Presenting a recap of articles published week ending March 11th, 2012.
Top 10 articles
Startups : If you don’t have competition, you have more chances of failure!
Trusting ecommerce services? Might just spoil your personal relationship [Real story]
Women and Startups: Shine on you crazy diamond!
Post “New iPad”, Apple drops iPad India Price [16GB Wifi available for INR 24,500]
Of Myntra’s Snowboarding logo and why understanding of market-customer context helps.
Entrepreneurship for Starters – “Trees cannot be replanted, seedlings can. Don’t hurry into growth.”
The 3 biggest causes of stress for entrepreneurs and how to deal with them
Why Interning with Startups should be made compulsory at B-Schools (and the counter argument).
Android browser most popular mobile browser worldwide, though entirely different story in India
Startups Covered
App42 is a platform agnostic PAAS provider that wants to provide plumbing
Online Grocery Store, BigBasket secures $10mn from Ascent Capital
iStream launches India’s first video app on Windows 8
Sockaholics: Buy Socks Online on Footsy
MyFirstCheque invests in Pre Cared – a pre-used baby product startup
App42 is a platform agnostic PAAS provider that wants to provide plumbing to app developers
Channel: India Online
Nokia launches Nokia Music Theatre, a platform for discovering and nurturing musical talent
Google+ announces support for Indic languages (Hindi/Bengali/Marathi/Tamil etc)
Watch Budget 2012 Live on Youtube
Mobile/Telecom/Apps:
Android Market is now Google Play – combines books, music, movies and apps.
Apple unveils ‘The New iPad’ and Apple TV – makes it even harder for competitors to keep up!
iOS beats Android in HTML5 Performance
Games, Social are the top 2 categories in App stores [Independent games are most popular apps]
How to
How to draft a good Memorandum of Association (MoA)?
Google has a new privacy policy. Should you be worried?
Data
News Roundup: 32.79 mn subscribers opt for mobile number portability, as of Jan 2012.
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Partnerships: This week we announced summer internship partnership with IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur, meant for startups hiring interns.
Updates from Pluggd.in TV: 5 Videos published this week:
- Galaxy Tab 3 Apps Hack
- Understanding Import Export Code
- Interview with Archana Doshi of Archana’s Kitchen
- Women and Startups – Interview with Suruchi Wagh of Yournextleap
- My Challenges as a Women Entrepreneur
» Also, check out startup Jobs in India – note that the Pluggd.in job board is free for this month.
» Last but not the least – Pluggd.in Forum, which has become the ‘go-to’ place for Entrepreneurs.
