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Pluggd.in:Why Myntra acquired Exclusively | iTruth behind iPhone5 sales in India

The hottest news is that Myntra has acquired  Exclusively.in and Shersingh - but why? Were they forced by common investors ? OR..?

iTruth: iPhone 5 is NOT yet sold out in India

There were false media reports that iPhone 5 is sold out in India. We bought one yesterday. Turns out that imagine stores have sold only 300 devices (to qualify as sold out?).

Freshdesk launches MobiHelp, developers can integrate in app customer support to iOS apps now

With MobiHelp, developers can integrate their Freshdesk help desk to apps with a line of code. 

Olacabs comes to Delhi (NCR), offers Rs 99 deal for Gurgaon

With this extension Olacabs is now present in 3 metros including Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi. For last 4 months, Olacabs has been running a pilot project in Delhi (NCR) to understand the patterns of traffic movement and demand of cabs across the region.

Vodafone ties up with ICICI Bank to offer M-Pesa [Soon to go international]

The service will be launched in West bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand and will be rolled out in other parts of the country later.

Market opportunity in Big data solutions in India to reach $ 153 million by 2014

Market opportunity in big data solutions will grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 37.8 % between 2011- 2014 to reach $153.1 million by 2014, according to a new study.

Sentimental Analysis tool, Veooz helps you analyze brand emotions across social media platforms

The company is currently capturing conversations from FB, Twitter, News Comments and Blogs; and plans to extend these sources to rest of the popular social media sources as well like Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, etc.

Management colleges dial startups as big recruiters give a missed call

Their new love for startups is not only a reflection of the increasingly positive attitude to startups  but also in anticipation of the weak hiring outlook for the next year.

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Pluggd.in :Nexus7 launches in India,EZETap secures funding

Google plus launches Bulk Follow feature [Height of desperation?]

For celebrities, this feature will surely get them more followers (translates to ego boost), but for sure, the ultimate loser is Google's Product Management team which failed to build an engagement driven product and has now given up to marketing (cheap)tricks.

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Nexus 7 launching in India this week : 16GB for INR 19,981

Given the availability of low cost Android devices, Nexus 7 surely needs better branding in markets like India.

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Why everybody is talking about your product and NO one is using it yet?

A thoughtful piece on why successful product pitches doesn't translate to successful products.

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India's Square, EZETap secures funding from Peter Thiel, Chamath Palihapitiya and Yammer's David Sacks

$3.5mn funding from Paypal's Peter Thiel and others! EZETap isn't taking it easy!

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Personal finance aggregator Zibika relaunches after 2 years [Interview with founder Vivek Doraiswami]

The startup shutdown in 2010 and is back now.

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Fab.com acquires Pune based startup, True Sparrow

"We had founded True Sparrow in 2007 in Pune, India. Guided with a unique culture around Make Mistakes, Get Shit Done, and Ship It, the company has worked on innovative technology products."

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How do you differentiate and be profitable on a "lingerie" thin margin business in India?

Great piece of analysis!

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Metataste helps you discover your next movie [Recommendation engine built in Dharamsala]
An interesting product which has a soul of its own.

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MakeMyTrip launches routeplanner – competes directly with iXiGo? 

MMT has 19.9% stake in iXiGo which is betting on its trip planner service. So why would MMT launch a service that competes with its investee?

MakeMyTrip acquires Hotel Travel Group for $25million, expands in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia

To expand globally.

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Pluggd.in : Flipkart:1-click checkout, Plustxt:world’s first cross lingual messaging app.

Fresh from the oven [Nov 6]

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With real time traffic updates, Bangalore based happypaths wants to make commuting easier happypaths gives you real time traffic update service that lets users report traffic from their location (uses triangulation).	Flipkart enables one click checkout, will store credit card details [PCI DSS 2.0 compliance certification] Given the amount of money Flipkart is spending in Print/TV media, this is a good example of an organizational level connect between the marketing and technology team.
Why you should get an Independent Board Member In all the hubbub of starting and growing a company, it's easy to overlook the creation of a strong and value-added board.	After Dubai, Zomato gets bigger in the Middle East [Launches sections for Abu Dhabi and Sharjah] With Zomato's launch in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, the middle east section of Zomato (including Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah) boasts more than 6,500 restaurants ranging from cafeterias to restaurants at 7 Star Hotels.
App Startup Plustxt launches world's first cross lingual messaging app [Targets NRIs]  WhatsApp has a serious glocal competition?	Now pay in Rupees using your mobile phone to buy Facebook credits, promote posts Facebook is going the extra distance to make this monetization model work.
Startup IndianRaga wants to democratize Indian performing arts space	All hail the almighty! Religion driven IT will generate more than $40 billion by 2017: Report OMG! Religion is positioned to fuel IT innovation and growth in emerging markets.
Social wishlist product Wishberg launches its public beta [5 point review]	Know William Shakespeare? There's an app for him Yeah baby!

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UnPluggd : India's Biggest Startup Event on December 1, 2012 [Bangalore].
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Pluggd.in :Dropbox smartly finds a space in Indian colleges

Newsletter for November 5th.

NCR based Viraliti wants to be the Adwords for Pinterest

Viraliti runs on a CPC model that is advertisers will be charged for every legitimate clicks. The cost per click (CPC) for a publisher will be decided based on their influence on Pinterest.

Nokia partners with Vodafone to bill you for music downloads

Vodafone India customers using the music service on their Nokia feature phones and Asha smartphones can renew their subscriptions using their Vodafone accounts and continue to download songs and albums from the Nokia Music Store.

Tech giants go to colleges in India [Back to School]

Google launches Get Social feature across 37 college campuses, LinkedIn partners IIM-A to launch networking groups for it's alumni. Microsoft had earlier partnered with AICTE to deploy its cloud solutions for thousands of colleges.

Dropbox smartly finds a space in Indian colleges [SpaceRace]

Indian college students have embraced Dropbox in quite a big way and while none of the Indian colleges are in the top 100 list, Dropbox surely has smartly found its way across many colleges.

Also see: Aakash tablet to be showcased at UN

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Pluggd.in Newsletter:Operators get ready for iPhone 5 launch in India

Today we introduced 'Ask me', a much needed feature on Pluggd.in forum connecting entrepreneurs with experts. 

The first expert we have is Paul Singh of 500Startups. Paul will answer all your queries related to angel investing. And we seriously mean 'all queries'. Hop here.

iPhone 5 launches today – A look at Airtel's data plan for iPhone 5

Telecom operator Airtel has announced its data plans for iPhone 5. And by the way, iPad Mini pre-ordering has started.

How ZatSe plans to take on JustDial in its home turf [Interview with Ashima Munjal]

A startup from Hero Majestic group!

In its second Indian buy this year, European firm Gruner + Jahr snaps up mobile ad-network SeventyNine

Seventynine is G+J's second digital acquisition in India after Networkplay, which was acquired by G+J earlier this year.

Review : AOL's Alto Mail [You can snooze your Inbox]

Kim Dot Com scripts Megaupload sequel and Lenovo launches smartphones in India

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Purposeful mentoring is in short supply, not money [Nov 1 Newsletter]

Newsletter for November 1st.

Of ShopVeg shutdown, startup accelerators and response from VentureNursery

Smart businessmen know that populism and pandering to anyone's ego has very little use in business. We believe that in India, committed, active and purposeful mentoring is in short supply, not money.

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Gift Facebook friends in 3 steps using Friends Club on Giftbig.com [Some gifts are free]

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DroidJuice lets you share your Droid battery status with the world (and compare smartphones on battery life)

Android's Siri, Maluuba launches in India [Voice based personal assistant]

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AR Drone, the quadricopter that can fly 162 feet high and record HD Videos launched in India

AR Drone, the smartphone controlled quadricopter which can fly in the sky at a height of up to 162 feet and record High Definition videos or relay it back to your device has been launched in India.

Explained : How to turn off the new compose feature on Gmail

That is, if you still do not like the new 'compose' feature in Gmail.

Karbonn launches two smartphones A21 and A9+ under its Duple Series

Karbonn has introduced two smartphones- the Karbonn 'Smart' A21 and A9+. Both devices run on Android 4.0 and are powered by Qualcomm's 1.2 Ghz Snapdragon processor.

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Supreme Court declines to intervene in setting up independent mobile radiation control body

The court was of the view that as government has already set up a committee on radiation issue, it needs a free hand at the initial stages.

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Pluggd.in Newsletter: Oct 30

Hello there, We have been exploring a few great options to improve the newsletter experience and have finally found one. We respect your time and from now onwards, we will hand curate articles that we believe you should be reading.

Chinese mobile browser UCWeb becomes most downloaded mobile browser in India on Google Play
Chinese web browser UCWeb which was launched in India in November last year announced that it has become the most downloaded mobile browser on Google Play and is en route to become India's number 1 mobile internet browser.

Airtel 4G : Review [AVOID it, unless you want to experience early adopter curse]
Airtel 4G is a myth. The company hasn't yet fixed its infrastructure and we strongly recommend you to avoid the early bird enthusiasm.

OyeChotu.com Delivers Authentic Indian Snacks to NRIs Worldwide
Indian snacks for NRIs!! Great concept?

Mobile banking in India on rise, SBI and ICICI lead volume & value
Volume of mobile based transactions has gone up over 40 % in August this year when compared to the month of February!

Preferred App Deployment Platform for Indian Startups [Survey Results]
No surprises here, but you will still be surprised to see the growth of Heroku and CtrlS

Product Managers Should Look Beyond Search: Browse Merchandising
For all the ecommerce firms, this is a must read (on-site search can be used for success!)

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• Inmobi shuts down offices in Africa and Russia. Because it don't matter
• Groupon Inc's Crazeal to rebrand to Groupon.co.in soon [Working around a legal dispute?]
• Google adds support for 9 International languages in Web Fonts API, including Tamil, Bengali and Hindi

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Unique Startup Contest - Win an iPad Every Month! Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Pi   REGISTER Last date of registration and submitting the questionnaire is extended to 10th October. No more extensions will be made. The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay presents Eureka! 2012- an International Business Plan Competition. Recognized as Asia's Largest B-Plan Competition by Thomson Reuter's and CNN, Eureka! provides a platform for potential ideas and early stage start-ups to evaluate their idea in the risk-free environment of a competition and this year, the teams will be competing for prizes worth INR 4 million which also includes an all expense paid trip to the E-Bootcamp 2012, BASES, Stanford. Now in its 14th year, Eureka! has become a launch pad for startups in India and beyond where they learn how to formulate an appropriate b-plan and the do's and don'ts of making the right pitch from expert mentors, industry veterans and investors. Major Incentives of Business Track. Winners to get cash prize of INR 5,00,000 and Runner-Up of INR 3,00,000. Direct entry and an all-expense-paid trip to the finals of The E-Bootcamp organized by BASES (Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students), Stanford University. Consultancy opportunities: Worth INR 9,50,000 in the form of Legal, Financial, HR, PR consultancies and scaling up solutions. Legal Consultancy by Nishith Desai Associates Financial Consultancy by Activitas Management Advisors Pvt Ltd HR and Scaling up solutions by Euphoria Consultancy PR Consultancy by Approach Communications IP and related consultancy by Brain League Office Space: Office space worth INR 4,50,000 by Regus Associates. Incubation: Direct entry to the live-in phase of the accelerator program at The Morpheus. Eureka! finalists will receive a chance to pitch their plan in front of a panel of angel investors and venture capitalists from organizations like Indian Angel Investor and Mumbai Angels. Eureka! Social: Eureka! Social encourages ideas and B-Plans which cater to people at the bottom of the pyramid and/or for a greener tomorrow. Eureka! Social will run as a parallel track and all the entries will be judged, mentored and evaluated separately. The B-Plan should have a definite revenue model and should be self-sustainable in the long run. It should also be socially relevant and impact the poor.   Major Incentives of Social Track: Winners to get cash prize of INR 1,00,000 and Runner-Up of INR 50,000. Direct entry and an all-expense-paid trip to the finals of The E-Bootcamp organized by BASES (Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students), Stanford University. Consultancy opportunities: Worth INR 9,50,000 in the form of Legal, Financial, HR, PR consultancies and scaling up solutions. Legal Consultancy by Nishith Desai Associates Financial Consultancy by Activitas Management Advisors Pvt Ltd HR and Scaling up solutions by Euphoria Consultancy PR Consultancy by Approach Communications IP and related consultancy by Brain League Office Space: Office space worth INR 4,50,000 by Regus Associates. Incubation: Direct entry to the live-in phase of the accelerator program at The Morpheus. Social Media: A month long course free online social media certificate course by Digital Vidya and a month of social media mentoring by Social Samosa. Eureka! finalists will receive a chance to pitch their plan in front of a panel of angel investors and venture capitalists from organizations like Indian Angel Investor and Mumbai Angels. Special Awards: Technological and Sustainable Development Award: A prize money of INR 3,00,000 will be awarded based on the criteria put forth by IIT Bombay Class of 1985 Eureka! Youth Award: A prize money of INR 1,00,000 will be awarded to the best youth entry. To register visit: http://ecell.in/eureka/register For more details visit: http://ecell.in/eureka Check out for our Resources and some of the sample B-Plans if you got an idea and want to develop it to a BPlan. Visit http://ecell.in/eureka/portal/resources/documents-and-presentations/ to access the resources. If you have already registered please ignore this mail. REGISTER facebook.com/ecell.in ecell.in twitter.com/ecell_iitb  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2012 Pi, All rights reserved.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences