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Thursday, November 8, 2012
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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Also, we announced the first speaker of UnPluggd : Baskar, founder of Amagi, a company that is totally disrupting the local advertising on TV.
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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 19,981Given 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!
An interesting product which has a soul of its own.
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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?
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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| happypaths gives you real time traffic update service that lets users report traffic from their location (uses triangulation). | 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. |
| In all the hubbub of starting and growing a company, it's easy to overlook the creation of a strong and value-added board. | 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. |
| 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 | 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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Monday, November 5, 2012
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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NextBigWhat Event: UnPluggd, India's Biggest Startup Event is scheduled for December 1 (Bangalore). More details here .
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