PE activity increases: Markets gain

While a number of players invested more in Indian companies, another set exited the market, making profits after March. The companies that invested included Saif Partners, which made a $24 million investment in Network18, and Times Private Treaties, which acquired 12 per cent in Jiny & Jony (for an undisclosed sum), according to data with analysts and brokerage firms.

C3CUBE initiates touch-screen kiosk entertainment revolution in India

C3CUBE initiates touch-screen kiosk entertainment revolution in IndiaFinancial Express, India... UK and Indian markets since 1993. “We believe such a network that integrates Web 2.0, flash games, a social network, Bluetooth, video mail, SMS and music over a 2 Mbps broadband connection, has not been deployed so far. Coca-Cola India believed in ...

Liveblogging Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie on “The Potential Of Cloud Computing”

We're at the Churchill Club's "Potential of Cloud Computing" event, where Wired's Senior Writer Steven Levy is interviewing Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie. Ozzie made some interesting predictions on the future of cloud computing a few weeks ago at J.P. Morgan’s Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. Microsoft is continuing to assert its position in the cloud as the release of its cloud computing platform, Azure, draws near.

TRAI Plans For Online Complain Against Service Provider

Whether you are using Reliance Mobile, Tata Indicom WLL, Airtel Mobile or BSNL or MTNL services,  when it comes to complain about the service --- there is no proper channel that you can go through.Most of the complains against these service providers are unheard or goes to the deaf ears. Well hopefully that will not be the case for future. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is working on an online consumer grievance redress platform that will enable subscribers to lodge their complaints against any service provider through the Internet or an SMS.

TutorVista readies Indian rollout

To raise $15 million to address bottom of the pyramid. TutorVista, the firm that has pioneered online tutoring to students in the West from India, is coming home.

Microsoft now reveals Bing Travel

Microsoft today now revealed its buzzing search engine Bing’s next offshoot - Bing Travel, it has flight and hotel search, airfare price predictions, travel news and community, travel deals, and more. Added to this, starting today itself, people searching on Bing search engine for hotels in a given city will get Bing Travel Instant Answers included [...]

PE activity increases after stable government pushes up markets

On another hand, as many as seven PE funds — including ChrysCapital, Citi Venture Capital International, Sequoia Capital India, 2i Capital, IL&FS Investment Managers (IIML) and the 3i Group — exited Indian companies. These exits were either “partly or ...

KPMG Mobile Study: Music, Gaming, mCommerce, Mobile TV In India

Consultant KPMG just released the results of a worldwide survey of mobile users and here are some of the highlights: 86% respondents in India are likely to watch live TV on mobile phones in next 12 months >95% Indians surveyed were satisfied with their music download experience >63% respondents were satisfied with mobile gaming services in India m-commerce applications continue to face challenges for gaining wider acceptance in India 93% say clear pricing and 94% say download speed as influencing factors for purchase of video clips and mobile TV KPMG surveyed 4,190 respondents in 19 countries, of which only 210 were from India. The survey found a high level of willingness among Indian users to experiment with new generation mobile services. Indians were most likely to use mobile chat services in the next 6-12 months (34% said yes, while the world average was 18%) and also to watch live TV on mobile (87% said very likely, world average:67%). Those who use mobile gaming or download music on their phones, were satisfied with their user experience. A majority of respondents are comfortable with mobile banking, but privacy is a concern and inconvenience is hindering wider penetration. Customers are willing to receive ads in exchange for free music downloads. In India, customers are willing to allow tracking of online usage in exchange for lower Internet costs. Pricing is a big factor—regularly influences mobile and multimedia technology purchases. Only 40% of Indian respondents said they were somewhat comfortable using their mobile phones for some kind of a financial transaction. Only 7 out of 215 respondents, however, conducted a banking transaction through mobile in the last six months. "While the mobile additions exceed 10 million a month on one hand, ARPU's continue to drop on the other hand. Telecom players recognize that increase in VAS revenues will be an important aspect of future growth and profitability. Players in the value chain are innovating and focusing on increasing the market size for their products and services," said Rajesh Jain, who heads the Information, Communication & Entertainment at KPMG in India, in a statement.  

iTunes Made Easy With SharePod – iPhone Drag And Drop Features

I am personally not a big fan or iPods just because everyone has got one does not mean I have to buy one .  But that's not the case for my wife. She loves iPod but when it comes to managing her songs and playlists and podcasts, she hands it over to me. So I have to maintain her iPod and iTunes. There is no doubt that iTunes is probably the best way to manage the content on your iPod but that application is too heavy and specially those upgrades takes forever in my windows box (Yes, I am a PC). I always thought that there could be an easier way to handle iPod music files and video files.Well, here you go. Sharepod is a tiny application, less than 3 MB in size that you can carry with you anywhere. And it accesses your iPod in a flash. You can then upload and download files to your iPod/iPhone or iTouch. 

Kangana Ranaut At UTV Launch – Listen Movie On Mobile

If you remember, earlier this year UTV New Media Ventures launched a music video channel called {ln:http://www.informationmadness.com/cms/technology/45-website-launch/898-utv-plans-to-launch-music-portal-utvatplaycom.html 'UTVatPlay} to earn some additional revenue from the movie content it owns. Now it has launched a new service called Audio Cinema, under which movies will be packaged in audio clips of 60 minutes duration each, and will be made available to both mobile and landline phone users.