2009 Recap

873 days ago sinha

VC Activity in 2009 – Retail Boom vs. Internet Slump

2009 was a milestone year for Indian VC community – most of them decided to stay away from investing in Internet market and did a lip service to investing in ‘pure technology’ firms. Majority of investments happened in areas that Read More →

Technology

886 days ago sinha

Technology Milestones for India in 2009 – Chandrayaan, Nano and more

We covered WTF tech moments in detail and now is the time to cover the most important and inspiring technology milestones for Indian in 2009. Here is our list.

ISRO’s Chandrayaan

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IE market share falls in India, Chrome picks up [2009 Recap]

Technology

890 days ago sinha

IE market share falls in India, Chrome picks up [2009 Recap]

Well, I said this earlier – (heated debate on this article - Firefox is the new IE, Chrome is the new Firefox and Opera is still Opera) and data from Statcounter*, proves me right. In 2009, IE lost it’s market Read More →

India’s Local Search Market in 2009 – Milestones/Failures & The Road Ahead

India Online

892 days ago sinha

India’s Local Search Market in 2009 – Milestones/Failures & The Road Ahead

The local search market in India received a boost in 2007 with infusion of funds in companies like askLaila and ofcourse, entry of big players just reinforced the (possibility of) big money in the local search space.Read More →

Indian Content Portals in 2009 – Flat Traffic growth [Approaching Dead End?]

India Online

894 days ago sinha

Indian Content Portals in 2009 – Flat Traffic growth [Approaching Dead End?]

If 2009 was the year of recession (to the moon and back) and subsequently the fall in internet advertising, content business too doesn’t seem to crack any big chasm. Infact, it’s sad that nothing seems to have changed for content portals Read More →