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Latest articles from Pluggd.in. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. DDOSd. From Russia, with Love Pluggd.in has joined the ranks of Twitter, Wordpress.com and Slideshare as we faced a massive DDOS attack from our Russian lovers. The good news however is that we are back now; but for now, we have blocked a few IPs (and all IPs from Russia). ---------------------------   More to read: Explained: How to use Google Calendar as Task Management Service Nasper and Tiger Global to pump $ 150 million in Flipkart Slates to Tablets: Bundled content sends Indian schools on a digital quest 10+ Indian Startups that pivoted (successfully) Women cancel flight tickets more than Men [Report]

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Latest articles from Pluggd.in. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Women cancel flight tickets more than Men [Report] Women are more vacillating than men when it comes to making travel decisions, according to a new report. The report by online travel site Goibibo.com says that while 24 per cent of travelers change their travel plans after booking, women top the list with 20 per cent cancellations. --------------------------- Explained: How to use Google Calendar as Task Management Service There are atleast 10+ great task management services – right from Asana to Trello, Do and several others. But one of the feature that's missing in most of these task management tools is lack of dashboard view. --------------------------- Nasper and Tiger Global to pump $ 150 million in Flipkart Indian online retailer Flipkart is set to raise $ 150 million as an additional round of funding led by South Africa's media group Nasper and existing investor Tiger Global, according to various reports. This will infuse fresh capital into the company which operates in a crowded segment which is known for its high burn rates and razor thin margins. --------------------------- Slates to Tablets: Bundled content sends Indian schools on a digital quest Future of education in India seems to be increasingly tablet centric as we see more and more useful content making its way into the handy device. According to a report, digitized private school products market is around $ 500 mn and it is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 20 % to reach $ 2 bn by 2020. The market potential by 2020 could be up to $ 4 bn. The market for ICT in government schools is $ 750 mn currently and is expected to grow five times by 2020. --------------------------- 10+ Indian Startups that pivoted (successfully) Pivoting is one of the most difficult decisions for a company - for two reasons, first the world labels you a failure and second, the world doesn't believe that you'd be able to make it either with the new product --------------------------- Indian government issues social media guidelines for Government agencies Amidst growing concerns that the Indian government will come up with ways to regulate social media, the center has approved and notified two important frameworks that lay down the guidelines to using social media by government agencies. --------------------------- India's largest private sector bank gives a big thumbs up to Tablets Using a tablet equipped with mobile connectivity, our executive can scan the relevant KYC documents and click a picture of the customer, thereby doing away with the need for the customer to visit a branch. --------------------------- RSS needs a social layer? Feedspot is building one Mumbai and California based Feedspot is revisiting RSS and enabling users to share/consume content shared by others and in the process, discover new and interesting topics/sites/people. --------------------------- Medical devices startup, Consure Medical secures funding from IAN and India Innovation Fund Indian Angel Network and India Innovation Fund have invested in Consure Medical, a Delhi based company which has developed a new standard of care for the management of fecal incontinence in non-ambulatory patients. ---------------------------   More to read: Most popular gadget brands in India : Samsung beats Apple [eBay India Report] Veddis Ventures launches incubator in Gurgaon, to invest $ 100 mn in startups Justdial files for IPO. But why? Accel Partners invests INR 100 crores in Bigtree. Here is why [Analysis] Startup RankSignals abstracts signals from site's backlink data [Discover SEO juice of your competitors]

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Latest articles from Pluggd.in. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Most popular gadget brands in India : Samsung beats Apple [eBay India Report] eBay claims that it sells a mobile handset every 3 minutes, a laptop every 9 minutes, a digital camera every 19 minutes and a television every 54 minutes. --------------------------- Veddis Ventures launches incubator in Gurgaon, to invest $ 100 mn in startups London headquartered Veddis Ventures is launching an incubator in Gurgaon. The early stage venture fund headed by Vikrant Bhargava, co-founder of Partygaming-- the company which went public in 2005, has named the new incubator Veddis Advisors. --------------------------- Justdial files for IPO. But why? This IPO is purely offer for sale only (secondary sales by some of our existing shareholders) and there is no primary component, hence we don't plan to raise any money in to the company through this IPO - Justdial CFO --------------------------- Accel Partners invests INR 100 crores in Bigtree. Here is why [Analysis] With nearly 300 people, Bigtree not only provides ticketing services to the consumer, but also offers a ticketing solution called Vista (licensed from Vista.co.nz) that allows theater and multiplex owners to sell tickets at the box office as well as remotely through mobile phones and over the internet. --------------------------- Startup RankSignals abstracts signals from site's backlink data [Discover SEO juice of your competitors] NCR based startup, MPedia has launched Rank Signals, a big data SaaS platform, that indexes the web to provide analytics. The size of RankSignal index, as the team claims rivals some of the Tier 2 search engines. --------------------------- Ministry of Defence: Only one hacking attack attempted in three years The government claims that over the past three years, only one instance of attempted hacking on computers belonging to defence sector has come to notice. There were intelligence reports in November 2011 about the probable compromise of computers of Eastern Naval Command based in Visakhapatnam. However, none of these computers were found to be compromised in the suspected hacking. --------------------------- Sloka Telecom launches High Speed Voice and Data Transfer solutions for ISPs Sloka has developed unique architecture to make the radio units compact, easy to install and requires power as low of a 60W bulb. These can be installed on a pipe in rural villages and powered by solar panels. ---------------------------   More to read: New Poll: Ebooks OR Dead-Tree Edition? In Karnataka, Investors can track project status online Breaking: Amazon Launches India store and e-reader, Opens Kindle Direct Publishing to indie authors Spurfy: Augmented Reality meets ecommerce India Post launches automated mail processing system using OCR

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Latest articles from Pluggd.in. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. New Poll: Ebooks OR Dead-Tree Edition? While this is a bold move by Amazon, Flipkart's success(?) of Flyte is a proof that Indians do prefer to buy music online (so why not books?). In Karnataka, Investors can track project status online Investors in Karnataka can track their projects at each step through a recently launched online portal. The online portal not only provides information about investment process but also helps investors to track the status of their projects with the government. Breaking: Amazon Launches India store and e-reader, Opens Kindle Direct Publishing to indie authors Amazon has launched the India Kindle Store and also announced a partnership with digital retailer Croma to sell Kindle e-readers. Spurfy: Augmented Reality meets ecommerce Spurfy essentially bridges the ads and reviews of the products in the print media to purchasing. It acts as a marketplace by bringing in merchants, buyers and the magazines. World's most complex snail mail service to get a tad faster: India Post launches automated mail processing system India Post, the world's most distributed postal service just got a bit faster. To modernize mail processing centres, the Department of Post launched its first automated mail processing centre in Delhi on Tuesday at a cost of Rs 42 crore. Nearly a million mails can be handled by the new centre every day. 5 Indians make it to MIT's annual "35 under 35" innovators' list Names such Daniel Ek, Drew Houstan and Ben Silbermann may not ring a bell, but their web innovations in the form of Spotify, Dropbox and Pinterest individually have millions of users per month. Eben Upton, the brain behind the wildly popular RasberryPi computer also finds his name in the roll call. As always, the Indian diaspora finds its worthy representation in the list. Glee: An App Platform that brings customer engagement and loyalty management to retailers In terms of benefit to customers, Glee is targeting increase repeat purchase by 25%, word-of-mouth recruitment by 30% and in the whole process, bringing down one's customer acquisition cost by 25%. Twitter gives in to Indian government demands, blocks fake PMO accounts [Update] While Indian government successfully managed Google and Facebook to comply with the request to remove content from the websites, Twitter is facing government wrath as the company doesn't have presence in India. --------------------------- More to read: E-governance fund allocation in India: Government allocated 80 crores for E-district roll outs in 2011-12 Book Packers and Movers online on RelocateXP, an aggregator of agencies Social recruitment made easy through HireRabbit, Bangalore based startup NCR based Unicommerce launches Uniware, a SAAS based order management system for ecommerce companies Infosys wins Jack Palmer harassment suit, but Visa troubles not over yet

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Latest articles from Pluggd.in. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. E-governance fund allocation in India: Government allocated 80 crores for E-district roll outs in 2011-12 For financial year 2011-12, Government had released 80 crores (8005.80 lakh) for e-district national roll out. Out of this, Gujarat got the highest INR 10 crore (1003 lakh) followed by Assam 8.9 crore (890.60 lakh), Chhattisgarh 5.2 crore (520.88 lakh), Kerela 5.05 crore (505.85 lakh) read more | comment Book Packers and Movers online on RelocateXP, an aggregator of agencies The company has tied up with over 200 agencies including Packers and Movers and Transporters across India and is available in 13 cities. read more | comment Social recruitment made easy through HireRabbit, Bangalore based startup LinkedIn with 160+ million users is a great tool for recruiting senior to mid level professionals, But Facebook being the 2nd most trafficked website in the world with 900+ million users and broader demographic, cannot be ignored for recruiting across the corporate ladder. read more | comment NCR based Unicommerce launches Uniware, a SAAS based order management system for ecommerce companies Uniware pricing model works on order basis and it charges anywhere between INR 2 to 6 on every processed order and it can be deployed within 5-8 days time frame. : "We started reaching out to clients in May' 2012 and are already working with some of biggest names in ecommerce like Snapdeal, Jabong." read more | comment Infosys wins Jack Palmer harassment suit, but Visa troubles not over yet However, this is not the end of all its troubles. Infosys still faces one more harassment lawsuit by another former employee on similar grounds. read more | comment Born from a tweet, OKListen is fast changing the Indie music in India Starting up stories can range from awesome to outright boring, but none could have a better one than OKListen. Wanting to buy music from an Indian rock band, Vijay realized it was easier said than done. read more | comment Telecom Roundup: Global pressure forces government to drop 50% local tools clause Mobile companies see 7-8 per cent revenue loss due to bulk SMS ban Restriction on SMS to five per day is not only causing problems for millions of mobile phone users but may also lead to loss of 7-8 per cent revenue of telecom operators for the month, operators’ association COAI has said. [source] Global ... read more | comment More to read: Tirupati-based DoloArts: Where Ecommerce Meets God BSNL to hive off tower infra to a new company India blames Pakistani hands behind Internet scare that led to NE exodus [Irresponsible social web] Top Online Destinations in India: Google leads the traffic race, Facebook tops engagement A look at RedHerring Asia's Top 100 startup list [India:56, China:41]

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Latest articles from Pluggd.in. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Tirupati-based DoloArts: Where Ecommerce Meets God Apart from India Doloarts products are being sold out in Major parts in USA, UK, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore etc. Around 30% of total sales we are getting for other countries. Read More BSNL to hive off tower infra to a new company State owned telecom company, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is planning to hive off its telecom tower infrastructure into a separate company Read More India blames Pakistani hands behind Internet scare that led to NE exodus [Irresponsible social web] While social media has been widely credited for catalysing positive change in the world through events like the Arab spring, it has also been instrumental in spreading in rumours. Read More Top Online Destinations in India: Google leads the traffic race, Facebook tops engagement In terms of engagement, visitors were most engaged on Facebook, spending an average of nearly 4 hours on the site in June. Visitors spent 2.5 hours on Google Sites, with YouTube accounting for a strong share of time spent on the property. Read More More to read: A look at RedHerring Asia's Top 100 startup list [India:56, China:41] Indian Government bans bulk SMS service for 15 days. Consumers SMS usage limited to 5 per day 17 Tips for entrepreneurs to increase their productivity What does a Series A funding strategy and plan look like? Should a startup worry about protecting its IP? [Whiteboard Friday] Apply for QPrize Apply for Qualcomm's QPrize 2012. Submission deadline: Aug 17, 2012 More here.

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