Makkad G's 10101
1nformation 0n 1ndian 0nline 1ndustry
(Beta…, Beti, Bhai, Behen. Every1's invited!)
Version 02.11
-
Hello,
Here's your issue of Makkad G's 10101 for June 1–15, 2008.
Happy Reading!
Makkad G
-
Talk of the Town
-
Yahoo sued for disseminating copyright content from T-Series
Delhi High Court has passed an interim injunction that prohibits Yahoo Video from streaming copyright content from music company Super Cassettes Industries. The court has also issued a notice to US-based Yahoo and its Indian subsidiary.
-
Sify revenues grow by 11% at $150 million for 2007-08
Sify Technologies has reported revenues of $150.59 million for the year ended 31st March 2008, a growth of 11 per cent as compared to $136.12 million reported for the previous year. Net profit, however, went down from $6.25 million in the March 2007 ended year to $0.12 million in the 2007-08 financial year.
-
MouthShut Local offers information on what's hot in 20 cities
MouthShut.com, a product reviews portal, has launched MouthShut Local, a city guide that offers information under 13 categories on what's hot and what's not in 20 cities of India. MouthShut Local is currently available in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Bhopal, Mysore, Surat, Amritsar, Cochin, Goa, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mangalore, and Trivandrum.
-
Amul to set up its virtual production facility in Second Life
Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which has already set up Amul virtual ice cream parlour in Second Life, is now planning to buy eight to ten islands, equal to 160 acres of virtual land, in the 3D online virtual world to set up a simulation of its production and distribution facility.
-
Turner creates its own ad network
US-based media company Turner, a part of Time Warner, has created its own ad network to consolidate and sell its display and video ad inventory across its 19 web properties including CNN.com and CartoonNetwork.com.
-
Fin-e-ssential gets funded by Mumbai Angels, Erasmic Venture
Mumbai-based Fin-e-ssential Infotech, which owns an online tax filing site FileMyReturns.com, has received early stage investment, estimated to be under $1 million, from Mumbai Angels and Erasmic Venture Funds.
-
RedBus conducted business worth Rs 20 crore in 2007
The company conducted business worth Rs 20 crore during the 2007 calendar year and plans to increase it three-fold this year. They plan on doing this by tapping other segments which are underserved today. RedBus is not too keen on serving any of the traditional offerings like air tickets, hotels etc.
-
Microsoft India in talks with mobile operators to expand its SMS search services
Microsoft India, which has already partnered with Vodafone to offer SMS (short messaging service) search services in the country, is now in talks with various mobile service operators including CDMA player Reliance Communications to expand the reach of its SMS search services in India.
-
WebSight!-Spin the Web. Explore!
-
PubMatic MediaKit to help Web publishers sell ad space directly to advertisers
Ad network aggregator company PubMatic has launched PubMatic MediaKit that enables website publishers to create a customized media kit that would help them sell advertising space on their websites by giving potential advertisers all the information they need.
-
LaunchPad-Just Born Online (I just love the Betas!)
-
Shilpa Shetty launches her website ShilpaShettyLive.com
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has launched her website ShilpaShettyLive.com that aims to promote brand Shilpa in general and popularize her perfume and Yoga DVD in particular, reports South Asian Women's Forum.
-
Burrp goes mobile; launches WAP site m.burrp.com
Burrp.com, a social recommender website for events and hangouts, has launched its WAP site m.burrp.com which can be accessed on GPRS-enabled mobile phones.
-
Rediff Product Search allows users to compare products, read reviews, check prices
Rediff.com has launched Rediff Product Search which allows users to compare products, read reviews, check prices and find 'the best deals' in their city. The service currently covers 16 product categories including digital cameras, mobile phones, laptops and mp3 players under electronics and cars and bikes under automobiles.
-
MyDuniya enables mobile phone users to send email through SMS
Bangalore-based MyDuniya Networks has launched an SMS-based application that allows mobile users to send emails, save and retrieve personal information and share contact details by sending an SMS without the need for an internet access.
-
AOL launches Indian version of its men's lifestyle site Asylum.com
AOL has launched Asylum.in, the Indian version of its men's lifestyle site Asylum.com. The website was first launched in US in December 2007.
-
Games2Win enables Orkut users to slap their friends
Online gaming company Games2Win.com has launched Slapster, an application for users of social networking site Orkut. The new application, which is based on one of Games2Win.com's popular games, allows users to virtually slap their friends and also state the reason for slapping.
-
Travelguru.com launches new user interface to enhance hotel booking experience
Online travel company Travelguru.com has launched a new hotels user interface to enhance the user's overall hotel booking experience. The new hotels user interface features tab-based browsing and includes Google Maps to help users view hotel locations on a map. It also allows users to search by hotel name, star rating and amenities.
-
Galileo launches travel related podcast service in India
Galileo, a global travel technology solutions provider, has launched Galileo Podcast, an internet radio service in India. It aims at 100 per cent e-ticketing.
-
Green.NDTV.com launched to promote TV reality show India's Environmentalist
NDTV has launched Green.NDTV.com to generate entries for and engage people with its TV reality show called India's Environmentalist that seeks to search for people who are involved in environment protection work.
-
People Group's ad network targets South Asian people living in UK
People Group, which owns matrimony portal Shaadi.com, social networking site Fropper.com and real estate portal Makaan.com, has launched an internet ad network, People Online, that aims to help advertisers and media buyers communicate to the South Asian people living in UK.
-
Yulop launches WAP site; offers local information for mobile users
Vertical local commerce site Yulop.com has launched its mobile WAP site at http://m.yulop.com, which can be accessed on GPRS enabled handsets. Yulop's mobile WAP site offers geo-coded local search information on local businesses, bus routes, movie timings and events from Bangalore.
-
Papam.in enables users to send personalized paper greeting cards
Noida-based startup Pcmbplus Technologies has launched Papam.in, a web platform that allows users to send personalized paper greeting cards, corporate certificates and customized invitation cards at the doorsteps of the recipient.
-
Rediff introduces toolbar compatible with Firefox 3
Rediff.com has made its Rediff Toolbar compatible with Firefox 3, the latest version of Firefox browser. With this release, Rediff claims to have made its toolbar application available for all versions of both Internet Explorer and Firefox web browsers.
-
Nexus-Link.Un.Link
-
Ibibo, FTV to jointly launch iFashion Photographer Hunt
Social networking site Ibibo.com in partnership with FTV channel is planning to launch Ibibo FTV iFashion Photographer Hunt that would allow amateur fashion photographers to showcase their talent and be a part of FTV and also get guidance from ace fashion photographer, Jatin Kampani.
-
Microsoft partners with HP to increase usage of its Live Search service
Microsoft has signed a deal with HP to install a Live Search-enabled toolbar on all HP consumer PCs planned to ship in US and Canada, beginning in January 2009. As part of the deal, the default search engine setting in the browser on all HP consumer PCs will also be set to Microsoft Live Search.
-
comScore acquires mobile media measurement company M:Metrics
Internet research firm comScore has acquired US-based mobile media measurement company M:Metrics for $44.3 million in cash plus 50,000 options of comScore stock.
-
Ibibo ties up with FTV to launch Ibibo FTV iFashion Photographer Contest
Social networking site Ibibo Web has partnered with fashion and lifestyle channel Fashion TV to launch Ibibo FTV iFashion Photographer Contest to enable amateur fashion photographers across India showcase their talent at the national level. The contest is being supported by a TV campaign and online media.
-
Ambika Tiku joins Starcom IP as India head
Starcom IP, the digital marketing arm of Starcom Mediavest group, has appointed Ambika Tiku as the company's head for its India operations. Ambika Tiku moves from Lowe India where she was the head of digital. She will replace Hari Shankar, the current Starcom IP India leader, who will be moving into a product focused regional role.
-
ApnaLoan to power UTVi Loans column on UTVi.com
ApnaLoan.com, an online marketplace for loan products, and UTVi.com, website for UTV's English business news channel UTVi, have signed an agreement under which ApnaLoan will provide content, information and services about home loans, personal loans, credit cards, car loans and educational loans to the users of UTVi.com under the UTVi Loans column.
-
Contests2win ties-up with iTasveer.com to launch photography contest
Contests2win.com in association with online photo management site iTasveer.com has launched monsoon photography contest where users can upload images around the theme - Monsoon Magic and also rate images uploaded by other participants of the contest.
-
MTV launches its adventure based reality show MTV Roadies on Orkut
MTV has partnered with Google to launch the online version of its adventure based reality show MTV Roadies on Google's social networking site Orkut. In order to participate in the contest, users will first have to add an application called Sony Ericsson MTV Roadies Battleground to their Orkut profile.
-
Yahoo, Havas Digital to jointly develop media trading platform
Yahoo and Havas Digital, one of the world's leading interactive agencies, have signed an agreement under which Havas Digital will work with Yahoo's Right Media Exchange to develop a proprietary media trading platform.
-
That's all for now folks!
-
Makkad-G
No comments:
Post a Comment