Makkad G's 10101 | 02.01 | Jan 01-15, 2008

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Makkad G's 10101

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Hello,

Here's your issue of Makkad G's 10101 for January 1–15, 2008.

Happy Reading!

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Makkad G

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Talk of the Town

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BigAdda plans to open up its public addas for advertisers
Reliance Entertainment's social networking site BigAdda.com is developing customized solutions for advertisers such as allowing them to create their own branded addas (communities) on the site. BigAdda also plans to enable advertisers place display ads in a contextual manner.

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Tangerine Digital plans to launch online serial on Campus18.com
Tangerine Digital Entertainment is planning to launch an online interactive serial on its youth portal Campus18.com by Mar-Apr 2008. The online serial would be targeted at the youth in the 16-24 years age-group.

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Tradeindia plans to host videos of suppliers' facilities for buyers
B2B portal TradeIndia.com has introduced a Call Me Free service which enables buyers to provide their phone number and get instantly connected to the respective suppliers through Tradeindia's operators for free. Tradeindia is now planning to introduce an SMS enquiry service to speed up transactions, and host online videos of suppliers' facilities for buyers to see before they contact them.

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PubMatic raises $7 million from Nexus India, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Helion Ventures
PubMatic, which enables online publishers to maximize their ad revenue, has received $7 million VC fund from Nexus India Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Helion Ventures. The ad optimization company plans to use the fund for beta expansion and accelerated product development.

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Bharti to issue VeriSign SSL certification in India
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel and internet security provider VeriSign are set to enter into a deal under which Bharti will become an issuing authority for SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certification in India. Any business that provides solutions or transactions on the internet, if it is SSL certified, implies the transaction is secure.

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IAMAI, Korea Game Industry sign MoU to develop gaming in India
On the first day of the India Digital Summit 2008, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Murugavel Janakiraman, chairman, Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and Kyu-Nam Choi, president, Korea Game Industry Agency (KOGIA).

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UTV to acquire ITNation that owns Techtree, CXOtoday, ChannelTimes
UTV Software Communications, a diversified media and entertainment company, is in the process to acquire Mumbai-based online tech media company ITNation that owns Techtree.com, CXOtoday.com, ChannelTimes.com and Enterpriser.in besides an offline 360 Magazine. The deal is expected to close in a month.

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Tyroo, iXiGO, DimDim among 10 'Most Interesting Start-ups'
Business daily Mint, a part of the HT Media group, has come out with a list of the 10 "most interesting start-ups" to watch for in 2008. The list includes, Tyroo Media (online ad network), iXiGO.com (travel meta search) and DimDim (online Web conferencing).

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Chandamama.com lets users share stories through Mundu web messenger
Chandamama.com, the website of a popular children's magazine Chandamama, has integrated Mundu IM web messenger with its online stories. With the new feature, children can not only read their favorite stories but also instantly refer them to friends and chat with them through the Mundu IM link integrated into each story.

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ClickJobs does a complete integration of Internet, Mobile and Print
Clickjobs.com, a part of the Consim Info (BharatMatrimony) group, has entered into a strategic alliance with the Businessworld magazine. Under the deal, the magazine publishes a 16-page co-branded section Purple Patch which provides information on various jobs, each job accompanied by a short code. And if a particular job is of interest to a ClickJobs user, he can instruct the job portal to send his resume to the concerned company by just sending an SMS to 55050 mentioning the specific short code.

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TutorVista plans to raise $15 million to launch its services in India
Online tutoring firm TutorVista, which has made inroads in US and UK, is now rolling out a major India business plan for which it is planning to raise $15 million. Earlier, TutorVista had received $2.5 million funding from Manipal Education Group, $7 million from Lightspeed Ventures Partners and $2 million from Sequoia Capital India.

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MapmyIndia Navigator to come pre-equipped with GM's premium cars in India
CE Info Systems (MapmyIndia.com) has said its in-car GPS navigation device MapmyIndia Navigator will now come equipped as a standard accessory in all variants of General Motors' premium cars in India.

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BharatStudent.com plans to invest Rs 25 crore in 2 years
Social networking site BharatStudent.com plans to invest around Rs 25 crore over the next two years. Of this, 25 per cent would be capital expenditure, while the rest would be infused into scaling up our human resources pool, creating visibility of the portal and brand recalling involving online, TV and print media advertisements.

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StudyPlaces gets $3 million VC fund from KPCB, Sherpalo, Info Edge
Education portal StudyPlaces.com has received $3 million from venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins, Caufield & Byers (KPCB), Ram Shriram's Sherpalo Ventures and the internet company Info Edge (Naukri.com).

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Motorola acquires music download company Soundbuzz
Motorola has acquired Singapore-based online and mobile music download company Soundbuzz, which enables music lovers throughout Asia to buy and download music tracks onto their PCs, portable music players and mobile phones.

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BigAdda claims 1.24 million registered users; adding 15 Indians a minute
Social networking site BigAdda.com, a part of the Reliance ADA Group, claims to have added 1.24 million Indian youth in just four months of launch. BigAdda.com was launched on August 13, 2007. According to BigAdda, 15 Indians join Bigadda.com every minute. The social networking site has set a target of adding 10 million registered users by 2010.

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WebSight!-Spin the Web. Explore!

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RedBus enables villagers in Karnataka to book bus tickets online
Online bus ticketing company RedBus.in has partnered with Comat Technologies to enable Karnataka's rural citizens to book bus tickets to various destinations across India. The service will be provided through Comat's Nemmadi internet-enabled tele-centres being set-up in the rural areas of Karnataka.

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LaunchPad-Just Born Online (I just love the Betas!)

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MonsterIndia launches SMS-based job search application
Jobs portal MonsterIndia.com has launched an SMS-based job search application that enables users to get the top three job matches in a relevant category as an SMS on their mobile phones. To get the job matches, users just need to type text such as 'Jobs Brand Manager Delhi' and SMS it to 53030.

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Gnome.in launched to help designers showcase their creativity
Mumbai-based start-up Fingerprints Fashions has launched the beta version of Gnome.in that aims to provide an online platform for designers and hobbyists to showcase their creativity, possibly win amongst a community of peers and have their products selling online as well as across stores.

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Webdunia launches online poll to choose most eminent Indians
Multi-lingual portal Webdunia.com has launched an online poll to choose the most eminent Indians from the field of global citizenry, political leaders, cricketers, sports persons, films stars, as well as the best of Indian movies of 2007. The online poll is open till January 10, 2008.

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ShopImagine.in launched to sell luxury lingerie items
US-based woman entrepreneur Hina Saiya has launched ShopImagine.in, an online retail store that will offer luxury lingerie items for the Indian urban professional women.

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Nexus-Link.Un.Link

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Yahoo oneSearch to be available on Reliance Mobile phones
Yahoo India has partnered with Reliance Communications to offer its mobile search product Yahoo oneSearch to Reliance Mobile users on both CDMA and GSM networks across India. Through Yahoo oneSearch, Reliance Mobile users will be able to access news, financial information, weather conditions, flight status information and Flickr photos.

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NDTV Convergence appoints Rajesh Kumar as National Sales Head

NDTV Convergence, which manages all the dotcom and mobile properties of the NDTV Group, has taken up ad sales responsibilities from January 1, 2008. NDTV Convergence has also appointed Rajesh Kumar as national head of sales. Kumar was earlier managing syndication and digital sales business at NDTV Convergence.

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LD Sharma on his way to become full time entrepreneur
L D Sharma, director (search and affiliates), DGM India, is on his way to become full time entrepreneur. Sharma, who has acquired more than 600 domain names in the last three years, is expected to launch a series of affiliate sites on different verticals and build a business model around them. One of such sites is BookFlights.co.in where he will optimize the site for search engines like Google and direct business traffic, for a fee, to the websites of online travel companies.

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NDTV Convergence ties-up with Ammas.com to launch NDTV Answers
NDTV Convergence has partnered with knowledge exchange portal Ammas.com to launch NDTV Answers, an online user-generated question answering service that offers rewards for quality answers.

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Percept Knorigin acquires SEM company Searchize
Percept Knorigin, digital media arm of Percept Holdings, has acquired Mumbai-based search engine marketing company Searchize. Searchize was founded by Ryan Govindan in 2004.

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MySpace India appoints Tarun Tripathi as director, marketing and content
Rupert Murdoch owned social networking site MySpace.com has launched its customized Indian website which is currently in Beta stage. Myspace has also appointed Tarun Tripathi, former head of marketing at Yash Raj Films, as director, marketing and content for its India operations.

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WOW-Worth 'O' Watch!

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Contests2Win.com has launched a Crossword engine that enables users to create their own crosswords without any serious alphabetical or mathematical calculations.

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Youth magazine JAM (Just Another Magazine) has launched a content social networking website ClubJam.Jammag.com that will have original content including texts, photographs and videos contributed by college students from across the country.

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That's all for now folks!

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