http://blog.vakow.com A peek into our startup Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:04:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Vakow! has been nominated for the TATA NEN Hottest Startups Awards. And needless to say, we are very excited! The TATA NEN Hottest Startups Awards are India's first ever public choice awards for start-ups. It's like Indian Idol for startups where you can vote for us and help us win. Voting for ... http://blog.vakow.com/2008/09/25/vakow-nominated-for-tata-nen-hottest-startups-awards/ SMS is an extremely popular mode of communication in India but is currently limited to people who can read (or write) English. There are SMSes being written in Punjabi, Tamil, Gujarati and many other Indian languages using Roman script so that they can be delivered over SMS. A lot people I ... http://blog.vakow.com/2008/07/27/post-and-share-in-hindi-%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%80-tamil-%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%ae%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b4%e0%af%8d-telugu-%e0%b0%a4%e0%b1%86%e0%b0%b2%e0%b1%81%e0%b0%97%e0%b1%81/ Even though we're all about sharing SMSes with friends, we don't want you to receive SMSes through us, if you don't want to. You can now send DND to 99015 54321 to stop all (Read ALL) SMSes from Vakow! And later, when you change your mind, which we hope you do, you ... http://blog.vakow.com/2008/07/11/dnd-do-not-disturb/ www.vakow.com  follow me on vakow! ... http://blog.vakow.com/2008/07/07/love-us-show-it/ From getsatisfaction's website: Get Satisfaction is open, transparent, and free. You’re free to ask, free to answer, and free to start a new conversation. Everyone is invited and encouraged to participate: companies, employees, customers — anyone with an opinion, an answer, or something to say. ...and we like that. We look forward ... http://blog.vakow.com/2008/06/30/people-powered-customer-service/ We have made the registration process lightening fast. Just send CREATE <desired username> to 99015 54321 (e.g. create kowboy) and bang! - your account gets created. We'll SMS you the password that you'll need to sign in on the website. You can start posting your SMSes to Vakow! and ask your ... http://blog.vakow.com/2008/06/26/register-from-mobile-phone/ Exciting (but old) News: Rediff invests in Vakow! Now I can go about writing essays on what it means to Rediff (what's with stock rise and all ;))and what we bring to the table and things like that, but for now, let's just see what it means to us (anyway it's ... http://blog.vakow.com/2008/06/25/rediff/ This could have easily been called Version 2.0 of Vakow! but it sounded too lame. Even with a "2.0". Having struggled with the nomenclature for about 30 seconds and rejecting every suggestion that came up, we decided to cut corners and give you the real gravy - quick and fast. Here's what ... http://blog.vakow.com/2008/06/07/vakow-is-even-better-now/ Are you one of those people who cringe every time you have to send an SMS to a shortcode? I am. Especially since twitter launched it's Indian shortcode (5566511), because 3 Rs/- a twitter...ya rite. Anyway, since we have a longcode (99015 54321) of our own and Twitter has an ... http://blog.vakow.com/2008/03/28/how-to-save-money-and-twitter-in-india/ The website should be working fine now. If you find something strange, please do send a mail at support [at] vakow [dot] com. Thanks. http://blog.vakow.com/2008/03/13/and-were-back/