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70% e-commerce in India is e-travel
2006-12-20 05:03:01
Do you ever contemplate buying your daily provisions online? Or your medicines, maybe? If you don’t, you better get ready to do so, for the ‘phenomenon’ of online shopping is here to stay. In a discussion during the two-day Digital Summit 2006, organised by the Internet & Mobile Association of India at Mumbai’s Grand Maratha Hotel, a panel of speakers talked about the state of the Indian online market. Deep Kalra, founder and CEO, makemytrip.com, moderated the session. In his speech, Kalra pointed out that e-travel, quite surprisingly, “constitutes 70 per cent of the e-commerce market. With the buying population increasingly preferring to dial up than to queue up, online shopping has become the order of the day.” Talking about his experiences, Kalra said, “When we launched the site, we expected queries about cheap travel services. But we were taken aback as no one visiting our site actually asked for good deals. All they wanted to know ...
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Google Gets Into Web Site Registration
2006-12-17 05:01:01
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. ? Google Inc. on Friday will join the crowded field of services registering Web site addresses in a move aimed at encouraging more usage of the online search leader’s free software products. The Mountain View-based company is offering its latest service in a partnership with GoDaddy.com and eNom, two of the many administrators that help Web sites officially register their names under domains like “.com” and “net.” Google’s service will charge a $10 annual fee and only handle addresses ending in four suffixes _ “.com,” “.net,” “.biz” and “.info.” There are more than 250 other suffixes in the Internet’s master directories. Web sites that register their domains through Google will be automatically set up to work with several other company products, including e-mail, calendaring and instant messaging. The configuration won’t prevent the Web sites from using ser...
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RSS - A Technology to Ride With?
2006-12-13 16:58:01
Now that 2007 is upon us, let’s look back at some of the great developments in RSS from 2005-6. Was 2005 the ?year of RSS?? Maybe… It certainly was the year that RSS started to go mainstream, and the amount of innovation and forward thinking in 2006 has set the stage for 2007 to show record user adoption. I think we will see the true potential of RSS in the months to come. Here are some of the more interesting 2005 happenings. Add yours in the comments. 1/10 ? CNBC presents an introduction to RSS segment on Closing Bell. Welcome Wall Street! 1/12 ? John Robb presents the idea of a Global RSS Subscription Repository to make subscribing to RSS a universal function that eliminates automatic subscription buttons from large vendors. 1/18 ? Rok Hrastnik releases the most comprehensive electronic book on RSS. 2/23 ? The Associated Press begins to deliver content via RSS feeds. Can you say mainstream? 3/11 ? Engadget features a slick new animated RSS screensaver for Mac OS X. 4/...
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Once upon a Time?..
2006-12-09 04:54:01
Once upon a time leadership mattered, now dealership rules the world. Once upon a time quality was a craftsman’s pride, now its is a departmental mess. Once upon a time a mouse was an untouchable mammal, now it’s a handheld pest. Once upon a time wisdom was cultivated by wise people, now its is flashed on T-shirts. Once upon a time teachers taught and students learnt, now teacher trade and students consume. Once upon a time population was a problem, now it is a flourishing mass market. Once upon a time competition brought out the best in products, now it brings out the wrost in people. Once upon a time there was a golder rule, now if you have a gold, you rule. Once upon a time truth telling was good for your soul, now it is bad for your promotion. Once upon a time success meant living by ideals, now it is about rising above all principles. Once upon a time beauty was in the eye of the beholder, now its a booming business. Once upon a time the government was clean and th...
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My Next Phone - Nokia N97
2006-12-09 04:54:01
Hey Folks, Checkout out My Next Phone . I am all set to buy this one. But only if Nokia releases it. Recently there have been some rumors created by inventive fans of this famous company with graphic editors about ?possible devices? by Nokia. It is very likely that one of such ?models? is going to be Nokia N97, rumors about which showed up lately in the Internet. The technical features of this ?model? are - - 20GB built in memory - specialized music buttons - 3D stereo speakers - 5 megapixel camera with flash, auto focus, 20 digital zoom and even with 2.4 optical zoom. - ability to record video clips with 30 frames/sec frequency - 3 inch display with 16 million colors - FM radio - slot for miniSD memory cards - battery, providing 400 hours of stand-by time and 4 hours of talking time Fantasy of Nokia lovers is just amazing. We could just wish that only some part of such hopes could come true in the near future along with the following models of Nokia. Hey, at least we still have t...

Google is not Invincible - Closes Google Answer
2006-12-02 16:49:07
Google is a company fueled by innovation, which to us means trying lots of new things all the time Since its birth, Google has conquer everything in SE world. People started calling Google GOD in SE world. Experts started believing that he only makes world class product until Google Answer s. Despite its moderate success, Google Answers did catch the eye of the company’s competitors. Yahoo launched its own Q and A service last year, which has proven to be quite popular. Yahoo took a different approach, however, dropping the fees and relying on users to answer questions out of goodwill, much like the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Google has decided to close ts answers service after four years in operation. From the end of this week it will no longer respond to questions submitted to the Google Answers site. Google Answers provided a way for users to pose questions and set a price for how much the answer would be worth to them. Others from around the world could then answer the ...
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Women are hard to please!
2006-11-29 00:39:01
The Husband Store! A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City , where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch. … You may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. . On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord. The second floor sign reads: Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids. The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking. “Wow,” she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going. She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads: Floor 4 -...
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Its been Quiet a While
2006-11-29 00:39:01
Ahaaa… It?s been so long I have not blogged. Staying away from my blog was quiet frustrating for me. Today I got the chance to look around a bit. I have left my home town and now I am at Gurgoan. I am quiet busy with my new job. Hope I will get some time to update my blog.  Wait for some interesting Gizmo news?
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Winners. Not Quitters.
2006-11-29 00:39:01

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Nokia N91-Boom Boom, It?s my New Phone
2006-11-29 00:39:01
Well when I went into Nokia Shop, I was all prepared to buy a new phone for me. My 1st phone was Nokia 8850. Then I glued to Nokia 7650 ? I bought it on the 1st day of its launch in India. 7650 was my 1st love and that time it was my passion to buy that phone. Next was Nokia 6600. So by now you can make it out that I am a complete Nokian. This time, the plan was to buy the best phone available. Initially I thought of buying N70 but finally I hooked to Nokia N91 ? thanks to my lovely wife who forced me to buy this one only. Within the Nokia range, the N91 immediately stands out the best and with its 4GB memory and its pretty-elegant look it easily stands out to the other brands available on the market. The phone itself doesn’t include any games and they haven’t officially any for this handset yet but I have found that games downloaded from the internet for other Nokia handsets can work on this one when transferred across from the computer (though its a bit hit or miss wh...
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The Nokia ?Aeon? - The New Face of M-Technology
2006-11-29 00:39:01
Today what I saw was something really exceptional. Nokia “Aeon” I try not to make a habit of ripping ideas from other sites’ articles, but it’s oh so worth it this time: The N okia “Aeon”? Nokia maintains a Research and Development website that is usually filled with, well Research and Development stuff. Mostly it’s just boring images of scientists and r&d people at work - at least until you scroll to the top. That’s where the images of Nokia’s latest “research concept” phone are currently housed. The “Aeon” seems to be your “typical” razr-thin candybar form factor cell phone with no actual buttons. No, it’s not the next generation of Nokia’s L’amour Fashion Collection. The bottom half of the prototype pictured here is actually a touch-screen display that can change (I might be going out on a limb here) into any kind of menu, button, keypad, whatever. It’s so damn ...
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Increase Your ROI - Track Your Phone Calls As Well.
2006-11-29 00:39:01
While browsing WebProWorld, I came across a good post which was on tracking online ROI by tracking phone calls. This was something I was not completely aware of. This is basically for an e- commerce website. We all know the traditional way of tracking mechanism i.e. If someone searches at Google, clicks on your PPC ad, and comes to your site to make a purchase, then most likely you?re tracking that information. But we can also track our PPC campaign if we are having a toll free number on our website. This whole process can be done by using a tool which Voicestar is providing. It allows you to track all of the phone calls to your business and know exactly where you?re getting the greatest ROI, whether it?s from print ads, organic search results, PPC ads, or even a printed catalog. Voicestar offers the ability to display different phone numbers via JavaScript on a web site depending on where someone came from (PPC, direct to the site, organic search (even a particular phrase). If some...
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13 Greatest Horror Movies. Ever!
2006-11-29 00:39:01
I found this list while searching….. 1. THE SHINING (1980) 2. PSYCHO (1960) 3. HALLOWEEN (1978) 4. THE EXORCIST (1973) 5. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) 6. ALIEN (1979) 7. HELLRAISER (1987) 8. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) 9. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) 10. JAWS (1975) 11. SAW (2004) 12. THE OMEN (1976) 13. ZOMBIE (1979) You can have the full story from here.
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Google Maps helps you to learn about your neighborhood - Thr
2006-11-29 00:39:01
Neighboroo - Many will say that it’s another member to the WWW Community. But it has something unique which you will find quiet interesting.   Though it’s a another site powered by Google Maps but this time it lets you visually browse the US by dozens of demographic, economic and ethnic categories. For example, you can see maps by income, political affiliation, crime, air quality, home prices, elementary school rankings, home prices, rents, cost of living, house prices, tax rates, unemployment, population density, and ethnicity! Like all Google Maps , you can zoom right in and get to know your neighborhood! Isn’t it interesting guys…..
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Google on Roll - Launches new Mobile application for faster
2006-11-29 00:39:01
We all know about Google and how easily its has taken control of this web world. This time it has gone up step further to make it more flexible for mobile users who want to access their mails on their mobiles. It has released Gmail for mobile users. It’s a Java based application which can be easily downloadable and it has a same look as Gmail has. With this release, Google has once again showed his intention of providing users with quick and easy access to the information they need. Previously, Gmail was accessible through the browser on their mobile devices, this application brings users the same great Gmail experience — complete with search, conversation view, and automatic synchronization with the desktop version — with additional benefits as well: Up to five times faster access and use, thanks to automatic pre-fetching of messages. Drastically reduced clicks and scrolling to access email. Fewer keystrokes for reading, composing, or searching mail. Attachments...
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One More Jewel in Google?s Crown - JotSpot
2006-11-29 00:39:01
GOOGLE has finally acquired JotSpot , which specialises in “wiki” collaborative web pages. Many are expecting this deal to be as big as YouTube’s one but details of the JotSpot acquisition were not disclosed. Earlier this year the California, company launched JotSpot 2.0, saying it was a leap forward in the evolution of the way people share and edit websites. JotSpot 2.0 is a “wiki” that enables people to make joint calendars, spreadsheets, photo galleries and virtual filing cabinets. The term “wiki” was inspired by the Hawaiian word “wiki-wiki” for “very quick,” and is used in internet parlance to refer to a site that allows visitors to make changes to content. The popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia is the seminal example of a wiki. JotSpot will move its 27 employees to Google ’s campus. Here is the official announcement on their blog…
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