27 Jul, 2010
123Greetings 123timepass Games Greetings SMS Startup
Feeling bored at work and no mood to indulge in facebook, twitter etc here is a good news for you, 123timepass has been launched to kill your boredom. 123timepass is a bangalore based startup founded by ex Yahoo and MIcrosoft managers ( they would like to remain anonymous for sometime)
123timepass is meant for users who would like to kill their time diligently. 123timepass has features like Greetings, Games, Chat, SMS etc. Greetings are all flash based and are of very good quality and best part is they are completely free. You can find greetings of all general categories like Birthday, love, Best Wishes but additionally they have event based greetings like Guru Purnima etc. which i have never come across.
Free SMS is another feature which will draw users, workflow around sms is well made. User can schedule the sms, can send sms to a group also.
Chat is quite unique at 123timepaas, its a 1-1 chat with another user logged in the system. No chat rooms, cant select the user you can chat. Its totally a random chat with a stranger picked by the system, must admit quite a thrilling experience 
Even games at 123timepass are flash based, quite engaging ones Pirate Shoot out is one of my favorite game. Games are categorized mainly into - Adventure, Board games, Sports, Shooting, Timeout.
I strongly believe intention of launching 123timepass is to give a tough competition to 123greetings.com and may be inspired by the IPO of later. 123timepass generates revenue from Ads.
Do indulge in 123timepass when you are bored and recharge yourself.
-Hitesh, vcBytes.com
24 Apr, 2010
Cloudhopper MMS SMS twitter
Twitter has acquired a startup called Cloudhopper a messaging infrastructure company that enables Twitter to connect directly to mobile carrier networks in countries all over the planet. Cloudhopper is run by two techies and acquisition amount hasn’t been disclosed.
Cloudhopper provides mobile messaging technology and expertise to businesses in the wireless space. Currently, Cloudhopper powers some of the largest and most successful mobile messaging (SMS and MMS) campaigns in North America, Europe, and Africa.
Twitter has SMS written in its DNA. It started out with deep text message integration, the idea was to make it easy to broadcast a message to a number of ‘followers’ using mobile phones. Over time, as the service evolved, SMS became too expensive for the company, so it started dropping support for the free service. SMS is now making a comeback, as Twitter expands into areas where smartphones and even Internet access is limited. With the Cloudhopper technology, it will be able to manage the huge number of SMS it sends out to users.
-Hitesh, vcBytes.com
17 Mar, 2010
Airtel Mobile Bazaar mobile handset SMS VAS ver-se
Airtel is going to launch mobile bazaar which is termed as M-Bazaar for its subscribers to sell and buy any items through sms. The SMS-based service enables buyers and sellers to hook up with each other through messages just like the Web portal, ebay, does for Internet users. To start with, the mobile service operator has introduced a handset segment for trading, but soon subscribers will be able to trade in other verticals such as real estate, automobiles and electronics.
Give some quick details on what you want to buy or sell - Handset Brand, model, city in which phone is needed and Price. The profile is created & the best matches would come through SMS alerts.
Airtel has been launching new initiatives in a bid to increase its revenue from value added services. As voice revenues decline due to low tariffs, mobile phone operators are looking to move into new areas such as mobile commerce, mobile health and mobile banking.
The backend service provider for Airtel mBazaar and who is powering the mobile sale is Ver-se.
-Hitesh, vcBytes.com
