Web 2.0: Rating and Reviews
Most of the Web 2.0 was dominated by Yahoo and I am not sure why was it so. Yahoo! may have just launched the Context Ads system – Panama, but they have some interesting web properties like Answers and Review/Rating [R/R] platform for the following Y! News and Yahoo! Local…
Reliance Communications brings Classifieds on Mobile
Reliance Communications has tied up with Naukri.Com to let RCom customers access and apply for job through Reliance Mobiles. You can use your Naukri.Com login and password to access from your Reliance phone. This feature is enabled in “R World” and can be accessed from any Reliance handset. Mahesh Prasad,…
Cricket and Mobile – CricInfo Cashing on the Boom
Indians love the game of Cricket and everybody is set to cash in on the World Cup boom – TV retailers, Dish TV service providers and mobile value added service providers. CricInfo.Com which started as a portal for cricket fans slowly diversified into the mobile space offering cricket scores through…
The State of Wimax in India
Their have been numerous reports about broadband over WiMax. BSNL still has it in its test labs for over 6 months now. Sify announced Mobility solutions over WiMax and when I called their office they told it may not be available for next few months in Bangalore and was meant…
Indians for Online and Mobile Banking
The Tech Savvy CEO of ICICI Bank, K V Kamath, must be credited for the e-revolution in the Indian banking Industry. Recent reports suggest that more ICICI Bank consumers were technology savvy by preferring to make transactions on ATM, Internet or Mobile. Here is an extract of how 100 Transactions…
Guruji to focus on Local Language Search Engine
Bangalore’s hottest search startup, Guruji.Com which so far has done an impeccable job is all set to launch local language search. Guruji.Com last quarter integrated Yellow Pages in City Search and overall its focus on crawling sites related to India has been very good. They also have India’s Sr. Internet…
Ad Supported Mobile Gaming
With pricing on Mobile Games under pressure, Mobile Game developers are looking at sponsorships to sell their games. Mobile phone user base in India is the largest and the best consumer platform just like Social Networks in the US. Jump Games, CEO Bhargava said that, Free games receive over 100…
Sify Launches WiMax Broadband
Close on the heels of DoT delicensing the WiMax 5.8 GHz spectrum, Sify Limited announced the launch of WiMax mobility solutions. Sify will provide Internet access, voice and video broadband services to enterprise, residential and cybercafe subscribers in over 200 cities throughout India. Mr. Bhaskar S, Chief Technology Officer, Sify…