Microsoft asked to stop selling MS Word within US

Software major Microsoft has been directed by a US court to stop selling the MS Word application on grounds that it infringes a patent held by another company. The judge directed MS to pay damages for infringement to I4i, a Canadian company.A DISTRICT COURT in the US state of Texas has directed software major Microsoft (MS) to stop the sale of Microsoft Word application in the US within the next sixty days. The judge issued this direction after finding that the Microsoft Office software violated a patent held by another company. The decision came in a case filed by Canadian software company I4i, which claims a patent on XML or Extensible Markup Language used by many programs including the MS Word.

The Texas federal judge barred Microsoft from selling Word 2003 and other versions of the software that use technology patented by I4i. The judge upheld a verdict given by a jury on May 20, and also asked the software major to pay damages to the Canadian company.

MS was asked to pay US$200 million in damages to I4i and US$40 million as enhanced damages. I4i officials said that they felt vindicated by the result as they knew they were right. Microsoft, however, expressed disappointment at the ruling and said that it planned to appeal in a higher court.

Google wins back googblog domain from Indian teen

Google wins back googblog domain from Indian teen

Google had to move the World Intellectual Property Organisation to get the domain name Googblog.com, from 17-year-old Herit Shah, who owned the domain. Google claimed that the word 'Goog' in the domain was it's stock sticker at the NASDAQ
GOOGLE THE internet search giant has managed to get back the domain name, Googblog.com owned by a Gujarat school boy. Google had to move the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to get the domain name from Surendranagar based 17-year-old Herit Shah, who owned the domain.

The internet search giant claimed that the word 'Goog' in the domain was it's stock sticker at the NASDAQ. After deliberating on this issue, the WIPO this week found merit in the claims of Google and asked Shah to transfer the domain name to the US company.Earlier in the beginning of the year, the teenager had received a letter from a Google's legal representatives based in Gurgaon asking him to handover the domain to the US search company under IPL norms.

However, when Shah defended his position, Google filed a case at the WIPO in March, which ultimately decreed that he had to handover the domain name to Google.

Herit, who sat for class XII exams this year has initiated the process of returning the Googblog domain name to the internet giant. He expressed no regrets and said that the case filed against him by Google had made him realise his worth.

Asus' launches Formula Series Graphics Cards

Asus, known for its powerful graphics cards, has introduced new Formula series graphics cards series based on ATI Radeon HD 4770 and HD 4890 cards. The cards are designed as per aerodynamic design of the Formula One car.Mr. Vinay Shetty, Country Head - Components Business, Asus (India), said: "The Asus Formula Series graphics cards are a perfect amalgamation of aesthetics and performance. These graphics cards provide much better cooling than reference designed cards and run up to 33% cooler which is a dramatic improvement over existing standards."

The cards boast some special features that have been added for game lovers, providing aerodynamically styled heat sink and cooling-fan having similar look as the upper chassis of F1 car. The firm claims that both cards are able to improve 33 % cooling efficiency, besides reducing unwanted noise.

ATI Radeon HD 4770 graphics was launched in May this year at a price tag of Rs. 8,750. The card, having a F1 car styled cooling fan and heat sink, has core clocked at 750MHz, and 512MB memory clocked at 3.2GHz. It offers a resolution of 2560x1600 pixel and 128-bit memory interface.

Asus EAH4890 Formula, priced at Rs. 18250, is based on RV790 chip, having 1GB memory clocked at 3.9GHz (975MHz GDDR5) and 256-bit memory interface.

nternet search giant Google India has provided school children with an opportunity to create logo for Google India Homepage, under its competition - Doodle 4 Google. The theme of this completion is 'My India', and students are required to create doodle with very accurate and illustrative explanation of world India.

Students, desirous to participate in the competition, needs to register themselves online at www. google. co. in/doodle4google.

The search engine will show the winner's doodle at Google India Homepage on November 14, on the country's first Prime Minister's birthday. The company will also offer a laptop and technology grant of Rs 1 lakh to the winner. It has called faculty and students of the National Institute of Design (NID), cartoonist N Ponnappa and Indian artist Raghava KK, for the judgment of the competition.

Google is known for creating new logos on special occasions, dates and events, according to a tradition initiated by Googler Dennis Hwang. Arvind Desikan, head of consumer marketing from Google said: "Creativity, innovation, and a sense of fun are at the heart of Google's culture and beliefs. Through Doodle 4 Google, we hope to celebrate the immense creative talent and richness of ideas of students across the country. We are delighted to be able to give school students across India the opportunity to doodle for Google."

Google Inc. v. Herit Shah

The web search giant Google has legally won the domain name – 'googblog.com' – from a seventeen-year-old Gujarat school boy.

The domain name 'googblog.com' was registered in the name of Herit Shah. Google raised objections on the domain name, as it is confusingly similar to the company’s trademark; moreover ‘goog’ is the Google’s stock sticker at the NASDAQ. The domain name became the real subject of dispute between Google and Shah, and consequently, Google moved to WIPO and challenged the domain name registered by Shah.

Ordering the transfer of the domain name to Google, the Geneva-based WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center decided the case in the favour of Google. According to WIPO, Shah registered the domain name in September 25, 2008, and Google filed the complaint against Shah on March 26, 2009. On May 2, 2009, Shah admitted before the WIPO panel that the domain name was registered in bad faith and it was an “infringement of intellectual property”. "I really did very unfair to Google. I sincerely apologise to Google for infringement, misuse of their intellectual property ('googblog.com)," Shah said before the panel.

The student of the C U Shah High School, who has cleared Class XII (general steam) examinations told on Thursday that he bought the disputed domain name on September 25, 2008, and he started posting blogs on computers, multimedia and electronic gadgets on it. The son of a bank clerk, Shah revealed that in January, he received a letter from a Gurgaon-based law-firm, Ranjan Narula Associates on behalf of Google, saying that he should handover the domain name to Google under the IPR norms. He told that in his reply to the letter he defended his case, and later Google filed the lawsuit against him at WIPO. Last week, he got an email from WIPO ordering him to transfer the domain name to Google. Shah told that he has already started the process to transfer the ownership of the domain name.

Cybersquatting, also known as domain squatting, is the activity of registering, trafficking, or using a domain name in bad faith with an intention to gain profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. Cybersquatting is an illegal activity. The WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) is a specialized UN agency for the protection of intellectual property throughout the world.

Google Inc. v. Herit Shah

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION

Google Inc. v. Herit Shah

Case No. D2009-0405

1. The Parties

The Complainant is Google Inc. of California, United States of America, represented by Ranjan Narula Associates, India.

The Respondent is Herit Shah of Gujarat, India.

2. The Domain Name and Registrar

The disputed domain name is registered with GoDaddy.com, Inc.

3. Procedural History

The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on March 26, 2009. On March 27, 2009, the Center transmitted by email to GoDaddy.com, Inc. a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain name. On March 27, 2009, GoDaddy.com, Inc. transmitted by email to the Center its verification response confirming that the Respondent is listed as the registrant and providing the contact details. In response to a notification by the Center that the Complaint was administratively deficient, the Complainant filed an amendment to the Complaint on March 31, 2009. The Center verified that the Complaint together with the amendment to the Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Policy” or “UDRP”), the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Rules”), and the WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Supplemental Rules”).

In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2(a) and 4(a), the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on April 1, 2009. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5(a), the due date for Response was April 21, 2009. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondent’s default on April 22, 2009.

The Center appointed Debrett G. Lyons as the sole panelist in this matter on May 1, 2009. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rules, paragraph 7.

On May 2, 2009, the Center received an email from the Respondent which is set out in full later in this Decision, the thrust of which was to agree to transfer of the domain name to the Complainant.

4. Factual Background

1. The Complainant primarily provides a free Internet search engine at “www.google.com.”

2. The Complainant has used the trademark GOOGLE since the inception of its business in 1997.

3. The Complainant has used the name “GOOG” as a NASDAQ financial stock ticker since 2004.

4. The Respondent registered the disputed domain name on September 25, 2008.

5. Pre-Complaint correspondence between the parties failed to resolve the dispute.

6. The Complainant petitions the Panel to issue a decision that the disputed domain name be transferred from the Respondent to the Complainant.

5. Parties’ Contentions

A. Complainant

The Complainant asserts trademark rights and states that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its trademarks.

The Complainant alleges that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name.

The Complainant alleges that the Respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith.

B. Respondent

The Respondent did not reply to the Complainant’s contentions.

However on May 2, 2009, after commencement of this administrative proceeding and after appointment of the Panel, the Respondent wrote to the Center in the following terms:

I was in a bad faith that i can legally keep the domain googblog.com but when i kept myself in the place of google i understood i really did very unfair to google. since two weeks i have been trying to delete the domain googblog.com, but i am unable to because godaddy has put my domain on hold, on your consent godaddy may delete the domain or unhold it. I sincerely apologise to Google for infringement, misuse of their intellectual property (GOOGBLOG.COM).

6. Discussion and Findings

Preliminary Procedural Issue: Consent to Transfer

An issue arises as to whether the Panel should make findings as to the elements of this case under the Policy given that the Complainant calls for transfer of the disputed domain name and the Respondent answers that call.

In the case of Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. Elmer Morales, NAF Claim No. FA 475191 (June 24, 2005), it was said that “where Respondent has agreed to comply with Complainant’s request [to transfer the domain name], the Panel felt it to be expedient and judicial to forego the traditional UDRP analysis and order the transfer of the domain names.”

In Malev Hungarian Airlines, Ltd. v. Vertical Axis Inc., NAF Claim No. FA 212653 (January 13, 2004) the panel decided that “the parties have both asked for the domain name to be transferred to the Complainant [....] Since the requests of the parties in this case are identical, the Panel has no scope to do anything other than to recognize the common request, and it has no mandate to make findings of fact or of compliance (or not) with the Policy.” See also Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH v. Modern Limited – Cayman Web Development, NAF Claim No. FA 133625 (January 9, 2003).

By way of contrast, in Graebel Van Lines, Inc. v. Texas International Property Associates – NA NA, NAF Claim No. FA 1195954 (July 17, 2008), the panel stated that:

Respondent has admitted in his response to the complaint of Complainant that it is ready to offer the transfer without inviting the decision of the Panel in accordance with the Policy. However, in the facts of this case, the Panel is of the view that the transfer of the disputed domain name deserves to be along with the findings in accordance with the Policy

and in Barrow Industries Inc. v. Texas International Property Associates – NA NA, NAF Claim No. FA0812001239732 it was noted that “[n]o doubt there are special cases of abusive registration where that approach is justified”.

Paragraph 10 of the Rules sets out the general powers of the Panel. Paragraph 10(a) states that the “Panel shall conduct the administrative proceeding in such manner as it considers appropriate in accordance with the Policy and these Rules” and Paragraph 10(c) states that the “Panel shall ensure that the administrative proceeding takes place with due expedition.”

It has been argued that “due expedition” means that a panel should not diffuse its energy on matters which do not require a decision. It has also been argued that consent-to-transfer requests should not mask the activities of serial cybersquatters.

In this case the Panel observes an unexplained inconsistency between the sophisticated language with which the Respondent rebuffed the pre-Complaint letter of demand which included a suggestion from the Respondent for negotiation of a co-existence agreement between the parties, and the perhaps questionable May 2, 2009 email from the Respondent in which it apparently sees the error in its action, apologises for its mistake and consents to the transfer of the disputed domain name to the Complainant.

Nonetheless, the Complainant does not allege that the Respondent has habitually abused third party trademark rights and the inconsistency of the Respondent’s position alone does not in the Panel’s opinion justify a finding as to the Policy elements. The Panel takes the view in this case that the consent-to-transfer request replaces the need to assess the matter under the elements of the Policy.

7. Decision

For the foregoing reasons the Panel orders that the domain name, be transferred to the Complainant.

signature

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Debrett G. Lyons
Sole Panelist

Dated: May 15, 2009

From the Startup Directory – GreyTip, NovoGreen, Gayatri Hitech

Presenting some of the newly added startups in the Indian startup directory Novogreen Energy Solutions Novogreen is a solar PV system financing and installation provider in the Delhi-NCR region. The startup offers a range of system integration services including: Grid Tied and Off grid power generation syst

Presenting some of the newly added startups in the Indian startup directory

Novogreen Energy Solutions

Novogreen is a solar PV system financing and installation provider in the Delhi-NCR region. The startup offers a range of system integration services including:

• Grid Tied and Off grid power generation systems
• Building Integrated Photovoltaics
• Solar Lighting Solutions

Greytip

Greytip Online is HR and payroll software on the SaaS model (software-as-a-service). It is an essential service for all companies having 20 to 2000 employees, across all industry sectors. Greytip Online Service enables employee information management, leave, and payroll management. Greytip is currently hosting payroll information for 10000+ employees

Gayatri Hitech

Gayatri Hitech is focused on delivering products for the enterprise server room. The company currently has a spam control appliance by name anjal, and a load balancer fail over appliance by name ravanan.
The company provides UNIX based products that simply plug into your network like a firewall or a router. The hardware and software comes together and hence you do not concern yourself with software or hardware issues

Samman Foundation – Bringing structure to the Rickshaw Industry (Rick is an OOH Panel)

Launched in 2007, Samman Foundation is attempting to bring a structure to the Rickshaw industry and is betting on rickshaws being the ‘visible panel’ for brands to reach out to consumers. The rickshaws have been specially designed by IIT K,

Launched in 2007, Samman Foundation is attempting to bring a structure to the Rickshaw industry and is betting on rickshaws being the ‘visible panel’ for brands to reach out to consumers.

The rickshaws have been specially designed by IIT K, Delhi school of Architecture and is 50-60 Kgs lesser in weight than the traditional rickshaws.

Samman Foundation - Rickshaw is your Brand Vehicle

The rickshaws have been designed in order to keep real estate for advertising (on the side, front and back panels) – company charges Rs. 10-15 per day from the operator. Samman foundation sells anything from mobile recharge coupons to mineral water bottle.

The company has also partnered with banks to open savings account for rickshaw pullers – and charges a nominal fee to operators for the rickshaw yard (doesn’t charge the rickshaw pullers any rent for the rickshaw).

Goolel – Mobile Social Networking, Chat Rooms and Push Email Service

These days, it’s really tough to figure out why does one need one more social networking tool, but that doesn’t deter entrepreneurs to try out new ways to build sticky apps. Goolel is a Gurgaon based startup that is trying to build a

These days, it’s really tough to figure out why does one need one more social networking tool, but that doesn’t deter entrepreneurs to try out new ways to build sticky apps.

Goolel is a Gurgaon based startup that is trying to build a meta social network (and more) on your mobile phone.

Once you download the app, you can configure all your IMs, push mail services (Gmail/Yahoo and Hotmail) as well as use Goolel’s India focused chat rooms.

Goolel has also built a browser of it’s own, which it claims to optimize web pages by a significant percentage and startup’s advisory board includes veterans from BSNL, UTStarcomm and Unisys.

While all this may sound fancy, I am not sure whether people are ready to try out new social networks or whether Goolel should instead position itself as a meta push mail/IM service (the space is anyways crowded with Fring/RockeTalk etc).

The only uptake that I see is startups’ relationship with operators/telecom companies (advisory board speaks of that) – will help them in closing deals with operators.

What’s your opinion on Goolel (i.e. on their core offering?) ?

Guruji to Launch Ringtone search

Guruji, India focused search engine is launching Mobile ringtone search service.

Guruji is launching mobile ringtone search product that enables one to search for ringtones across the web and mp3s (as early as 1932).

Guruji, as we mentioned earlier has sort of found it’s mojo with music search (its’ a different matter that they got sued by Tseries for helping them find pirated copy).

The ringtone search product is currently on invite basis (you can jump the queue by inviting your friends).

A Look at Guruji Traffic

guruji traffic - fat lady is singing

While there is a general increase in traffic (triggered by spend on Google adwords), do you think these services will take Guruji to the next level?

QuestionBox – Bringing Search Engine to Rural India

QuestionBox is an interesting initiative that is attempting to bring search engine to rural India. Essentially, QuestionBox is a simple telephone intercom

QuestionBox is an interesting initiative that is attempting to bring search engine to rural India.

Essentially, QuestionBox is a simple telephone intercomwhich works by pressing a button, which connects to the operator sitting in front of a computer with internet access.Users ask the operator questions in their local language. The operator goes online and finds their answers, translating English results back into the local language. The physical Question Box units have gone through several design cycles. They now can run completely off the grid, using mobile phone and solar technologies.

How does QuestionBox works?

Question Box’s backend software logs all call data and indexes operators previous queries and answers, allowing it to get smarter over time. It uses a specialized local databases or ‘off-line internet’ solution allowing it to work in any situation, whether it’s on or offline, powered or using backup generators. The database is customized with information relevant to the locational prefrences.

QuestionBox, an initiative by Open Mind (US based non-profit organization) and is presently active in Maharashtra region.

A great example of how technology can change and most importantly, if the questions can be mined – there is a wealth of data for marketers.

What’s your opinion?

mKhoj Rebrands as InMobi

India based mobile ad network, mKhoj has rebranded itself as InMobi.

Mobile ad network, mKhoj has rebranded itself as InMobi. This was in making for the last few months, as the company is expanding to different geographies and had to ditch it’s ‘Indian’ name (it’s difficult to tell overseas advertisers/publishers what ‘mkhoj’ really means).

mKhoj InMobi has expanded in South Asian market, and is now eyeing European market.

The new website is a welcome change from the earlier one (which was quite boring and unprofessional), though the new website has broken experience (which I am sure will be fixed shortly).

mKhoj InMobi has given tough fight to AdMob (they serve ~2Bn impressions a month, as opposed to AdMob’s 7Bn impressions) and has smartly stayed away from AdMob’s turf, i.e. US market – so expect a fierce competition in European market, where the eCPM rates are much higher and so is the mobile penetration.

Ayojak – organizing events made easy

Creating paid event portal has been a big pain in India. Ayojak is attempting to solve all of this by providing tools for event organizers.

Ayojak, a year old startup has revamped it’s offering and now offers useful utility tools/services to event organizers (earlier it was a typical web2.0 UGC driven event site).

Ayojak, in new avatar enables users/small and medium businesses to organize conference event, ticketing event, membership/group event and social event. Features offered includes event registration, attendee management, payment processing, ticketing, reporting and promotion.

The portal also allows one to put up event services (like catering etc) in the marketplace and let vendors/service providers bid for it.

Creating paid event in India is a big pain and I have seen couple of event organizers struggling with ‘how do I ask people to pay’ kind of questions (paypal is ofcourse not the preferred route)? Ayojak does solves this (we haven’t tested the service yet), by enabling you to link your bank account while creating the event.

Ayojak’s suites of apps are:-

• Social Event (Friends get-together, alumni, Coffee meets, etc)
• Ticketing Event (Sell event tickets for events like Music concerts, Seminars, etc)
• Group Event/Meetups (Specific Hobbies/interest meetups like Blogger Meetup, PHP Meetup, etc)
• Conference Event (Corporate conference such as Online Marketing Conference, etc)

While all this sounds great, the real business lies in building relationships with the venues and building a sales channel for them (there is a huge opportunity in event space, given the demand/supply gap) and build an enterprise service around the concept.

Give ayojak a spin and share your comments.

SMSGupShup opens up..launches developer platform [SMS based widgets]

SMSGupshup, India’s Twitter has launched developer platform for developers to build SMS-based widgets and services.

When it comes to the Indian mobile space, smsgupshup rules. Yes, it is not Twitter. Not even any other social networking site such as Facebook or Orkut.

With over 20 million subscribers to the platform, Beerud Seth, CEO of Webaroo definitely has something to smile about. And here we have a scoop about what he has been up to lately.

Smsgupshup is about to announce an API platform to crowdsource mobile applications from the developer community across the world. Now we believe that this is quite a big step, in order to close-in on Twitter, if not anyone else (both in terms of product development and monetizability too).

GupShup API enables developers to build SMS-based widgets and services. Using GupShup API, developers can build a variety of widgets and services that advertise their GupShup group messages on their website or blog, and post messages to their group through their favorite website.

How neatly does Webaroo deliver the platform to the developers is another question which probably only time would answer. A few sample applications TictacToe and Cricket Exchange they created seemed pretty interesting, in a sort of “iPhone Applications” kind of way. Except that these apps are quite inevitably going to be limited to simplest of UI’s or none at all.

The move seems quite bold for an Indian set-up, particularly pointing towards an imminent change in selling behavior of products from the country. We see it as a welcome change for an Indian produce, while the global giant Twitter still figures out it’s monetization strategy.

Mozziquit – Innovative Product that..Kills Mosquitoes

What can be innovative about a product that kills mosquitoes? Well, most of the repellents actually repel, but not kill mosquitoes and earlier attempts to make a ‘killer’ product has failed or have remained costly enough for only retail businesses to use such products.

Mangalore based startup has built Mozziquit, a mosquito trap to attract, trap and kill the female biting mosquitoes and the product claims 100% success (has been validated by ICMR).

If you ask what’s the difference between Mozziquit and several other branded products, well most of the other products are repellents and not ‘killers’. So even if you repel them for a short time, they will multiply (300 folds) at an external breading locations and will suck you more.

Mozziquit - The Mosquito Killer

Moreover, there are drawback of repellent systems – like sharp light rays and dangerous fumes which are harmful.

Mozziquit is a light weight product and claims to be active within a hurdle free radius of 160 sq. ft and consumes only 12V power (works on battery as well). What’s interesting about the product is that it’s a lifetime investment (you don’t need to refill anything) by the individual/company and the operating cost per day is as low as 25 paise.

Currently, NID is working on improving the design of the product, which is expected to be available in the next few months (expected price ~1K +).

The company has acquired patent pending status in India and has already obtained Certificate of
Registration of Design as issued by the Controller General of Patents, Designs.

How can ‘Bhuvan’ beat ‘Lagaan’ of Google, Yahoo and Bing(MicroSoft) Maps.

ISRO launched ‘Bhuvan’ a map-based web application with deeper Zoom(upto 6 meters from surface) and plenty of other futuristic features such as complex poly-lines, geodesic calculations, 2D-3D images, shadow analysis, snapshot creation etc. Also, quite appropriately, ‘Bhuvan’ is more focused on the Indian landscape.

Though at the moment the web-app is far from being usable, the initiative calls for a wholesome congratulatory note from the pluGGd.in community. We really need such initiatives that boost the spirit of technology in our country and kindle the aura to ‘lead from the forefront’ . The discussion on our previous post ISRO Launches Bhuvan, Google Earth has a stiff competition is ample proof of this need.

But before our pride and happiness fall to ‘Bhuvan’, we better look at the current industry scenario in the maps-technology domain. Dominated largely by Google Maps, Yahoo Maps and Bing (Re-branded Microsoft) Maps there still seems an opening for ‘Bhuvan’ with plenty of work yet to be done in the map and map-based web applications space.

‘Bhuvan’ can be put to use for general benefit of public, particularly for rural India. In ways which one could fathom only by looking closely at how Indian polity, industry and other verticals interact with ordinary people. For example, in last Lok Sabha elections we saw Google and Yahoo covering the political jugglery on their interactive map interfaces. Logistics, Tourism and Travel is another industry where ‘Bhuvan’ can provide a meaningful boost. City-planning, disaster management, education and general social and business applications such as the wikimapia are few other remarkable uses of Bhuvan’s map-technology.

All depends on the Bhuvan’s strategy, however. Our belief is that ‘Bhuvan’ would be successful only when it opens up its API for crowd-sourced development. Only free development from open source community can lead platforms like ‘Bhuvan’ into a profitable (not just monetarily) and sustainable venture – an ecosystem that could finally benefit the general citizens. And if ISRO is reading this positively, their API also needs to be competitive and legally democratic (free) in order to compete with Google or Yahoo maps.

While for now, the Team Bhuvan must look at cross browser compatibility, application optimization, resolution, performance etc. the longer vision to allow people use the technology for open-source development must not be ignored to make the product worth Indian pride and appreciation.

According to us the task is unfinished, and needs close monitoring with the trends of technology and development across the world. What’s your take on this?

Druvaa Launches inSync, Laps NASA as a customer

Pune based startup, Druvaa has launched inSync, an enterprise class product for secure and continuous data backup/synchronization of your critical laptops and desktops data to a central enterprise server over LAN or WAN.

Pune based enterprise startup, Druvaa has launched inSync, an automated laptop backup software which protects corporate data for office and remote users.

inSync, available for Windows and Linux features simple backup, point-in-time restores, data deduplication technology and boasts of 10 X faster backup speed (uses advanced compression and distributed data de-duplication technology called –
“SendUnique”), which eventually results in 90% reduction of the bandwidth).

Druvaa received $100K angel investment from IAN and has acquired a strong list of customers (HSBC Life, Zee-Network etc) and recently acquired NASA as their customer (federal deployment).

Druvaa inSync also offers useful feature called Eternity which enables time-line based from-thepast
restore. In case of loss of data the user can start a web-based restore to choose a calendar date and recover relevant data.

Druvaa has been designed keeping in mind the remote/mobile users (for instance, sales force) and uses client triggered backups (built in WAN optimization).

OnYeM – Managing Money Made Easy

Managing expense is a discipline and very few get it. Sometimes its the lack of an intuitive tool that inhibits one to use expense tracking mechanisms.

Onyem is a newly launched startup that helps you track money. To get started, you need toadd bank detail (no account number – you just add the amount you have in your bank) and keep adding expenses as you spend your money.

Manage money online using Onyem

Expenses can be categorized under different sections – you can add different categories as well – same with income categories.

There was a similar service called 11rupees, (also a finalist at TiE-Canaan event) – but was never launched! The core issue with some of these mint-like service has been integrating with bank accounts (bureaucracy+ lack of API etc).

Onyem solves this challenge by asking you to manually enter the account balance – even though you are tracking virtual money,system will take care of real expenditures (users can also upload HDFC bank statements for auto generation of the statement).

Give Onyem a spin and share your comments.

Google gets back Googblog.com domain (from an Indian)

Google has won back the Googblog.com domain name from an Indian national, Herit Shah. Google filed a case few months back and WIPO has instructed Herit Shah (who registered the domain, googblog from GoDaddy in Sep 2008) to return back the domain to Google. More Details Google’s claim: The Complainant has used the name “GOOG” as a NASDAQ financial stock ticker since 2004. The Respondent registered the disputed domain name on September 25, 2008. Pre-Complaint correspondence between the parties failed to resolve the dispute. The Complainant petitions the Panel to issue a decision that the disputed domain name be transferred from the Respondent to the Complainant. Herit Shah’s reply: “I was in a bad faith that i can legally keep the domain googblog.com but when i kept ...

Google has won back the Googblog.com domain name from an Indian national, Herit Shah.

Google filed a case few months back and WIPO has instructed Herit Shah (who registered the domain, googblog from GoDaddy in Sep 2008) to return back the domain to Google.

More Details

Google’s claim:

• The Complainant has used the name “GOOG” as a NASDAQ financial stock ticker since 2004.
• The Respondent registered the disputed domain name on September 25, 2008.
• Pre-Complaint correspondence between the parties failed to resolve the dispute.
• The Complainant petitions the Panel to issue a decision that the disputed domain name be transferred from the Respondent to the Complainant.

Herit Shah’s reply:

“I was in a bad faith that i can legally keep the domain googblog.com but when i kept myself in the place of google i understood i really did very unfair to google. since two weeks i have been trying to delete the domain googblog.com, but i am unable to because godaddy has put my domain on hold, on your consent godaddy may delete the domain or unhold it. I sincerely apologise to Google for infringement, misuse of their intellectual property (GOOGBLOG.COM).