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13 Sep

Game apps – fad or future?

By Guest Author 1 Comment

I ended up playing Jewels last night till 4am. Even though my eyes were almost shutting down, I was trying to line up gems in a row faster and reach the next level. Isn’t this a gaming moment that you … Read More »

06 Aug

Pluggd.in at OpenWebAsia

By Pratyush Prasanna No comments

OpenWebAsia was conducted last month at Malaysia and brought together many leading speakers from SE Asia. The event got together many promising startups who presented to VCs in a separate track, thought leaders in the region to talk about Mobile … Read More »

19 Jan

Internet Connectivity Across the World vs India [Report]

By sinha 2 Comments
Internet Connectivity Across the World vs India [Report]

Akamai has released it’s ‘State of Internet’ report and here are a few interesting data points worth mentioning The top 10 countries accounted for just over 71% of the total global unique IP addresses seen by Akamai, down less than … Read More »

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31 Dec

Last Day of Worldspace in India [Post Mortem]

By sinha 67 Comments
Last Day of Worldspace in India [Post Mortem]

Worldspace India is shutting down its service from today onwards (i.e. on December 31st) and while we wait for the new owner to revisit their India strategy, lets look at Worldspace story in India. 8 years, 35 Channels, 4.5 Lakh … Read More »

   
27 Dec

Worldspace India to go mute from Dec 31st

By sinha 74 Comments
Worldspace India to go mute from Dec 31st

Worldspace US filed for bankruptcy in October 2008 and December 31, 2009 is when their Indian arm will do mute, i.e. will cease to exist from January 1st.

The company, in a letter to subscribers have announced the latest developments and subscribers who have paid for services beyond December 31st stand to lose their money. Read More »

   
23 Oct

Digital is the 3rd most preferred medium: Sapient Interactive Survey [Few Questions]

By Kanupriya Sindhu 2 Comments

Digital media is the 3rd most preferred option after print and television for advertising, says a survey on digital marketing in India. Digital agency Sapient Interactive has released the findings of a survey, titled Digital Marketing: The CMO perspective. The … Read More »

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23 Sep

He will leave if you don’t tell him where to go- Failure of Rediff.com Redesign

By Guest Author 5 Comments
He will leave if you don't tell him where to go- Failure of Rediff.com Redesign

Rediff did a redesign recently and that received criticism from all over. Here is a view at where Rediff went wrong. Read More »

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22 Jul

Digitization of Indian Cinema

By Kanupriya Sindhu 8 Comments
Digitization of Indian Cinema

Bollywood is back in multiplexes & so is the news about Indian Cinema Industry. While chatting with a friend on Friday who’s living in a small town up north, came to know that she is taking her kids to the … Read More »

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22 Dec

Ethical Hacker, Ankit Fadia wins MTV Youth Icon 2008 Award

By sinha 10 Comments
Ethical Hacker, Ankit Fadia wins MTV Youth Icon 2008 Award

Last year it was Orkut, and this time around, MTV’s youth icon 2008 award went to Ankit Fadia, the well known ethical hacker. What’s interesting about Ankit’s achievements are the questions raised over his credibility (as a hacker): Ankit Fadia … Read More »