Archive for February, 2008

Online gaming meets Social Networking at IndyaRocks

IndyaRocks, one amongst the many SNS websites that dot the Indian internet scene has made a smart move- it has launched an online gaming section, having released app 800 free games (the games are categorized as Action, Adventure, Sports, Racing, Word games etc). This could well prove pivotal in terms of the website's traction- online gaming ...

Expanding the Webyantra team……

Abhishek Nayak is joining me in writing for Webyantra. Abhishek is an undergraduate at BITS-Pilani and a budding web entrepreneur. He is an active member of CELBITS, the entrepreneurship club at his institute. He was one of the earliest members of Dhanax, a new online micro lending website. He blogs at Abhishaken. Looking forward to his ...

Myntra officially launches… has good traction in the opening spell

Myntra, an online marketplace for personalized merchandise (covered previously here) has been around for a few months now; recently they had their official launch (actually on Feb 14th, Valentines Day). The website lets users create their own customised product (like T-shirts, Calendars, mugs, watches, gifts etc) using their own photographs, designs, text captions, or by ...

Time for a comic break… VC humor - Enjoy!

First of all- this is for humor's sake... no offence meant to anyone...specially to the investor folks Check out this humorous website VCwear.com. It is meant to poke a joke at the venture capital industry (specifically at some of the stereotypical situations or instances that one is likely to encounter while dealing with them). The site is ...

BlogJams… track a particular channel of the blogosphere with this web based blog reader

BlogsJam is a web based blog reader that you should check out. It is simple, fast and offers new functionality that is really useful. BlogsJam collects the most popular Indian blogs, organises them into channels and publishes channel-wise feeds. The blogs to be included in a channel are decided by BlogsJam and you can write to ...

Corners, Sumitr… interesting twists to the social networking story

Social networking websites have sprung up dime a dozen all over the Indian web, and most of them are undifferentiated, having similar functions & features. Corners & Sumitr are a couple of additions to that ever growing list, but they must be complimented for trying to think differently from the pack. Both these sites have their ...

Racing The Planet : Vietnam 2008 - Taking the internet to the remotest corners of mainland Asia

Racing the Plant is a unique race that is currently going on in the remotest corners of Vietnam. Organised jointly by INTEL, USAID & The Vietnamese Data communication Company, the race aims to expose people in remote areas to internet technology and highlight the role of digital content & services in rural communities. The ultimate objective ...

WebCamp in Chennai on 23rd Feb…

WebCamp, a Barcamp for web frameworks is being organised in Chennai on the 23rd Feb. It's a invites only technical event, so go anywhere near it only if you are a web developer. The topic for discussion at the meetup will be contemporary web frameworks- Ruby on Rails, django, erlyweb, Spring, .Net etc. The event is ...

ECompare…. the simple, easy financial product comparison engine

ECompare is a really useful website for personal financial research & decision making. Based out of Hyderabad and founded by an ex SBI banker with 20 yrs exp, ECompare works like a financial price comparison service. It contains financial details about home loans, credit cards, bank deposits, personal loans etc offered by different Indian banks (both ...

And now BarCamp Junior in Trivandrum …catching em’ young

Sanjay of MobME has informed me that the first BarCamp Junior was held recently at the College of Engineering, Trivandrum. This was a evening gathering, with the aim of getting students kicked up about starting a company while in college. This was not a typical BarCamp the way we know it, but a nice way of ...