Google's mission is to make the world's information universally accessible and useful. This mission, which began as an idea in a Stanford University dorm room, has been fulfilled and is expanding daily. Now Google is widely recognized as the world's largest information provider, especially since its acquisition of Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia.

Google's utility and ease of use have made it one of the world's best known brands almost entirely through word of mouth from satisfied users. It has changed the face and nature of the internet search industry, and some of its innovations, notably The Google Toolbar and Google Adsense, are revolutionizing online browsing and advertising, as well.

In 2000, Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster, joined forces with two Stanford engineers, Todd Masonis and Cameron Ring, to create Plaxo, a service that keeps people connected by securely updating and maintaining digital contact information.

Plaxo now has approximately 20,000,000 users, and is adding an average of 20,000 new users every day. The company's core services are free, including Plaxo Basic for PC and Mac, Plaxo toolbars, AOL Instant Messenger, and Plaxo Online. Its commercial products are the popular Plaxo Premium for desktop and mobile, and Plaxo e-Cards. Pulse, is a very popular social network also a product of Plaxo, Inc.

24/7 Customer provides BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) to mostly North American companies from Asian call centers, located mainly in India.

The company's clients include... "financial services, technology, telecom, retail and service industries, including a number of Fortune 500 companies".

Zazzle is a retail platform for consumers and major brands, offering billions of retail quality, one-of-a-kind products, created on-demand and shipped within 24 hours. This process is made possible due to years of R&D, proprietary manufacturing systems, and hard core software development. According to the company's website, each product they ship is made – literally – one at a time, right after ordering. They'll even let you "design your own".

As the premier social media community, mevio is the only network providing single-click access to the best in new media in audio, video, podcasts, and music to be delivered to your computer, iPod, mobile device, or television.

Naukri maintains India's most popular online careers website. It provides a forum where employers, placement agencies and job seekers can exchange information quickly, effectively and inexpensively. At Naukri, you can advertise for a job, search for a job, browse through resumes, place your resume, place your home page, visit employers' home pages and visit other Indian and International career sites. In addition to online job placement and recruitment, Naukri offers matrimonial & real estate classifieds and related services in India and Dubai.

Platial, The People's Guide to Who and What's Nearby, is a user-created free online atlas - a sort of Wikipedia for travelers. It's a site where, according to their website, "...anyone can map just about anything, including their towns, lives, travels, feeds, files, photos, video and stories (using) one simple interface.

In 2007, Platial and Frappr, another map service, teamed up to create the largest social map service in the world -- a place where citizens everywhere can add photos, video, comments and stories to a map and explore information about Places that are meaningful to them, including, in addition to the usual tourist information, kid-friendly restaurants, skateboarding spots, romantic hide-outs, and anything else.

ClearTrip is a travel booking service with one objective -- making travel simple... The company has integrated with numerous travel and accommodation providers in order to be able to offer an all-encompassing travel experience. They guarantee all rates and reservations, and offer both straightforward business travel and "theme packages" for those looking for adventure. At this time, the company is primarily focused on travel to, from and within India.

Online or en route, MapMyIndia provides a pleasurable and life-like mapping experience.

PayMate is a wireless transactions platform provider, that enables a member to "...transform (a) phone into a wallet". It offers simplicity, security, convenience and flexibility for making payments using a mobile phone. PayMate can be used in conjunction with a member's credit card or debit card account with any of the participating banks and merchants. The company uses the popular SMS (Short Message Service) communications protocol, which allows the interchange of short text messages between mobile telephones.

Anchor Intelligence, formerly known as Fraudwall Technologies, uses a wide range of innovative modeling techniques, proprietary analytics, and an extensive network of security intelligence, to determine the quality of traffic on websites. The company specializes in preventing click fraud on major cost-per-click ad networks like Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft. The company also provides the most comprehensive analysis of web traffic quality available on the market today.

MapmyIndia has long been known as India's premier navigable map provider. In December, 2007, the company introduced the MapmyIndia Navigator, a smart and sleek GPS gadget that uses satellites to determine a user's location. The user can then enter any destination across India, and the Navigator will guide him to the destination, turn by turn, with graphical map instructions supported by voice prompts. Users may also search for points of interest along the way, like gas stations, retail outlets and ATMs.

Mint is a free, automatic, online money management system that allows you to see where your money goes, helps you to find lower rates, and alerts you to such things as incoming bills, bank fees and low balances. And... using Mint does not require any personally identifying information, leaving you as anonymous as you would like to be. Mint can also serve as a guide for learning about money and the financial world, and provides numerous free materials in the Mint.edu section of its website.

StudyPlaces.com, founded in 2007, is one of the first global education portals to be established in India. Born out of a need to bridge the gap between education sources and the student seeking information, the company offers a one-stop resource for all education search related queries for studies in India and abroad.

The site provides a wealth of resources concerning careers, funding, and how to get the most out of your education, as well as live advisors both online and over the phone. While it’s based in India, it covers Australia, Singapore, England, Canada, the US, and New Zealand as well.

Pinkberry, founded in January 2005 by Korean Americans Shelly Hwang and Young Lee, is an upscale chain of frozen dessert restaurants headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

The tart, rich, frozen dessert. for which the company is named, has a groupie-like following. The company acknowledges this following by maintaining a "groupie corner" on its website (www.pinkberry.com). The company was the subject of an American Express commercial for a new "Plum Card" aimed at mid-sized business owners in 2007. The commercial stated that "it's amazing how in just three years, [Hwang and Lee] created a cultural phenomenon". (Info from Wikipedia)

ZoomIn is a leading Indian online photo service providing customers with unlimited digital photo storage capacity, simple to use tools for uploading and sharing photos, and great prices on professional quality prints. ZoomIn launched in September 2007 with the goal of becoming the premiere International solution for the world's online photo needs.

Predictify is a prediction platform that combines content, interactivity, and social elements. Users can research, discuss, and predict the future and build a reputation based on their accuracy. Marketers can create interactive advertisements by posting questions related to their product or service and collect actionable, forward-looking data "from the crowd".

"As part of India’s largest retail chain, we enjoy the benefits of buying in bulk for the entire group and keep our margins low, so you get a great range of products at great prices. We pass these benefits on to you, so our prices are the lowest we can make – every day."