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Samsung has launched WAVE M (S7250) – a Smartphone equipped with 3.65 large HVGA Displaythat will give you a memorable visual experience. With inbuilt fastest BADA 2.0 OS, it is possible to turn your imagination into power packed Applications (like Flashlight 4) & 832 MHz Processor for improved performance. This most talked about phone has [...]

Pluggd.in is expanding and we are hiring across multiple divisions [by the way, we have moved to a damn cool office in Bangalore located near HSR layout]. Current openings: – Position: Operations Manager Location: Bangalore (full time). Remuneration: As per Industry standards (+ ESOPs). Qualification/Experience: 0-4 years. Role Description: You will be expected to handle [...]

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Started by graduates of IIM Calcutta and Oxford University, RoomWale is building a marketplace for BnBs, Guest Houses and the site is currently live in Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Jaipur and Nainital. In general, a typical Airbnb model doesn’t really work in India, owing to lack of trust and importantly, lack of awareness of [...]

Blackberry Playbook in India

Blackberry has slashed its Playbook tablet price in India by 50% (till December 31st). As part of festive offer, the latest prices for BlackBerry PlayBook in India are: 16 GB – Rs.13,490 32 GB – Rs. 15,990 64 GB – Rs.24,490 Blackberry’s Playbook hasn’t really taken off in a big way and RIM shipped only [...]

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Bangalore (and Chicago) based This is believed to be the biggest private-equity investment made to date in the emerging market for analytics services, and follows Mu Sigma’s April 2011 $25 million round led by Sequoia Capital (which also participated in this latest round, raising its stake in the company). Mu Sigma is already profitable and [...]

Daily Deal Industry Predictions for 2012

Will 2012 witness bloodbath in daily deal space in India? For sure, yes. The bloodbath has already started and be assured that players are now playing “The Last Man Standing” game hoping that others will opt out. But hey! that’s the long term (10,000 ft) view of daily deal space. There still is a big [...]

Latest discussions from Pluggd.in forum: MastKalandar: Advertising is Expensive (so like us). Good Ad? Do users really care if you need help in saving money? I mean, do “YOU” (as a business) even matter when you cannot excite people to like your FB/Twitter account? For Yebhi.com: Girls, Women, Boys and Men are Different Genders Is [...]

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After 2011’s Most Promising Technology Startups from India list, the Pluggd.in team is proud to share its list of technology companies who are no-more-startups and have fundamentally created an industry, a differentiated product. 2011 saw a lot of action by these companies and key parameters that have gone into making this list  are :  the [...]

RBI (Reserve Bank of India) has removed INR 50,000 cap on mobile banking transactions. However, banks may place per transaction limits based on their own risk perception with the approval of its Board. Mobile banking in India is set to generate fee-based income of Rs 20,250 crore over the next five years, mainly driven by [...]