Latest Posts from Pluggd.in for 05/05/2012

Latest articles from Pluggd.in. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Latest from Pluggd.in Analyzed: Why LinkedIn acquired Slideshare (and played a role in higher valuation)? LinkedIn may have had a lot to do with SlideShare's increased traffic, monetization, and eventually the valuation they had to shell out the $119 million for! Read More How Marketers are Using Social Media Marketing Successfully Mostly all businesses today, whether large or small, are using social media marketing, not only to improve their search results but to create a better sense of brand loyalty and showcase brand presence among their customers. An interesting infographic by Pagemodo shows that more than 90% of marketers use social media and what is surprising is that growing sales in not amongst their top priorities. - The most common benefit of social media is exposure for the business, the report claims, where as increasing sales comes in the last with less than half the people surveyed citing it as a benefit. - Facebook and Twitter have witnessed far more usage for social marketing than blogs which used to be more popular till a couple of years ago. - More than 77% marketers claim they plan to use more of video marketing on social sites like YouTube to increase their exposure further. Have a look at this interesting infographic (click on the image for better resolution). All geared up to make videos then? Source. Are marketeers now getting the whole point behind 'social media'? [Guest article written by Prateek Panda, Head of Business Development at GenCrowd, an online marketplace for startups and ... Read More Analyzed: Google's New Proposed Metrics For Ads – A Giant Leap for Online Advertising Intelligent platforms like Google's Adwords have been making some justice by considering supportive metrics like CTR to decide on how much visibility an ad should be given and at what price. While this helps optimize things for the publishers, it still does not change anything fundamentally to encourage branding dollars to be spent online. I particularly mean brand marketing spends and not marketing spends at large. Read More India ranks high on cyber-affected county list – holds 5th position: McAfee report India is acutely aware that cybercrime is bad for its reputation as a country where foreign investors can do business, and thus has been investing heavily in cyber security. But it lacks a single operator to control the internet, telecom and power sectors, even if CERT or other co-ordinating authorities are involved. The main challenge for India is to train and equip its law enforcement agencies and judiciary, and expand it to other cities of the country beyond New Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai. Read More Samsung Galaxy S3 to launch in India in June, Priced at INR 38,000 Samsung mercilessly killed the hopes of those who were planning to buy the Galaxy Nexus device, but the good news is that Galaxy S3 will be launched in India in the first week of June. Samsung claims that the device takes it inspiration from nature and thus has smooth curvaceous body unlike the square predecessor. Samsung TouchWiz interface is in full swing with look and feel of nature- like physical looks. The Galaxy SIII runs on Ice Cream Sandwich aka Android 4.0, and boasts of a whooping 4.8-inch (12.19-cm) Super AMOLED HD display. In fact it resembles its counterpart Nexus in many ways including the home screen buttons. It is sardonic that Samsung is the foremost supplier of retina display to Apple because it hasn't used any of it in the SIII. It has the Samsung patented PenTile display thus despite 306ppi it's not as sharp as iPhone due to the pixel sharing capabilities of this technology. Galaxy Nexus has 316ppi whereas the iPhone has 326ppi. The Galaxy SIII has a swanky 8 megapixel back camera and a 1.9-megapixel front facing camera that allows users to click the best shots with zero lag time. And if company claims are considered ... Read More More to read: Where should Indian Businesses incorporate their company in USA [Whiteboard Friday] What deals do Indians buy [Crazeal Data] Buy Kitchen Products Online on Jolivi, Bangalore Based Startup OrangeScape secures $1mn funding from IAN LinkedIn To Acquire Slideshare for $118.8 Million Deal Announcing UnPluggd We're excited to announce the next edition of UnPluggd, India's biggest startup event. More here.

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Latest Posts from Pluggd.in for 04/05/2012

Latest articles from Pluggd.in. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Latest from Pluggd.in Where to incorporate your company in USA for Indian Businesses [Whiteboard Friday] Previously we discussed various business structure that Indian business owners could choose if they are starting a company in USA (Choosing right business legal structure in USA for Indian Entrepreneurs). However as the name suggests, United States Of America is a country formed by uniting various states. So the laws in each 50 state is a little different and hence, incorporating in the right state is important. In this episode of "eLagaan Whiteboard Friday", the eLagaan team explains various factors you should consider before incorporating your business in one state or other. Some of the factors include immigration status, State of residence, Privacy laws, Cost, Customer location, Employee location, Forum shopping & Long arm statute. Also consideration on finding a state which is corporate friendly, so the businesses have higher chances of favorable court laws. Recommended Read: Explained: 7 Steps to Incorporate a Company in USA (from outside USA) Subscribe to Pluggd.in's Youtube channel. Read More What deals do Indians buy [Crazeal Data] What deals are Indians looking for? 51% enjoy F&B deals, 20% experience local spas and salons. Read More Buy Kitchen Products Online on Jolivi, Bangalore Based Startup Jolivi has all the hardware that you would need to buy for your kitchen and dining table, except the modular kitchen and the dining table of course. Arranged in easy to navigate menus at the website, Jolivi.com is a simple, yet brilliant idea that would add fun to the heart of your home--the kitchen. Read More OrangeScape secures $1mn funding from IAN PaaS provider, OrangeScape has raised $1mn funding from IAN (Indian Angel Network) and post this funding, Sharad Sharma of IAN will join OrangeScape's board. Read More LinkedIn To Acquire Slideshare for $118.8 Million Deal The deal is expected to close by the middle of this year and as per the reports, LinkedIn will pay 45% of the SlideShare purchase price in cash, with the balance in the form of stock Read More Day 1 with XOLO X900 [Review] The Intel based XOLO was launched last week and for the uninitiated, XOLO is the first device to sport Intel's Medfield processor and importantly, India is the first country where XOLO X900 has been launched. We have been playing with the device and here is the day 1 review of the device plus the Unboxing video. Read More Qn: Do I need to have 1 lakh in the bank to form a Private Limited Company? [Company Incorporation] While incorporating a private limited company, most people falter at the sight of the Rs. 1 lakh authorized capital which every company must have in accordance with the requirements under the Companies Act, 1956, as amended ("Companies Act"). Common questions include: (a) Do you need to deposit Rs. 1 lakh in a fixed deposit account in a bank? (b) Do I need to wait till I can collect Rs. 1 lakh in cash? Due to this and many other common misconceptions that many entrepreneurs have, many people prefer to form a proprietorship concern. The principal advantage of incorporating a private limited company is the limited liability of Companies vis-à-vis a proprietorship concern or a partnership firm. It is important to understand that it is not necessary to have Rs. 1 lakh either in cash or in a fixed deposit account when starting a company. So then what is this Rs. 1 lakh requirement? The requirement of Rs. 1 lakh is with respect to the authorised share capital of the company. Authorised share capital essentially represents the aggregate value of shares which can be issued by a company. In contrast, issued and subscribed share capital represents the aggregate value of shares ... Read More Telecom subscribers grow 0.83% between Feb-Mar'12 The number of telephone subscribers in India has grown at a rate of 0.83 per cent MoM. It has increased to 951.34 million at the end of March'12 from 943.49 million in Feb'12. This has been reported by the TRAI today. While urban areas added 1.71 million subscriptions in a month, rural subscription grew at a rapid pace of 6.14 million during the same period. Read More Report: 3 among 10 Indians are suffering [Healthcare] There is an overall decline in national reading and mathematical proficiency to the point where most Indian children are now considered to be two to three years behind expectations Read More More to read: Delhi based Ankhorus Provides Security-as-a-Service for Servers Six Banana Peels : Brand Creation Basics as You Grow News Roundup: Now you can view your IIT answer sheet online Google to launch auto-translate on Gmail Announcing Next Edition of UnPluggd: July 7, Bangalore. Announcing UnPluggd We're excited to announce the next edition of UnPluggd, India's biggest startup event. More here.

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