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| Saturday, September 30, 2006 |
| Online DVD Rental in Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai |
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 With rising disposable income and pathetic city infrastructure, not all Bangaloreans want to enjoy their weekend in the new multiplex cinema halls. Realizing this, the NetFlix model of online DVD rental has been introduced in India by SeventyMM and CatchFlix. Both companies offer door delivery and pick-up service.
SeventyMM is operational in the cities of Bangalore and Delhi and has huge collection of DVDs as well as VCDs. It also doesn't charge any late fees so that you can keep the movies as long as you want. Also, you are a movie buff, you can rent unlimited DVDs or VCDs for just Rs549 a month and can hold 2 movies at a time.
CatchFlix still in Beta also operates on the model of SeventyMM. CatchFlix is operational in the cities of Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad. However, some of the shortcomings compared to SeventyMM are, CatchFlix charges a flat fees of Rs99 per DVD for 3 days. Good for folks who want to watch just one or two movies in a month.
Have a Nice and Happy Extended Weekend!!! |
| Published on Saturday, September 30, 2006 at 11:32 AM |
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| Thursday, September 28, 2006 |
| Exit iPod, Enter Zune Media Player |
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 Come, November 14th, children's day in India, you have dozen reasons to smile. Microsoft Inc will unveil its coolest product ever - Zune Media Player.
Zune with richer features than the iPod will give Apple Computer Inc a run for money. Zune and iPod are both likely to be priced at $249. However, you have the following advantages to own a Zune player over iPod.
- Zune will support H.264 and MPEG-4 video as well as AAC audio, alongside the expected MP3 and Windows Media formats.
- Built-in FM Tuner.
- Pre-loaded content - Zune will ship with more than two dozen songs.
- Zune also features wireless technology(wi fi enabled) that will let Zune users share favorite music, playlists and digital pictures with each other.
- Zune is powered by a variant of Windows CE/Mobile and thus a platform is already established to port 1,000s of handheld applications to your player.
If you have recently bought an ipod, don't worry, wait for a year longer, you can buy a Zune Mobile Phone. |
| Published on Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 10:26 PM |
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| Monday, September 25, 2006 |
| Chat with Munna Bhai and Win Exciting Prizes |
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 Couple of days ago their was a posting on how to use Dictionary, Encarta, Encyclopedia, Maths, Maps, etc.. using your MSN Messenger. Today MSN Specials India have unveiled a special portal, Munna Bhai Bot(Robot) with whom you can chat from your desk using MSN Messenger and win Movie Tickets, CDs and Casettes.
Add this contact to your buddy list munnabhai@mumbainotout.com and Shura Hoja Mamu!!!! He will ask questions and you have to answer. Just like Vidya Balan asking Sanjay Dutt over FM Radio :-) |
| Published on Monday, September 25, 2006 at 9:25 PM |
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| Monday, September 11, 2006 |
| Telecom Crimes - Reliance Industries Top Management Chargesheeted |
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 Top management of Reliance Industries which include Akhil Gupta(Left, Ex-CEO Reliance Infocomm) and Manoj Modi(Current Head Reliance Retail) have been chargesheeted by the CBI for their involvement in Multi-Crores Telecom scam. The Kingpins deviced a plot to mask international calls as local calls and then diver them to BSNL networks resulting in loss of hundreds of crores to the government controlled BSNL, which has the highest number of landline subscribers in the country.
Reliance and its officials have acted against the national interest by opening easy door for communication to any group trying to destabilize India and its economy. This offence is very serious in nature due to the fact that, many international agents and banned islamic millitant groups may have communicated escaping the government surveillance. |
| Published on Monday, September 11, 2006 at 8:48 PM |
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| Thursday, September 07, 2006 |
| Why e-Commerce Sucks in India ? |
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My online shopping experience in India so far has been awful. It sux to shop online with Indian Portals especially FirstandSecond.com, online book retailer.
I ordered a book on Saturday(02-Sept) and they asked me not to pay until they make sure the book was available. WTF ? If you don't have the book available then why did you let me purchase it. Read On.. Finally they asked me to pay for it and the payment was processed on Mon(04-Sept). Their e-mail system is terrible. Keeps sending multiple copies of the same e-mail.
They then sent me another e-mail saying they are procuring the book(04-Sept). As of today(08-sept) the order is still under processing(It's not even shipped). So are they searching on the streets of Delhi for my book before they ship it ? My order # 00611-20900-50460.
Trust me this is not how e-commerce works. It should be all instantenous without any further effort from the consumer. (I had to call DELHI 4 times and fed up of dealing with them, I decided to expose them). Please don't shop on FirstandSecond.com. FirstandSecond.Com Sux. NEVER EVER SHOP on FirstandSecond.com. |
| Published on Thursday, September 07, 2006 at 8:44 PM |
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| Sunday, September 03, 2006 |
| Tata Telecom plans to be amongst top 3 in 5 years |
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Tata Indicom plans to be amongst the top 3 telcos in India within the next 5 years.
"Tatas don’t enter a market to be number five or six. We have to be number one or two. We have a scenario that’ll get us there by 2011" said Tata teleservices CEO, Darryl Green
So who will be the other two ? BSNL and Airtel ? Oho No. Reliance Infocom won't give up. So pushing the government owned PSU out of big three league, can we expect Airtel, Reliance and Tata Indicom ? They might become the big 3 integrated players, but mobile space will have individual leaders in different market segments like Aircel in TamilNadu. |
| Published on Sunday, September 03, 2006 at 10:53 PM |
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