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The Booming Indian App Market: Will The Future Remain Stable?
2012-01-17 06:27:00
India is progressing by leaps and bounds in the mobile app business according to BBC News report. The scale of the mobile business is still small but it is surely growing big. The BBC speculates that industry might be worth some $4 billion in a few years. Recently, we showed you how leading Indian Telecom Companies have a posted a rise on their subscriber’s list. We have now had nearly900 million mobile subscribers which is huge amount of people. Of course, as a country we have been slow to adapt to mobile technology but given the volume of the market, this is an excellent time for entrepreneurs and marketers to capitalize on the fact that more and more people in India are using their mobile phones in their day to day affairs. A growing faction in this list of mobile subscribers is the smart phone users who may total nearly 12 million people according this article in Trak.in. Android smartphones have continued their stellar growth worldwide this year and our country has a sig...
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Govt. Of India Allows Persecution Of Internet Giants: Freedom Of Speech At
2012-01-16 13:51:00
Our India n government on Friday officially sanctioned orders for prosecuting 21 companies including Google and Facebook in a case over offensive content after a judge warned websites may be blocked “like in China.” In a case filed by a private petitioner seeking to remove images considered offensive to religious sentiments of Hindus, Muslims and Christians from websites, has gained wide momentum & publicity. It’s because of this case “The government of India…finds it appropriate to grant sanction…to proceed against the accused persons in the aforesaid complaint in national harmony, integration and national interest” revealed a court document. However the document also stated that they did not wish to go the extreme of blocking such websites, yet. Interestingly, the heads of these Internet giants could be issued “Summons” to appear in court. The court likened the matter to contraband when High Court Justice Suresh Kait told lawyers from India...
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Wikipedia Turns Eleven, Users Celebrate Worldwide
2012-01-16 12:34:00
Eleven years ago, in 2001, Wikipedia dot org was born. Part of the Wikimedia Foundation, it is a student’s gift from heaven, a researcher’s delight and a professor’s nightmare. Wikipedia aims to collect all the information known to mankind under one (virtual) roof, and they have done an admirable job of trying to do so. With tens of thousands of regular editors and contributors across the globe, they are the go-to website for pretty much anyone searching for information. On Sunday, 15th January, Wikipedia marked their 11th Anniversary. On turning 10 in 2001, Wikipedia Editors across the world had parties celebrating the milestone. This year too, Wikipedia Day did not go unnoticed. Seven different events at different cities across India were held. On the occasion of Wikipedia completing 11 years, the newest chapter of the Wikimedia group has launched at wikimedia.in. This helps users access articles in local languages with greater ease. They also hope to get more a...
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War Of Search Giants: Bing Beats Yahoo To Snag Second Place
2012-01-16 11:03:00
In the war of search engines comScore has revealed that Microsoft’s Bing has just surpassed Yahoo ! Search . Bing & other MS sites fielded 2.75 Billion search requests as against Yahoo’s 2.65 Billion. In terms of US market’s share it was 15.1 % against 14.5% respectively. However, these two are nowhere near even when clubbed together against Google’s 12 Billion search requests or a whopping 66%. We tried to analyze the reasons for this upsurge: Yahoo has signed a 10 Year deal with Microsoft. With this deal Yahoo has tried to save money by relying on Microsoft to provide the bulk of its search technology. Microsoft actually gained from this deal by getting more requests to process and analyze over time. What this meant was Microsoft got ample opportunity to understand search preferences & trends. The Bing program has been bleeding money to the tune of US$ 7 Billion. This news could offer some solace to the company that heavily relies on Windows Operating Software &...
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Speech-Driven Web Service For Indian Farmers Launched By Indian Govt
2012-01-16 07:50:00
In a radical move aimed at farmers, the Indian Government will soon launch Speech-driven web service to address weather & farming related queries. Tech giant IBM, has been roped in by the Govt. to develop & deploy this first-of-its-kind interactive technology for farmers. In 2009 an SMS & IVR based system was launched to initially serve 5000 farmers & now currently caters to @ 2.8 Million. The SMSs are in regional languages, IVR provides verbal updates. However, these services are limited to just that, updates. The unique queries raised by farmers cannot be answered. Still, the ministry has records that show the short and timely alerts to farmers about the weather have led to economic benefits worth a whopping Rs.50,000 Crores annually! This could rise to 211,000 Crores if the entire farming community adopts the system judiciously. The project christened AgroMet (Agriculture Meteorological) service for farmers is a delayed-response model. That means, the questions a...
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Google Bringing The Web To SME’s In Punjab: Will It Work?
2012-01-16 07:48:00
  We covered Google India’s ‘India get your Business online’ initiative last November and how it represented a very good opportunity for startups and SME’s (Small and medium enterprises) to get their business online where all the opportunity lies nowadays. Google has been pushing very hard for people to use their services (Chrome, Adwords, and Google Places) so that more and more small Indian businesses list themselves on the web. Let us look at the latest Google video that is doing the rounds of the Interwebs. Titled ‘Tanjore’, it clearly explains in a nutshell what Google wants of SME’s. The ‘India get your Business online’ initiative is a tie-up between Google India and Hostgator. Nikhil Rungta, Country marketing Head for Google India has said that this initiative is aimed towards SME’s in metros as well as the countryside. Google announce yesterday that they will be announcing a new initiative towards SME’s in Punjab. Targeting specific regions mig...
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WWW: WAT Weekly WrapUp 8th – 15th January, 2012
2012-01-16 05:23:00
Last Week WATSummit 2012 introduced its keynote speaker, Mr. Ben Edelmen Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School. Last week it was also seen that the virtual world was once again boosting with new ideas and inventions like a brand could also become domain extension in coming future,  Facebook ad’s which were once sponsored will now present themselves as featured stories and MBA form were available online. All this and more in the last week’s wrapup. Post Via WATBlog Shiksha.com Introduces Common Application Form For MBA Aspirants Metros Get Navigation Assistance. Expect Better Driving? Mobile Ad Network Vserv Eyes Emerging Markets. To Open Operations In Singapore SMS Marketing Firms Swear To Abide By Rules. End Of Pesky Messages? Welcoming Ben Edelman, Our Keynote Speaker For WATSummit 2012 Press Releases Via WATPr.com India Marketers Believe a Code of Conduct and an anti-spam Law will help Stop the Menace of Spam Mobuute Tech Solutions Announces the Launch o...
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Shiksha.com Introduces Common Application Form For MBA Aspirants
2012-01-13 11:30:00
That CAT results were declared a few days back and this marks the beginning of a long and arduous procedure for MBA aspirants to apply to different B-schools and get ready for their GD’s and PI’s. The whole process is confusing, hectic and time consuming. It is time that someone came up with the solution to streamline this process. Well Shiksha.com, the education website owned by Info Edge has done just that. They have introduced a Common Application Form for all the MBA aspirants in this country. This gives these students a chance to apply to multiple B-schools from one single platform. This method is very elegant and has been already been in effect in the US for UG admissions since some time now. The service is looking at serving 4 lakh aspirants every year in the country.The service has already tied up with quite a few b-schools in the country such as Institute of Management-Nirma University, T.A. Pai Management Institute, Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Xavier I...

Metros Get Navigation Assistance. Expect Better Driving?
2012-01-13 10:15:00
NAVTEQ, has just launched its Navigation Assistance Traffic Service in India & will be available for drivers in Mumbai & Delhi. Apart from MapMyIndia, NAVTEQ seems to be the only comprehensive solution for snaking through the congested roads of these Metros. The company has come to the aide of about 26 Million residents & claim to save about 3 days per drivers who remain stuck in traffic while not using Navigational assistance. The NAVTEQ Traffic Pro service will provide detailed information about traffic speeds on main-roads or highways, as well as secondary roads, to NAVTEQ clients. Apart from saving time, the service also helps in cutting down carbon emissions due to smoother & consistent driving which minimizes being stuck-up. How does NAVTEQ work? NAVTEQ aggregates and analyses traffic data from myriad sources. It has access to some of the world’s largest compilation of both commercial and consumer probe data. It boasts of having the world’s largest fixed p...
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Mobile Ad Network Vserv Eyes Emerging Markets. To Open Operations In Singap
2012-01-13 09:30:00
Mumbai-based mobile ad network Vserv is planning to setup office in Singapore by February end. Adserv offers AdWrapper which comes in handy to insert advertisements into a developer’s mobile application. We had recently witnessed something similar for videos.  The platform is vital even for low end phones connected merely through GPRS  / EDGE & not the flailing 3G. The strength of Vserv’s AdWrapper lies in implementing ads without changing source code. Even more, the application offers free Ad mediation & House Ads along with exhaustive App analytics. Thus the business analysis is also taken care of automatically. No need to go to a third party. Presently, the company is active in the J2ME or java apps sphere. We think, this strategic growth could also fuel expansion in other platforms that are doing well. Why the urge for an Ad-Network agency to open a Brick and Mortar office? While Adserv may be doing quite well, the results of business development have been pas...
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SMS Marketing Firms Swear To Abide By Rules. End Of Pesky Messages?
2012-01-13 09:00:00
SMS aggregators and marketers have signed a Code of Conduct under the aegis of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) to refrain from harassing mobile subscribers who have opted for “Do Not Disturb”. The Code of Conduct designed by IAMAI in association with seven of the largest firms like ACL-wireless; Air2web, Netcore, Pinnacle Teleservices; SMS Gupshup; Unicel technologies; ValueFirst  puts a self imposed ban on these companies to use the overseas origination route for SMS marketing . A while ago, despite a ban by TRAI, some telemarketing companies continued to send SMSes to users registered under NCPR earlier known as Do Not Disturb list. Upon investigation it was learnt that these SMSes originated from overseas destinations where our regulations do not apply. IAMAI President Subho Ray has urged the 2800 odd registered telemarketing companies and a couple of telcos who actively promote these services to urgently adopt and abide by this Code of Conduct & go...
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Welcoming Ben Edelman, Our Keynote Speaker For WATSummit 2012
2012-01-13 07:59:00
WATSummit 2012 is just a week away. Joining our already impressive line-up of speakers is Prof. Ben Edelman, Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School to the Summit. He will be delivering the second keynote speech on Day 1 of the Summit which titled, ‘Building a Global Internet Company: Driving traffic to your website.’ He is attached to the Negotiation, Organization & Markets unit at Harvard Business School. His active area of research is the exploration of the public and private forces which impact Internet architecture and business opportunities. His other areas of research are Internet Search, Internet Privacy Investigations and online advertising. He has found out serious privacy flaws in Google’s and Facebook’s services. Ben holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a Master’s degree in Statistics from Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard College. We spoke t...
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Is The Rate Of Increase Of Internet Penetration Proving To Be A Bane In Ind
2012-01-13 06:11:00
Internet is here to stay in India. Yet the highly diverse Indian society presents a challenge to internet which is unique to the country. No other country has a set of dynamics and variables similar to India and so web based businesses and services do not really have a point of reference to deal with them. Internet penetration is rapidly increasing in the country and the potential is such that no web based enterprise can ignore this market either. So what do they do? In December 2011 two separate cases have been filed against big-name internet entities, which accuse them of providing a platform to spread obscene, anti-religious and anti-social content. The sites were ordered to remove the above mentioned content and to ensure that similar content is not published henceforth. The list sites which were at the receiving end include Facebook, Google and Orkut. The directive of the Delhi civil court in this matter echoes the sentiments earlier expressed by Kapil Sibal, the minister of c...
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Facebook Ad’s Are No Longer ‘Sponsored’, Now ‘Featu
2012-01-12 11:37:00
What do you do when you have, in your hands, the biggest brand of the last decade? You learn how to make money off it, of course. Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook  can safely be called the largest Social Network of today. Literally everyone is using or has at one point used a Facebook account. Facebook for Brands has been a runaway success. People now rely on the brand’s Facebook Page for information, news and offers. Until now, Facebook has been showing Ad’s on the right hand side of the News Feed. Brands pay to get their Ad shown to a certain target group. With the latest development, the Ad’s leave the side bar and enter your Newsfeed. This may seem as an intrusion to some, as you will see advertisements between stories of your friends and family. Facebook had tried this from 2006-2009 but stopped it after user complaints.  This time around, they promise it is different. Said a Facebook Ad Executive, “We’ll be labeling these stories as ”Featured”...
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A Brand Name Could Be A Domain Extension Too. End Of Cybersquatting?
2012-01-12 07:32:00
ICANN has just opened its pearly gates for companies to register their brand names as domain extensions. The new names will come online in 2013, but application procedure has already started. It was a common perception that .COM was the most desired extension. However, with ICANN proposing new extension options, companies soon could even customize this end of the website. ICANN, the internet governing body, approved significant expansions to Top-Level Domain s (gTLDs) to allow companies, organizations and even cities to turn their own brands into domain name extensions. Though brand names like TATA, Reliance, Birla may surely appeal for such exclusivity, we expect to see heavy game-play or bidding in the generic product range like .music, .shop, .food etc. But the with the fight now moving to a more generic aft field, there could be plenty to go around. A while ago, India had opposed the idea of a generic .XXX extension, lets see, how it responds to this. The 90 Day registration pro...
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High Court Seeks Delhi Police Reply On Plea By Facebook & Google: Needl
2012-01-12 07:07:00
Last month saw much drama over the fact that Kapil Sibal, our venerable Minister for Human Resources and Development, effectively wanted to censor the Internet and Social Media due to the risk of people viewing ‘objectionable’ content. He recanted later saying that he did not want to do all that but wanted companies like Facebook and Google to regulate the process whereby objectionable content be removed via pre-screening. After facing many threats, abuses and critical comments Sibal has seemingly backed out for now. But some people are still giving into this flawed logic and submitting criminal complaints in a court.The Delhi High Court has sought a reply from the Delhi Police regarding the petitions filed by Facebook India, Google India and many other social networks challenging the criminal trial court order which makes them liable for ‘objectionable’ content that is available on their sites. On December 23, the trial court had called upon 21 representatives from promine...

Special Feature: Google+ Brand Pages Need To Be Approached Differently In O
2012-01-12 06:46:00
Social media has become an extremely important medium for brands. All brands, tiny, small or big, invested a considerable amount of time and resource on perfecting their social media presence. In the past few years Twitter and Facebook have become the front runners. Having a customized Facebook page is now almost a prerequisite. Then in June 2011 Google + entered the social media space and experts predicted that this will be the start of the decline of Facebook. But nothing of that sort happened. Facebook has steadily been growing and brands are still very much on the Facebook bandwagon. Google+ is also growing, in terms of number of users, but are they active? On 7th November 2011, Google+ launched their version of brand pages. This move was inevitable. Google’s official blog stated that Google+ wants “to make sure you can build relationships with all the things you care about—from local businesses to global brands—so today we’re rolling out Google+ Pages worldwide.” At...
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TimesJobs Optimizes Website: Job-search Got Even Simpler?
2012-01-12 06:00:00
TimesJobs a Times Group initiative has just re-launched their portal in a revamped design. We visited the site for a quick review & were pleasantly surprised with the efforts. The new design has surely been built with one thing in mind. Simplicity. As compared to the earlier version, the new avatar of the site offers navigation through tabbed browsing which is a very common feature in the popular browsers. Amit Jain, VP, TimesJobs is optimistic as he says, “A host of features give job-seekers a clutter free home page experience with intuitive navigation and faster downloads. We hope these improvements encourage job-seekers to fine tune their resumes, enhance their job-search and apply to corporate that are in high demand” A new “floating” tab akin to a scrolling advertisement is anything but. According to the site designers, the tab should offer critical navigation options that offer ease of job search to both logged-in and unregistered users. While logged-in ...
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Google Introduces New Personalized Search: Bakes Google+ Into It
2012-01-11 13:28:00
Google has just updated their search algorithm to serve you some special personalized results. This will pull in Google+ data directly into your search results and the company claims that it will help in making search more personal and rewarding. Google had paved the way to this by introducing ‘Social Search ’ some months back. Personalizing search with results pulled in from a social network is not new as Bing and Facebook are also doing the same thing. How does this service differ from them then? Google’s personal search upgrade makes it possible for you first search through your own stuff that you have shared on Google+ since people share a lot of their data and stuff on the Internet today. It can thus be used to look up something you might have posted some months ago but are hard put find now. The second advantage is the fact that you can also look at what your friends have shared in context to the search term you enter. Suppose you need to use a photo or a link. ...
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Welcoming Parijat Chakraborty, TNS India At WATSummit 2012
2012-01-11 09:34:00
Most of us are living a Digital Life today. We use smartphones, we conduct our business on the Internet, we shop online and the most important of all, we look for any kind of information first on the web. The web’s capacity as an information exchange medium is unparalleled. This Digital Life is most convenient for us but what are the implications of this life on products, brands and companies? Well, they simply have to adapt to this new ecosystem of all things digital. TNS Digital life is a pioneering research and Analytics Company that has ventured to find out what drives people in this new digital age. It is being touted as the largest global study on people’s attitudes and behaviors online.   It offers the perspective of 72000 respondents from across 60 countries which is frankly very tantalizing for us Digital guys. The study has been done beforein 2010 and covered some 50,000 respondents from 46 countries. It offered us key insights into the behavior of people duri...
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Canaan Partners Closes Another $600Mn Fund – Good News For Indian Tech Sc
2012-01-11 09:31:00
With Ecommerce booming and Group Buying sites exploding (seen the recent Snapdeal ads?) everywhere, it is not a surprise that global VC firms like Canaan Partners is raising more money to put into the tech space. And for a change, India is getting a share in the pie. Till a few years ago, we were the land of Call Centers and Outsourcing. Recent years has seen smart people shifting from MNCs and returning from the Silicon Valley to create some truly valuable products out of India which can help us make a better world. Bubble or no bubble, the Flipkart, Zomato and MakeMyTrip of our country are here to leave a small dent in the universe. Canaan, which invests primarily in technology and healthcare companies in US, India and Israel has now brought its total capital under management to $3.5 billion! As per the latest notification by the firm, more than 67% of the funds would go into digital and social media, internet consumer products, enterprise solutions and mobile start-ups. And sinc...
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Google Ups Promotions: To Offer Free WiFi Access Through O-Zone
2012-01-11 08:29:00
In a tie-up aimed squarely at promotion, Google has announced a tie-up with public Wi-Fi provider O-Zone Networks. Recently Google upped its Advertising campaign even though it was growing steadily. This tie-up seems to be in line with the motto of encouraging mobile Internet usage and getting consumer experiences of Google+ and YouTube. As part of the promotional campaign lasting three months, all Google+ users will get free and unlimited access to Google+ on the Wi-Fi networks at all O-Zone hotspots across the country. Currently, O-Zone own and operates a total of 5000 hotspots out of which about 2500 are Public-Access . Access to video, though has been restricted to a mere 10 minutes tops each week! O-Zone is currently in talks with Google for a long-term contract. Google has always believed in the power of mobile Internet. Further, between 3G fiasco & 4G anticipation, public access WiFi is rapidly gaining acceptance for its speed & economy. Moreover, the newer & che...
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E-marketing In India: An Insight From Octane Research
2012-01-10 19:32:00
Marketing Research firm Octane Research has attempted to make sense of the many independent research conducted by independent firms, including its own & tried offer a simplified view of India ’s road-map for the E-marketing hoard. While it is a simple & obvious fact that India has witnessed phenomenal growth in the digital sphere, the reasons have been analyzed by many. The firm has revealed some interesting & reassuring facts about marketing through the world of Internet. Retail & Distribution continues to take the top spot in functions that need to be handed to the information super-highway, followed by Entertainment, Consulting & Education. SMS has freshly emerged from its untimely death, but fearing TRAI, it continues to meekly or crookedly follow Social Media interaction which has proven a rage. The report also suggest heightened awareness among top Execs about the dos & don’t in this game. What with Indian Businesses demanding stronger anti-Spam la...
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Indian Mobile Subscriber Base Touches 884.37Million, Says TRAI
2012-01-10 12:56:00
According to data released by TRAI, Telecom companies added somewhere around 2.74 million new subscribers in last November. This brings the number of mobile users in the country to 917.33 million. The mobile subscriber base was on the increase since last year and grew by 0.34% in the month of November itself. The number of subscribers in the country now stands aka  total of 884.37 million users.The data also says that Telecom companies had added as many as  7.79 million subscribers in the preceding month of October. The Teledensity of the country now stands at 76.18%. Teledensity is the measure of the number of telephones in use for every 100 individuals living within an area. The increase in this particular quantity can be used a measure to define the development of the country. Normally developed countries have a teledensity of more than hundred which means phones outnumber people. Our Teledensity shows that we are inching closer to being a developed nation soon. This is a hope...
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Make & Track Complaints To Your Telecom Provider Soon
2012-01-10 12:55:00
The Telecom Regulation Authority of India (TRAI) has been on the offensive in the past year or so, in an effort to ensure a better customer experience for the Indian Public. After cracking down on unsolicited calls with the DND Facility, they tackled the issue of spam SMSes with their restrictions on Unlimited SMS Plans. Now, they have made an effort to fix another major problem faced by customers: Complaint Management. Here is a link to the original TRAI Directive. All of us have been faced with an unknown deduction, a bill payment not recognized or an SMS Plan not activated. When the regular customer care is unable to help us, we are forced to file complaints. These complaints are usually filed away and very hard to keep track off. The TRAI has come out with a new directive that states, “Every  service provider shall, within  forty-five days of coming into  force of these regulations, establish a ‘Web Based Complaint Monitoring System’ to enable the consumers to...
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Vodafone Wants to Triple Data Services Revenue
2012-01-10 11:11:00
Vodafone Group Plc hopes to triple the revenue share of its data services in its India operations over the next two years. Vodafone hopes to achieve this growth riding on increase in the use of smart-phones for accessing Internet as well as downloading music. Currently data services contribute 3% to Vodafone’s topline. This will go up to 10% in two years’ time, hopes Samaresh Parida, Mumbai-based director of strategy at Vodafone India Ltd. Banking and applications to increase farmers’ productivity are two other things which will contribute to this growth. “Right now the growth of data is pretty phenomenal, but it’s from a very small base so we’ll be pushing the throttle on growing the business in data as fast as possible,” Parida said. Telecom operators are facing a stiff challenge as Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) is on the decline. Though there is a record growth in subcriber numbers, it has not resulted in revenue growth. Voice account...
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Zynga Launches ‘Scramble With Friends’ For iOS
2012-01-10 08:11:00
Zynga, the world’s biggest social gaming developer has now released ‘Scramble with Friends . This new game is available on the App Store and is coming soon to Android. This game has only been released for mobile devices following the success of ‘Words with Friends’ which was a runaway hit. Their ‘With Friends’ series of games are interesting because of the social dimension that they add to a particular game. According to Zynga, ‘Scramble With Friends is a made-for-mobile game where players compete against opponents to beat the clock and find as many words as possible on the game board. Each match consists of three rounds of two-minutes, and the player with the highest point total at the end wins. The game is social, simple, fast, and bonus-packed.’Here is some more info about the game: Multi-Round: When the clock starts, find as many words as your eye can spy and watch the points rain down. The game consists of three rounds: Round One: Classic play with standard p...

#BlackoutSOPA The Online Movement Gathering Momentum: Enough To Scare Govt?
2012-01-10 08:04:00
What started as huge outcry over US Govt’s ‘Stop Online Piracy Act’ (SOPA) has now taken an interesting turn with BlackoutSOPA.org. While the Congress has resumed talks about the controversial SOPA & Protect IP Act, the online community is gearing up to oppose the same by what it does best. Showing their displeasure online. However, in this unique new way, users can easily create a modified Profile Photo for themselves through BlackoutSOPA.org to be put up on Facebook, Twitter and many other online Social networking services. Presently, there are three types of images. A pitch-black one, a simple one that just says “Stop SOPA” or one with layer of text saying “Stop SOPA” beneath your existing profile image. We wonder why would you require a website to do that for you. Changing of profile images is pretty simple on these sites. What’s the big deal about SOPA anyways? In simple terms, if any Site has offending material on it, the Hosting company is compelled to ac...
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Welcoming Narayanan Madhavan, Hindustan Times As A Speaker At WATSummit 201
2012-01-10 06:35:00
‘Content is King but why is it free?’ is one of the topics for a stimulating panel discussion during WATSummit 2012. We are glad to have Mr. Narayanan Madhavan of Hindustan Times for this panel discussion. Madhavan is a senior journalist, columnist and editor with  more than 25 years of experience. He is currently the Associate Editor at Hindustan Times and writes a weekly column on technology, Internet and digital media issues, Tech-IT-Easy. Besides technology and the Internet he has also covered various other topics like Politics, Diplomacy, Cinema etc. He is in a perfect position to explain how Content is relevant to brands and companies alike and what the future has in store for Digital Media.We spoke to him about his expectations from the summit and his current and future perspective on the state of Digital Media in India.   Narayanan Madhavan Columnist, Senior Editor – HT Business Three reasons why should delegates look forward to meet you at the summit. Senior ...
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Nokia Launches Fresh New Online NokiaShop
2012-01-09 12:55:00
Nokia seems to be in a launching spree as it unveils its new online store NokiaShop in alliance with Indiatimes. The destination is nokia.indiatimes.com.  India Times Shopping Engine is behind this NokiaShop and is also taking care of all the customer support related to online customers. People across India can now go ahead and shop from NokiaShop. This service also comes in a package with shipping across the nation and working in sync with all credit cards, debit cards, Net Banking as well as cash. The shipping period can take two days for Metros and three to five days for tier two cities. For tier three cities, people can expect delivery within five to ten days. The best part is customers can now also avail the option of EMIs and any product can be replaced or refunded adhering to the 7 day return policy. “NokiaShop is perhaps the first of the branded stores“, exclaims Gautam Sinha, CTO at Indiatimes.  However the twist in the tale is that even though Nokia has allo...
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