If you have an idea that can change the world then Google will change your world

As Google is turning ten, they want to make the world a better place. If you have an idea which can change the world then Google wants you to share the idea with them and if your idea clicks then you can get $10 million to make it a reality. (it will change your world, Right !)

"These ideas can be big or small, technology-driven or brilliantly simple -- but they need to have impact," Google said in a news release.

The ideas can be submitted in 25 languages by October 20th on http://www.project10tothe100.com/ and you dont need to make a detailed business plan or something, you just have to fill in your basic details & just give answers to six questions like "If your idea were to become a reality, who would benefit the most and how?".

The ideas can be related to issues like providing food and shelter, improving health, access to education, building communities, sustaining the global ecosystem and promoting clean energy.

This is how the selection procedure will work. Out of all the ideas, they will choose the best 100 ideas by January 27, 2009 & open it for people to vote online between January 27 & Feburary 2. The best 20 ideas will make it to the finals out of which upto five winners will be announced by mid-feburary.

Anil Ambani Files Rs. 10,000 crore suit again big brother

Now a new twist to the feud of Ambani brothers as Anil has filed a defamation suit for a whopping Rs 10,000 crore against his big brother Mukesh Ambani for a statement to have been made by him in an interview with the New York Times some weeks ago.

The suit has been filed in the Bombay High Court about a month ago with no details available publicly.

"What most distinguishes Reliance from its rivals is what Ambanis friends and associates describe as his 'intelligence agency' a network of lobbyists and spies in New Delhi who they say collect data about the vulnerabilities of the powerful, about the minutiae of bureaucrats' schedules, about the activities of their competitors," the New York Times had said.

The two brothers have been in a battle since they succeeded the Reliance Empire in 2004 and they finally reached a settlement in 2005. However this settlement has not brought peace between the two as their battle continues on various issues like the gas suply deal or the statement given to the press.

Live Traffic Details in Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune

These days there is a major problem in our lives when we get out of our houses & that is traffic. Government is builiding Roads, flyovers etc but still there has not been much improvement atleast in the capital, where i live. Now we have a service to check online or on mobile the live traffic details of Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune using maps.

Mapunity is an Indian based mobile based technology company which provides real time traffic density in the form of maps in the above four cities. This is a major development step in Mapping services as compared to RouteGuru and MapmyIndia as they only show ways & direction using maps, with no other details or services.

The website says:

Mapunity is also building a free mobile-based navigation system that will help people access data from its traffic information systems on their phones. A few other related applications have also been developed. These include a carpool partner-matching program for regular commutes and a vehicle tracking application for taxi and bus operators. Mapunity is also building administration platforms for transport management authorities in different functions.

So a lot of new development can be expected from the company in the future.

With the mapping services they also have the networking component as people can contact each other via email or sms for carpool. If we come to think of it this website can be so useful as it can save time, fuel, money, energy, save environment(less pollution), inconvinience etc for the common people. So all the people who don't have the Nokia Navigation Services then this is the best service available.

Shoppers Stop enters online retail: Set's up an online store

Shoppers Stop now has opened an e-store & has ventured into online commerce. After the entrance of the ecommerce portals like indiaplaza and futurebazaar, shoppersstop does'nt want to be left behind.

According to Vivek Mathur, customer care associate and vice-president, corporate planning and e-commerce, they are opening their online store because they believe that the customers are these days 'time poor' rather than 'money poor'. They are not looking at their portal as a seperate business like futurebazaar, it is an extension of their brand and want to create an online experience for their customers so they are focussing on their existing customers.

Regarding the marketing of the portal they have planned to send an email campaign targetting their First Citizens & then will start an internet campaign of display and search adds.

[ Source: afags]

Google with the Indian Police Dept. teaches smart online behaviour to students

With the increasing rate of CyberCrimes in India, Google has teamed up with the Indian Police Dept. and the Internet and Mobile association of India & started off the campaign of educating school students about cybercrimes and how to avoid it.
This campaign started off in Mumbai and now being run in metros including Chennai and Kolkata.
The campaign includes general "how to" and "what not to do" instructions and students were instructed not to divulge any kind of personal information to an unknown person online, to disclose passwords, date of birth and other sensitive information over the net.
I think this is a nice and innovative effort to teach the youngsters about the harms of the internet because of the increasing use of social networking sites which is a matter of great concern.

Apple launches new iPods and iTunes 8

Apple CEO Steve Jobs yesterday (10th Sep.) introduced a new line of iPod's in San Francisco which includes two sleek new nano models. Steve Jobs said that they have sold about 160 million since their introduction in 2001.

The new Nano is now sleeker and bigger than ever and the price of the 8GB ($149) and 16GB ($199) models and will be available in 9 delectable colored variations to choose from.

On the software front iTunes 8 was launched and some of the new features added are: Genius sidebar, album art grid display option, and faster back-up and sync time.

Apple has always been the market leader for portable music players and the new iPod's show Apple's increasing appetite for market share. Now i guess what Apple has to look forward is to distinguish its iPod's from the iPhone which can be a hard task.

Startup Fare at IIM - Kozhikode (October 4 and 5)

IIM Kozhikode is organising its first ever startup fare on october 4 and 5, 2008 in the IIM Kozhikode campus. Its main aim is to actully provide a platform for the healthy interaction between the students and the entrepreneurs.

For all details http://sites.google.com/site/iimkstartupfair/

Workshop on Cross Border M&A And Fundraising Through AiM And PE- Amity Business School

There is a workshop being Held by Amity Business School in Chennai on 11st Sep, Mumbai on 12th Sep. and in Delhi on 13th Sep. on Cross Border M&A And Fundraising through AiM And PE.

People interested can register here asap to grap free tickets of the event being given by Amity.

You can also get the details of the place & time at the same link.

Google Voice search Service - Now in Delhi (1-800-41-999-999)

After doing a pilot in Hyderabad for about five months now Google has brought its Phone Search Service to NCR. The Toll Free number is 1-800-41-999-999 & one can call from any landline or mobile phone unlike JustDial when the user gets charged a normal phone call for their service.

Google will either read out the contact details or sms you the details. Its available in Enlish, Hindi & Telugu as of right now.