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Thursday, August 22, 2013

India is 3rd Largest Internet Population; ZopNow Cofounder Birla Ousted

NextBigWhat Daily Digest

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There is No VC Money for Just Another App, The Underlying Service Is Important

In this two part series, we are trying to build share some investor perspective around the app ecosystem in India. Alok Mittal, the Managing Director of Canaan Partners sheds light on how he sees the space through an investors eyes.

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India Now 3rd Largest Internet Population: Mobile Gaining Ground; Blogs Grew Fastest

India added 17.6 mn users in the last year, clocking a year on year increase of 31%. with an extended online universe in excess of 145 mn, the market is at a tipping point for online businesses.

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Meet Partho Bhowmick, The Man Who Teaches Photography to the Blind [DOER]

Photographs taken by the students are showcased in exclusive photo exhibitions, that travel around the country, that are not just a great exposure to their art but also a source of income to the photographers.

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Samsung Offers Best Value for Money Phones, Nokia Lags in Premium Segment: Study

Indian manufacturers like Micromax, Karbonn and Lava have a high Value For Money but unfortunately they have very few models priced above Rs 10,000.

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ZopNow Cofounder, Birla Quits

It seems that Online grocery store ZopNow cofounder, Birla has quit. Birla has shared updates on his blog post with further details "So over the past 2 years I have been building a brand and company but I guess I have now run out of time now. Led by my dear friend .., I have

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Want An itinerary Planner With A Dash Of Social Networking? Try JoGuru

Pune based startup JoGuru wants to make the itinerary planning easier for the self-made vacation planner. The travel site will allow you to find, seek, organize your travel plan and socialize with fellow travellers, all in one place

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HTML5 and JS Based Visualization Library, CanvasJS Upgrades – Is Retina Ready and Supports IE6+

The new upgrade is a significant improvement and is retina ready (HI-DPI Device Support ) and also supports IE6+ versions. Interestingly, FusionCharts today announced that it will not be supporting Flash anymore

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We Have Taken a Big Hit In Maharashtra: BookMyShow CEO Ashish Hemrajani

"From revenue standpoint, we have taken a big hit in Maharashtra," Ashish Hemrajani told NextBigWhat in an interview earlier. The days of waiting in lines are over as people get used to online services and one can't reverse the trend.

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The Only Metric That Matters In Your Team : DOSAY

Typically, companies tend to create a complex performance metrics that eventually serves one purpose – justify your decision. The decision that is shared at the D-day, i.e. appraisal cycle (could be of salary cut, promotion etc) and is hardly based on quantitative data (bell curve, anyone?).

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Delhi Engineer Wants to Make Wireless Chargers Actually Usable [Blind Positioning Charger]

Qitah seeks to be different from others by having a three coil system and a 40 degree incline combined with a soft smartgrip which will allow users to place their phones in whatever angle they want to.

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Google Extends Hindi Handwriting Support to Search, Translate and Chrome

Apart from native Hindi support in the latest version of Jelly Bean 4.3 Google has also brought beta support for Hindi handwriting in search and Google Translate on the mobile.

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Digital marketing in Social Times – Where Your Focus Should Be

On July the 29th, I saw my Facebook wall inundated by a series of posts by friends around the world. The post in question was a 5 minute 21 second video created by British Airways. The sheer volume of shares compelled me to watch it, and multiple thoughts came together compelling me to write this

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#MobileLife: Must-Have Apps for Entrepreneurs (and startups)

From managing expenses to documents and file sharing and collaboration, many things are slowly going mobile. Here is a list of must have apps for an entrepreneur and a startup.

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