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Top Headlines Of The Week From paidContent.org, mocoNews And paidContent:UK - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Fri 29 Aug 2008 12:23 PM PST

Top headlines of the week from our sister sites paidContent.org, mocoNews and paidContent:UK: paidContent.org: -- Microsoft Beats Quadrangle To Buy Research Firm Greenfield For $486 Million; Selling Off Most Of…

Social Net Parent BuzzCity Gets $10 Million For Africa Partnership - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 28 Aug 2008 02:42 PM PST

Mobile social network myGamma‘s parent BuzzCity is getting a $10 million funding from South African media group Naspers, with the aim of investing in applications that can leverage partnership opportunities.…

Bharti Eying Digital Cinema Business - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 27 Aug 2008 09:06 AM PST

Bharti Aritel is looking at a four-screen strategy with digital cinema being the fourth, states Manoj Kohli, Joint Managing Director and CEO of Bharti Airtel in this report. They already…

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Etisalat, Turkcell Amongst Others In Race To Acquire Majority Stake in Datacom - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 27 Aug 2008 08:55 AM PST

Any market that adds 9.22 million wireless subs in one month and has a tele-density of 30% is going to attract attention. Dubai-based Etisalat, Turkish telecom major Turkcell, Carlos Slim’s…

Google To Power Apps For Sify; Mail And Chat Included - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 27 Aug 2008 05:02 AM PST

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Sify are expanding their relationship beyond just search: Per a new agreement, Google Apps will power Sify’s chat, Sifymail, and online documents as well as other…

Apple To Formally Launch iTunes In India - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 26 Aug 2008 02:12 PM PST

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is close to formally launching its iTunes store in India states this BS report. A truncated version of the India store, featuring only iPhone apps has been…

Dainik Bhaskar, Sam Pitroda Joint Venture IITL Launches MeraMobi - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 26 Aug 2008 01:13 PM PST

India Interactive Technologies Limited (IITL), a joint venture between the Sam Pitroda Group and Dainik Bhaskar, has launched a mobile application titled MeraMobi. The applicaton offers booking of rail and…

BigAdda Launches Mobile App, Wap Site and SMS Features; Mobile Number Ids - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 26 Aug 2008 12:48 PM PST

BigAdda, Reliance Entertainment’s social networking play, has gone mobile with a mobile app, wap site and SMS features. The Big B(eta) seems to have gone well, considering they first launched…

NetXcell Launches Voice Exchange Facility, Mobismart - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 26 Aug 2008 12:24 PM PST

NetXcell, the Hyderabad based Mobile VAS company, has launched a hosted voice exchange facility, Mobismart. The demo here explains the flow. Essentially, this is the spam version of SMS on…

Facebook Users In India Are Last Ones With Scrabulous Access - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 25 Aug 2008 08:45 PM PST

For now, Facebook users in India are the only ones with access to popular word game Scrabulous through the social network. A few weeks ago, developers Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla…

Top Headlines Of The Week From paidContent.org, mocoNews And paidContent:UK - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Fri 22 Aug 2008 12:41 PM PST

Top headlines of the week from our sister sites paidContent.org, mocoNews and paidContent:UK: We’ve released our second report this year, our first Ad Deals report, covering VC and M&A in…

iPhone’s Indian Reception: Small But Enthusiastic - 8 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 22 Aug 2008 05:16 AM PST

Maharajas, rich kids, and entrepreneurs: so that’s who’s buying the iPhone in India, according to a Reuters report from the front line, which found that the launch of the iconic…

Venture Investment in India Rising Fast; Ad/Marketing Sector Biggest; Second Round Deals Increase - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 21 Aug 2008 10:12 AM PST

Indian venture capital scene is heating up, and total amount of deals has risen 120 percent in second quarter of 2008, compared to the year-ago quarter, according to data from…

No iPhone Price War In India; Airtel Comes In At The Same Crazy Price - 12 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 21 Aug 2008 08:16 AM PST

For two brief days, Indian iPhone fans held out hope that they might be able to get the gadget for less than the $715 price tag that Vodafone (NYSE: VOD)…

Online DVD Rental Service Seventymm Raises $12 Million In Third Round - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 20 Aug 2008 10:49 PM PST

Bangalore-based online DVD rental company Seventymm has received $12.5 million (Rs 50 crore) from NEA Indo US Ventures. This will be the third round of funding for Seventymm, which now…

Ojas Ventures Invests In Software Solution Provider Mango Technologies - 1 Comment
Posted By VCCircle - Wed 20 Aug 2008 09:36 PM PST

Bangalore-based early stage technology focused venture capital firm Ojas Venture Partners has made a venture capital investment in city based Mango Technologies. The company provides application framework and user interface…

Reliance (Still) Scouting For Mobile Content Acquisitions In U.S.; How About Yahoo? - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 19 Aug 2008 10:19 PM PST

Reliance ADA, which is already making strides in Hollywood through its Dreamworks deal, has been looking for mobile content deals in U.S. for some time now, and WSJ helps with…

Reliance Launches Its Satellite TV Venture BIG TV; Wil Launch IPTV By Year End - 30 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 19 Aug 2008 09:26 PM PST

Reliance ADA Group has launched its DTH/satellite TV venture BIG TV, with 202 channels including 50 subscription VOD channels. The company says it is targeting 40 percent of the market…

Vodafone To Launch iPhone 3G In India On Friday For A Whopping $715 And $830 - 14 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 19 Aug 2008 05:27 PM PST

So much for the iPhone reaching any scale in India. Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), through its Vodafone Essar joint venture, is gearing up to launch the iPhone 3G in India beginning…

Our Newest Report: Online Advertising VC and M&A Deals In The Last Year - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 18 Aug 2008 11:07 PM PST

Following our analysis of Social Media Deals, we’ve pleased to announce our first Online Advertising Deals Report, charting activity in venture capital and mergers & acquisitions from Q107 to Q208.…

Yahoo Expanding In India; Plans To Hire 400-Plus Over Next Year - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 18 Aug 2008 02:47 PM PST

After a recruitment slowdown that coincided with the Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) bid saga, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is planning to hire more than 400 employees in India, according to Business Standard.…

Mobile Ad Firm Rhythm New Media Pulls Out of UK And India - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 18 Aug 2008 12:01 PM PST

Heavily-backed mobile advertising firm Rhythm New Media, based in Mountain View, CA, has pulled out of UK, and closed its offices there, according to NMA, citing sources. The pull out…

Online Photo Picsquare Gets Investment From Bhola Digital Lab - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 18 Aug 2008 09:06 AM PST

Bangalore-based online photo printing service Picsquare has received an undisclosed amount of investment from Bhola Digital Lab, a photo/printing company with branches across Karnataka. This follows the $75,000 angel investment…

UTV Software Acquires US-Based Online Gaming Startup True Games - 2 Comments
Posted By VCCircle - Mon 18 Aug 2008 08:27 AM PST

UTV Software Communications, the media and entertainment company, has picked up an 80 per cent stake in California-based gaming company True Games Interactive. The acquisition has been done through its…

Social Diary Firm Lifeblob Gets $1 Million Funding From Seedfund - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 17 Aug 2008 10:34 PM PST

Bangalore-based social diary/networking site Lifeblob has received $1 million in funding from Google-backed angel fund Seedfund, reports Mint. The site, founded last year, allows users to develop a diary of…