The Pluggd.in team is glad to announce its list of most promising startups of 2011 that have the potential to make it very big in the coming days. Several parameters have gone into making this list – right from companies’ performance in the year 2011 to reaching certain milestones and importantly, having a clear focus…
Don2 Set to Release in India in Technicolor 3D Format
Technicolor today announced that Reliance Entertainment has agreed to release its action thriller, DON2, in the Technicolor 3D format in India. This marks the first time a local Indian release will utilize the new format for exhibiting 3D movies. “We were impressed with the quality available through the Technicolor 3D format and wanted to bring…
Pharmacy Chain MedPlus Forays Into Ecommerce with the launch of MedplusBeauty
Pharmacy Chain, Medplus (with a network of over 1000+ outlets) has launched MedplusBeauty.com, a one stop shop for beauty and personal care products offering a diverse and wide selection of over 12000 products across hundreds of national and international brands. MedplusBeauty offers ‘Virtual Studio’ wherein one can create unique looks of one’s own and try…
2012: India and China to be the next Smartphone Battleground
India is a huge market for mobile devices and while 2011 saw the attack of branded Chinese devices, 2012 will be be the year when branded OS (Android/Windows Phone and iOS predominantly) will play the battle. Report by Flurry suggests that emerging economies, i.e. China, India and Brazil will make up three of the top…
Want to still buy Aakash Tablet Online? It’s available on Ncarry
Even Aakash Tablet manufacturer, DataWind has now stopped accepting orders for Aakash tablet, you can still book the Aakash tablet online from Nimbuzz’s NCarry website. What’s interesting is that Ncarry is charging INR 199 shipping fee for Aakash tablet and otherwises boasts of ‘free shipping for all its product line’.
Understanding NFC [Hint: It’s not a subset of RFID]
The question is – will the industry big-weights get behind the technology for the common good or just be big bullies!
LinkedIn in India: Target audience greater than population of Bangalore/Delhi
LinkedIn with estimated 13.2 million members in India as of Dec 2011 has become a community larger than population of Delhi (12.6 million) and Bangalore (11.0 million). Watch out, if you have your target customers/audience there! India on linkedin View more presentations from Rachit Mangal Note: Data used in the presentation is from Aug 2011.
UnwrapIndia: A 100% Made-in-India e-Store
The novelty and ingenuity of Indian art and craft has been globally recognized. However, the superior artistic products produced by Indian artisans are losing out to the mediocre but well advertised and readily available assembly line products in the market today. Thus, the lack of a proper platform to showcase and sell their wares is…
Faster than Chrome, Maxthon Browser now Available in Indian Languages
Beijing based Maxthon, a browser that claims to be 200% faster than Chrome is now available in Hindi and Bengali language for Indian users (download link). Maxthon 3 comes with a browser engine that draws web pages 200% faster than Google Chrome and offers useful free cloud services like storing bookmark/notes, screen grabs etc. Most…
Nexus Venture Partners and Trinity Ventures Invest $5.3mn in ScaleArc
Mumbai and Silicon Valley based database infrastructure software maker, ScaleArc, founded by Varun Singh, has secured $5.33 million in its second round of institutional funding, which was led by Trinity Ventures, with earlier backer Nexus Venture Partners participating. The new funds will accelerate geographic and staffing expansion to meet increased demand. Trinity Ventures led the…