Best of the Week–3G Data Card Innovation, Funding, M&A Activity

Top Articles for Week Ending Dec 19th. A week full of M&A activity, funding and doze of entrepreneurship.

• What Really Really Happened to Yahoo? [A Perspective]
• 3G Data Card for INR 1300–Student Innovation from Odisha
• Entrepreneurship Myth– It Needs A Lot of Courage To Start Up
• Have Your Voice Conference on Facebook [TringMe App]
• Entrepreneurs are Just Entrepreneurs – Not Pirates or Jedis
• Indian Internet Content Business in 2010 – Flat Traffic growth [Have We Hit the Ceiling?]

Startups/Entrepreneurship

• BigShoeBazaar Rebrands As Yebhi.com – The Story So Far
• Entrepreneurship Myth– It Needs A Lot of Courage To Start Up
• Have Your Voice Conference on Facebook [TringMe App]
• Entrepreneurs are Just Entrepreneurs – Not Pirates or Jedis
• Buzzintown Gets into The Groupon Model – Get Your Own For $89
• Negotiation Tips for Entrepreneurs [Use Silence as a Weapon]
• Trademarks registration in India – The Entrepreneur’s Guide
• 99Tests Brings Crowdsourcing to Software Testing

Funding/M&A

• Eko Raises Series A from US Based 4B Capital
• RupeeTalk Acquired by NetAmbit, Financial Services Distribution Company
• Vivek Paul’s KineticGlue Acquires Injoos
• Remote Tech Support Company iYogi Raises $30 million
• Presentation Sharing Site, authorStream Raises First Round of Funding

Technology

• Teach Technology to Parents [Google Launches TeachParentsTech]
• Chaos theory- Why Interdisciplinary Education is Righteous for our Future
• Review: Accord @Pad Android Tablet [Best Bet for INR 9,999]
• Yahoo To Shut Down Delicious, Facebook Launches New Registration Tool
• South India is Much Better Connected than North [Facebook Friendship Data]
• Tech WWWorld–Twitter Raises $200mn at $3.7 Bn Valuation, Chrome Ready for Enterprise
• Times Internet To Launch Local Search Mobile App with Poynt
• Finally, Yahoo India Local Adds 6 More Cities

Gadgets/Toys/Software

• Symbian Moves to Nokia’s House
• HP unveils ePrint-enabled OfficeJet portfolio–Print from Anywhere, Anytime!
• Strontium pWN Gaming Memory Modules Launched in India
• Import Delicious Bookmarks Into WordPress
• 4D Mouse–Genius Traveler Launches in India
• Opera 11 Released–Tab Stacking and Extensions Galore!
• Harley Davidson Launches Motorcycles in India–Price? INR 5.5L
• RockeTalk opens APIs to third party developers
• Dropbox 1.0 Released
• Delicious Alternatives–Import Your Tags Now
• How To Build Your Groupon Clone [Scripts]
• WordPress Launches HTML5 Compatible Theme
• Find What Changed on a Web Site [Diff IE]

QnA

• notarisation of USA passport
• Recommended Open Source Email Newsletter Service?
• Courier and Cargo Help
• NDA for a product idea
• Website by a non-techie
• Accounting Packages for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
• I have an award winning news/views website but monetization is a problem.
• Payment Gateways
• Hosting in the same country will make a difference in SEO?
• Google Adwords – Commission For Agencies?

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