itasveer…scripts novel deal with Microsoft for photo prints in Windows Vista

Itasveer is an online digital photo printing service that has around for a while. It is run by four ex-IIT Delhi guys and they are based out of Gurgaon. They recently launched a couple of features, which differentiates their service significantly from others. The digital photo printing space in India (surprisingly) has a bunch of players ...

Gladoo…vertical search engine for Indian IT jobs

Gladoo is a vertical IT job search engine that has gone live recently. It offers single search access to jobs by aggregating job listings from all major job portals, classified sites, agencies, and company websites. It has been created by Avake, a software solutions provider having offices in Silicon Valley and Noida. Gladoo’s creators are aiming ...

ibibo BloggerHunt…what Web2.0 marketing promotions should not be like

My background in product marketing makes me ambivalent as I write this post. On one hand, I have always felt that one problem many Indian web startups face is the over emphasis on the technical aspects of their product and lesser sensitivity to understanding actual usage behavior and how to cultivate the product, its positioning, its ...

Google Ads as corporate gifts…almost a standard of exchange?

I'd like to share this interesting personal experience that indicates the growing penetration of the internet in India. Uzanto (my startup) uses ICICIBank for corporate banking and every month, along with the account statement, the bank sends a bunch of promotional mailers. Usually the mailers pertain to free debit/credit cards, discounted foreign holidays blah, blah, ...

Zimoz…blogging on postcards

Zimoz is a website that allows you to create Web2.0 style postcards and publish them as a blog, or send them by email. The idea is based on the concept that 'everyone likes to get a postcard'. Hence you can tell your story or discuss issues in a format, that is the electronic equivalent of postcards. ...

Yahoo’s ‘Our City’ mashup sites pack in quite a punch

I have been tipped off about the launch of mashup sites by Yahoo India for Delhi & Bangalore. Titled ‘Our City’, these two sites have just gone live and while their current state is not hugely exciting, their future potential certainly is. The sites aggregate city specific content from other online services from Yahoo. Given the ...

Calling Indian participants for the NextWeb conference in Europe (in June07)

The NextWeb conference is scheduled for the 1st of June in Amsterdam. This is Europe’s premier conference about the internet/web space. Last year’s conference was a thumping success and its participants included some of the rockstars of Silicon Valley’s Web2.0 circuit. Preparations are on for this year’s event, with the promise of making it better and ...