Monthly Archives: March 2007

World Cup Cricket : Bermuda loses to Bangladesh : India lose last hope

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Sudhanshu

Bermuda just lost to Bangladesh by 7 wickets and India is now completely out of the World Cup 2007. Due to rain, the gain was reduced to 21 overs, in which Bangladesh had to 96 to win. Bermuda did have … Continue reading →

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3G Network : 3.6 Mbps on the mobile by year end

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Sudhanshu

Recently a lot of ISP’s in India have started advertising their 2-4 Mbps internet connection for the computers. Tata Indicom and Airtel have already started it, and a lot of people are already moving to higher and higher speeds. Moreover, … Continue reading →

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Streaming Videos at NDTV.com and the histroy of Indian News Channels

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Sudhanshu

Starting yesterday, NDTV has made it’s streaming videos freely available on it’s website. They had been charging about Rs 250/month for the service. Following in the footsteps of the ex-employee’s CNN-IBN, which already provides their videos free of cost on … Continue reading →

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AOL to launch in India

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Sudhanshu

AOL, the largest ISP in the US, is ready to launch it’s portal in India in the next couple of months. Maneesh Dhir, executive VP of international operations is leading AOL into India. AOL’s entry in India had started with … Continue reading →

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Yatra.com : $5 million sales, break even by 2008 end

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Sudhanshu

Yatra.com, the latest travel portal in the Indian market has claimed that it is generating sales of close to $5 million a month. These are generated by selling almost 2500 tickets and 150 rooms a day. At this rate, the … Continue reading →

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Advertising on the Indian Auto Rickshaw

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Sudhanshu

So you are launching your website and have looked at all available resources but still need an extra push for the traffic. Look no further than the very auto wallah that stands outside your house. MounthShut.com was the one who … Continue reading →

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Sony Playstation launch in India; Rs 39,990

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Sudhanshu

The sony play station 3 would be officially be launched in India on April 27, 2007 and would be priced at Rs 39,990. I was talking about the wonders of the Grey Market in my last post, and here is … Continue reading →

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Digg Clone ‘SuperGu’ gets stupid. Says Pligg stole from it.

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Sudhanshu

Digg Clone ‘SuperGu’ has sent a cease & desist letter to open source digg clone ‘Pligg’ stating that Pligg is infringing on it’s copyrights. The infringements includes Ajax effects, sidebars, login boxes, ‘read more’ links, navigation tabs, ‘powered by’, rss … Continue reading →

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How to take your book to the top of Amazon rankings?

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Sudhanshu

The Freakonomics Blog points out how some marketers take a book to the top of the Amazon Rankings. For $10,000 to $15,000, you, too, can be a best-selling author. New York public-relations firm Ruder Finn says it can propel unknown … Continue reading →

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How to make your web application successful

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Sudhanshu

Ryan Carson of dropsend has a post on TechCrunch today about how to make your web application successful. Building a web app is no different than launching any other product – it needs to be backed by solid business principles. … Continue reading →

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