Social networking has been the most debated business model on this forum. Frankly, I am not a sucker to the SN stuff yet. I have a LinkedIn account, but is…

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You’re reading it here first: Indian social networking site Minglebox has received $7 million in funding from Sequoia Capital India. Minglebox was started by three IIT Delhi alumni - Kavita…

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Microsoft is upbeat about digital advertising in India. In an interview to Agencyfaqs, Tom Bowman, the regional advertising sales director of Microsoft’s Digital Advertising Solutions, said: “India is at a…

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Social networking site MySpace is launching its Chinese edition today. The site is http://www.myspace.cn. Since the News Corp-owned site has entered the neighbouring China, it’s likely the company will launch…

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We had posted Avnish Bajaj’s (managing director of venture capital firm Matrix Partners) views on Web 2.0 (essentially social networking business models) in India, based on an interview he gave…

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Avnish Bajaj, founding managing director of venture capital fund Matrix Partners India, has always been critical of Web 2.0, especially the social networking business models, in India. In an interview…

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Mumbai based wireless solutions company Enable M has tied up with MBA coaching institute IMS to launch a mobile based preparation guide with dynamic content. Amit Zaveri, COO of Enable…

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So here’s the final version of Indian rock band Pentagram’s video for Voice, for which Viacom Brand Solutions and Nokia had asked users to submit their own videos: Pentagram’s vocalist…

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Video sharing site AapkaVideo has launched AapkaVideo Lite, which allows users to access, browse and videos via GPRS, reports Indiantelevision.com. More details here. The content can be accessed at http://www.aapkavideo.com/m/…

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MakeMyTrip’s travel based social networking site OkTaTaByeBye has been relaunched in beta. The search has been revamped to categorize results according to content on their site; content is also tagged.…

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I just chanced upon the beta version of MTVs travel community ‘Aati Kya’, which is powered by the MakeMyTrip.com’s social networking portal OkTataByeBye. We’d wondered about what OkTataByeBye has been…

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Social networking sites can be used to test content, and generate a buzz, said David Taghioff, VP (Business Affairs) for William Morris Agency on Day 2 at FICCI Frames, reports…

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Update (May 10): Wasn’t a lawsuit. Just a legal notice regarding the presence of copyrighted content. details here. Business Standard reports that T-Series has filed a lawsuit against Google in…

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Yahoo India has a few plans up its sleeves to generate revenues and eyeballs. One is Indian companies can now use Yahoo Answers for advertising their products. The company has…

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We’d broken the news to you about Reliance starting a social networking site. Now, we’ve received information that the site will probably be called Big Adda, hosted at www.bigadda.com. Company…

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Well, we’d told you that there would be more GPRS based mobile clients being launched in India this year: One97 Communications and Airchord Televentures announced the launch of JuiceUp, a…

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YouTube‘s $1.6 billion all-stock sale to Google was the largest exit in consumer internet business in 2006. Startup Review has a case study on the YouTube phenomenon and what factors…

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It’s ironic that Rahul Welde, GM and Head of Media Services for HLL said at the IAMAI Digital Marketing Conference, about the Sunsilk Gang of Girls site, that “Consumers have…

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You’re reading this here first: ContentSutra has learnt from sources that Anil Ambani company Reliance Entertainment is working on a social networking portal that they intend to launch shortly. The…

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CrickeM.com, the social networking and video sharing website for cricket fans has, changed its name to CricTV.com. The latter obviously sounds good, and is also simpler. The Silicon Valley-based site…

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I saw an advertisement on one of the TV channels recently, that seemed to position the Fropper.com primarily as a social networking portal. There’s a new logo and tagline to…

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Google has created a microsite for offering a bunch of cricket related services. (via Tech 2.0). The typically understated site pushes Blogger, with a contest to boot. They’ve also created…

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Via Digital Inspiration, one learns that Google owned Blogger, which is probably the most popular blogging site in India, has launched a transliteration feature that coverts words typed in English…

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Most days, we cover the morphing world of social media in bits and pieces. But on April 26—just 50 days from now—we’ll be with a few hundred of our closest…

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STAR India’s Channel V is working on a broadband content portal called Channelv2.com, and intends to allow users to upload content and get paid for it. Content will be under…

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