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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.

Tagged as: akash tablets, apple ibooks, datawind, features, funded, helion venture partners, startups, technology, web

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1 Lakh Orders Per Day As Aakash Is Wooed By Buyers: But Will It Deliver?

by Paul Joseph January 3, 2012 Featured

The dream 35 Dollar Tablet that was announced by Mr. Kapil Sibal last year, has finally started its sale & the response has been phenomena with 14 Lakh Units booked within 2 weeks.

Tagged as: aakash, events, features, mobile, news, startups, tablet

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Zenga In Content Partnership With Newzstreet Broadcasting

by Paul Joseph January 2, 2012 Featured

Zenga TV, a pioneer in mobile TV platform in India has entered in a partnership with newzstreet Broadcasting Services (NBS). With this agreement Zenga TV will host the news and entertainment content created by NBS on its mobile and other digital platforms. Zenga TV was launched by Shabir Momin in 2008 to cash in on the popularity of cricket in India

Tagged as: mobile, mobile tv, nbs, news, newzstreet, startups, tie ups, web tv, yahoo india, yahoo video, zenga tv

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IITians Develop Classroom Friendly Tablet: A Challenge To Aakash?

by Paul Joseph December 30, 2011 Featured

IIT Delhi student Rohit Pande’s Classteacher Learning Systems will bring out a new user-friendly & classroom suitable tablet to the market on January 1. Christened Classpad, the tablet will be available across multiple screen sizes like 7, 8 & 10 inches. The superiority to Aakash doesn’t end here.

Tagged as: aakash, delhi, features, iit, mobile, news, rohit pande, startups, tablet

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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

Tagged as: amazon, continental prakashan, ecommerce, features, harsha bhatkal, jyotsna prakashan, kindle, milind paranjpe, publication, rohan champanerkar, tie ups, web

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Welcoming Rachana Dharia, Business Head – Digital Rediffusion Y&R As A Speaker At WATSummit 2012

by Paul Joseph December 16, 2011 Featured

Social is the way to go! The socialization of web goes further than social networks like Facebook and Twitter. It is the new way we look at the Internet in general and it is an exciting time for us to see how it will evolve.

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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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