Bharatmatrimony Moves Competition Commission of India Against Google India

Bharatmatrimony Moves Competition Commission of India Against Google India

This isn’t the first time that Google has faced an issue by allowing companies to buy adwords on competitive keywords. ConsimInfo, owners of Bharatmatrimony  filed a case against Google India in 2009 and the company has again filed a complaint … Read More »

Seventymm to close down rental business, will focus on ecommerce

Seventymm to close down rental business, will focus on ecommerce

Seventymm, the DVD rental business that raised INR 50 Crores in Series C from NEA-IUV (in 2008) and later moved to ecommerce is now shutting down its DVD rental business. The company is calling its customers and informing them of … Read More »

Explained: Do You Need to Pay Service tax on Adsense Income in India?

Explained: Do You Need to Pay Service tax on Adsense Income in India?

In past couple of days I have been through many forums and answering the same question “Do we need to pay service tax on Google adsense income?” And since I was answering only in forums I had to give answers … Read More »

India Number 2 Nation for Facebook – 46 million active users per month

India Number 2 Nation for Facebook - 46 million active users per month

India has dethroned Indonesia from the number 2 slot on Facebook and India had 46 million monthly active users (MAUs) on the site, an increase of 132% from the prior year. While there is a reason to rejoice here, keep … Read More »

Is it a good idea to ping an investor via LinkedIn?

Is it a good idea to ping an investor via LinkedIn?

I personally think it is worth a shot for an entrepreneur to try reaching a potential venture capital (VC) or angel investor via LinkedIn. Particularly if you can find a mutual contact to provide an introduction. The main benefits of … Read More »

Explained: How to Design Terms of Service for Your Website?

Explained: How to Design Terms of Service for Your Website?

A Google Search for “Terms of Service” [ToS] would throw up several templates to help people create their Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Many people take their Terms of Service lightly; so much so that a case was heard … Read More »

Of Mr Raja, 2G licences and Honorable Supreme Court

If government had intentions to have low prices then they should have prevented trading after the allocation which was not the case Read More »

News Roundup: Govt to take away Aakash deal from IIT-Rajasthan

The government has decided to take future tendering and procurement for Aakash2 tablets from IIT Rajasthan, and hand it over to public sector undertakings. The decision comes in the wake of a spat between IIT-Rajasthan, current procurement agency for Aakash … Read More »

“What Keeps You Going?” [Pluggd.in TV]

Mobisy’s founder, Lalit Bhise on how he survived the rough times at his startup Mobisy and what keeps him going even now. After all, it’s not everyday that your co-founders quit and you are left with an option to shutdown … Read More »