A couple of weeks back we asked Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch and Satish Dharmraj, a valley based Indie-American investor a simple question: “how far in the future do you see a global web company emanating out of Asia (NOT JUST INDIA). Is herding nature gonna bring out another bubble? “. Satish’s overall answer was, uh, [...]
We earlier shared the new TRAI policy on spam SMS, which is all set to create chaos among consumers (do read/contribute in this discussion). There is no solution in the market as to how all the e-commerce and other web businesses communicate with their audience. Even Facebook has messaged its users to de-register from DND [...]
Airtel has launched India’s first mobile wallet service by a telecom operator. Aimed at offering customers with an efficient alternative to cash transactions, airtel money will provide airtel customers across the country with a convenient and secure way of making payments through the ubiquitous mobile platform. In 2010, bharti airtel was granted the license to [...]
Applying to foreign universities has always been a pain for all who want to live the great American dream. More than scoring in the various tests, what bugs us is what tests to appear for and when? And even after the test we are still making half informed decisions on universities and scholarships. NextLeap is a startup [...]
The new no-spam policy from TRAI under the National Consumer Preference Register (NCPR) is being implemented from tomorrow and there is already a sort of chaos amongst the businesses relying heavily on SMS as a medium to communicate. There is no solution in the market as to how all the e-commerce and other web businesses communicate with [...]
Starting tomorrow you will need to take the hassle of generating an extra security key for your IVR based transactions paid through your card. RBI’s measure for security issues and risk mitigation related to Card Not Present transactions (CNP) which was earlier applicable only for internet transactions will now be extended to IVR transactions as well. [...]
What a week! iPad arrived in Indian shores and Paypal is literally out of the country [Paypal/RBI issue]. Here are the top articles for week ending Jan 30th, 2011. This School in Remote Bihar has WiFi, Uses Skype for Learning [Inspiration] Stale Internet Growth in India -Is Offline Promotion the Way to Market Internet Business? [...]
Lava B8, a slim sleek handset (QWERTY) has been launched in India for the price of Rs. 3999. Key Features of Lava B8 Smart Phone Features Like Email 3.2 MP Camera With Flash And Digital Zoom Opera Mini Browse With Pre-installed Search Engines And Chat Motion Sensor 3.5 Mm Audio Jack Torch Java Enabled FM [...]
The SMW4 cable will undergo emergency undersea maintenance on the segment between Alexandria (Egypt) and Marseille (France) from 6 February 2011 to 10 February 2011 (tentative). SEACOM’s network uses the SMW4 cable to link from India to Europe while it finalizes its own link through Egypt within the coming months [source].
Today, we have turned 4 years old and I want to thank all our readers for their support and love they have rendered on us (including brickbats). Pluggd.in was started as a part time initiative, out of frustration of seeing mainstream media not doing enough for product startups in India (they still don’t!) Around 1.5 [...]
