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The New Era Of Digital Education Spreading Like Wildfire

by Paul Joseph January 27, 2012 Featured

Apple enters the world of books with its trailer released on iBooks last week. This created a sway and this is considered to be another disruptive move from technology trying to change the way people live. iBooks is seen as a catalyst that will finally bring in vogue the electronic textbooks into the mainstream education arena such as schools while helping them save a huge amount of money. The craze seemed to have increased by leaps and bounds with almost 350,000 e-books sold after the unveiling of iBooks 2.

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eTechies.in Receives 2 Million Infusion From Inventus

by Paul Joseph January 19, 2012 Featured

eTechies.in has secured a US$ 2 Million in series A funding from Inventus Capital Partners . eTechies.in, which currently has physical presence in just New-Delhi & nearby regions plans to use these funds to expand its services across India. The company has plans to set-up offices in all Major Metros like Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai etc.

Tagged as: etechies, funding, inventus, news, rohit chaudhary, smb, startups, web

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Social Gaming Company PlayUp Comes To India: New Avenue For Gamers?

by Paul Joseph January 5, 2012 Featured

Mobile-based Social gaming company PlayUp has just revealed it will be opening its office in India.

Tagged as: cricket, gaming, international, playup, social networking, startups, web

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Your Favorite Marathi Books Now On A Digital Platform: Will It Increase The Popularity Of The Local Language?

by Paul Joseph December 29, 2011 Featured

Major Marathi publication houses will jointly launch MarathiReader.com . Eight publishers, including big names like Popular Prakashan, Mauj Prakashan, and Continental Prakashan which collectively hold the largest treasure trove of Marathi literature, have finally realized & decided to adopt the digital route for distribution of rare & popular books

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Send An SOS With A Click! SmartPhone App To Help Women In Distress

by Paul Joseph December 21, 2011 Featured

Women fearing an imminent attack can now send a distress SOS message to near & dear ones using “Fight Back” an app created by Whypoll . Whypoll , an Indian non-profit organization chose to launch the app in Delhi, which presently tops the list of India’s most unsafe cities for women, who are world-wide revered to guide the future!. The app is so designed that the women feeling an oncoming assault, or fearing their wellbeing can end an SOS message via text message, email and Facebook status update to their relatives, friends through the press of a single key

Tagged as: delhi, features, hindol sengupta, mobile, news, startups, technology, web, whypoll

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Mojostreet Launches A Geo-Location Based Game

by Paul Joseph December 8, 2011 Featured

Taking the already viral Social Networking to the next level, Hyderabad-based startup Mojostreet, has launched a Geo-Location based game by the same name. The free-to-download game at MojoStreet.com allows players to interact with each other about the various physical shopping destinations that they hang-out . The game is available across multiple platforms like BlackBerry, Nokia, iPhone and Android devices

Tagged as: funding, geo location, international, j a chowdary, mobile, mojostreet, srini-koppolu, startups, web

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Liquid Comics Launches Graphic India: Will You Read Comics Online?

by Paul Joseph December 7, 2011 Featured

Liquid Comics (formerly Virgin Comics) has just launched a new digital comics initiative titled Graphic India .

Tagged as: digital comics, featured, features, india, intellectual property, liquid comics, startups, tie ups, virgin comics, web

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Is Freshdesk A Rip- Off? Definitely Not

by Paul Joseph December 7, 2011 Featured

Sometime back we blogged that an Indian start-up, Freshdesk  had received an early stage funding from Accel Partners. Yes, this is the same firm that funded Facebook in the beginning. Clearly the company is growing and innovating as it goes along

Tagged as: accel-partners, ben kepes, cloud-computing, freshdesk, mikkel svane, startups, technology, web, zendesk

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Customer Service Startup Freshdesk Pumped With $1Mn Investment From Accel Partners

by Paul Joseph December 2, 2011 Featured

Indian Saas (Software as a Service) based startup, Freshdesk recently got an investment of Rs.

Tagged as: accel-partners, features, international, news, saas, startups, technology, vc fund, web

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Exclusive Interview: Tête-à-tête With Naveen Joshua, Founder Of FASHOS.com

by Paul Joseph November 29, 2011 Featured

The innovation that is happening in the e-commerce start-up scene today is phenomenal . Since people in India are slowly but surely getting bitten by the online retail bug, it is imperative for a new e-commerce startup to have a USP so that it can break through the clutter to get noticed by  people . FASHOS is one such e-commerce venture

Tagged as: 'brands’ feature, digital media, fashos, naveen joshua, news, startups, startups in india, technology, web

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