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Ibibo is the next Google…Well..

By sinha 8 Comments

Not me, but Businessweek says so. In partnership with YouNoodle, a company that claims to predict startup success, BW has shortlisted 50 global tech startups (started in 2005 and later) flying under the

ibibo, komli, top tech startups, WTF

09 Jan

Infy not to hire Satyam Employees [Double Standards]

By sinha 81 Comments

Infosys is often termed ‘opportunistic’ and known to take the higher ground at the right time. Case in point, the company has asked it’s HR department to not hire employees from Satyam. On Hiring Satyam Employees: “We have asked our … Read More »

infosys, satyam, tog, WTF

18 Dec

Does using model pics helps a marriage site? [Cheesy]

By sinha 23 Comments

Planning to get married? So you register at a matrimony site and subscribe to their email updates. The email updates/newsletter, sometimes will have a damn beautiful chick – so you click and search for her – though you may not … Read More »

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28 Nov

Ad Fail – Google

By sinha 7 Comments

Quite sad that Google adwords team failed to do a basic sanity check on the ads they were showing. There has to be a basic template for profanity checks as well as banned keywords and looks like Google failed to … Read More »

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14 Nov

Recession & Valleywag – What’s the future of Blogging?

By sinha 1 Comment

Recession will see many of your fav products/companies/blogs shutting shop/stopping their service. The first one to join the list is valleywag – one of the most amazing blog with a great sense of humor (a personal all-time favorite) . Though … Read More »

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24 Sep

NEN explains the goofup..but is still a goofup

By sinha 6 Comments

After our post regarding NEN using pluGGd.in name to nominate startups, Livemint interviewed NEN’s Laura Parkin regd. the goofups and here is an excerpt from the interview: LiveMint: What was the issue with source attribution to Pluggd.in while nominating a … Read More »

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30 Apr

What happens when non-technologists start blogging about technology and hacking?

By sinha 5 Comments

Stupidity! – That’s what happens when non-technologists run technology blog, especially when they start talking about hacking et al. A great example is the recent Y! India Local launch story that it has ‘already been hacked” For those bloggers who … Read More »

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14 Jan

Is ganesh chaturthi a ‘gay’ festival? Guardian thinks so..

By sinha 18 Comments

Apologies for digressing from our regular category of posts (i.e. startups/IndieBiz related), but couldn’t help writing about these stupid journalists @ Guardian. According to UK’s Guardian (a very respected newspaper), Ganesh Chaturthi is a festival for gay community: “Ganesh has … Read More »

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21 Sep

Microsoft screws up IE 6 site – all upside down!

By sinha 4 Comments

Microsoft does it again! The IE 6 site depicts the true nature of IE – buggy and all screwed up, turned upside down, bruised and jagged! Visit the official site of IE 6: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1E1550CB-5E5D-48F5-B02B-20B602228DE6&displaylang=he (just like Windows, the site works … Read More »

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