Good news for startups! The private equity investment in India is expected to log $13.5 billion during 2007, and the figure could rise to almost $20 billion by 2010! Here is the breakup: 173 deals worth $5.47 billion 250 deals are projected to bring another $8.02 billion. Sector wise breakup: IT/ITES sector made up for [...]
Google plans to release the new set of Orkut APIs which allows third parties/developers to build applications that could make use of existing Google services and also external services. When we realize the growth of Facebook and the boom in third party inventions, it’s clear that FB poses a damn serious threat to Google’s social [...]
It’s show time (as well as consolidation time) in the online Travel space and here is the current roundup: TravelGuru to acquire Desiya (reports vccircle) Gurgaon-based Desiya was founded in early 2005, and currently employs about 50 people. It only deals in online hotel booking, and is said to be having a network of 3,300 [...]
HP has launched it’s retail/digital photo service snapfish in India. snapfish, apart from being a free photo sharing site also offers basic editing capabilities and unlimited storage. But the major USP of HP’s snapfish is HP’s retail reach which eventually means HP will play on the price points (as well as easy accessibility) in the [...]
I am glad to announce that we have got an open source + core geeky plug : Sowmya Karmali. Sowmya has been an active barcamper (and wikicamper) and is quite passionate about the open source tech (and am sure many of you know her personally) Before leaving for US, she was the Director of Engg. [...]
Google is beta testing SMS search in India Google SMS, has been launched in beta version across four cities Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Google has tied-up with five operators Reliance, Bharti Airtel, BSNL, BPL and Aircel for offering the service. The local information would include movie timings, restaurants, local hospitals and taxi services among [...]
Happened recently, its likely that you have already read about it. Here’s some FAQ&A on the deal and its implications. Q: Why not Twitter? A: Google probably thinks Twitter is overvalued (at USD 20 million). It is likely that they spent lesser on the Jaiku deal. Twitter recently closed a USD 5 million second round. [...]
A must read for online advertisers! In India, 87% of those who use the Internet trust others’ advice rather than any kind of advertising, proving that word-of-mouth is the most powerful advertising tool As per the research by Nielson: Online advertising in India: the trust factors WoM (i.e. Word of mouth) is the most trusted [...]
The ecommerce industry in India is all set to touch Rs. 9210 crore by the end of FY08. (30% jump from Rs 7,080 crore in ’07). Here is the division, as per the survey conducted by the IAMAI and IMRB. Online Travel Industry: expected growth rate of 30% to Rs 7,000 crore by end FY08 [...]
Vakow is an interesting fun product, which is building a community of people who just love SMS forwards! Use Vakow to: Build a collection of cool SMSes Tag, rate (or bury) the uploaded SMSes and share with your friends Subscribe to interesting users (or tags) to receive cool SMSes How does Vakow work? Once you [...]
