Scrabulous taken off Facebook and what it means for developers…
The news is probably stale now: Scrabulous has been taken off Facebook after being sued by Hasbro, the company that owns the IP rights for Scrabble. As I wrote in my previous post just a few days back, the writing was clearly on the wall. Techcrunch reports that Scrabulous is now inaccessible to people in the ...
Archive for July, 2008
Inviting Indian startups to SeedCamp, Europe’s YCombinator…
If you are an Indian startup that is wanting to gain exposure outside India (specially in Europe), this could interest you. SeedCamp (the YCombinator for Europe) is happening in mid Sep (15-19) in London. Interested first time entrepreneurs can apply here (last date is 10th Aug). Twenty startups will be selected from the initial lot and ...
If you are an Indian startup that is wanting to gain exposure outside India (specially in Europe), this could interest you. SeedCamp (the YCombinator for Europe) is happening in mid Sep (15-19) in London. Interested first time entrepreneurs can apply here (last date is 10th Aug). Twenty startups will be selected from the initial lot and ...
Scrabulous sued by Scrabble owner Hasbro over their Facebook game…
This was on the cards but is now official. The Indian creators of the popular Facebook application Scrabulous have been sued by Hasbro, the US based company that owns copyright over Scrabble. Check out reports here, here & here. The suit has been filed against RJ Softwares, the Kolkata based software development company owned by Rajat ...
This was on the cards but is now official. The Indian creators of the popular Facebook application Scrabulous have been sued by Hasbro, the US based company that owns copyright over Scrabble. Check out reports here, here & here. The suit has been filed against RJ Softwares, the Kolkata based software development company owned by Rajat ...
IIM-C XLRI Campus Video: How social media can get eggs on your face…
Disclaimer: Please view this video with discretion as it contains explicit content This amateur video was forwarded to me some time back via an agitated email from a student of XLRI Jamshedpur asking me to publish it on my blog to 'expose' the indiscretions of their IIM-C counterparts. I have been debating whether or not to publish ...
Disclaimer: Please view this video with discretion as it contains explicit content This amateur video was forwarded to me some time back via an agitated email from a student of XLRI Jamshedpur asking me to publish it on my blog to 'expose' the indiscretions of their IIM-C counterparts. I have been debating whether or not to publish ...
Venture Capital Funding Pitch Deck 2.0….
I chanced across this really creative funding pitch deck from a Kolkata based event management company that is looking for potential investments. They uploaded this to SlideShare and have entered this in the World's Best Presentation Contest that we are currently running. Its a very well crafted and gets the message across straight and clear. Off ...
I chanced across this really creative funding pitch deck from a Kolkata based event management company that is looking for potential investments. They uploaded this to SlideShare and have entered this in the World's Best Presentation Contest that we are currently running. Its a very well crafted and gets the message across straight and clear. Off ...
Cyn.in V2 goes open source, now available as on-premise ’software appliance’
Cyn.in the Mumbai based Enterprise 2.0 collaboration company (profiled on Webyantra in Sep'06 ) has launched its platforms in two new avataars. Cyn.in V2 is now being offered in an on premise model packaged as what the company is calling a "software appliance". Additionally Cyn.in V2 community edition is being released under the GNU GPL v3 ...
Cyn.in the Mumbai based Enterprise 2.0 collaboration company (profiled on Webyantra in Sep'06 ) has launched its platforms in two new avataars. Cyn.in V2 is now being offered in an on premise model packaged as what the company is calling a "software appliance". Additionally Cyn.in V2 community edition is being released under the GNU GPL v3 ...
Rediff rolls out its API platform for developers…
One of the surprising developments at Proto was the announcement by Rediff (which incidentally was the platinum sponsor for the event) of its developer platform by opening up its APIs. The platform will allow developers to create an applications economy on Rediff on the lines of Facebook & Open Social. The move is laudable - it ...
One of the surprising developments at Proto was the announcement by Rediff (which incidentally was the platinum sponsor for the event) of its developer platform by opening up its APIs. The platform will allow developers to create an applications economy on Rediff on the lines of Facebook & Open Social. The move is laudable - it ...
Proto IV at New Delhi: Impressive show for startups, entrepreneurship & technology
The fourth edition of Proto happened in Delhi on the 18-19 of July and it was a great showmanship for Indian entrepreneurship, startups and technology. Here are some quick points of note: - 15 startups formed the line up for Proto IV. This included 3 in the IT/Software segment, 3 in Web 2.0, 4 ...
The fourth edition of Proto happened in Delhi on the 18-19 of July and it was a great showmanship for Indian entrepreneurship, startups and technology. Here are some quick points of note: - 15 startups formed the line up for Proto IV. This included 3 in the IT/Software segment, 3 in Web 2.0, 4 ...
Major Amazon Web Services outage: SlideShare is affected as well…
Amazon Web Services is having a major outage since the last couple of hours. The outage has affected a bunch of services. Simple DB, S3, SQS - all are down. Check out the latest status on the Amazon Web Services dashboard. Screenshot below. A bunch of services are having problems - Twitter, Scribd, Smugmug. SlideShare is affected ...
Amazon Web Services is having a major outage since the last couple of hours. The outage has affected a bunch of services. Simple DB, S3, SQS - all are down. Check out the latest status on the Amazon Web Services dashboard. Screenshot below. A bunch of services are having problems - Twitter, Scribd, Smugmug. SlideShare is affected ...
Navajo… word based Facebook MOG you should not miss
I haven't previously covered newly launched Facebook applications since there are just so many of them. But when you see something promising and innovative, why not? Navajo is a word based multiplayer game on the Facebook platform that you should check out. Built by an Indian startup, they are hoping to replicate the success of Scrabulous ...
I haven't previously covered newly launched Facebook applications since there are just so many of them. But when you see something promising and innovative, why not? Navajo is a word based multiplayer game on the Facebook platform that you should check out. Built by an Indian startup, they are hoping to replicate the success of Scrabulous ...
