Update from UnPluGGd – We extended the nomination deadline to October 7th and startups can use this link to submit their nomination. Also, attendee registration has begun and early bird offer ends October 10th [details here].
India has arrived and we aren’t just talking about the CWG opening ceremony, but the fact that every company is looking at India for their next growth story. Facebook opened its office in India and so is Wikipedia planning to (Wikipedia to Open Office in India, Global Exodus of Editors Continues (?)).
Twitter launched ‘fast follow’ in India, so that you can receive SMS updates without having a Twitter account. This week, India issued its first UID, a milestone for the gov2.0 phenomena.
Top Articles of the Week
- Android Expands Support for Paid Apps in India
- Browser War – Google Takes Print Advertising Route to Promote Chrome in India
- Milestone Achieved–First UID Issued in India Today
- Why Loser is The New Winner
- Do Big Companies Really Kill Startups? (Or is it about Speed)
- Twitter, Wine and India? Well, There is a Connection
- By 2015, 75% of Internet Advertising Will be Social in Nature [Google’s Display Advertising Forecast]
Startups/Entrepreneurship
- MangoApps–Feature Packed Business Collaboration Suite that comes for Cheap
- Do Big Companies Really Kill Startups? (Or is it about Speed)
- Wocal – An Online Platform for Freight Forwarders
- Evil Entrepreneur- The changing love-hate equation [Zuck]
- Publicis Groupe to Acquire 20:20 Media (PR Firm) and 2020 Social, Social Media Consulting
- Design is Capable of Igniting Change !! [Social Entrepreneurship]
- Google Complied to 50% Content Removal Requests from Indian Government
- Nokia N8 Pre booking Starts in India [Most Mediocre Digital Strategy]
- You don’t need to ask for permission to change the world !!
Mobile World
- Mobile Web–India Leads With Highest Growth Rate [Opera Mobile Web Report]
- Download Pluggd.in’s Super Cool iPhone App
Toons
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Facebook Theorem [PI Cartoons]
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Entrepreneurial Success Factors [PI Cartoons]
