Holiday comparison site, Polama.com, a Bangalore based company, has raised its first round of funding from a consortium of angel investors, lead by Rehan Yar Khan and Blume Ventures. The funds will be used to build operations, customer service and marketing. Launched in December 2010 , Polama is a one stop shop for holidays on [...]
The land of nawabs and awesome biryanis are going to see someintense startup action as Startup Weekend heads to Hyderabad in a week. In March, this year Startup Weekend made its way to India. Delhi and Bengaluru were added to the list of 195+ cities in which Startup Weekend has been organized across the globe. [...]
Taggle moved on from deals service. Globally, Facebook and Yelp too have decided to move on, but in India, travel deals are in-vogue. We recently shared Via’s plans to launch deals service and now, both Ezeego1 and Cleartrip are gearing to launch their deal service – targeted towards the travel industry. – Ezeego1.com has launched [...]
D-Link has launched the Boxee Box product in India. The Boxee Box by D-Link reinterprets what TV should be, as it provides an easy way to bring multimedia experience onto the television. Simply connect the Boxee Box to the Internet using a wireless or wired connection, plug in an HDMI cable and off you go. [...]
The money was raised at the valuation of 1,000 Crore (though the company is targeting revenue of INR 100 Crore by March 2012) – i.e. a multiplier of 10!.
The Parliament Secretariat has decided to sanction (maximum of) Rs 50,000 to buy an Apple iPad 2 or Samsung Galaxy Tab for Members of Parliament (IBN). This comes at a time when government should be eating its own dog food, i.e. the $35 tablet. Given the IAC (India Against Corruption) timeline, we couldn’t help ask [...]
MotorExchange has closed its $13million Series C funding, led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from existing investor Canaan Partners. The startup had previously raised Series A round of funding in December 2009 from Canaan Partners and other investors including Austin Ligon, Founder CEO of CarMax USA and a Series B round in December 2010 [...]
Qualcomm Incorporated, through its Wireless Reach initiative, and Sesame Workshop India today announced the launch of the Radiophone project, , a unique initiative that combines community radio with mobile phones to expand access to quality educational experiences for children, particularly children of migrant populations that reside in Gurgaon. Migrant labor communities are among India’s most [...]
The Appnomy Conference was a huge success and here are the list of apps that demoed at the event. EasySign EasySign App is a better and simpler way to sign documents using your mobile phone, from anywhere and anytime. EasySign saves your time and money by solving the problem of dealing with hassles and frustrations [...]
MapmyIndia, in collaboration with Qualcomm has announced the launch of CarPad, Android based tab for navigation. MapmyIndia CarPad, powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S1 processor, comes with a large 7” Capacitive Display, 3G connectivity, MapmyIndia’s latest fully 3D and connected GPS navigation interface, and rich app experience of Android packed with many appealing features for car [...]
