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Internet Down
2008-02-01 06:00:00
As most of you may know that since Thursday more than 60% of Internet bandwidth in India has snapped due to damage in under-sea cables. I did not have Internet for last couple of days, but today it seems to have come up, but with terrible speeds. It could take up to a week before Internet connectivity returns to normal. During this time, Trak.in may see less number of posts (depending on Internet connection).
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Indian Stock Market Manipulation ? A Myth or a reality?
2008-01-30 18:21:00
The Indian stock markets crashed on Monday and Tuesday resulting in a blood bath of sorts on Dalal Street with investors losing crores of Rupees. The reasons for the crash can be attributed to global factors such as the sub-prime crisis, coupled with large offerings in the primary market and a feeling that a correction on the market was long overdue. However a less known and less spoken fact about the market is the rampant manipulation of stock prices.
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Four Indians in Forbes top 10 wealthiest CEO?s list
2008-01-29 18:54:00
Indian's are making their presence felt everywhere, be it business or sports. Never before in the history have Indian's attracted so much of global attention. Just yesterday, Forbes magazine listed as many as 14 Indians in its 'Midas 100 List' of those who invested in start-up companies and then sell off their stakes with handsome gains. Today Forbes released another coveted list "World's top 10 wealthiest CEOs" - Guess what, 4 Indian's figure in it.
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Indian netizens world?s third biggest online shoppers?What nonsense !
2008-01-28 18:30:00
ET headline screams "Indian netizens world's third biggest online shoppers" When I read that headline, I was quite surprised. The instant question came to my mind was, how can a country with such miniscule Internet penetration have world's third biggest online shoppers? No way ! To my surprise ET completely misdirected the readers with that headline. The reality is that out of the total Indians that have shopped online most of them have used credit cards for purpose of online transactions - 84% to be precise, which is third highest in the world percentage wise Here are some of the interesting and real findings from the Nielsen survey:
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Popular Marlboro Brand to be manufactured, sold in India
2008-01-28 16:23:00
Even today Marlboro packets are available with most paanwallahs in India , but most of it is imported from other countries increasing the cost due to import levies. Another problem is that there is high amount of duplication that takes place. Ask any Marlboro smoker and he will tell you that original Marlboro is available only at selected places. However, Marlboro smokers will very soon be able to enjoy their favourite brand without cost and duplication worries. US tobacco giant Philip Morris International is in talks with its Indian joint-venture partner Godfrey Philips India to manufacture and sell its Marlboro cigarette brand.
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Online Photo Printing and Sharing in India: A Comparative Analysis
2008-01-25 16:26:00
Online Photo printing space is quite crowded in India with more than 8 players in fray. In US, online printing has a sizeable market that is expected to touch $1 billion by 2011 (Currently at $500 million). However, in India online photo printing market is still at a nascent stage. If Internet numbers show significant improvement, this market is also set to explode. Even though online photo printing has not caught up with the masses yet, quite a few Indian startups have already launched to get into the game early. Here are the startups offering online printing and sharing services in India.
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More than 90% of Indian CEO?s confident about growth prospects in India
2008-01-24 13:03:00
Notwithstanding the shocking fall of India n Stock markets, top Indian CEO's are predominantly quite confident about their company's future in next 12 months. According to the CEO survey done by consulting firm PriceWaterouseCoopers, Indian CEO's are most confident about the growth prospects followed by Chinese. More than 90% of Indian and 73% of Chinese CEOs thought very positively about their growth prospects. However, their US and UK counterparts seemed to be low on confidence.
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HungryZone.com: A foodie?s delight
2008-01-24 12:25:00
If you are foodie like me, you would love HungryZone. It is a place where foodie's can get together, write reviews and find out the best places to go out dining. HungryZone is the national version of popular Bangalore-centric HungryBangalore. They have currently launched in 9 other cities and plan to replicate the success of HungryBangalore through other Indian cities. Currently only Bangalore has wide range of features like online meal ordering, reserving tables and booking of tiffin service. All other cities are currently limited to Restaurant listing and reviews. However, I am sure all these features will be added to other cities as well.
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iMobizo: Mobile content distribution application from Mobio and Indiatimes
2008-01-23 19:03:00
Mobile content distribution is taking off in a big way in India , thanks to explosive growth in Indian mobile subscribers. The sheer number of Indian startups that have come up in last few months in this space is a testimony of its growth. The latest to join the bandwagon is a venture between Global software company Mobio and Indiatimes. They announced the launch of mobile value added service application -- iMobizo -- that will enable users to get information on their mobile phones.
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Bloodbath in Indian Stock Markets
2008-01-22 13:49:00
Monday saw biggest fall in the history of Indian stock market. The fall was so unexpected and harsh, investors just could not digest it. In Mumbai, a huge number of ambulances were pressed into service between brokers? offices and nearby hospitals to reach persons complaining of chest pain or uneasiness. Doctors in hospitals across the city were hard-pressed to examine the increasing number of patients being brought in with chest complaints and related illnesses. The ICUs of almost all city hospitals were full. ECG machines in several hospitals reported to have failed as the volatile signals were too high to measure. According to unconfirmed reports, hospitals have placed orders for large number of new equipment to meet the massive demand. Fire fighters had a tough time in various parts of the city trying to bring down people from the terraces of high-rise buildings as they threatened to jump to their death having lost all their savings to the market crash. Stock s like RNRL, I...
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Brand Building is definitely an exercise
2008-01-22 12:35:00
Brand Building over the new media is just an emphasis or a new route to the traditional media which means ?Give customers what they want?. The business means the same today, as it was yesterday. However with the rising trends like Competition, Globalization and Virtualization, the options to reach consumers are broadened. The simple steps to build a brand are to fulfil the requirement of the end users, relentless attention to make such brands and the third step that follows the two which is consumers become part of the marketing and sales force (Word of Mouth). Engaging customers in a way that value deliverance is the embedded keyword behind your core strategy is a concern, however leveraging customers' value acceptance is given more priority
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Yahoo?s new Ad solution targets user behaviour, hopes to increase click thr
2008-01-21 16:12:00
Now, I feel this is a serious threat to user's privacy. Even though the Yahoo ! officials have assured that they follow strict privacy policy, a normal user will be quite uncomfortable knowing that everything he/ she does is tracked and stored ! I am okay with search words stored anonymously, but here Yahoo! not only tracks activities, but stores it as a user profile. Even Google stores searches done, however, user has the facility to stop storing these results. Also, I am not sure if google keeps the track of which user has searched for what ! Even with all this, I fail to understand how Yahoo! will know what banner ads user has clicked (unless they are Yahoo's own ads ) and which microsites they have visited.
More About: India , Hopes , Traffic , Click

proto.in : A haven for Indian Entrepreneurs
2008-01-21 14:52:00
Presenting your startup to investors in under 6 minutes is harder that one would imagine. A startup about which you have so much to speak about and you get just 6 minutes to make an impression, it is a very very difficult task. The mentoring session was all about letting the startups know what to present and how to present it (in under 6 minutes). One of the main problems that we (startups) faced was while we were in the mentoring sessions, there were some great talks on technology and business tracks. Speakers like Samir Sood (M&A head, Google), Atul Chitnis (GeoDesic), Laura Perkin (NEN) and Suroji Niyogi (Appizer) gave some very informative and interesting presentations.
More About: Indian , Blogging , Entrepreneurs , Haven , Proto

hover.in shortlisted for Proto.in startup showcase
2008-01-16 12:02:00
I am excited to announce that hover.in, a startup of which I am co-founder has been shortlisted for proto.in startup showcase. It is one of the 17 companies of nearly 80 registrations received for Proto .in startup showcase. It is indeed a privilege to be part of this "elite" group.
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Yen Expo - IPEF 2008: India?s first private equity fair for upcoming busine
2008-01-14 12:16:00
IPEF 2008 offers a great platform for businesses to shorten the fund-raising process by giving a chance to connect and network with over 200 investment professionals. Once you are selected (they have a selection criteria) for India Private Equity Fair 2008, they will help you prepare the business plan to meet international standards and help create an investor presentation. They will also advise on the amount of funding you should target, a valuation range to expect, and the structuring and terms of the investment. IPEF 2008 will shortlist and showcase 25 companies. A committee comprising of senior investment bankers and principals of PE funds appointed by Yen Expo will select 25 companies based on pre-defined selection criteria.
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UniGuru.com: rate, review and discuss foreign universities
2008-01-11 14:34:00
Want to have first hand unbiased information about Universities abroad? Want to interact with students already studying in universities abroad? Want to make decision on which foreign university to opt? Are you a student in foreign university and want to voice your opinion about curriculum and campus? Head straight to UniGuru.com!
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Secret is out ! 1 Lakh car Tata Nano unveiled - First look !
2008-01-10 13:38:00
Finally the most awaited car is out at Auto Expo Today. Ratan Tata showcased Tata Nano - 1 Lakh rupee Car to the world. Here are some excerpts and photos courtesy IBN-Live Tata Nano Car Details Nano will also have a 30-litre fuel tank and four-speed manual gearshift. The car will come with air conditioning, but will have no power steering. The car comes with front disk and rear drum brakes. The company claims mileage of 20 kmpl in city and 26 kmpl on highway. The base model of Nano is expected to cost Rs 1 Lakh excluding levies.
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Are Indian Markets headed for a crash?
2008-01-09 14:09:00
Indian stock Market is on a roll. It conquered another milestone yesterday, when it crossed 21000 points. During the last 42 months, the Indian stock market, represented by Sensex and BSE-100 Index, has grown by a whooping 290 per cent giving investors lot to cheer. Most of the stock market Analysts and investors are still quite bullish on Indian markets and expect it to rich even further in coming months. However, I came across an interesting article in ET today mentioning that Indian stock market can come down drastically if Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) were to pull out money from Indian Market.
More About: Indian , Markets , Crash

Rs. 1 Lakh Tata car will be unveiled, a decade after announcement
2008-01-08 13:56:00
This year's Auto Expo will probably be the most attended and most watched Auto event worldwide. The reason - Tata will be unveiling its much talked about Rs. 1 Lakh car to the world. Nearly every car manufacturer in the world participates in this event and everybody's eyes will be on Tata's car. Many car manufacturers were skeptical about possibility of this car seeing the light of the day. But Tata's have done it and other car manufacturers followed. What was thought to be impossible has now come to reality !
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India?s most liked personalities
2008-01-08 13:08:00
Web Dunia is currently running a poll on their Hindi portal to decide on the most liked India n personalities in Politics, Bollywood sports and other arenas. I was going to the current results of the survey and some of results were quite interesting. One of the question "Who is the most liked Political leader of India" has some interesting results. Narendra Modi is leading with more than 33% votes and the second most beloved Indian Political leader is Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav! What ever may be his antics, he seems to be quite popular with Indian Junta. I have never been too fond of Laluji for obvious reasons, but he sure is doing a good job with Indian Railways and his popularity seems to be skyrocketing.
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Australian Cricket has gone to its farcical limits
2008-01-07 20:04:00
I am not sure why Indians have still not packed their bags. What stops the? Is series and cricket more important than national pride? Revered Australian cricket writer Peter Roebuck has echoed the sentiments I am having right now aptly in his column in Sydney Morning Herald
More About: Cricket , Ponting , Limits , Australian cricket

Remember this before sending a press release!
2008-01-07 15:36:00
One of the frustrating things I have been facing since last couple of months is the number of irrelevant press releases and announcements that come my way in expectation that I write it on my blog. Don't take me wrong, I would love to have relevant information, infact, like most of the bloggers, I am always on the look-out for stuff that I could feature on this blog and thats why I have contact forms in 2 different places for ease of use. What is even more annoying is most of the releases are cut and paste and sometimes they don't even remember to change the name of earlier site that they have mailed the release to. Here are a few generic points to remember before you send a Press release/ announcement
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7 things to know before you present your startup to VCs ?
2008-01-05 12:39:00
I had a fortune of spending some time with one of the Pune based VCs last week. During our small 15 minute discussion, I got a glimpse into what VCs think, especially while making a decision on funding a startup. Here are top 7 things you should remember while pitching to potential VCs: Be ready with your Product This by far seems to be the most important aspect that VCs see while making a decision - At what stage of development is the product or service. However good your idea may be, very few VCs will be interested in it. Unless and until you have a working product (even if it is prototype), your chances of getting funding diminish drastically.
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ZestADZ: Targeted and contextual mobile advertising
2008-01-05 10:57:00
I have read numerous blog posts and articles predicting that 2008 will see tremendous rise in mobile content distribution. From watching TV serials and movies to playing games to reading blogs and newspapers, everything will be mobile enabled. Google along with few others have already gone ahead and enabled contextual mobile advertising for their publishers and advertisers to cash on tremendous growth in mobile subscriber base worldwide. In India, mobile-worx, a mobile solutions company, have made foray into mobile advertising market place via zestadz.
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Witnessing the Indian growth story..
2008-01-04 10:23:00
India's economy has come a long way, especially since the start of this century. It is impossible to ignore India's rise in every field. Every nation is keeping a close eye on India's growth story, and why not, India is on its way to become a superpower. The Indian growth story began in 1991, when the India's current Prime Minister (who was a Finance Minister then), Manmohan Singh, came up with path-breaking budget and policies that sowed the seeds of growth that all of us are witnessing today.
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Indian Blogs that I follow regularly
2008-01-03 12:17:00
While going through my Google reader today, I noticed that I have subscribed to more than 67 rss feeds (25 Indian blogs and others non-Indian). Till date, there has never been a time when I have been able to go through all of them in a single day. However, I would like to specifically point out few Indian blogs that I make a point to read on daily basis through my feed reader. They are not only source of great information, but have indirectly helped me in improving my own blogging.
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Trak.in December 2007 Roundup- statistics and more!
2008-01-03 11:41:00
Trak.in blog completed its 7th month of existence on December 31st 2007. Although relatively young, trak.in has established it self as one of the better Indian business blogs in Indian blogging Ecosystem. Although, India does not have many blogs comparable to a Techcrunch, a boingboing, a lifehacker or a problogger (except labnol), I am sure 2008 will see rise of quality blogging in India that will be at par with global A-listers today.
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India IT Industry 2007: Big on Jobs, Big on pay
2008-01-02 14:56:00
Year 2007 saw surge of recruitments done by India n IT/ ITES sector. According to the report, Top 10 Indian IT companies alone added more than 165,000 employees. The total recruitment jumped by more than 45% compared to previous year. And it was not only the headcount that went up, even the IT professionals salaries too went up significantly. Infact, salary growth was in the range of 20% to 30% on average, a whooping 100 percent growth compared to previous year. I doubt 2008 will experience similar growth given the slowdown in US economy !
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TRAI gives broadband some meaning, finally!
2008-01-02 13:21:00
Having broadband in India is like having speeds of poor dial-up connection. You can never do anything else other than browsing (that too is pretty frustrating) - seeing video clips or listening to streaming music is next to impossible. How can ISP's term these kinds of connections as broadband?
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Wishing readers a very Happy and Prosperous 2008 !
2007-12-31 13:58:00
Wishing Trak.in readers a very Happy and Prosperous 2008 !
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