December 2011
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Nokia to paint Jet Airways, cars, taxis and buses... →
Whoa! It was a known fact that Nokia is betting big on its Lumia Handsets to regain its foothold in India but this is simply crazy.
November 2011
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“Advertising from electronic retailing portals surged 228% on television, 78% in...”
– - Desi online retailers unleash ad blitzkrieg
Simply Wow! Further Flipkart has apparently marked Rs 100 crore as its advertising budget.
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“Success depends on what the brands wanted out of the tie-up. If their objective...”
– Was Ra.One an advertiser’s dream or a cluttered nightmare for brands?
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Double decker buses to hit Bangalore roads again! →
Awesome!
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“According to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), there was...”
– Big Bang Theory fuels physics boom
Pretty cool!
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WordPress to get Drag & Drop Media Uploader →
Finally!!! Image Management on WordPress is such PITA right now!
Its currently available for WordPress.com users but will be available for WordPress.org users from WordPress version 3.3.
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The Death Of The Spec →
MG Siegler on why Kindle Fire will outsell the new Nook Tablet inspite of the latter being a better tablet and why device specs don’t matter anymore.
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Dropbox for Teams →
Pretty sweet! Also it seems to be a decent deal for $795 p.a. for 5 people for 1000GB.
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Cancelled TV Shows May Get A Reprieve on YouTube →
Interesting strategy by Jeff Kwatinetz to pick up cancelled TV shows and create web-only videos. Would love to see if this concept will catch up with other producers as well.
Another question that arises is whether these videos would be region limited or open for all?
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“It’s almost seems like Google doesn’t even care what happens to Reader or its...”
– Sarah Perez from TechCrunch writing about former Google Reader product manager Brian Shih.
Quite sad!
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October 2011
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Reliance wants to revolutionize the Indian tablet... →
The question is whether Mukesh Ambani will be able to pull it off?
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Ra.One earnings report →
So, how much has Ra.One earned in the first five days after Shahrukh Khan’s continued marketing blitzkrieg? Rs 170 crores!!!
This is despite the terrible reviews the movie has got.
How much the movie has grossed till now, you ask? A mind-blowing Rs 302 crores! This includes 40cr for broadcasting rights, 77cr for distribution rights and 15 cr for music rights.
Simply wow!
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WatchI don’t know how I missed this before but here is a hands-on video of ‘Aakash’ Tablet from VentureBeat.
Apart from the tablet demo which looks okayish (the tablet, not the video), one thing I found strange was the video they played while stressing the fact that this is an educational device. Its ‘Munni Badnaam Hui’.
Do note that, I am definitely not laughing on...
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“With 30 brands and associations and 10-month long marketing campaign, SRK has...”
– India Today
I agree that its India’s most expensive film with a budget of 150 crore but isn’t 30 prominent brands/associations for a movie, really over the top?
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Bangalore Metro to have Wi-Fi connectivity →
Simply awesome!
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The Android Philosophy →
Joshua Topolsky sat down with Android’s head of user experience, Matias Duarte to talk about Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ and the general Android philosophy.
Some of the quotes which I found interesting were:
On Honeycomb we cheated, we cut the corner of all that smaller device support. That’s the sole reason we haven’t open sourced it.
Honeycomb was like: we need to get...
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Had enough of Ra.One promotions? Say hello to... →
Completely Speechless!
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Facebook India Gets a New Public Policy Head Amid... →
Interesting thing to watch out. Will we finally see Facebook being more aggressive and take a stand on Govt policies?
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Apple’s ‘Let’s Talk iPhone’ Event Announcements –... →
The full lowdown in case you missed the Apple announcement.
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How TRAI’s SMS Guidelines Are Killing My Startup –... →
September 2011
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Twitter Acquires Julpan, The Startup By The Guy... →
Will this at least fix Twitter search now? I really hope so!
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Engadget Distro! →
Very cool!
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First part of Google+ API starts rolling out →
Although it is too limited right now, would love to know about apps that will appear through this.
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“That rapid growth has drawn the attention of venture capitalists who poured $183...”
– NYTimes.com
Wow! and E-commerce is just starting up in India!
On a related note, check out this video interview of Sachin Bansal, CEO & Co-Founder of Flipkart, where he tells that the company is targeting Rs 500-600 crore revenue by March 2012.
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Mobli's Location-Based Photo Filters →
Its a very interesting idea. Brands and event organizers would simply love it.
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SMS Blocker Automatically Blocks Pesky Text... →
Having played with it from the past week, I can easily say that it is one of the best Android apps I have come across in recent times!
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Resignation of a CEO, Death of a Salesman →
Brilliant piece by Nimish!
Conceptualizing products is one part of the game and selling it to the audience, so that they go mad behind the product is another part altogether. No body comes even close to Steve Jobs in that department. I remember many of my friends saw the Apple keynotes just to see Steve Jobs’s presentation.
On similar lines, although an year old: Had Apple Announced The...
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India’s Online Restaurant Guide Zomato To List... →
Restaurants around the event is a killer feature, Wonder why no one had thought about it yet.
August 2011
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SafeAutoRickshaw.com Makes Auto Rides Easier,... →
Very cool Initiative but implementation is the key. Not sure if this will be a success.
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Light reading →
Very cool photos!
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Move Over Facebook Phone, Here Comes Yahoo! Phone →
Branded phones is the new “in” thing :)
20 years of Linux [Infographic] →