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Monthly archive October, 2009

The Biggest Change to Internet Since Creation

It’s not the G word, but the 'D’ word, i.e. domain that is witnessing the biggest change since Internet was created. Internet will go beyond the Latin characters (i.e. A-Z) and ICANN, the international non-profit organization and responsible for the global Read More →

Rediff Invests in Imere, LBS Startup

Rediff has announced an investment in Imere, Bangalore based startup that provides location-awareness platform.

Imere gives service providers and application developers the ability to quickly and easily location-enable their applications. This includes integrating digital maps and database Read More →

The G-Force: Guruji or Google?

Well this is what I received regarding Guruji.com in the morning from a close and not-so-net-savvy friend of mine: "Hi, Heard the latest news? India has stopped googling for music and has started using the the No. 1 music search engine Read More →

Social Networking Sites in India – A Recap [Traffic Comparison]

Way back in 2007 (early days of web2.0), there was a lot of noise about social networking and tons of new sites/product were launched. Two years later, the reality has hit the industry and while early movers still have an Read More →

The Great Indian Ec(h)osystem!

Some gems I heard over the two days I was at the Nasscom Product Conclave (All paraphrased. Non italicized bits are mine):
  • Indians don't take risks. Yeah, right.
  • Indians are immature. We should read more books. Whoa, there!
  • Indians don't know how to Read More →

Orkut goes for a Facelift – Do you care?

Orkut has launched a new interface that promises faster browsing (moved to GWT) and a better user experience. Couple of improvements include:
  • Neat Interface (better typography)
  • All of your activity stream in one page
  • Lesser number of page hops – e,g, you can chat, Read More →