Its the last day of the year 2006 and its been a great year for web, advertising and technology in India and also a great year coz WATblog came into existence..

I would like to thank  all the WATbloggers for their continous support and ofcourse our readers whose words of encouragement helped us tremendously in keeping WATblog alive and kicking!

SO HERE IS A FLASHBACK FOR ALL THOSE WHO MISSED WHAT WE DISHED OUT IN 2006.. 

December 28, 2006, 23:25 - what lies ahead in 2007 - Praneeth

December 28, 2006, 21:20 - Web search has to go beyond typing two keywords : Prabhakar Raghavan, Head, Yahoo Research - Praneeth

December 28, 2006, 21:13 - Relaince comm to invest $1.5 billion to build Ip network - Praneeth

December 28, 2006, 21:06 - DoT to review policy on internet servcies - Praneeth

December 23, 2006, 8:14 - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - all of last weeks action together! - Rajiv Dingra

December 22, 2006, 11:15 - Compiling Java to JavaScript - Ketan Khairnar

December 20, 2006, 21:36 - MTNL offers 2mbps, converget billing - Praneeth

December 20, 2006, 21:21 - Airtel launches Voice Chat - Praneeth

December 20, 2006, 5:26 - Sony Screws PSP Blog(Flog) - Praneeth

December 19, 2006, 21:50 - Isobar will be big play for Aegis in India: Robert Lerwill - Praneeth

December 19, 2006, 5:46 - ebay India partners with cultzz - Praneeth

December 18, 2006, 23:07 - interent TV for NRI mangloreans - Praneeth

December 18, 2006, 21:41 - spam in indian’s inbox - Praneeth

December 18, 2006, 0:07 - Vishaka Communications Bags jaydaad.com account - Praneeth

December 16, 2006, 10:42 - Stuffablog creates a stir! - Rajiv Dingra

December 16, 2006, 10:04 - Astrolife ties up with MSN India - Rajiv Dingra

December 16, 2006, 9:39 - Mouthshut adds video reviews and blogging! - Rajiv Dingra

December 16, 2006, 9:27 - Active media ties up with Spice telecom for mobile ticketing - Rajiv Dingra

December 15, 2006, 22:06 - byindia.com hires SCA for 5 million dollar promotion - Praneeth

December 15, 2006, 21:43 - i-mode coming to India - Praneeth

December 15, 2006, 4:49 - Mumbai restaurant offers mobile payments - Praneeth

December 14, 2006, 23:22 - BSNL to offer broadband at 2 mbps from next year - Praneeth

December 14, 2006, 23:15 - Traditional ad agencies ill suited for New Marketing needs - Praneeth

December 13, 2006, 21:58 - Indiatimes to get Arty - Rajiv Dingra

December 12, 2006, 23:06 - Crickem launched - Cricket social networking gets competitive! - Rajiv Dingra

December 12, 2006, 21:53 - Travelport plans a exclusive online portal for Goa - Praneeth

December 12, 2006, 3:14 - PVR tie-up with tagit to pilot Mobile Ticketing - Praneeth

December 12, 2006, 1:45 - MIH set to rock web in India - Praneeth

December 11, 2006, 21:25 - Online Shoppers in ndia : Visa/A C Nielsen Report - Praneeth

December 11, 2006, 1:40 - New search engine evaluates user’s personality - Praneeth

December 10, 2006, 22:47 - Timesmatri.com relaunched as SimplyMarry.com - Rajiv Dingra

December 10, 2006, 0:40 - Wiki’s getting too Hot - Srivats

December 8, 2006, 22:22 - Skype could be banned in India! - Rajiv Dingra

December 8, 2006, 22:02 - UTV invests in gaming - Buys 51% in Indiagames for Rs 68 crore - Rajiv Dingra

December 8, 2006, 21:49 - Online video entertainment increasing in India - Rajiv Dingra

December 8, 2006, 21:18 - Google tests radio advertising in US - Rajiv Dingra

December 7, 2006, 8:24 - Google launches click to call ads! - Rajiv Dingra

December 7, 2006, 6:16 - Dr. Manmohan Singh launches India’s first free legal information portal - Rajiv Dingra

December 7, 2006, 5:50 - Cricinfo to go 3D! - Rajiv Dingra

December 7, 2006, 3:33 - Microsoft on one more front with - Live Search Books - Dhaval Shah

December 7, 2006, 1:55 - http://www.watblog.com/index.php?content=detail&id=424 - Praneeth

December 6, 2006, 21:03 - JSON(Java Script Object Notation):{mode Now} - Ketan Khairnar

December 5, 2006, 23:34 - Byindia.com to add 5 more languages - Praneeth

December 5, 2006, 22:32 - surfgold to handle loyalitymarketing of zapak.com - Praneeth

December 5, 2006, 22:01 - Travelguru ties up with MTV - Praneeth

December 5, 2006, 2:29 - India trying to block anti-national websites/blogs - Praneeth

December 5, 2006, 1:39 - PNB launched internet based remittance service - Praneeth

December 5, 2006, 1:30 - Social networking + Online jobs. - nikhil

December 5, 2006, 0:11 - Microsoft Outlook Viral - Hilarious! - Rajiv Dingra

December 4, 2006, 23:28 - MIH India acquires 2 Web 2.0 websites - Rajiv Dingra

December 4, 2006, 23:09 - Seventymm advertises through Youtube video - Rajiv Dingra

December 4, 2006, 22:40 - JSON(Java Script Object Notation) :{mode flashback } - Ketan Khairnar

December 4, 2006, 22:14 - Airtel to provide google search to its customers - Rajiv Dingra

December 4, 2006, 3:54 - Kofi Annan: Make the Internet available to everyone - Praneeth

December 4, 2006, 0:27 - Zapak to launch zapak.tv - Rajiv Dingra

December 4, 2006, 0:08 - Monster traffic surges by 238%! (does it matter?) - Rajiv Dingra

December 3, 2006, 20:49 - Bored of using XML??? - Ketan Khairnar

December 2, 2006, 8:14 - Danny Sullivan bids Adieu … - Saumil Patel

December 2, 2006, 7:58 - Bloggers Say ‘No’ To Proposed Code Of Conduct - Saumil Patel

December 2, 2006, 0:14 - Spot Vietnam on the globe Or Maybe Google Earth? - Shalabh Pandey

December 1, 2006, 22:07 - IAMAI E-Business Summit - A Review - Rajiv Dingra

December 1, 2006, 3:06 - Welcome to The Matrix - AAI(Artificial Artificial Intelligence)- Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. - nikhil

December 1, 2006, 1:08 - Websites forbid unprotected entry on World AIDS Day - karlgomes

December 1, 2006, 1:01 - Whats all fuss about UI - Ketan Khairnar

November

November 30, 2006, 22:05 - Rajshri.com appoints Limelight Networks as provider of streaming content delivery services - Praneeth

November 30, 2006, 21:53 - Ybrant acruired Mediosone - Praneeth

November 30, 2006, 12:30 - BREWhaha! - A report on the recently held Brew 2006 Developers Conference - India - nikhil

November 29, 2006, 22:12 - TBWA launches interactive arm Tequila in India - Praneeth

November 29, 2006, 22:02 - Travelguru gets $15 million funding - Praneeth

November 29, 2006, 21:44 - ICICI Bank plans tie up with ISP’s to control recruitment costs - Praneeth

November 29, 2006, 20:20 - Google not gonna answer More - Srivats

November 29, 2006, 4:04 - Indian online newspaper readership survey - Praneeth

November 29, 2006, 3:11 - sifymax to webcast Bigg Boss - Praneeth

November 29, 2006, 2:55 - CNBC TV18 to launch free buisness newsletter on mobiles - Praneeth

November 28, 2006, 12:56 - TED - bringing together achievers and innovators in Technology, Entertainment and Design. - nikhil

November 27, 2006, 21:28 - Blogging India : an MSN and windows live report - Praneeth

November 27, 2006, 1:38 - India 2.0 Part 7 - WATblog Exclusive - Rajiv Dingra

November 26, 2006, 22:12 - HLL multiplies ad spend on internet - Praneeth

November 26, 2006, 20:48 - Microsoft does it again with Virtual Earth - Srivats

November 26, 2006, 20:11 - Google’s Book Search - A watch on what happened and whats happening - Srivats

November 26, 2006, 8:09 - Agloco Wants To Pay You To Surf … - Saumil Patel

November 24, 2006, 22:07 - Magicbricks.com launches magicsms - Praneeth

November 24, 2006, 6:38 - E-Banking = Easy Banking - Rajiv Dingra

November 24, 2006, 5:54 - Cleartrip going east! To offer international flight and railway bookings - Rajiv Dingra

November 23, 2006, 21:57 - ICICI Venture sells naukri.com shares! - Rajiv Dingra

November 23, 2006, 21:54 - Humsubka.com offering 1GB free space - Praneeth

November 23, 2006, 21:35 - Traditional travel players moving towards dotcoms in search of profits! - Rajiv Dingra

November 23, 2006, 3:55 - Sulekha.com eyeing mobile platform - Praneeth

November 23, 2006, 0:41 - TOM Online may sell stake in indiagames - Praneeth

November 22, 2006, 22:10 - Bips goes online - Praneeth

November 22, 2006, 14:34 - Wordpress to go Corporate with KnowNow … - Saumil Patel

November 22, 2006, 1:00 - F**kedCompany?! - nikhil

November 21, 2006, 23:56 - “Baabul” The Interactive Game - Praneeth

November 21, 2006, 23:17 - The future of web is virtual with 3d browser - Praneeth

November 20, 2006, 22:20 - Naukri (Infoedge Ltd) stocks listed and reach a high of Rs.624 - Rajiv Dingra

November 19, 2006, 23:26 - Sharing is caring and Google-Amazon marriage - nikhil

November 19, 2006, 21:59 - Internet access through mobile - Is it the future? (Part 2) - Rajiv Dingra

November 18, 2006, 3:40 - Whisper launches online community for girls - Praneeth

November 17, 2006, 23:26 - BSNL to launch IPTV in 3 months - Praneeth

November 17, 2006, 0:16 - Sunsilk gang of girls plans to go global - Praneeth

November 16, 2006, 22:39 - yahoo replaces shaadi with bharatmatrimony - Praneeth

November 16, 2006, 21:44 - Mumbai has maximum internet users in India! - Rajiv Dingra

November 16, 2006, 21:25 - E-payment surge over 100%! - Rajiv Dingra

November 16, 2006, 21:08 - Hotmail goes 1 GB (Finally!) - Rajiv Dingra

November 16, 2006, 20:55 - Google to introduce mobile ads in India - Rajiv Dingra

November 15, 2006, 5:10 - travel.expressindia.com powered by makemytrip - Praneeth

November 15, 2006, 0:53 - ESPN betting on new media - Praneeth

November 15, 2006, 0:36 - Navigate India on net, mobile with new mapmyindia v-2007 - Praneeth

November 14, 2006, 20:52 - Airtel - Microsoft to venture in Saas for SMB market - Rajiv Dingra

November 14, 2006, 20:34 - See the earth evolve through google earth - Rajiv Dingra

November 14, 2006, 20:14 - Internet access through mobile - is it the future? - Rajiv Dingra

November 13, 2006, 22:40 - microsoft socialnetworking site for techies - Praneeth

November 12, 2006, 22:16 - IBM invests $10 million on v-commerce - Praneeth

November 12, 2006, 21:20 - Gone in 4 seconds! (thats your online customer!) - Rajiv Dingra

November 12, 2006, 9:49 - 66% Young asians use internet daily! - Rajiv Dingra

November 12, 2006, 7:50 - Guruji ties up with Infomedia yellow pages - Rajiv Dingra

November 10, 2006, 3:36 - Google officially invites advertisers to advertise on orkut! - Rajiv Dingra

November 9, 2006, 12:12 - Reliance - UTStarcom launch Wifi enabled pocket pc phone - Rajiv Dingra

November 9, 2006, 10:17 - Utube sues Youtube - Rajiv Dingra

November 9, 2006, 9:31 - Knover - aka Knowledge Rover - Srivats

November 9, 2006, 8:29 - .IN domains cross 2 lakhs! - Rajiv Dingra

November 9, 2006, 8:05 - Hutch and Microsoft tie up for search and live services - Rajiv Dingra

November 9, 2006, 7:47 - India ranks 3rd for phishing! (No its not fishing!) - Rajiv Dingra

November 9, 2006, 0:14 - State of Blogosphere - Praneeth

November 8, 2006, 22:08 - Reliance launches online video streaming - Praneeth

November 7, 2006, 21:08 - EXCLUSIVE: Beware of Fake UTI Bank page online - Rajiv Dingra

November 6, 2006, 0:59 - Google to test print ads in U.S. newspaper - Praneeth

November 5, 2006, 12:01 - Orkut now with Gtalk? - Garima Dhiman

November 5, 2006, 3:27 - Good Tree supporting Social Cause - Srivats

November 5, 2006, 2:14 - Sify files case against Yahoo India Managing Director! - Rajiv Dingra

November 5, 2006, 1:50 - After Seventymm Quasar goes Zapak! - Rajiv Dingra

November 5, 2006, 1:42 - Intel looking to WiMax India - Rajiv Dingra

November 5, 2006, 1:27 - Bharatmatrimony makes it to the record books! - Rajiv Dingra

November 5, 2006, 1:13 - Fabmall-Manorama launch ecommerce site - Rajiv Dingra

November 4, 2006, 2:18 - Spock - New People Search Engine - Srivats

November 4, 2006, 0:39 - Google’s Acquisition Spree, Acquires JotSpot - Srivats

November 3, 2006, 23:18 - Enterprise Search Engines- The new niche - Srivats

November 2, 2006, 21:25 - Naukri IPO - After effects on Internet and Jobsite Industry - Rajiv Dingra

November 2, 2006, 6:48 - automobile e-sales in India - Praneeth

November 2, 2006, 2:37 - Worlds websites pass 100 million mark - Praneeth

November 2, 2006, 1:49 - MSN launched dynamic search marketing campaign for cricket scores - Praneeth

November 1, 2006, 22:47 - Looking for funding? Look no further! - Rajiv Dingra

November 1, 2006, 22:05 - U.S intelligence unveils spy version of wikipedia - Praneeth

November 1, 2006, 11:06 - Sulekha gets 10 million $ in funding! - Rajiv Dingra

November 1, 2006, 0:59 - computer game from UNICIEF - Praneeth

October

October 31, 2006, 23:26 - Mobile ESPN launched in India - Praneeth

October 31, 2006, 22:40 - Yahoo India former head joins connecturf - Praneeth

October 30, 2006, 21:47 - Meravideo.com close to getting $1.5 million funding - Praneeth

October 30, 2006, 5:15 - Bharat Matrimony group not eyeing social networking - Praneeth

October 30, 2006, 3:57 - Quasar Media bags seventymm.com account - Praneeth

October 29, 2006, 22:45 - Cellnext launching M-Paper in India - Praneeth

October 29, 2006, 22:11 - Jobsites make losses and Matrimony gets fined! - Rajiv Dingra

October 29, 2006, 21:00 - Will Mobile Industry go the IT way? - Rajiv Dingra

October 29, 2006, 11:55 - Now buy vegetables online! - Rajiv Dingra

October 29, 2006, 11:00 - SRK launches Don game - Rajiv Dingra

October 26, 2006, 23:12 - MSN chases DON the movie - Rajiv Dingra

October 26, 2006, 22:06 - Conventional Advertising still on top - Rajiv Dingra

October 26, 2006, 21:53 - Internet boom 2? Is web 2.0 rising in India? - Rajiv Dingra

October 25, 2006, 6:03 - Are you an Internet addict? - Rajiv Dingra

October 25, 2006, 2:57 - Google launches custom search! - Rajiv Dingra

October 24, 2006, 8:44 - Can dotmobi be more powerful than dotcom? - Rajiv Dingra

October 24, 2006, 8:11 - AOL to enter Indian Market - Rajiv Dingra

October 23, 2006, 4:38 - Orkut could be banned in India? - Rajiv Dingra

October 23, 2006, 3:35 - Google news on your Mobile devices - Praneeth

October 22, 2006, 23:58 - China’s online ad revenue to cross 2 billion dollars - Rajiv Dingra

October 22, 2006, 23:27 - BSNL plans Online gaming, IPTV - Praneeth

October 22, 2006, 23:13 - Shakespeare goes gaming while Darwin goes online - Rajiv Dingra

October 21, 2006, 0:11 - Orkut Celebrates Diwali! - Also open registrations! - Rajiv Dingra

October 20, 2006, 3:40 - India 2.0 News - Rajiv Dingra

October 20, 2006, 1:40 - IE and Firefox launch new versions - Rajiv Dingra

October 19, 2006, 23:41 - NDTV and HTMedia follow TV18 footsteps - Rajiv Dingra

October 19, 2006, 23:03 - Diwali to make online gifting boom! - Rajiv Dingra

October 19, 2006, 2:25 - Tribal Fusion launches ad network in India - Praneeth

October 18, 2006, 23:54 - West bengal plans for e-banking & e-agriculture - Praneeth

October 18, 2006, 23:41 - Rural telephony penetration gets a dope from GSM association development fund - Praneeth

October 18, 2006, 23:02 - Small brands sell online - Rajiv Dingra

October 18, 2006, 23:00 - SMS helpline for women - Praneeth

October 18, 2006, 22:17 - Yahoo launches Indichat - Rajiv Dingra

October 18, 2006, 6:03 - Wikipedia co-founder launching a spinoff - Praneeth

October 18, 2006, 0:17 - Asian’s to spend $9bn a year on ringtones! - Rajiv Dingra

October 17, 2006, 23:44 - WiMax to connect Rural India - Rajiv Dingra

October 17, 2006, 23:36 - Universal Music sues two video sharing websites - Praneeth

October 17, 2006, 9:00 - Apple files for ‘iPhone’ copyright - Dhaval Shah

October 17, 2006, 6:04 - 14 million Indians spend 8 hours online per week! - Praneeth

October 17, 2006, 4:39 - GAP goes online for shoe sales - Praneeth

October 17, 2006, 0:14 - Reliance launches gaming portal Zapak.com - Rajiv Dingra

October 17, 2006, 0:03 - Viacom acquired quizilla.com - Praneeth

October 16, 2006, 23:11 - Nurun to redefine makemytrip.com - Rajiv Dingra

October 16, 2006, 21:58 - India gets serious about IT - IT act amended - Rajiv Dingra

October 15, 2006, 10:25 - India 2.0 Part 6 - WATblog Exclusive - Rajiv Dingra

October 15, 2006, 10:12 - Proto.in - “a movement towards India - a WATblog exclusive - Garima Dhiman

October 15, 2006, 1:18 - Vehicles will be E-tracked - Rajiv Dingra

October 13, 2006, 13:24 - youtube’s success, utube’s stress! - Garima Dhiman

October 12, 2006, 22:19 - Sulekha adds new features - Rajiv Dingra

October 12, 2006, 21:27 - Orkut - google’s problem child - Rajiv Dingra

October 12, 2006, 20:44 - Naukri goes public - To raise 135 crores - Rajiv Dingra

October 12, 2006, 5:44 - UN enlists lonelygirl15 for anti poverty campaign - Praneeth

October 12, 2006, 3:03 - Employee Insurance goes online - Praneeth

October 12, 2006, 2:53 - Railways coming up with internet in running trains - Praneeth

October 11, 2006, 23:44 - internet telephony bills set to soar - Praneeth

October 11, 2006, 2:01 - yahoo timecapsule project - Praneeth

October 11, 2006, 0:11 - online gambling end of show? - Praneeth

October 10, 2006, 22:44 - Web 18 launches Indiaearnings.com - Rajiv Dingra

October 10, 2006, 22:19 - Google finds it tough to recruit in India! - Rajiv Dingra

October 10, 2006, 11:16 - google comes to the rescue of farmers - Garima Dhiman

October 10, 2006, 9:25 - India adds 6.2 million mobile subscribers! - Rajiv Dingra

October 10, 2006, 0:44 - Google buys youtube for 1.65 billion - Rajiv Dingra

October 10, 2006, 0:36 - Rediff.com in online gaming? - Garima Dhiman

October 9, 2006, 6:25 - India 2.0 - Part 5 (WATblog Exclusive) - Rajiv Dingra

October 7, 2006, 1:08 - google launches another search engine - Praneeth

October 7, 2006, 0:14 - Nokia betting on IM and email - Praneeth

October 6, 2006, 23:18 - Gmail on your mobile phone - Praneeth

October 6, 2006, 11:53 - Web18 gets 10 million in funding - Rajiv Dingra

October 6, 2006, 4:53 - NRI’s make a beeline to offer prayers online - Rajiv Dingra

October 6, 2006, 2:26 - Google launches code search for geeks - Praneeth

October 6, 2006, 0:00 - Sabeer Bhatia officially relaunches Arzoo as Travel portal - Rajiv Dingra

October 5, 2006, 23:43 - ClickJobs launches new features - Rajiv Dingra

October 5, 2006, 23:01 - IM Chat to go regional - Rajiv Dingra

October 5, 2006, 22:49 - Now trade shares on your mobile! - Rajiv Dingra

October 5, 2006, 22:43 - starbucks promtes its book club at gather.com - Praneeth

October 4, 2006, 23:54 - Wal-mart shuts down its social networking website - Praneeth

October 4, 2006, 7:25 - Yahoo sponsored search on mobiles - Praneeth

October 4, 2006, 0:09 - Universal McCann report on The New Digital Divide - Praneeth

October 3, 2006, 14:15 - Emails on your existing phone for FREE : ) - Raj

October 3, 2006, 5:26 - Blogger’s Rubbish changes to Blogger’s Park for Indiatimes - Rajiv Dingra

October 3, 2006, 2:59 - bharatmatrimony to launch mobile portal - Praneeth

October 3, 2006, 1:30 - gandhigiri now on internet - Praneeth

October 3, 2006, 0:16 - Yahoo gets agressive in India - Rajiv Dingra

October 2, 2006, 23:52 - Yahoo planing to give Yahoo mail code - Praneeth

October 2, 2006, 23:17 - Supreme court of India launches ‘e-filling’ - Praneeth

October 2, 2006, 10:03 - Blogs and Bloggers are Rubbish! - Says Indiatimes - Rajiv Dingra