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PayPal Needs To Comply With RBI Regulations By April 30th, 2010

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 18th, 2010 |

It isn’t over yet: If Paypal doesn’t satisfy the requirements put forth by the Reserve Bank of India April 30th 2010, their operations could be disrupted again, Jaimon Joseph writes ... Continue_Reading

State Bank Of India & SREI Sahaj Tie-Up For Rural eBanking

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 17th, 2010 |

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State Bank of India has tied up with SREI Sahaj, a subsidiary of Srei Infrastructure that operates several broadband enabled Common Service Centers in India, in the states of West Bengal, ... Continue_Reading

Updated: YouTube Struggles With IPL 2010 Live Streaming

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 16th, 2010 |

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Update (March 16th): Looks like YouTube’s got its act together. The live streaming is working fine for me today. I’m in the office, watching the Royal Challengers challenge the Kings ... Continue_Reading

Ford Uses QR Codes In FIGO Advertisement; To What End?

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 16th, 2010 |

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It’s good to see QR codes are being further trialled as a cross-media tool in India. After Mid Day, car manufacturer Ford is using QR Code in print ads for ... Continue_Reading

BBC News Launches Premium Voice Blog On Airtel; How Will It Become Viral?

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 15th, 2010 |

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Bharti Airtel has launched Airtel Blog, powered by Bubble Motion’s Bubbly. Any Airtel subscriber can sign up for their own blog by dialling *7*, and ask their friends and family to ... Continue_Reading

Web18 Sells Back 50% Stake In JobStreet India; $0.126M Cash

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 15th, 2010 |

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A little less than four years after it had first acquired the stake, TV18’s digital business Web18 has sold back its 50% stake in JobStreet India for a total cash ... Continue_Reading

VRock Licenses IPL Mobile Content To Multiple Co’s; In Talks For Stake In PhoneyTunes

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 12th, 2010 |

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Well, this is unprecedented: within around seven days of acquiring global SMS, MMS and IVR rights related to the Indian Premier League, vRock Mobile has managed to license non-exclusive content rights ... Continue_Reading

eYantra Raises $7.8 M In Series B From Argonaut

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 12th, 2010 |

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Update: Phani Narayanam, Founder, EYantra informs us that the company had bought back stake from Times Private Treaties last year. Earlier (March 12, 2009): Hyderbad based merchandising and corporate gifting solution company ... Continue_Reading

Grameenphone Launches Mobile Rail Ticketing In Bangladesh

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 11th, 2010 |

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Despite claims of IRCTC launching application based rail ticketing on mobile, there’s no clear indication of how they’re doing. Meanwhile, Bangladesh Railway has taken the telco route for mobile ticketing: commuters ... Continue_Reading

Ever Heard An AdRBT? MMA Releases Case Studies On Star Plus, Action Shoes

By Preethi J on March 11th, 2010 |

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Update: Corrigendum below Earlier: Though ring back tones are extremely popular in India, it is quite rare that you hear an advertisement as a ringback tone – the only time we ... Continue_Reading

Net 4 India To Raise Rs. 200M: Report

By Preethi J on March 8th, 2010 |

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BSE-listed web domain service provider Net 4 India will be attempting to raise funds by diluting its equity by 10 to 15%, in order to fund the expansion of its ... Continue_Reading

Google Maps Gets Delhi Metro Transit Info; Buses The Real Test

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 8th, 2010 |

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The metro is easy. Google India and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) have announced the availability of Delhi Metro transit information on Google Maps, including – train timings, station ... Continue_Reading