Makkad G's 10101
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Hello,
Here's your issue of Makkad G's 10101 for April 16–30, 2008.
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Makkad G
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Talk of the Town
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Ad network Federated Media raises $50 million from Oak Investment
Ad network Federated Media, which sells and runs ads on more than 200 blogs and other websites, has raised $50 million from Oak Investment Partners.
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BigAdda.com attracts users from Asian countries
A lot of newer members are joining the site from other countries such as Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal, apart from US, UK and UAE. Close to 25 per cent of its users from the neighbouring Asian countries are women.
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Arzoo.com launches Summer Camp for children
Online travel company Arzoo.com has launched summer camps for mothers and children in the age group of 4 to 17 years who can take part in activities like rappelling, valley crossing, swimming, tent pitching, jungle cooking, jungle trekking and campfire.
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Mobile advertising network mKhoj Solutions has received $7.1 million from Kleiner Perkins, Caufield & Byers and Sherpalo Ventures. mKhoj had earlier raised $500,000 from The Mumbai Angels.
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Microsoft, NDTV Media to sell advertising on Facebook in India
Microsoft has begun advertising on social networking site Facebook in India through its new online advertising platform Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions.
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Zapak to develop cricket gaming zone on KolkataKnightRiders.com
Shah Rukh Khan's IPL (Indian Premier League) team Kolkata Knight Riders has roped in online gaming company Zapak Digital Entertainment to develop a cricket gaming zone on KolkataKnightRiders.com, the official website of Knight Riders.
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Position2 to host Search Marketing Roundtable in Bangalore on 30 April
Search engine marketing company Position2 is organising Search Marketing Roundtable in Bangalore on 30th April 2008. Position2 has been conducting a series of Roundtables and Webinars to educate marketers on aspects of search marketing from a practitioner's perspective.
SlideShare under denial of service attack allegedly triggered from China
SlideShare.net, which enables users to share PowerPoint presentations, is suffering from distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack. The attack is understood to have triggered by some elements in China whose requests to delete slideshows that were deemed "illegal" by the requesters went unheeded by the SlideShare team.
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Cyber Media accuses IPL website of plagiarism
Cyber Media has alleged that IPLT20.com, the website of Indian Premier League (IPL), affiliated to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has reproduced an article published in CIOL.com without the permission of the copyright holder.
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IndiaProperty.com to host Property Show on 2-3 May in Dubai
Real estate portal IndiaProperty.com, a part of Consim Info (formerly BharatMatrimony group), is organising India Property Show 2008 on 2nd and 3rd May in Dubai. The event is expected to witness the participation of leading property sellers and more than 6000 prospective NRI (non-resident Indian) investors.
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Jeevansathi opens retail outlet in Lucknow; plans to setup 30 outlets in 6 months
Jeevansathi.com, a matrimonial site owned by Info Edge India (Naukri.com), has opened its first retail outlet called Jeevansathi.com Match Point in Lucknow. The retail outlet will utilize its online database to provide match making services.
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Interactive Avenues preparing to launch an ad network called AdMagnet
DGTL Media, a part of Mumbai-based digital marketing company Interactive Avenues, is preparing to launch an online ad network called Ad Magnet.
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Web18 posts net loss of Rs 34.29 crore for 2007-08
Web18, which holds all the internet properties of Network18 Group, has reported a net loss of Rs 34.29 crore for the year ended March 2008, as compared with Rs 7.4 core recorded a year ago. Revenues increased by 124 per cent at Rs 57.30 crore for the fiscal year 2007-08, as compared with Rs 25.58 crore reported for the March 2007 ended year.
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Sulekha.com to publish books from bloggers; the first book is out of stock
Sulekha.com, a social networking and local commerce site, has launched Sulekha Book Series, a BlogPrint initiative under which the company will provide an opportunity to Sulekha.com bloggers to get their blog articles published in print.
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Info Edge India (Naukri.com) has posted a growth of 105 per cent in its net income at Rs 55.49 crore for the year ended March 2008, as compared with Rs 27.07 crore recorded a year ago. Revenues increase by 63 per cent at Rs 239.66 crore for the fiscal year 2007-08, as compared with Rs 147.16 crore reported for the March 2007 ended year.
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WebSight!-Spin the Web. Explore!
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Nanhi Kali launches virtual guide at GirlSmiles.org
Nanhi Kali, a non-profit project managed jointly by KC Mahindra Education Trust and Naandi Foundation to help underprivileged girls in India complete their primary education, has launched a virtual guide at GirlSmiles.org to create awareness about Nanhi Kali and build a community of individuals who want to be affiliated with the project.
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LaunchPad-Just Born Online (I just love the Betas!)
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Burrp launches online TV guide Burrp TV
Burrp.com has launched Burrp TV, an online and mobile TV guide that offers information about upcoming programmes across TV channels along with show timings, channel details, show repeat dates and show synopsis. Burrp TV also allows users to search by show name, channel or genre. Users can also set SMS alerts that act as reminders before shows or movies so that they don't miss their favourite programmes.
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i-Free launches WAP portal to bring business news to Airtel subscribers
i-Free, a leading provider of mobile value added services and content in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, has launched a WAP portal, bringing local business and financial news to the subscribers of Airtel, India's largest mobile operator.
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MobileStore launches its online sales operations TheMobileStore.in
The MobileStore, a mobile solution retail chain, has launched TheMobileStore.in, its online sales operations. Currently, the website serves 11 cities across India -- Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Cochin.
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La Vision Animation launches Buzziboy.com for kids
Animation, e-learning and edutainment services provider La Vision Animation has launched Buzziboy.com, an interactive web portal targeted at kids in the age group of 6 to 14 years. The website offers e-comics, stories, cartoons, fun-based learning games, greetings, club, chat, email and e-mart.
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Google launches mobile version of Orkut at m.orkut.com
Google has launched a mobile version of its social networking site Orkut at m.orkut.com. The new mobile site enables users to read and reply to scraps, receive updates from existing friends and know about the upcoming birthdays. Users of Orkut mobile can also approve or decline new friend requests.
IPL unveils its official cricket site IPLT20.com
Indian Premier League has launched its official website IPLT20.com. The website has been developed by Canada-based Live Current Media which recently bought the rights to build portals of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI.tv) as well as the Indian Premier League at a combined cost of $50 million.
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MySpace launches India website; hosts rock concert in Mumbai
US-based social networking site MySpace.com, which is a part of Rupert Murdoch's Fox Interactive Media, has announced the launch of MySpace India. The launch was accompanied by a rock concert event and party in Mumbai on April 17, 2008.
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Fropper.com launches online music service Fropper Music
Fropper.com, a social networking site owned by People Interactive (Shaadi.com), has launched Fropper Music, an online music service that will enable "more than 3.5 million users of Fropper.com to listen to their favourite songs".
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Orkut launches OpenSocial applications
Google-owned social networking site Orkut.com has launched OpenSocial applications that allow users to add applications created by third party developers to their Orkut profile page. These applications enable users to interact with friends and customize their Orkut profile by adding games, music etc.
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Zapak.com hosts Cartoon Network's online games
Online games portal Zapak has partnered with kids television channel Cartoon Network to offer an exclusive section of the Cartoon Network online games on Zapak.com. The website will soon have over 40 Cartoon Network action-adventure packed online games.
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Indyarocks launches mobile optimized platform m.Indyarocks.com
Social networking site Indyarocks.com has gone mobile with the launch of its mobile optimized platform that can be accessed at m.Indyarocks.com (simulator available at iPhonetester.com).
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Haymarket Media launches CampaignIndia.in for India's advertising industry
Haymarket Media India has launched CampaignIndia.in, an online version of the Campaign India magazine that was launched in September 2007.
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Cleartrip allows users to receive email alerts for 'best' airfare deals
Online travel company Cleartrip.com has launched Cleartrip Alerts that would allow users to receive customised email alerts for the 'best' airfare deals. The Cleartrip email alerts can be received daily, weekly or monthly.
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INX Network launches NewsX.com, 9Xtv.in, 9XM.in
INX Network has launched NewsX.com, 9Xtv.in and 9XM.in to correspond with its recently launched English news channel NewsX, entertainment channel 9X and Hindi music channel 9XM.
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India launches a digital state of environment atlas at SoEAtlas.org
The ministry of environment and forests, government of India has launched SoEAtlas.org, a digital state of environment atlas that depicts the country's forest and biodiversity in green, water resources in blue and air pollution in brown colours.
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Yahoo India launches web hosting services for SMEs
Yahoo has launched web hosting services to build and host websites for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India for a fee, as the internet company aims to attract more users online to earn a higher income from local advertisements.
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Samfra.com launches movie timings search across 6 cities
Samfra.com, a local search engine, has introduced movie timings search across six cities, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune. The new feature allows users to view movie timings of upto the next four days.
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Google India launches Film Showtimes
Google India has launched Film Showtimes, a search feature that allows users to find movies playing in their local theatres and the show timings.
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ShareKhan.com launches contest to invite ideas on how to improve the website
Online trading company ShareKhan.com has launched a new contest called The Big Idea - Idea Do iPod Lo that invites users to share their ideas on how to improve the website and stand to win an iPod for the best idea submitted on a day. The contest is open till 14th May 2008.
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Google introduces mobile image ads in 13 countries including India
Google has launched mobile image ads in 13 countries including US, UK and India. The mobile image ads look like standard image ads for desktop web pages but they are smaller to fit on mobile screens and run on the mobile content network.
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ActiveMedia launches mobile marketing campaign service ActiveFront
ActiveMedia Technology has launched ActiveFront, a mobile marketing campaign service that brings the power of WAP and SMS together to deliver fully integrated mobile marketing campaigns.
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MediaGuru launches bilingual cricket portal IPLNewsOnline.com
MediaGuru Consultants has launched IPLNewsOnline.com, a bilingual cricket portal in Hindi and English. The portal seeks to provide latest updates and news, views, and expert insights on the ongoing DLF IPL Tournament 2008.
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Zapak launches gaming portal for kids; ties-up with Big B's movie Bhoothnath
Online gaming company Zapak Digital Entertainment has launched ZapakKids.com, a gaming destination targeted at the age group below 14 years. This segment, contributes almost 25 per cent of the traffic on Zapak.com. ZapakKids.com will offer a portfolio of over 70 games with edutainment, a virtual world for kids and kids specific community features.
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BigAdda counts Amitabh Bachchan as one of its bloggers
Bollywood's legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan has launched his blog on Reliance Entertainment's social networking site BigAdda.com.
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Nexus-Link.Un.Link
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Salesforce, Google join hands to enable companies run their business in the cloud Salesforce.com, a leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), has joined hands with Google to launch Salesforce for Google Apps that would enable businesses to effectively communicate and collaborate without any hardware or software to download, install or maintain.
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Zapak.com partners with Shanda to launch online racing game Crazy Kart in India
Reliance Entertainment's online gaming company Zapak Digital Entertainment has partnered with Shanda Interactive Entertainment, a leading interactive entertainment media company in China, to introduce Shanda's in-house developed online racing game Crazy Kart in India. Crazy Kart, one of the most successful sports games in China, is currently under closed-beta testing in India and is expected to enter commercial operation in the second quarter of 2008.
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Rajeev Sharma joins RMG Connect as head of digital
RMG Connect, JWT's direct marketing, customer relationship management and digital solutions company, has appointed Rajeev Sharma as vice president and head of digital. Prior to joining RMG Connect, Rajeev Sharma was head, digital solutions at Tribal DDB India. In his new role, Sharma will be responsible for growing the business and evangelising the digital space.
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Blinkx to distribute video content from English news channel Headlines Today
India Today Group Digital has partnered with US-based online video search engine Blinkx to make the video content from its English news channel Headlines Today available at Blinkx.com.
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Myntra makes its services available to Indyarocks users
Myntra.com, an online marketplace for personalized photo merchandize, has partnered with social networking site Indyarocks.com to make its services available to the Indyarocks users.
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Vivek Saurabh joins Id8 Labs as CEO, to set-up Delhi operations
Digital marketing agency Id8 Labs, which has offices in Philadelphia (US) and Mumbai, has appointed Vivek Saurabh as its new chief executive officer. Before joining Id8 Labs, Vivek Saurabh headed GENPACT's Centre of Excellence. Saurabh will be based in New Delhi and will also set up Id8 Labs' Delhi operations.
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Alibaba.com partners with Yellow Pages publisher Infomedia India
Alibaba.com, a leading B2B e-commerce company based in China, has partnered with Infomedia India, a Yellow Pages and special interest publishing company owned by the Network 18 group, to benefit small and medium-size enterprises in India.
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Microsoft, Vodafone launch SMS-based search service in India
Mobile service provider Vodafone has partnered with Microsoft India to provide its users SMS-based search service at a rate of 30 paisa per query. The SMS search service, powered by Microsoft's Live Search, would enable Vodafone mobile users to search online and mobile content including ringtones, images, articles and local directory information like restaurants.
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eBay India ties-up with Hot Muggs to offer IPL merchandise
eBay India has partnered with Rajesh Metal Industries, which owns the Hot Muggs brand, to offer exquisite merchandise of the two Indian Premier League teams -- Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings. The merchandise, which include Lassi glasses, mugs, badges and autographed collectors' items, would be available on eBay.in during the IPL series.
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That's all for now folks!
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Makkad-G
