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	<title>Indian LBS Insights</title>
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		<title>DigitalOpen: An Innovation Expo for youth under 17</title>
		<link>http://silicontryst.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/digitalopen-an-innovation-expo-for-youth-under-17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Piyush</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Institute for the Future, in partnership with Sun Microsystems and Boing Boing, will design and run an international expo for young innovators,  age 17 and under, using free and open technologies.
The Digital Open: An Innovation Expo for Global Youth will celebrate projects in a variety of areas ranging from the environment, art and music to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silicontryst.wordpress.com&blog=345400&post=396&subd=silicontryst&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>3 Mobile Navigation patents for auction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Piyush</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Delphi Patents Auction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A significant portfolio of IP assets held by Delphi Technologies in Mapless GPS Navigation is up for auction.
Three US patents in mobile GPS Navigation Systems will be auctioned in Chicago on 23rd July by ICAP Ocean Tomo – a division of ICAP (IAP.L), the world’s premier        interdealer broker.
The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silicontryst.wordpress.com&blog=345400&post=392&subd=silicontryst&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taxi bidding service &#8211; Any sense in India?</title>
		<link>http://silicontryst.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/taxi-bidding-service-any-sense-in-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Piyush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas & Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Location Based Service]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the recently concluded NAVTEQ LBS Challenge in Las Vegas, I learnt that Taxi4me &#8211; a mobile taxi ordering service from T+1 solutions (an Estonian company) won the grand prize.

Taxi4me helps consumers connect with trusted taxi companies. This mobile application will get you a trusted Taxi service for your desired trip. The expected time and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silicontryst.wordpress.com&blog=345400&post=380&subd=silicontryst&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some thoughts on Indian LBS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Piyush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lbs industry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I presented a quick session at Barcamp Delhi 6th edition on Current state &#8211; Loop Holes &#8211; Opportunities in Location Based Services in India.
Interestingly, quite a few people who missed the session demanded exlusive session and with a spare room in hand allowed me to serve them on time.
Below is the presentation for reference [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silicontryst.wordpress.com&blog=345400&post=376&subd=silicontryst&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two Indian innovations among Nokia&#8217;s global 11 list</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Piyush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Competitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nokia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Call to control Pumpset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calling All Innovators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forum Nokia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Phone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobminster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nano Ganesh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power saving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Forum Nokia had invited applications for the &#8220;Calling All Innovators Contest&#8221; sometime back, even we (RouteGuru) had applied for the contest.
A list of 11 finalists is now public, RouteGuru doesn&#8217;t figure in the list but then those who figure, I feel proud to mention that two Indian innovations like Nano Ganesh and Green Phone have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silicontryst.wordpress.com&blog=345400&post=359&subd=silicontryst&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Location Context Awareness makes LBS meaningful!</title>
		<link>http://silicontryst.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/how-location-context-awareness-makes-lbs-meaningful/</link>
		<comments>http://silicontryst.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/how-location-context-awareness-makes-lbs-meaningful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Piyush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i.t. Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lbs industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian LBS Industry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[location based services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Location Context awareness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This month onwards I shall write for more than my personal blog as well. Thanks to Vandana Sharma &#8211; Senior Journalist at i.t. Magazine for showing faith and inviting me to write for the Magazine.
I think it is fun to pen down all those fragmented thoughts and ideas and see them taking a meaningful shape. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silicontryst.wordpress.com&blog=345400&post=347&subd=silicontryst&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Map portals trail badly in vernacular content</title>
		<link>http://silicontryst.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/map-portals-trail-badly-in-vernacular-content/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Piyush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian GIS Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lbs industry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vernacular Maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[India has 427 spoken languages and it stands 4th worldwide for maximum number of local languages.
I was pretty surprised to know some of the facts like:

Hindi is the 3rd most spoken language worldwide.
Bengali is 8th most spoken language worldwide.
Punjabi is 11th most spoken language worldwide.

While two of the Indian languages figure in the top 10 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silicontryst.wordpress.com&blog=345400&post=305&subd=silicontryst&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NASSCOM launched forum for NCR product startups</title>
		<link>http://silicontryst.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/nasscom-launched-forum-for-ncr-product-startups/</link>
		<comments>http://silicontryst.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/nasscom-launched-forum-for-ncr-product-startups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Piyush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NASSCOM EMERGE Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Startup discussion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NASSCOM Delhi events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NASSCOM Product forum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[6th January 2009 – Quite a few product startups participated in the product forum launched by NASSCOM. Some of the representatives are Sachin Garg (Rawzor), Deepak Bhatia (Newgen), Luv Jain (GeoTrackers), Jaspreet Singh (Druvaa Soft), Arvind Jha (Movicotech), Dinesh Gupta (Busy Infotech), I myself and the elegant facilitators Sucharita Eashwar (Regional Director, NASSCOM) and Avinash Raghava [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silicontryst.wordpress.com&blog=345400&post=336&subd=silicontryst&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Sat Nav(s) are not for Indian consumers?</title>
		<link>http://silicontryst.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/why-sat-navs-are-not-for-indian-consumers/</link>
		<comments>http://silicontryst.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/why-sat-navs-are-not-for-indian-consumers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Piyush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS Industry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Technology Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lbs industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cashurdrive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Navigation Device]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PND]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sat Nav]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satellite Navigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SatNav]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While there is no first hand data available for India, there are survey results by AA (Automobile Association) members for US. The behavioral aspects of the consumers in that region, certainly reveal interesting facts when correlated with the habits of consumers and the geographical challenges in India.
The survey conducted with 7,380 drivers in November 2008 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silicontryst.wordpress.com&blog=345400&post=312&subd=silicontryst&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Micro funds: Innovation for Angels/advisory startups</title>
		<link>http://silicontryst.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/micro-funds-innovation-for-angelsadvisory-startups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Piyush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Developer_concerns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideas & Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Startups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herman Blackbook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Platforms fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VC micro fund]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You may have heard about VC/ PE funds, Angel funds, Seed funds, Ycombinator model funds etc. Have you ever heard about any Alpha fund?
 
Get ready to take your ideas off to an alpha stage with the entry in 2009.
 
Recently founded New York based consulting and advisory firm HermanBlackbook has introduced New Platforms fund [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silicontryst.wordpress.com&blog=345400&post=295&subd=silicontryst&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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