July 2010

cardekho.com: One stop solution for all car related queries.

by Paul Joseph July 31, 2010 Featured

CarDekho.com website is a one stop solution for all car related queries. Theye specialise in providing authentic information regarding a car’s make, specifications, mileage, price and launch date across segments.

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India Has Got Talent [and Hackers]

by Paul Joseph July 31, 2010 Featured

One thing that makes Silicon Valley unique is the hacker culture predominant over there.

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15 Years Ago, India Made its First Cellular Call on this Date

by Paul Joseph July 31, 2010 Featured

15 years back, the first cellular call was made in India on July 31st [1995] and today, we stand at 635.5 million mobile subscriptions. Nokia, of course is celebrating its 15th year of presence in India and so is India’s telecom revolution.

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Paypal Resumes Electronic Withdrawals–Changes Policy like Facebook

by Paul Joseph July 31, 2010 Featured

Facebook is known to be a company that keeps changing its policy based on user feedback. They take a step forward, a few backward, turn around and jump the gun. Paypal seems to follow Facebook policy (though there is a lot more at stake here and their policies are governed by RBI regulations) earlier (July 28th to be precise) announced that Indian users will not be able to avail electronic fund transfer and today, the company has announced reversal of this policy, i.e

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myBantu.com – Your Online Recommendation Assistant

by Paul Joseph July 30, 2010 Featured

myBantu works as an online personal assistant who can give recommendations for all of your needs. The web application can very well be termed a smart personal manager.

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Much-Awaited Dell Streak In India by October (?)

by Paul Joseph July 30, 2010 Featured

Dell Streak, the Android based tablet is scheduled for India launch by October. Dell Streak is a hybrid device that lives in the space between a smartphone and other larger tablets or netbooks.  The tablet is super-thin (10mm-which is  thinner than a lot of mobile devices out there), and though it’s just a bit heavier than other smartphones.

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Pot holes – Biz opp [PI Toon]

by Paul Joseph July 30, 2010 Featured

Dear Friends of Sid, After the runaway success of Sid in the story format – How VCs Work !, below is output of yet another shot at deep thinking by Sid. His entrepreneurial brain has cooked up a business opportunity

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Pi Forum – Feedback Pouring in for Startups [Roundup]

by Paul Joseph July 30, 2010 Featured

Pluggd.in ’s forum section has taken off quite well and while we keep up with few spammers, there is a healthy discussion happening at Pi.

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Join us to learn about the opportunities and success stories of Indian Digital Economy

by Paul Joseph July 30, 2010 Featured

M ore than 300 executives from start-ups, emerging companies and especially those developing mobile, internet applications will converge on New Delhi on the 25th of August for what is the definitive event for an IT start-up in India – the EMERGEOUT Conclave to understand “What it takes to build a successful mobile, internet company from India?” . Learn from the industry thought leaders on new opportunities and interact with people who built and are building successful mobile, internet companies from India. Also many emerging company executives who attend to brainstorm their ideas, free wheeling discussions and networking all of which are especially pertinent for small to mid size companies trying to become game changers

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Internet Advertising to grow by 20.1% and Gaming by 25.2%: [PwC Entertainment and Media Outlook 2010 report]

by Paul Joseph July 30, 2010 Featured

Indian Media & Entertainment industry is poised to grow by 12.4 per cent cumulatively over the next five years. The industry is slated to touch Rs 1040 billion by 2014, after going through a low growth rate of 2.2 per cent in 2009, says the PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Indian Entertainment and Media Outlook 2010 report

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