Indian websites are knows for their sad design.
Except for a few isolated cases, most of the Indian websites haven’t been updated since the last web bubble. Web Design 2.0 is still more of an Indian concept. When you consider design, I fail to understand why Indian designers should be anywhere behind those in the US. [...]

Split Magazine has launched an online music radio channel. The channel is available here.
This channel is going to be dedicated to rock, so all you fans can cheer. Also, the company would allow users to skip tracks and all. Most of the online radios including Pandora do not give users any such ability. The best [...]

MakeMyTrip.com, one of India’s leading airline travel website, has short listed three ad agencies to to manage it’s 30 crore advertising budget. It is said that out of the 30, 10 crore would be utilized for online advertising.
The three short listed companies are O&M, Publicis India and FCB-Ulka.

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Mar
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I just read on alooTechie.com that Zapak.com has fixed up with Domino’s for some sort of an advertising gimmick. The budget, they say is close to 35 lakhs. For what? I just don’t get it, why is somebody pumping in so much money on an internet gaming site?
It is so damn costly to advertise on [...]

Google recently launched the Google Apps Premier Edition. The pack is aimed at small businesses, and makes it possible for them to move their offices online.
The details can be found here.
Google would be charging $50/user account/year for this, though if you look closely, for those $50 you would get 8 GB extra and the ability [...]

Online discount stock brokerage firm E*Trade, which charges really low prices for online trading, has started it’s global trading account. This account allows one to trade worldwide with a highly discounted brokerage prices which could be lower than the current levels by almost 60%.
With the restrictions on rupee conversion it would be really long before [...]

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Grooveshark is a new p2p service which has come up with an new concept, the company intends to pay both the music labels as well as the music pirates through it’s service.
“Our bottom line is value. By bringing the convenience and selection of a peer-to-peer network together with the recommendation power of a community of [...]

How much money do you think is there in online education in India? According to K Ganesh, chairman and founder of TutorVista, it is $15 million per year, which he expects would grow to $2.4 billion within three years.
I think Mr Ganesh needs a maths teacher, he’s put in a few extra zeroes and needs [...]