was launched in India in July last year in partnership with Ibibo as Tencent has minority stake in the company. There were speculations about it starting to charge money from its customers but Dennis Hau...

The ibiboGroup has announced that Mudit Khosla will be the new CEO of Tradus.com. Tradus is a player in the Indian e-commerce space. It operates a marketplace model for merchants and sellers which is similar to the way eBay India, Snapdeal and Junglee are run. The marketplace model is set to get another important player – Flipkart. The company announced its intention to start a marketplace recently...

Online e-classifieds company Quikr India Pvt Ltd has secured US$ 32 Million in its fifth round of funding. Source: expressIndia.com Private equity firm Warburg Pincus led the funding while existing investors Matrix Partners India, Norwest Venture Partners and eBay Inc also participated. The company plans to utilize the funds to diversify onto the mobile platform & acquire new customers through...

E-Commerce website Tradus.in has revamped its design. So far Tradus has a healthy visitor rate pegged at 1 Million per month. The website was launched in 2010 basically as a multi-brand online store.  Apart from outright buying, the website also rivals ebay.in in terms of auctions. So what are the new features?  Well, the developers have a added a chat function. Speaking about the development Krishna...

We feel the need to belong, to form a part of a group who make us feel wanted, and loved and understood. And what better place to do that than the Internet? We’re not suggesting you stop going out more often, but there are increasing signs of “like-minded” individuals e-huddling together and carrying out activities which are of common interest, and this is where niche social networking steps...

With the world cup mania at its peak, companies are launching online cricket games and apps to ride the wave. The target audiences seem receptive enough as the these games are giving these sites high traffic drive. Online gaming company Zapak which has the rights to distribute the game called Cricket Power, saw traffic go double after the game went live just a month back. Cricket Power was launched...

Gaadi.com, today announced a partnership with MIH Group. MIH Group is a subsidiary of Naspers, and its operations are concentrated on internet platforms, paid television and related technologies. The groups main operations are located in emerging markets like South Africa, China, Latin America, Russia, parts of Europe and India. It is also the promoter of iBibo. Gaadi.com on the other hand is owned...

With just two days to go for the much awaited ICC World Cup 2011, almost all cricket lovers would have geared up for the biggest cricketing extravaganza. Indians, no doubt have a bigger reason to rejoice since it is being hosted in the Indian sub-continent this time. While the event is sure to engage many a fans offline, there also should be something that will engage the fans online, either by ways...

If you thought Social Networking was big in 2009, you should have seen it 2010. Last year, Social Networking/Social Media was plain vanilla Bruce Wayne(in a manner of speaking), this year it became Batman – gadgets et al and went mainstream. Social Media dominated dinner table conversations – and I’m talking about tech non-savvy 30+ year olds. Chintoo, Mintoo, the family elders, Mom...

After social networking and online gaming, web reality shows is the next growing trend among the youth. The fickle minded youth is now attracted towards web reality shows, instead of TV reality shows. On TV – there are so many reality shows for almost everything; be it dancing, singing, comedy etc. Now producers are looking torward web as another platform to generate good revenues. Many companies...