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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.
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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.
More About: Mobile , Advertising , Contextual , Zest

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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Planning a trip to Goa or Kerala for the New Year Weekend? Think Again!
2007-12-28 10:23:00
Indians are getting richer and so are prices, from real estate to common commodities, all soaring through the roof. Even going on a vacation within India is more expensive than going for a short trip Singapore, Bankok or Sri Lanka.
More About: New Year , Planning , Kerala , Weekend , Trip

Carazoo.com: Eye-catching and Impressive Indian Car Portal
2007-12-27 16:12:00
Carazoo.com has a 360 degree exterior view, the interior 360 degree view to enable the viewers to get virtual ?touch and feel? experience. It?s currently implemented on few models and will be provided soon for all the models. The ?paint your car? option allows you to view cars painted in all available colors, which is just not possible even if you visit the car showroom! Also one can read specifications and reviews and compare cars, request for unlimited number of E-brochures and ask for a variety of no-obligation, hassle-free car quotations from dealers in the required city.
More About: India , Luxury , Indian , Auto , Portal

Popular posts round-up
2007-12-25 16:20:00
Let me first wish all the Trak.in readers a very Happy Christmas. It has been quite hectic over last few days and I have not been able to write as frequently as I would have liked to, but should resume normal posting frequency starting new year (Can’t believe that new year is just round the corner! ). Last week I was in Chennai for pipesCamp event (I will do a post about it shortly) and I will be travelling to Mumbai starting tomorrow till Saturday.  Hoping to meet up with a few Trak.in readers from Mumbai. Here is a quick look are  some of the Trak.in posts that got quite a bit of hits over past few weeks. How far can Indian real estate market rise? I am amazed at the way Indian real estate market is rising. It has many similarities to the Indian stock market but minus the volatility..[..] India Buzz: you just can’t miss it! India is buzzing in all directions, be it the stock market, the rising rupee, the high amount of mergers and acquisitions or Indian st...
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Top 7 reasons why you should work for a start-up
2007-12-25 04:09:00
I have worked with small and big companies alike in my 11 years in IT Industry. Although, bigger established companies give you a sense of security, I firmly believe that they never utilize full and most often hidden (which the person himself does not know) potential of their employees, thereby seriously affecting their growth. Also, in a big company, you feel like a cog in a large machine — easily replaceable. In contrast, working for a startup is a roller coaster ride that if given a chance, one should never miss! I bet you will remember the days working with a startup as most thrilling and fulfilling days of your professional career. Here are 7 reasons why one should work with a startup. Everything matters: Start ups often start on a shoestring budget. Everyone has to do everything, from founders to developers to office boy and most importantly, everything matters ! Scope for creativity: Startups give you complete freedom to think creatively. They are always receptive to new id...
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Mega Acquisitions by Indian companies changing brand India !
2007-12-24 12:17:00
The giant positive strides that Brand India has taken in last few years is nothing less than astonishing. Indian Business men and Entrepreneurs are set out to revamp Indian image that will be boasting world's biggest corporation's in near future. All the sectors, be it Steel, manufacturing, Information technology, Auto and FMCG are all buzzing with Mega Indian acquisitions. The latest and probably the most talked about after Mittal's buy-out of Arcelor, is Jaguar - Land Rover bid by Tata group.
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Find out how fortunate you are - Fun, yet eyeopening quiz !
2007-12-21 06:51:00
Most of us humans never stop cribbing about tiny tiny things that really don't matter. We spend a lot of energy talking and thinking about how difficult our lives is due to these trivial little things. In reality though, we are few of the most fortunate people. Take this quiz and you will find out how fortunate you are compared to rest of the 6.7 billion people on this planet. Based on 32 different factors Futurescopes.com has evolved a formula to determine the fortune score of a person.
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Pringoo: Create, Buy or sell your own signature style merchandize
2007-12-19 12:41:00
With E-Commerce gaining momentum in India, quite a few Indian startups have taken a plunge into online marketplace. Although, online airfare ticket booking takes the lion's share of E-Commerce pie currently, online retail is taking off in a big way. Pune based Pringoo.com, a unique marketplace for designers, sellers and buyers, is one such startup that is looking to cash on this E-Commerce growth.
More About: Business , Style , Doing business , Sell , Create

Do you seek approval for your startup Ideas? Only do it with right people!
2007-12-18 11:51:00
I have read whole of lot articles suggesting aspiring entrepreneurs should talk about their ideas to as many people as possible. How many of you have talked about your ideas to your friends, family or close ones and how many times have you got solid, honest and constructive feedback? I bet most of the times they have either reacted by telling positive things that you want to hear or disapproving it without even analyzing in depth.
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hover.in organizing pipesCamp: Traveling to Chennai
2007-12-17 12:56:00
I have been relatively silent about the startup that I have been involved with for couple of months now. However, lot of action is taking place in Chennai where rest of the hover.in team is located. The hover.in private beta is scheduled for around 3-4th week of January with the users who have signed up for Beta Testing. If you would like to be invited for the private beta, head over to and apply for a hover.in beta today.
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Purplenova FunCaster: Share full multimedia content on Web2.0 sites without
2007-12-15 08:21:00
In this age of Web2.0 where content publishing and sharing is increasingly becoming important, products like Fun Caster are of great utility. Ability to share content without uploading it to 3rd party server is a great feature that will attract quite a few privacy/ security freaks. FunCaster will also appeal to causal and novice user due to its simplicity. On negative side, as with any PC based hosting application, you need to have "always on" Internet connectivity and a fast connection, especially considering that users will be mostly sharing high bandwidth content like photos and videos.
More About: India , Multimedia , Sites , Purple

Can Force India take Formula One podium by 2010: King of Good times is dete
2007-12-13 14:10:00
Recently, it was announced that India will be staging Formula One racing in 2010. I had my apprehensions given the amount of investment required to host a formula one race event. But, not only will India host formula one race, it will also have its own team. King of Good times, Vijay Mallya, has bought over Spyker F1 team (formerly called Jordan) along with Dutch Entrepreneur Michiel Mol. They are the third owners in two years for the former Jordan team.
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WIMAX: Wireless Broadband Access throughout India by 2010!
2007-12-12 12:27:00
There is no doubt that India n Telecommunication Industry is currently growing at an unimaginable pace. Normally, growth of Internet subscribers is directly relative to growth of telecom subscribers. However in India, Internet penetration has not taken off, especially broadband Internet subscribers (less than 3 million). Interestingly, with more than 100% growth, more and more people are accessing Internet through their mobile phones. However, mobile internet too has its own limitations, including speed, cost and small screen browsing.
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November Roundup: Statistics and more?
2007-12-11 09:21:00
As expected November was not a great month in terms of statistics and subscribers. The total pageviews came down from 110K to nearly 94K. The posts were relatively infrequent and I was also not able to give much time due to my move to India. November also saw complete overhaul of Trak.in blog, including new theme and Wordpress version upgrade (Blogging Software on which Trak.in runs). During this transition the blog was down infrequently. All this affected November statistics negatively.
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Easiest way for Indian Startups to get angel funding!
2007-12-10 12:31:00
NEN Online, an encyclopedia for new and future entrepreneurs, recently announced their tie-up with IAN. Indian Angel Network (IAN) is a unique concept which brings together highly successful entrepreneurs and CEOs from India and around the world who are interested in investing in start up / early stage ventures which have the potential of creating disproportionate value. The partnership was formed to connect Indian startups with angel investors.Together, NEN and IAN will connect Indian Startups to Angel investors through joint events and pitch sessions, and facilitate the investment submission process.
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How can people afford it?
2007-12-08 18:53:00
Indian Real estate boom has to be seen to be believed. I do not have words to describe the real estate phenomenon that India is experiencing right now. Since the time I landed at Mumbai airport I have seen every road, every newspaper and every TV channel literally overflowing with real estate commercials / ads.
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