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Facebook Finds India Essential: Golden Age Of Social Networking?
2012-02-06 09:01:00 Mankind’s basic need is to stay & feel connected. This is echoed perfectly in Facebook data analyst, Inside Facebook Gold’s 2011 data which revealed that India was the third biggest Facebook market after US and Indonesia. In terms of growth rate, at 162.4 per cent, India is second only to Brazil. No wonder, Facebook finds India indispensable. We tried to analyze the reasons: Orkut was the pioneer of Social Networking . Facebook, which still respects Orkut, however, swept the ground from under its feet. We think, owing to Orkut’s cluttered interface & growing menace of SPAM, users, slowly but steadily shifted towards the simpler & fun to use interface of FB. On the other hand, Google+ may be growing, but it has still to go viral in India. Guess FB has the first mover advantage here? One might say, Orkut pulled-in the crowd & Facebook kept them engaged! FaceBook has always maintained a streamline approach & “The Wall” concept was simply brillian... More About: Social Networking
Google & Facebook bow down partially: Confirm Conformity To Court
2012-02-06 07:50:00 Google & Facebook have individually filed a compliance report confirming removal of objectionable material. Today, proceedings began in a civil suit against Facebook, Google and 20 other social networking sites for posting objectionable content on the web began in a Delhi court. And on the first day itself, FaceBook has stated that it has removed the objectionable material from its website. Similar compliance report was also filed by Google India’s representatives. In the earlier hearing, the lower Court had asked to remove all the objectionable content. It had further asked these sites to investigate & file reports on possible measures taken by them to screen such content & prevent it from being broadcasted. While the web-giants have ensured removal of the content, they have appealed to the courts about the “Screening” part. One can easily imagine how difficult or rather impossible it is to actually screen or censor content with Billions of users uploading conten... More About: Google
Google’s Shailesh Rao Joins Twitter: What To Expect Now?
2012-02-06 07:00:00 Google’s Asia-Pacific operations MD, Shailesh Rao has bid adieu & joined the world’s largest Micro-Blogging Site Twitter. Shailesh Rao who was heading the Media & Platforms Dept. of Google’s Asia-Pacific operations, will now join Twitter as VP International Operations. Shailesh migrated to Google India in 2007 from the Company’s California HQ where he was working as director for the search business. Google is in fact happily bidding farewell, “We thank Shailesh for his fantastic contributions to Google and Google India, in particular, and wish him the best in his future endeavors.” Shailesh draws with him a large vault full of experience garnered while working at Google. Twitter, who is trying to enhance its revenue by introducing an advertising platform will do well with him at their side. We all know Google’s bread & butter has been advertising. On Twitter’s side it was just clever promotions via tweets that go viral. Shailesh, with his MBA ... More About: Google , Expect
Google Hires Bouncer For Android Market Party
2012-02-03 12:54:00 Google’s Android ecosystem has been getting a lot of flak since malicious apps were discovered in the Android Market last year. Google had to remotely swipe off these entire app from every user’s phone. Besides the fact that kind of access into my personal phone is a little creepy, this ‘remote swiping’ did not actually offer a solution since Google would find out about these apps only after they had infected user’s phone. Now, Google has announced that they may have finally have the solution to this problem it’s called the ‘Bouncer’. The Bouncer is a server side application which scours the apps that have been submitted to the Market to find out about any malicious activity. This service will not only check for new applications but will also scan pre-existing apps. “Device activations grew 250% year-on-year, and the total number of app downloads from Android Market topped 11 billion,” Hiroshi Lockheimer, VP of engineering, posted on the Google Mobile Blog. ... More About: Google , Party
Orkut Still A Contender Reveals Facebook’s IPO Filing!
2012-02-03 12:48:00 Facebook feels that Orkut is still a worthy adversary for it in India. One of the largest, Facebook’s IPO filling keeps revealing many interesting tidbits. We recently wrote about how Facebook actually accepted it had rivals. But considering Orkut to be one of them is, well, amusing in the least. Sure it was a huge rage when Google introduced it. We remember filling in so many fun trivia & quizzes. However, since Facebook reared in India, people have literally forgotten Orkut. While Facebook may consider it a rival lets evaluate; Why? Facebook has named others along with Orkut, such as Cyworld in Korea, Mixi in Japan, vKontakte in Russia & of course Orkut in India as well as Brazil. These are being referred to as Social Networks with Deep Regional Roots. Nonetheless, together they have sizable population of active & passive users attached to them. This has directly affected Facebook’s march in these regions. In their absence Facebook would have garnered considerably... More About: Facebook
Bharatmatrimony Cries Foul: Appeals To CCI Against Google
2012-02-03 12:30:00 Matrimonial heavy-hitter BharatMatrimony has filed a complaint against Google with the Competition Commission of India (CCI). Accusing Google of discriminatory trade practices related to its AdWords program, BharaMatrimony feels Google is playing unfair with its Adwords. BharatMatrimony, in its complaint has said, Google’s Adwords relating to its websites are being sold to rival parties such as Shaadi.com, and Jeevansaathi.com. The increasing number of “Competition Law” complaints against Google globally may suggest a pattern of Anti-Competitive conduct. In India, the protectors of law may argue that this needs to be checked in order to protect Indian businesses and consumers. However, we keep forgetting that Google is a profit making organization. Its money comes from Advertising. In light of these facts, why shouldn’t Google resort to such measures that ensure its revenue increases? While Google has sort of become a de facto when its comes to searching for anything on...
You Can Now Buy Tickets From Redbus.in Using Your Mobile
2012-02-03 11:44:00 Redbus.in now goes mobile. Backed by Pilani SOft Labs, Redbus.in now is available to its fan-base on mobile as well. This mobile ticketing service was bouncing in its beta service in 2011. But given the fact Redbus had innumerable bus ticket bookings through credit/debit cards, COD as well as net-banking, it is now time for them to be omnipresent. To this the CEO of Redbus.in, Phanindra Sama says, “Mobile shows signs of becoming a dominant channel and we want to enable bus travellers to be able to plan and book their tickets easily on the device. We have created a very easy-to-use and intuitive mobile site with all available payment options.“ The mobile site is not only intriguing but also helps users to book tickets, browse bus schedules, choose seat layouts, fares and also make payments using credit/debit cards, COD or net banking. It did bring out the mobile version at a time when the mobile internet users in India are growing constantly. The craze of smartphones ... More About: Tickets
Naukri Introduces Custom Job Search On Your Smartphone Via App
2012-02-03 11:41:00 In today’s scenario of job-hopping, the average urban employee is always on the lookout for that higher paying job. Also, with more and more college graduates pouring out of the system each year, job sites like Naukri.com have an evergreen demand. People use Naukri’s vast database of job openings to find the perfect job for them. Now, Naukri.com has recognized that a vast number of internet connected Indians are connecting to the web via their smartphones. They have launched Smarthphone Apps for various major platforms, namely Android, iOS and Blackberry devices. Says Vibhore Sharma from Naukri.com, “Mobile devices are bringing about a revolution in the way people use Internet and consume content from the web. Smartphone s are the new basic phones that will eventually engage users more than a PC. With the launch of our apps and the repurposed website for mobile devices, we aim to offer our users the ability to continue their job search on the go and never miss out ... More About: Search
Facebook Finally Acknowledges That It Faces Competition: But Who Has Better
2012-02-03 07:57:00 Facebook is ready to make history with the biggest ever IPO in American history. Interestingly, while filing the paperwork with the SEC, Facebook acknowledged some other tech heavyweights as its competitors. And who are these competitors? Google, Microsoft and Twitter. Nothing surprising. Facebook clearly has an advantage over these other companies in terms of social networking. While filing with SEC, Facebook released the following statement:“We face significant competition in almost every aspect of our business, including from companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Twitter, which offer a variety of Internet products, services, content, and online advertising offerings, as well as from mobile companies and smaller Internet companies that offer products and services that may compete with specific Facebook features.” As expected, Facebook singled out Google as it main competitor. “We compete broadly with Google’s social networking offerings, including Goog... More About: Competition , Faces , Facebook , Finally
“The Pitch” Winner Edusoft Bags US$ 1 Million Funding From Mumb
2012-02-03 07:36:00 Two year old Disruptive Technology Products startup eDreams Edusoft will receive Rs. 5 Crores (US$ 1 Million) from Mumbai Angels. eDreams team has conjured up a patent pending Education tool titled ‘FunToot’ which is an Artificial Intelligence enhanced software that has the ability to observe, assess, diagnose, interact, encourage and help. Hence it is scalable & applicable to children with different levels of intelligence & characteristics. So, what was Edusoft Winning ‘Pitch’ all about? “Rajeev’s business model was very innovative and he is leveraging on a social need- that of shortage of teachers, where there is a need to actually reinforce learning and making it fun.” revealed Harsh Mariwala, CMD of Marico Ltd who judged the final round. The funding appears to be a winning incentive in the Show ‘The Pitch’- Season 2. This is a business reality show aired on BloombergUTV, meant to encourage upcoming entrepreneurship. The participants are judged on t... More About: Bags , Funding , Winner
Customized Opera Mini for Idea Users: Where’s The Novelty?
2012-02-03 06:38:00 Idea Subscribers will soon get a customized version of Opera Mini . Country’s third largest Mobile Service company has signed a deal with Opera Software to offer customized or “Co-Branded” Opera Mini mobile web-browser to its subscribers. What’s in it for the Subscribers? Opera Mini is an ultra-light web-browser packed with features that even the built-in browsers lack. Supported with “data-tunneling” through Opera’s proprietary technology; Opera Turbo, users get a much smoother & better mobile internet experience while spending a lot less on data. Recently, Vodafone had signed a similar deal with Opera. With Opera’s cross-platform UI framework, operators can deploy a “consistent experience, look, and feel across their product offerings” What this means is the look and feel of Opera is customizable to the Service providers image & brand. Hence, if you have Opera with Splash of “Red” for Vodafone Users, you may have a Opera with Yellow hues for Ide... More About: Idea , Novelty
ET Now’s Starting Up Covers WATSummit 2012
2012-02-02 13:40:00 WATSummit 2012 was a resounding success. The panels were teeming with insights and managed to open every one’s eyes to burgeoning Digital Industry in India. We got some very good response from everyone involved. ET Now also covered the summit on its show ‘Starting up’, especially the ‘Startup vs. VC Perspective’ panel which was the last panel at the summit. The panel was moderated by Sudhir Syal, anchor of ‘Starting Up’. The panel comprised of Sasha Mirchandani from Kae Capital, Rahul Khanna from Canaan India and Alok Kejriwal from Games2Win. The concept of a Digital Startup has begun taking root in India. The panel comprised of VCs as well as Alok who is a founder and it was the perfect opportunity for everyone to explore the VC vs. Startup perspective in India. Some key insights and brilliant analyses were shared by the panelists. Alok questioned the ‘metrics of success’ for a startup and asked VCs and entrepreneurs to pay the utmost attention to deciding w... More About: Covers
India Post Launches Its New Mobile Money Order
2012-02-02 13:38:00 India Post has decided to unveil its new mobile money order service with a pan-India launch. Some months ago the news was out as India Post tied up with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Linited (BSNL) to start the plan on the mobile money order service. BSNLwill be acting only as the technological partner and its not mandatory for users to be a user of BSNL. The plan ensures that there will selected post offices with mobile phones equipped with the application. Once the sender comes to these post offices to deposit money, they will need to give provider’s details. This in return they will get a 16 digit transfer code on his or her mobile and can then send the recipient with a SMS. Right now the services are available in two states- Bihar and Punjab given the fact that the number of immigrant workers are many. This information was revealed by Manjula Prasher, secretary (Posts), chairman of the postal services Board and director general of India Post while the National Postal Policy 2012... More About: India , Mobile , Money
Smartphones Are A Boon For Both Hotels And Travellers
2012-02-02 13:37:00 The humble mobile phone, which started out as an instrument to simply make and receive phone calls, has evolved into so much more. Its use cases have been so extensive that it is impossible for anyone to have predicted it. Mobile phones have already made redundant the calculator, the music player, the GPS Navigation System and have changed the way people work. With the boom of smartphones and mobile applications, cell phones may soon replace another person: the travel agent. In the words of Scott Durchslag, president, Expedia Worldwide, Travel is intrinsically a mobile experience. Hence mobile phones and hotel and travel bookings go together like bread and butter. This is why consumers are using their cell phones to make hotel reservations and alter travel plans at an increased rate each year. A number of International Hotel chains have recognized the need and supplied Mobile Apps and Mobile Websites. In December last year, Marriott International launched free Android and iOS ... More About: Hotels , Smartphones
Amazon Enters India With Junglee.com
2012-02-02 09:14:00 Online retail giant Amazon has finally entered India n online retail space with Junglee.com powered by Jeff Bezos founded $48 Billion strong company. According to Amazon – ”Junglee enables customers to find and discover products from online and offline retailers in India and from Amazon.com.” Website claims that customers can find over 1.2 crore products and 14,000 brands. With the exponential growth of the online commerce in the nation pegged at $10 billion in 2011 it is no surprise that the world’s largest online retailer selling books to electronics finally marked it’s entry to India as it was rumored for some time. India is already third largest Internet market after USA and China and to add to that Indian internet users have taken a new liking for the e-commerce resulting into hosts of new e-commerce portals. It is also being mentioned that Amazon will set up a facility in Hyderabad and employ over 3,000 people. It will be interesti...
Facebook To File $5 Billion IPO: The Biggest In US History
2012-02-02 08:26:00 It is IPO time in Techland once again. Facebook , the world’s biggest social networking service is finally going to file its IPO soon. This IPO has been discussed to no end since the rumors came out some 2-3 months ago. The facts are finally here. The company has planned to file a $5 billion initial public offering. This happened yesterday when the company handed over the necessary paperwork to regulators. It has selected financial majors Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital and JP Morgan to manage the huge IPO. Morgan Stanley will be in a pivotal role in the management of this IPO. Let us put that IPO sum in perspective. Google filed an IPO worth $1.4 billion in 2004. Groupon raised$750 million and got a valuation of $13 billion dollars which was half of the expected valuation. Zynga performed miserably in its IPO filing in this December but still managed to raise $1 billion and get a valuation of $7 billion which was way lesser than the ... More About: History , File
Facebook Timeline Scams Are Lurking Around At Every Bend
2012-02-02 08:08:00 Cyber terrorists are deriving sadistic pleasure out of the fact that most of the Facebook users are grimacing about the new timeline feature. The timeline did not gain much appreciation from the Facebook country people since it reveals personal log of a person in details right from the date he or she has been online. Many users have expressed their dislike for this as many do not wish to share their details with all and sundry. Facebook’s timeline will soon be made mandatory and will enable anyone to go through Facebook profiles by date. The cyber security vendor ESET exclaimed, “A lot of people will decide that they don’t like Timeline and start looking for ways to revert to their old profiles. Scam artists and ‘clickjackers’ are getting ready for that day, offering bogus links on Facebook that promise Timeline removal.” It is a feast time for the cyber rogues who will rush into this scenario where users are unhappy with timeline. So these mi... More About: Scams , Bend
Govt. Issues Show-Cause Notices To TelCos For Under – Reporting Reven
2012-02-02 06:37:00 India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) has issued Show Cause Notices to India’s five private operators, including Bharti Airtel , Vodafone and Reliance Communications, for under reporting revenues. As per a special audit report conducted for the period between 2006 to 2008, gross discrepancies about the actual revenue generated & the one reported, were found. This was allegedly done in order to pay much lower license fees. This has resulted in a loss of over Rs. 1600 Crores (US$ 330 Million) that is now being sought from the TelCos. Communications Minister Mr. Sibal confirmed the same yesterday & his department has put forth a condition to deposit about 1000 Crores immediately & only after that the companies will get to meet the Minister face-to-face to explain their side of the story. Though this feels kind of a dictatorial attitude, the news, if true will have serious bearing for the Telcos who are already reeling under the pressure of the 2G Scam & 3G fiasco. Ho... More About: Issues
iPad Buzziest Tablet Brand Online, Says Survey
2012-02-01 09:32:00 Apple iPad dominated the buzz about tablets on social media in India, according to a survey conducted by NMIncite, a Nielsen McKinsey company. iPad managed to garner more share in online conversations ahead of Android tablets, reports Times Of India. iPad had 55% buzz online, while Android tablets managed to capture 40% share. The survey tracked all online mediums from India for second half of the year 2011. Samsung Galaxy Tab was the highest buzz-getter in Android tablets, while Motorola Xoom, Reliance Tab and ultra-cost Aakash also featured on the list. “Even though Apple has not made a big push to promote and sell the iPad in India, it has already generated tremendous buzz online,” said Farshad Family, managing director, Nielsen Media- India. The survey also studied the category of smartphones. Android was the clear leader in this category. Android-based smartphones managed to garner 41% buzz, compared to iPhone’s 27% and BlackBerry’s 14%. But, this was a... More About: Survey , Online , Brand
Yebhi.com Bags The Hottest Internet Company Award 2012
2012-02-01 08:06:00 CNBC TV-18 recently awarded e-commerce portal Yebhi.com the prestigious Hottest Internet Company . So, What is Yebhi.com’s winning formula? Yebhi.com a lifestyle online shopping portal (franchisee of Bigshoebazaar India Pvt.ltd) founded in 2009 with funding of Rs. 40 Crores. It is one-stop shop for all lifestyle products like Mobiles, Bags , Apparel, Accessories etc. Daily deals sites have been coming up with speed. To keep up & excel in the race is no small feat. While some choose to go exclusive, Yebhi.com has tried to offer everything under the “Lifestyle” category. Further maintaining a healthy foot-fall is back-breaking work too. However, there are reassuring statics too with Indians readily flocking to the virtual stores. Hence Yebhi.com should focus on what it has been doing. The awards are an yearly affair, which honor the “spirit of entrepreneurship and celebrate the new age heroes who are transforming India and taking India to the World”. The awards are mean... More About: Award
Aadhaar To Be Resurrected After A Complete Review, Says Nilekani
2012-02-01 07:03:00 The Unique Identification Project, which started with much fanfare, has been taking a lot of flake lately. Hence, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has decided to conduct a thorough review of the process to identify & eliminate the flaws. The collection of biometric identifiers of over 60 Crores Indians, had begun quite well. However, with such a huge target spread over a vast area put many roadblocks in the way. Problems such as equipment failure, people mismanagement, inadequate resources, illiteracy etc. posed many challenges. However, the most serious of them all is the “Security Concern” stated Home Minister P Chidambaram. Hence, the message that UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani has decided, that the project needs scrutiny of all procedures & processes to weed out possibilities of duplication or identity theft. How exactly is Identity theft possible when biometrics are involved was not made clear. So what are these “Security Concerns”? At prese... More About: Review
Twitter CEO Justifies Twitter’s New Policies: Helping Freedom Of Spee
2012-01-31 12:16:00 We wrote earlier how Twitter censoring some tweets based on requests by Governments is detrimental to social communication as a medium. This caused an outrage on the social network and Tweeps protested this announcement with #TwitterBlackout. Twitter CEO, Dick Costolo has argued that Twitter is still transparent and the current policies are for the good for the communications platform. Costolo argued that Twitter’s new policy is in fact helping freedom of speech. He said that earlier if a Government demanded that Twitter remove a tweet or block a user, they had to comply. Now with the new policies the content will be censored but only in the country that has demanded it. Twitter will try its best that they do not go ahead with this but if the demands are rigid then they will only censor the content in that country. This is actually a very good thing. If you tweet something considered to be against the law, your tweet will still be visible to the world even though it may be b... More About: Freedom , Policies
Indian Digital Radio Startup Gets Series A Funding From Ojas Ventures
2012-01-31 12:08:00 While our country is currently fixated on FM channels, there is definitely a digital revolution in the works in Bangalore. Digital Radio startup, Venturenet Partners Pvt. Ltd. has managed to get Series A funding from Ojas Ventures for their yet to be launched Digital Radio service, Radiowalla. Venturenet is a young one year old startup which already has one service, called Spot Radio under its belt. Venturenet launched Spot Radio last year in August, 2011 and it has been moving upwards ever since. Right now they have managed to partner with around 20 national retail chains with over 2000 sites in the country. They are expected to be present in 10,000 sites before this year ends. Radiowalla is their direct to consumer approach which will initially offer Internet audio channels for normal netizens. They are expected to launch this in April. The funding amount is as of now, undisclosed. Venturenet was founded by Anil Srivatsa and Harvinderjit Bhatia. Previously, Anil was the CEO of ... More About: Indian , Funding , Startup
BlackBerry Losing Its Grip On The Market Share?
2012-01-31 11:57:00 Once, BlackBerry was the default choice of enterprise customers for their communication needs. But, that is changing fast, especially in the established markets like North America and Europe, according to a New York Times report. Apple has captured a significant market share from Reserach In Motion (the makers of BlackBerry) in North America, where it once was a dominant player. Samsung is slated to do the same in the other established market of RIM i.e. Europe with its Android operating system. BlackBerry is still going strong in developing markets. But, it is finding it difficult to hold on to its market share in more developed countries. While Apple Inc’s iOS and Google Inc’s Android operating systems have captured a lot of imagination, RIM has failed to innovate in recent years. Hence, many enterprise customers are switching from BlackBerry to other platforms. According to a recent global survey on information workers by research firm Forrester, 27% smartphon... More About: Market , Blackberry , Share , Grip
Flipkart Valued At $ 850 Million! Scores 150 Million From From Accel Partne
2012-01-31 09:26:00 Looks like the enthusiasm of Sachin Bansal is shared by Accel Partners & Tiger Global Management, who have pledged US$ 150 Million to the company. This fourth round of funding takes the Valuation of Flipkart to a whopping figure of US$ 850 Million. Flipkart which initially started its operations with focus on books has diversified into myriad forms of products & services. Given the entry of Amazon via the e-commerce route, Flipkart seems to be in expansion overdrive & is expected to establish its foot-print in Tier II & Tier III cities & towns. E -commerce is growing rapidly & Internet is being adopted at a higher pace in such smaller towns. Thus, Flipkart’s strategy to cater to such audiences seems appropriate. The only hurdles that we see are that of logistics & distribution. However, companies, when going for expansion, first take care of such high priority problems. With the aim of cutting down of delivery time from the average 5-7 days to 3-4 is n...
MS Office In The Cloud As BlackBerry Teams Up With Microsoft: Boost In Prod
2012-01-31 07:19:00 BlackBerry Makers Research In Motion (RIM) has collaborated with Microsoft to launch a Cloud based Office Productivity Suite. Simply titled Microsoft Office 365, the service will help Users & Admins alike to better manage the corporate data on the Smartphones & Servers. Blackberry who recently recovered from the blackout is in no mood to upset its present customers & is offering this service free of cost! Of course the customers include only who have subscribed to the stand-alone Office 365 suite or the standalone Exchange Online offering. However, the good news is that no matter what the data plan one uses, Consumer (EDGE) or Business (BlackBerry Internet Services [BIS] or BlackBerry Enterprise Services [BES]), one can still purchase this service which is presently not priced. The new cloud-based service will do what iPhone owners have been doing for quite some time. Synching Emails, Documents, Calendar & Organizer data. However, RIM has an ace up it sleeve with Bl... More About: Teams
TravelX Hospitality Now Available As A Digital Magazine: The Future Of Maga
2012-01-31 06:36:00 Our country is slowly getting on the Digital bandwagon! There is a flurry of activity in Digital publishing these days. We have e-papers since a while now but online versions of magazines which cater to specific topics is hard to come by. Some of them are the India Today Magazine s and Tech-Magazines like Chip and Digit. Yet, there is paucity when it comes to Hospitality magazines. To bridge this gap Newsline Publications has just recently launched a digital version of their TravelX Hospitality magazine. Just go to Newsline’s website and click on the TravelX Hospitality magazine. The magazine’s content is rich and we love how nice the Magazine looks in your browser. You can have a full-screen reading experience by clicking on the prominent ‘expand’ button or by pressing the F11 key. The flow is pretty smooth and the aesthetic is simply awesome but at the same time retains its professional look. Here are some screenshots that we took: They are currently using ‘Issuu’ t... More About: Future , The Future
Twitter Moves Towards Content Curation
2012-01-31 06:35:00 Why is Twitter insanely popular? That is because it is the perfect tool to send out byte sized opinions and news. It’s micro-blogging nature, the presence of Celebrities and even Politicians are the biggest things going for it as a social communications platform. As last year came to a close it was the star when it came to generating buzz, but the real question is, ‘Is Twitter looking at a new direction?’The first indication of this comes from the Twitter 3.0 design that they pushed out last year. The design was awesome and was consistent even on its mobile apps. They added ‘Home, ‘Connect’ and ‘Discover’ tabs to the interface and let go of the old ones like ‘re-tweets and mentions’. Twitter doesn’t want people using third-party clients either. Here, the ‘Discover tab’ is of some significance. When you click on it it you are treated to a very visual kind of summary of the days trending topics. Here’s an example: Now look at the latest startup that Twi... More About: Content
Banks & Internet Companies Are Teaming Up Against Spam. Finally!
2012-01-30 12:59:00 Spammers are the party-poopers when it comes to the Internet . Yes, the web helps us in discovering new information, connecting with other people and increasing our productivity. This has been going for a long time since the advent of the Internet but no one has come close to removing this threat and annoyance from the web in its entirety. Cyber Criminals always seem to be one step ahead. Even Google has not yet perfected its algorithm to detect and filter spam which is why we still end up with some ‘Lottery Winner’ mail in my inbox. The cases of spam, e-mail scams, phishing and general online malpractices are on the rise in India and the world and for once everyone is concerned about it. Some of the biggest Internet companies are teaming up with banks and coming up with a new approach to battling spam online. Banks are involved in this because majority of these cyber-criminals pose fraudulently as banks when they are sending out their ‘phishing’ emails. A person’s bank a... More About: Companies , Spam , Finally
Google Wallets Are Filled By Advertising: Surprised?
More articles from this author:2012-01-30 11:24:00 Google has an astonishing 96 per cent of its annual revenue coming from Advertising ! Google made US$ 37.9 Billion last year, out of which 36.4 Billion came via the advertising route. According to the latest revelations, Advertisers are literally flocking to the Google’s tavern to showcase their products or simply put the word out. Google has risen in the ranks to become Industry’s leading search providers. But, that’s just a foundation on which Google really carries out its Business. Based on the success of their search, Google leveraged the trust laid on it by people to profitable use by making advertisers pay, sometime heavily, to out their advertisements within the search results. So, who has been filling Google’s coffers? In 2011 the Finance & Insurance industry was the biggest contributor. It added almost US$ 4 Billion to Google’s kitty. Out of this Industry, leading Insurance & financial service provider StateFarm lead the way with US$ 47.3 Mi... More About: Google 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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