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Hey see what i found and really if you love web and keep wondering whats happening around, who’s doin it and what more is gonna happen….then these 56minutes and 37 seconds are gonna be worth….Microsoft, You Tube, nike and forbes guyz all at one place..

wanted to write down the excerpts from the discussion but first i was really engrossed in listenening to all of them and then not much time was left for me to do that….i heard a lot ideas coming out from the mouths of web 2.0 veterans themselves…so do lemme know if any of them lights up something in your brain too…who knows maybe next we are the part of the panelists..(ahh..ohh god that was reall good to dreamm )

Tags: Innovation, Mobile, Technology, Web, Web 2.0, media by ashish
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BarCamp – A long awaited event is here in Delhi again. I can describe it as – “A place where you can find techies, geeks, startup guys, entrepreneurs, VCs, bloggers..etc all under one roof with a common goal of ’sharing’ ”

I always find these events really amusing with a lot of enthusiasts around, oozing out alot of positive energies, full of ideas and a belief to convert them to reality. The excitement comes from the kind of open forum these events provide to all to present their ideas, products or just to share their knowledge with others. Best place to get your idea/product/business or technology reviewed by a lot of brains.

Who Should Attend?

If you are startup entrepreneur, Investor, techie or any one who has an appetite for technology, is a web and mobile enthusiast and love to network with the people carrying all those geeky things in their heads…you’re welcome !!

How to register?

For that you need to add your name in ‘Campers’ at BarCamp Wiki. There are opportunities open to ‘volunteer‘ , ‘Present/Deliver a talk‘ or even ‘Sponsor‘ , so add you name in appropriate section there.

Venue : still not decided…will be updated soon !!

Looking forward to see you at the camp !!

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Update : Venue for the event announced !!

Impetus Technologies
D-39/40, Sector – 59
Noida

Date: 8th December, 2007

Time: 9:30 AM – 5:30 Pm

Tags: BarCamp, Entrepreneurship, Startups, Technology, Web by ashish
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I was a bit more than “surprised” reading this in mint today -”HT Media acquires Social Networking site DesiMartini.com for close to $10 Million”. Whaaattt?? was my first reaction…then some rubbing of eyes and then read the complete news item again. I can understand as every business is starting to recognize the power of social networks, Big media guyz are also eyeing the chance to have one themselves but in this deal i was not able to digest few things :

1. Why DesiMartini??

2. Why $10 Million for that anyway??

i got to know about DesiMartini.com after meeting vivek pahwa at some conference and believe me after looking at the homepage i dint’ even feel like registering at the first place ( credit goes to its design) and started wondering who all are registering here and why (i am still wondering )…c’mon we already have facebook, orkut and they serve the purpose.

but as the news says desimartini is boasting of a decent user base of 2.5 lakh people with more than 2.5 million page views a month. good if its true but still i dont see these social networks going anywhere without adding any value to the concept. For HT i dont know how good this deal was (hope they know) but big congrats to vivek and his team. !!

Now i can understand why MingleBox.com received a funding of $7 Million or bigadda.com flowing mindless money on boom advertising or MIH funding ibibo.com but all in all as a web 2.0 entrepreneur the whole idea of creating another social network doesn’t excite me at all…ahh…but when i think about creating ‘close-to’ $10 million this seems the easiest path..what say Nikhil ??

Tags: Marketing, Trendz, Web, media by ashish
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This is an update to my last post named A PC with Internet @ Rs. 4500 !! Dream-to-Reality (in case you haven’t read…kindly have a look)…

Prashant just now showed me the financials of the complete plan which MTNL is going to offer to its Delhi and Mumbai subscribers. major change is that PC is not going to be of 4,500 but will be yours for 4,999. Details are as follows…

Tariff for the service is given below :-

1. Initially 500 customers will be provided in selected Areas only.

2. Booking will be done at Call Centre Numbers 22221500 / 1500 from 26.09.2007. Help line number is 1800- 115522.

The Best part is Subscriber has Nothing-to-Loose in case they dont like netPC , there is a Provision for BuyBack as well !! Read on:

• If the subscriber surrenders the netPC within first 3 Months then only Rs. 1,000 will be deducted and amount of 3,999 will refunded (provided no damage to the equipment)
• after 3 months the depreciation will be calculated @ Rs 200/month.

Dats amazing…even if you use it for 1 year by paying 4,999 then too if you surrender it back….Rs. 1,999 will be refunded…!!

for more details do have a look at MTNL netPC

Tags: Innovation, Marketing, Web by ashish
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Yes it’s true…if you are SHOCKED..then too…it’s TRUE
and people behind this are our own MTNL guys (whom we generally keep cursing for something or the other) ..

MTNL in association with Chennai-based Novatium, is launching its Rs 4,500 PC, which will be there with an Internet connection for just a small monthly fee.

But how are they cutting the costs so low?? :O
That is where the Innovation lies…Computer to be called “netPC” will be a similar looking BOX which we call a PC but its a no-frills attached device that is not going to have a regular CPU or any storage hardware but it will be connected to a Centralized Local Server which is going to perform all the functions like Processing, data storage, running applications etc and will provide the Internet Access as well.

The best part is that according to Novatium the user will be free to choose between the Linux and windows as the operating systems..

now that’s what i call a Complete Package !!

so its going to be as simple as getting a Cable connection to your TV Set or a Broadband connection to your computer….and what i feel is that with this they can sell alott of other content based subscriptions to the netPC customers like Games, softwares, educational packages and even Cable TV connection (Why Not !!).

offer sounds greatt…so now lets see how good it turns out to be.

and yes….as of now netPC will be available to the MTNL Delhi and Mumbai customers only..so guyz Watch-out…

Tags: Innovation, Marketing, Web by ashish
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