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Teliportme, First Indian Company to be Blown Up by 500 Startups

posted 11 hours ago

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500 Startups, as they describe it, is an accelerator that has been blowing startups since 2009 ; they provide early-stage companies with funding ranging from $10K to $250K via seed investments. Founded by Vineet Devaiah, Teliportme is the first startup from India to undergo this program which started on April 2nd, 2012. TeliportMe lets you explore… read more »

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Biggest Tech IPO in History

posted 3 days ago

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It’s time for the biggest technology IPO there is. Facebook is going public tomorrow with a valuation of $38 per share , keeping its valuation at a whopping 104 billion USD. Facebook has commented that it won’t lose its focus of keeping the users happy, as Mark Zuckerberg commented – “We don’t build services to… read more »

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The State of Music in the Internet Age

posted 6 days ago

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The journey of music through the decades has been nothing short of the variations musical notes can undergo. The way people access music has undergone a drastic change over the past few years. There have been disruptions throughout history and we’re at a point when one more is happening. The prolonged stay of the CD… read more »

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Packt UK Publishes A Beginners Guide for FusionCharts; A Rare Feat for an Indian Product Company

posted 11 days ago

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All of 17 back in 2002, Pallav Nadhani, finding no interest whatsoever in what Excel had to offer, started FusionCharts. Starting with just 6 types of charts a decade ago, to 90 charts and 550+ maps that work on a variety of platforms; FusionCharts has come a long way clocking over 20,000 customers across 118… read more »

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Nimbuzz Opens its Messenger API and Introduces Chat Buddy Developers Program

posted 12 days ago

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Nimbuzz, the Instant Messaging  application, today announced the opening up of its Messenger API with launch of Chat Buddy Developer Program (CBDP). This initiative is expected to help brands, publishers, and independent developers get access to the 90 million Nimbuzz users from across 200+ countries. The CBDP allows developers to build chat buddies across various… read more »

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11 Innovative Tech Start-ups Pitched at JFDI – Innov8 2012 Bootcamp Demo Day

posted 17 days ago

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Over 100 investors including MIH Internet, JAFCO Asia, iGlobe Partners, Crystal Horse Investments, WaveMaker Labs, Golden Gate Ventures and Jungle Ventures attended ‘Demo Day’, an event to showcase the results of the JFDI – Innov8 2012 Bootcamp, this morning. Demo Day marked the end of an intensive 100 day acceleration programme that has given 11 digital start-up… read more »

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ShopSpot of JFDI-Innov8 2012 Bootcamp Raises Funding from Kris Nalamlieng and other Angel Investors from Thailand

posted 21 days ago

ShopSpot of JFDI-Innov8 2012 Bootcamp Raises
FundingfromKrisNalamlieng and other Angel Investors from Thailand

Singapore-based startup business ShopSpot Pte Ltd announced today that a group of angels and business entrepreneurs in Thailand led by Kris Nalamlieng has agreed to invest an undisclosed sum to fund development of ShopSpot’s mobile peer-to-peer commerce platform. In its own words, ShopSpot “makes selling stuff as easy as sending a tweet”. ShopSpot launched its mobile app… read more »

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Reverie Will Come To You With DataWind’s UbiSlate 7C, Commercial Version of Aakash 2 Tablet

posted 25 days ago

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From the sidelines of the Datawind’s UbiSlate 7C launch today in New Delhi DataWind, the makers of the Aakash tablet, has announced two new UbiSlate tablets – UbiSlate 7+ and UbiSlate 7C. Both the DataWind tablets come with similar specifications, other than the display quality and internal storage. The Ubislate 7C is said to be… read more »

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Freshdesk Raises $5M in Series B Funding from Tiger Global Management and Accel Partners

posted 25 days ago

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Freshdesk, the online help desk software solution, announced that it has raised $5 million in financing led by Tiger Global Management. Previous investor, Accel Partners, is also participating in the round. Freshdesk closed its Series A funding in October last year. The company will be using the funds raised in this round to ramp up… read more »

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Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Warns of Ongoing Conficker Threat and Clarifies Reality of Targeted Attacks

posted 25 days ago

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Latest study analyzes data from more than 600 million systems worldwide, offers solutions for mitigating both targeted and broad-based attacks such as Conficker. Microsoft Corp. today, released the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 12 (SIRv12), which found that the Conficker worm was detected approximately 220 million times worldwide in the past two and a half… read more »

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