Archive for June, 2008
SnapFish knows that I have Family in India
Last week I got a email from SnapFish saying that it I can send pictures to India for Rs.2.95. Well I do have an account with SnapFish.com. But I have not registered in their Indian version yet. And SnapFish needs just a email address to complete registration. In the email it is said that account details are universal. This means an account with SnapFish.com will work SnapFish.in. But how did they get to know that I am having family in India to send photo?
New Improved Look for Oodami
I think I am getting used to blogging. I have changed the themes many times. I think this theme is clean and I have added a couple of plugins to improve user interaction. Have a look at it and let me know your views.
Indian Business Magazines and Podcasts
I regularly listen to the podcasts from Business Week magazine. Every Thursday Business Week releases a podcast which discusses what went behind the scenes to create their weekly cover story. After listening to the podcast, almost every time I visit their site for related content. Several other magazines also provide the podcasts of their cover stories and other interesting discussion.
Why does IN.com need my Mobile Number?
Get a short and sweet email id from IN.com. But wait, they want only users from India. Today morning I got a sweet message from IN.com team saying that I need to validate my mobile number. Why does IN.com need my mobile number?
Analysis of Payment Gateways in India (May 2008)
I am not aware of any other e-commerce site in India which is having more volume of transactions than IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation). Every month IRCTC uploads the statistics which gives insight to the behaviour of various payment gateways. In the month of May 2008 IRCTC conducted 2.5 million transactions worth 2.33 billion Indian Rupees (58.45 million USD). A study of this data will give good insight to where Indian e-commerce industry is headed to. Cash Cards are getting very popular in India.