In a recent report by Juxt Consult, 51% of Indian youth are using dating sites as compared to 48% using matrimonial sites in 2007. These figures were just at 24% using dating and 15% using matrimonial in 2006. The next few years can see a flip in the growth as matrimonial sites are seeing a […]
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E-choupal has ambitious plans to expand its Internet kiosk service to 100,000 villages across India. They arleady have 5200 Internet based kiosks in 31,000 villages across India, reaching 3.5 million farmers, and providing them with very valuable farming related information. An interview with their CEO, S Sivakumar can be read here.
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ComScore has reported that Facebook traffic has grown by 230% in India as compared to 36% traffic on Orkut from India for 6 month period - from January to June 2007. Facebook fever seems to be catching on in India. Facebook audience comprises of slightly older and more sophisticated crowd as compared to Orkut, which […]
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Digital Empowerment Foundation India has invited nominations for India’s initiaitive of the World Summit Award called Manthan Awards 2007, by closing date of 10th August 2007. The award encourages and recognizes grassroots practioneers in India who create and disseminate digital content and are doing pioneering work in this area.
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AgencyFAQs has reported that Nike India, is looking for a digital agency to help it sell its products via the Internet. Sanjay Gangopadhyay, Nike India’s Marketing Director said that - “We are in the process of identifying a digital partner. However, until the process is complete, we will not be able to comment further.”
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Ezeego1, a cox-&-kings promoted venture, has opened its first offline store in India to provide travel and holiday related assistance, such as hotel bookings, flight bookings, visa info and travel insurance help. They plan to expand to 40 franchisee based shops by the end of 2007 and to 300 shops within the next 3 years. […]
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Games2win has enthusiastically launched Gully Cricket, which allows players to experience cricket being played on streets of India. The quality of the gameplay is very poor and it hardly has any addiction value, although CEO Alok Kejriwal, is very upbeat about the game. He says - “Gully Cricket is a prime example of how games2win creates […]
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