This week, 20+ million phones were crucified in the name of security (IMEI) and the biggest news for the week was Uninor’s launch in India (Uninor in India – Seven Circles, 29 Paisa a Minute [Predatory Pricing?]). Few telcos have started opposing the pricing war and are even calling it predatory pricing – either they aren’t equipped to fight the new competition (optimized cost) or they are worried about sucking less blood out of subscribers. And while we debate this, there are chances that your mobile might get an extra ‘9’ in 2010 (so expect more wrong numbers/confusing times ahead).
Surprise news of the week comes from Brinda Karat, who wants to ban Google in India for showing prenatal sex determination ads [whoa!]
2009 in Focus
- Yahoo India’s 2009 In Review – Gandhis, Rakhi Sawant and ofcourse, Katrina Kaif
- Top Google Searches for India in 2009 – Recession, Satyam Share
- Ask.Com Reveals Top Question of 2009 – “How much should I weigh?”
- Tech Flop Shows in India, Few WTF Moment of 2009
- More WTF Tech Moment of 2009 [India]
Top Articles for the week
- LinkedIn and the professional networking story in India
- Why the Newspaper industry feels it can take on Google
- Google launches the new homepage with Fade-in Experience [UX Dilemma]
- 5 personal finance mistakes that first time entrepreneurs must avoid
- Enterprise Sales Strategy – What you need to know before you talk to that BIG Guy
Startups/Entrepreneurship Related
- Burrp Launches Virtual Tours for Businesses [Panoramic]
- JustBooks takes Library to next level with RFID Tagging
- Enterprise Sales Strategy – What you need to know before you talk to that BIG Guy
- TrackSpends – Track your Expense Via SMS
- Ethics, Startups and the case for being ‘Practical’
- 5 personal finance mistakes that first time entrepreneurs must avoid
- InfiBeam : Amazon – Is Something Cooking?
- World AIDS Day & Social Entrepreneurship – Is it that Hot ?
India Business
- MapMyIndia Launches Mobile App – GPS Navigator sans GPRS
- News Roundup:3G Video Calls at 1 Paise, Telenor to Launch India Operations..and more
- Domain Names in Hindi by June 2010
- CAT Fiasco and Rise of Smart Managers!
Technology WWWorld
- WordPress 2.9 – 5 Features that takes your Blog to Next Level [Wordpress Weekend]
- WWWorld Tech News: Apple:Lala, MySQL Usage, MS:Yahoo Deal, Digg..and more
- Tech News Roundup – Google DNS, Facebook Beacon Settlement..and more
- The new age internet – from attention to engagement
- Facebook Reached 350 Million Mark
Mobile WWWorld
- Nokia’s Big Bets for 2010 – Maemo, Reengineer Symbian, Improve User Experience.
- Twitter Music Made From 140 Characters of Code
- All About Solar Mobile Phone Chargers
