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Makkad G's 10101
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Hello,
Here's your issue of Makkad G's 10101 for March 1-15, 2008.
Happy Reading!
Makkad G
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Talk of the Town
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Internet connection in India is slow, unreliable: Report
A study by InternetTrafficReport.com reveals that the quality of internet services in India is among the worst in the world. According to the report, India has an overall index of 74 and a response time of 253 milliseconds, as compared to US which has an index of 98 and a response time of just 13 milliseconds.
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Reliance Entertainment plans to launch 8 portals, including jobs site
Reliance Entertainment, a part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, is planning to launch at least eight new websites, including a jobs portal and a classifieds site, this year.
Web 2.0 start-ups together have 15 lakh users in India: IDC
According to a study by IDC, India-focused Web 2.0 start-ups such as MingleBox, Fropper, SirfDosti and BigAdda have a combined user base of around 15 lakh users in the country, after eliminating overlaps.
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ApnaLoan to launch insurance portal ApnaInsurance.com
ApnaLoan.com, an online marketplace for loan products, has unveiled its new brand identity. The company has also revamped its website as a part of the re-branding exercise. ApnaLoan.com is also planning to launch an insurance portal ApnaInsurance.com.
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Chandamama.com now also available in Telugu
Chandamama.com, the website of a popular children's magazine Chandamama, has launched its Telugu edition; the first out of 12 language editions to go online.
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BigAdda enables users to send messages in 8 Indian languages
Reliance ADA group's social networking site BigAdda.com has launched a new feature that enables users to type their messages in eight Indian regional languages - Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.
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Campus18.com appoints judges for its 'Best Video Talent' contest
Tangerine Digital Entertainment's youth portal Campus18.com has roped in MTV VJ Nikhil Chinappa and actor, director Makrand Deshpande as judges for Digistars, an online reality contest to identify India's 'Best Video Talent' in film making, acting and editing.
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Google India announces winners of Women in Engineering Award
Google India has announced the winners of the first 'Google India Women in Engineering Award' recognizing and rewarding deserving women students in Computer Science and related majors, to inspire them to become active participants and leaders in creating technology.
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BharatStudent.com plans to launch fresher jobs service
Youth oriented social networking site BharatStudent.com, which claims to have over three million registered users, is planning to launch a fresher jobs service dedicated to nurturing careers of the millions of new graduates every year.
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BigFlicks offers 14000 movies for download
Online movie download and rental company BigFlicks.com, a part of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, is offering around 14,000 movies and plays to download.
Google displays search box within some of its search results
Google has rolled out a search box that appears within some of the search results themselves. According to the search giant, this feature will now occur "when we detect a high probability that a user wants more refined search results within a specific site."
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Expedia enters India; launches Expedia.co.in
US-based online travel company Expedia, which recorded gross bookings of $20 billion in 2007, has entered the India market with the launch of Expedia.co.in. The website would offer bookings of nearly 80,000 hotels and over 3,000 destination activities and attractions worldwide, Expedia has said.
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Google allows AdWords advertisers to pay by cheque, DD, net bankingGoogle has launched new payment options for its AdWords advertising program in India. The new option allows advertisers to open and maintain their AdWords account by pre-paying via cheque, demand draft and net banking. Google India has announced these new payment options to complement its existing payment option by credit cards.
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Zapak Gameplex to host gaming tournament in 12 cities
Zapak Digital Entertainment is organising Zapak Gameplex Battlefield, a national gaming tournament which will be conducted on weekends from 7th March to 30th March 2008 at Zapak Gameplex in 12 cities across India.
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SaonGroup plans to launch city centric job portals across India
SaonGroup.com India, which launched its first city centric job portal MyJobsInPune.com in September 2007, now plans to invest 10 million Euros (approximately $15.4 million) to expand into all leading cities in India. The company is launching its second city centric job site MyHyderabadJobs.com in April 2008.
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IndiaHotelReview.com plans to roll out 500 travel packages
IndiaHotelReview.com is planning to roll out 500 travel packages which could be booked online. According to Vriti Infocom, which owns IndiaHotelReview.com, the travel packages starting from Rs 299 would comprise of honeymoon, adventure, religious and weekend travel packages for various hideaways and tour destinations of India.
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WebSight!-Spin the Web. Explore!
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ChangeIndia.in launched to mobilise people for Change India movement
R K Misra, who recently won The Times of India's Lead India contest, has launched ChangeIndia.in. The website aims to build a community of individuals who want to do something for society or undertake a project for the benefit of the nation.
Punarbhava.in seeks to make a better world for persons with disability
Rehabilitation Council of India in association with Media Lab Asia has launched Punarbhava.in, an interactive portal that aims to make a better world for the persons with disability.
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Tasveer-e-Hind.com launched to address grievances of NRIs
Tasveer-e Hind Foundation has launched Tasveer-e-Hind.com that aims to address grievances of the small and medium income NRIs (non-resident Indians) and forward their problems to the government through the internet.
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LaunchPad-Just Born Online (I just love the Betas!)
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CarWale.com launches Consumer Choice Car Awards
Auto portal CarWale.com has launched Consumer Choice Car Awards, which allows consumers to vote for their favourite car in a particular category and help the future buyers decide the best car in the market to fulfil their requirement. The winners of the awards would be announced on 7 March 2008 at a special ceremony to be held in Mumbai.
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RedBus.in launches its operations in Gujarat
Online bus tickets company RedBus.in, which is currently present in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi and Visakhapatnam, has launched its operations in Ahmedabad. The company now plans to introduce its website RedBus.in in Gujarati language. RedBus.in is presently available in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi, besides English.
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SQL Star launches e-learning portal TheLearningPort.com
Hyderabad-based IT education company SQL Star International has launched TheLearningPort.com, an e-learning portal that aims to promote systematic changes in the current teaching-learning paradigms in Indian education.
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CollegeSpeaks.com to help students seeking admission in Indian colleges
An Indore-based start-up has launched CollegeSpeaks.com, which aims to help students seeking admission in Indian campuses by providing them information about colleges through first hand experiences shared by former and current students of those colleges. According to CollegeSpeaks, the website currently has a database of more than 4,000 colleges in India.
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Xpert Media launches online magazine for men, MensXpert.com
Xpert Media Technology has launched MensXpert.com, an online magazine for urban men in the age group of 20-36, "which in spite of being largest base of internet users in India remain largely neglected". According to the company, MensXpert aims to cover men's issues that go well beyond sports and stocks.
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Online contest offers makeover of the worst office for free
Microsoft India has launched MakeoverMyOffice.co.in, where the company is running an online contest whose winner will get a makeover of his office for free. The company also plans to telecast the office makeover operation on a TV channel.
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Nexus-Link.Un.Link
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Fropper partners with Indiwo.com to launch Women's Bravery Award
Social networking site Fropper.com in partnership with women's portal Indiwo.com has launched Women's Bravery Award on the occasion of International Women's Day (8 March). The award seeks to recognise the silent bravery shown by strong Indian women.
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Soma Biswas joins Guruji.com as VP, Marketing
Internet search company Guruji.com has appointed Soma Biswas as vice president, marketing. According to the company, Soma Biswas will be responsible for all marketing initiatives with specific focus on customer acquisition.
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Deep Malhotra joins MySpace India as Director of Sales
Rupert Murdoch owned social networking site MySpace.com has appointed Deep Malhotra, former group sales manager at Google India, as director of sales for its India operations.
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Mumbai Police educating school children on safe internet surfing
Mumbai Police have joined hands with Google for implementing a project to educate schoolchildren on dos and don'ts on internet. Under the initiative, officers of the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell are visiting schools with a power point presentation showing children what to avoid while using the net.
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Rajeev Rastogi appointed head of Yahoo Labs - Bangalore
Yahoo has appointed Rajeev Rastogi as vice president and head of its new Yahoo Labs - Bangalore. According to the company, Yahoo Labs - Bangalore will be a centre of excellence for next generation search and advertising technologies, focused on making the Web more relevant and simple for users and advertisers.
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Ambareesh Murty named country manager for eBay India
Global internet auction giant eBay has named Ambareesh Murty, currently Director - Core at eBay India, as its new country manager for India, replacing Rajan Mehra who is moving out to pursue an entrepreneurial role in venture capital space.
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Gopal Krishna appointed as Audience Head at Yahoo India
Yahoo India has appointed Gopal Krishna as head of audience, responsible for all consumer-facing products in the region. Prior to joining Yahoo, Krishna was setting up a seed-stage venture capital fund focused on internet and mobile startups in India.
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Dentsu India appoints Aditya Ray as CEO of LastMinuteInventory.com
Aditya Ray has been appointed chief executive officer and chief evangelist of Dentsu India's online media inventory trading portal LastMinuteInventory.com.
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WOW-Worth 'O' Watch!
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Online real estate portal Makaan.com has launched a viral campaign hosted at KahaniMeTwist.com that combines the two biggest passions in India - cricket and Bollywood. According to Makaan.com, the viral is an attempt to connect with the target audience in a humorous and engaging way.
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That's all for now folks!
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1 comment:
Have a nice community list and some others companies. thanks
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