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Makkad G’s 10101
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Here’s your issue of Makkad G’s 10101 for October 16 – October 31, 2007.
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Talk of the Town
Ad blocker tool challenges business model of online publishers
Wladimir Palant, a software developer based in
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Cleartrip to start international booking within a month
Travel portal Cleartrip.com, which offers bookings of air travel and hotels, has said it will start international booking within a month as it expects to achieve a growth target of 300 per cent in the next fiscal. Read More
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CarWale to provide car research tools to Sulekha.com users
Auto portal CarWale.com has partnered with the general classifieds site Sulekha.com to provide car research and decision making tools to Sulekha.com users. Read More
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Travelguru hopes to book 1 million hotel room nights a year by 2009
Travelguru.com, an online travel portal specialising in hotel rooms booking, hopes to hit the target of 1 million room nights per year by 2009. The company currently records hotel sales of over 1000 room nights per day and claims to grow by 20 per cent month over month for the last several months. Read More
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Expedia.com may launch its India operations in Jan 2008
S-based Expedia Inc, which reportedly makes online bookings worth $20 billion (Rs 80,000 crore) a year on its Expedia.com travel portal, plans to start an exclusive website for India early next year to facilitate online purchases of tickets for domestic and international travel. Read More
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TutorVista receives $2.5 million from Manipal Education Group
TutorVista.com, a leading online tutoring and test preparation company, has received a strategic investment of $2.5 million by The Manipal Education Group. With this, Ranjan Pai, the CEO of Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG), has joined the TutorVista board as an independent Director. Read More
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Makaan.com to spend Rs 40 crore in 2 years, eyes 30% market share
People Interactive Group plans to spend Rs 40 crore in the next two years to promote and ramp up operations of its real estate portal Makaan.com. The company, which also owns Shaadi.com, and Fropper.com, is eyeing 30 per cent of
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Yahoo, Shaadi, Orkut among winners of Genius of the Web awards
Web 18, a part of the Network 18 group, has announced the winners of the first Genius of the Web awards, which recognise outstanding achievements by companies that have done commendable work in the Indian online space. Yahoo.co.in, Shaadi.com and Orkut.com have won the award in the general portal, matrimonial and social networking categories respectively. Read More
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Extramarks in talks with VC firms to raise $5-million growth fund
Extramarks.com, an online education site that offers after-school academic support to Indian students of classes VI to XII based on the NCERT syllabus, plans to raise $5-million (around Rs 20 crore) venture capital fund to launch its services in UK and US and introduce syllabus for higher education and curricula of state educational boards. Read More
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Microsoft to launch Xbox LIVE in India on 5 Nov
Microsoft is planning to launch Xbox LIVE, an online gaming and entertainment service that enables users to connect their gaming consol Xbox to the internet and play games online, in
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Picsquare looking for investment in the range of Rs 20-40 lakhs
Bangalore-based Picsquare.com, which has received investment under TiE-EAP (The Indus Entrepreneurs - Entrepreneurship Acceleration Programme), is now looking for next round of investment in the range of Rs 20-40 lakhs. Picsquare, an online photo sharing and printing company, claims to have over 50,000 registered users who have uploaded more than a million photographs on the site till date. Read More
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CollegeMantra.com to help students find the 'right' college, course
Delhi-based start-up Mantra Consulting has launched CollegeMantra.com, an online college search portal that aims to help students find the 'right' college and course, network with students from that college to get inside information, compare colleges, view their ratings, and ask experts from specific fields to answer questions. Read More
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WebSight!-Spin the Web. Explore!
eRail.in makes life easy for IRCTC website users
New Delhi-based 5Map has launched eRail.in which presents information from the Indian Railways official ticket-booking site IRCTC.co.in in a more user-friendly way.
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AOL India launches local language portal in Hindi, Tamil
AOL India has launched its internet portal in Hindi and Tamil. According to the company, AOL Hindi will offer compelling content including news, comprehensive coverage of movies, astrology and Hindi literature.
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HolidayIQ launches interactive maps for 300 tourism destinations
Travel community portal HolidayIQ.com, in association with Yahoo
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90di.com aggregates travel data from railways, airlines in
Ninety Degree Internet Software has launched 90di.com, a travel search engine that aggregates information from Indian Railways as well as all airlines in
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Click.in launched in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam
Bangalore-based Greynium Information Technologies has made its online classifieds portal Click.in available in five Indian languages - Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam - besides English.
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MSN India launches MSN Tabloid with focus on gossip, entertainment
MSN India has unveiled a new design for its website, MSN.co.in, which now allows users to choose a wide or narrow layout and change the colour of the webpage. MSN has also introduced an alternative version of its home page, MSN Tabloid, which focuses on gossip and entertainment related content.
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Komli launches contest to identify algorithms expert; winner to get Rs 2 lakh
Online advertising company Komli has launched algoGod contest that seeks to crown one expert as the Algorithms God. According to Komli, the participants would be asked to solve a common algorithms problem, and whoever is best will receive a cash prize of Rs 2,00,000. The winner of the contest can also get an opportunity to work with Komli.
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Kreeda Games unveils online mass multiplayer game Dance Mela
Kreeda Games India, an online mass multiplayer games company, has launched Dance Mela, touted as
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Shaadi launches online wedding directory ShaadiPages.com
Matrimony portal Shaadi.com has launched ShaadiPages.com, an online wedding directory that seeks to provide to-be-married couples a one-stop-source for all their wedding requirements.
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Percept Knorigin launches ad network AdChakra.com
Interactive marketing agency Percept Knorigin has launched an ad network company called AdChakra Advertising Network. AdChakra's services would include search engine advertising and display advertising with campaign management and reporting facilities. The ad network company is based in
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Web18 launches Hindi portal Josh18.com
Web 18, a part of the Network 18 group, has launched a Hindi language portal Josh18.com, which provides news, information, videos, stock markets related tips, book reviews and latest trends from the fields of fashion and technology. The website also provides a blogging platform for the Hindi speaking people to express and place themselves in the global arena.
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Rediff launches Durga Puja special micro site on its iShare platform
Rediff.com has launched a micro site iShare.Rediff.com/DurgaPuja to host the search for the best Dhakis (the ritual drummers) during this Durga Puja festival in Kolkata. The microsite will also allow users to share their Durga Puja videos and photographs capturing the spirit of the festival.
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TimesJobs launches great bosses contest
Jobs portal TimesJobs.com has launched BossMeter.net, an open contest where employees can nominate their boss in the great bosses’ list and ask their colleagues to vote. According to TimesJobs, the top five bosses with maximum votes and their nominators can win holiday vouchers and exciting prizes from TimesJobs.com.
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SkillIndia.com launched to facilitate low-end employment
The department of science and technology, government of
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Quasar Media eyes 20% of
Delhi-based interactive agency Quasar Media, which is a part of Smile Interactive, hopes to capture over 20 per cent of the total market share of digital advertising in
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Rediff launches Diwali store on Rediff Shopping
Rediff.com has launched a Diwali store on its e-shopping platform Rediff Shopping to provide a one-stop shopping experience to Indians across the globe. According to the company, Rediff Shopping will also be offering its customers a special Rs 1000 gift voucher with every purchase.
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Vijay Kumar joins Sify as chief financial officer
Sify Technologies Limited, a leader in consumer internet and enterprise services, has appointed M P Vijay Kumar as chief financial officer. In November 2006, Sify’s earlier CFO Durgesh Mehta had left the company following which Sify had appointed Pijush Kanti Das, president, Access Media, as officiating CFO.
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Id8labs acquires eDesignTree
Bangalore-based interactive and digital marketing services company id8labs has acquired the business franchise of eDesignTree Inc in
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Printo receives investment of Rs 25 crore from Sequoia Capital
Bangalore-based Printo Document Services has received a strategic investment of Rs 25 crore from a leading venture capital firm Sequoia Capital Partners. Founded in 2006, Printo claims to be India's first branded retail chain for print and document services that leverages digital and internet technologies to deliver print products of international standards.
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Indyarocks.com to host K Capital's business workshops, knowledge forums
Social networking site Indyarocks.com has partnered with Knowledge Capital, a business forum organizer. According to Indyarocks, the partnership will enable the networking site to host all the events, including business workshops and knowledge forums, managed by K Capital.
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That’s all for now folks!
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