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Bean bags don’t make a Google!

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I guess the first day of 2010 is a good time to reflect and express on a few of those things. 2010 is the year when CEOs of Indian Internet companies need to ponder and re-think on whether whatever they have they been offering to their fellow Indians is worthwhile, and what ails them-. 1.

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The Next Big Thing After Twitter! Is FourSquare The Answer?

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Imagine how useful this could be in India at Commonwealth 2010, when we would experience huge inbound travel traffic-many of them would want to explore various places and how they will use FourSquare to discover locations. The gravity of recommendation doesn’t need any proof here-it’s very clear and transparent at FourSquare.

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Will ‘Technology’ Survive the Recession?

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We just need to hope that the recession does not extend too far into 2009, because if it does, the chances of our revival would be extended by another year (from 2010 to 2011)! . . It seems that the technology industry, is well immune to the economic recession, and is aware of what needs to be done in these tough times.

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2 Million ONLINE Leads Market for BFSI Sector in India!

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This base should increase to about 40m by 2010. Let’s try and estimate the total quantum of leads that are generated on the web today in India annually for the financial sector. Let’s look at the Credit Card market first: Total Credit Card Base in India: 27.5 Source: Indian Express, Oct 19, 2008). Hence roughly the market is growing by 25%.

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ebay X.Commerce & If Indian eCommerce has Missed the Bus?

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Red Laser- barcode reading app (bought in 2010). GSI- Complete logistics, order management and CRM platform. ((USD USD 1.96B). PayPal: mobile and web payments (USD1.5B). FigCard- Point of purchase payments (figures not available). from a web or mobile platform.

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David and The Goliaths of the Job portals!

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and also interestingly Bixee is one of the very few online portals that staretd micropayments as early as January 2010. One of India’s early (not the first) pay for performance model for employers. Employers can actually buy one single contact at a price of only Rs 29/-.