Weekly Recap – Oct 6th – 13th

Couple of interesting posts published last week @ the pluGGd.in factory:

Telecom Industry

Startup Related

• Economic Downturn and Startups
• Downturn Survival Tips from Rajesh Jain
• Biotech Company GangaGen raises $1.8mn
• Startups, please come out of closed beta
• Go Real or Go Home – Sequoia to it’s Portfolio Companies
• Finally, Helion and CRV Confirm smsgupshup funding

New launches

• Naukri to launch FirstNaukri..Why not focus on Career?
• Zoho mail goes offline (with Google Gears)

Misc

• Guess who is benefiting from the slowdown?
• Web2.0 is a Big Myth in Enterprise World – Accenture’s Chief Scientist
• Opera in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu; Handset tie-ups
• Browser War Hits the Road
• India 7th Spammiest Country, Russia Tops the Chart
• Google Knol: The Story so far