Sun buys MySQL for $1 billion

by | posted: January 17, 2008
Sun Microsystems has made a bid to tap into the burgeoning market for providing services to web 2.0 companies like Facebook by buying MySQL, a provider of enterprise software,’ reports Times Online. Sun...
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Indian Railways to open up API

by | posted: January 17, 2008
  Since the time I first used it, I have always maintained, that the Indian railways website is one of the most informative one. Leaving a few design issues aside, the website serves its purpose...
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BigAdda Plans On Making Ad Money While Zapak Offers Money For Playing Games!

by | posted: January 17, 2008
Two Online Startups BigAdda and Zapak both from the Reliance Entertainment stable are looking at different strategies for their future. While one is into social networking the other is into gaming. Quite...
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Rediff Ishare Continues Content Tieup Strategy. Adds Ram & Ria To The List

by | posted: January 17, 2008
Ever Since Rediff Ishare was launched it has been on tieup spree when it comes to exclusive content so be it saregamapa, anecho, gandhi jayanti or zoom tv Rediff has been making content tie ups left right...
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Event Updates – TIECon Chennai ’08 & TechFest IIT

by | posted: January 17, 2008
TIECon Chennai – 18th January  Its raining events in january so on one end there is Proto.in being organised in the City of Chennai on 18th and 19th of January and on the other end in the same city...
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Mobile Social Messaging – The New Reform In Social Networking

by | posted: January 16, 2008
Earlier we have blogged on how social networking had taken over the world in 2007 and about social networking being one of the key trends for 2008.  The new reformation to take place in the world of social...
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Yahoo Ties Up With RCom for Yahoo OneSearch

by | posted: January 16, 2008
Yahoo has always been aggressive on the mobile front and we have covered their initiatives on this front before as well. Not too long ago they had announced the launch of Onesearch a search service for...
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Food Distribution SMS Alert for Farmers

by | posted: January 16, 2008
In a wonderful step towards including the population at the lower strata of the income, the government of India has announced new a service which will allow them to receive SMS alerts for the food distribution.   Under...
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Can blogging land you a celebrity status?

by | posted: January 15, 2008
You might have heard the adage, “The pen is mightier than the sword…”     In this era, blog has replaced the former one. Many famous personalities take it as a leisure activity, but it...
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Google Sponsors Proto.in

by | posted: January 15, 2008
Google has lent a helping hand to Proto.in, a premier entrepreneurial start-up forum, by becoming the lead sponsor for the same. Proto is in its second year and has been a brilliant platform for over...
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Zee Recommends 3G License For Mobile TV

by | posted: January 15, 2008
We have discussed Mobile TV in the past. For beginners, it’s the reception of TV signals, Live on your mobile screens. As opposed to downloaded video clips, this reception. For a cricket and Bollywood...
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GTalk on Facebook?!?!

by | posted: January 15, 2008
I recently discovered that Facebook has added an application which can be used as the GTalk chat client.     After spending some time trying to figure out the interface and how to go about adding...
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Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the Web/ Digital Space

by | posted: January 14, 2008
At the OMCAR Job Fair in New Delhi, Manish Vij, the Co founder of Quasar Media and Anurag Gupta from DGM Media spoke about the above mentioned subject.     Here is WATBlog’s perspective of all...
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Is Digital Different from Offline with Respect to Marketing? Aspirants for the Online Industry – Read Carefully

by | posted: January 14, 2008
Siddharth Swarup, The Joint – Managing Director of Ishir Infotech, and Harish Bahl, The Founder and CEO of Smile Interactive Technology Group spoke at the OMCAR 2008 Fair in New Delhi.   Here...
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The Evolution & Future of the Gaming Platform

by | posted: January 14, 2008
1970 – 1980: Premature platforms like arcade games in malls or local pubs. Very unsophisticated console platforms.       1990: Development of graphic engines that made 3D more realistic. Hardware...
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New Models for Online Gaming

by | posted: January 14, 2008
Rohit Sharma COO of Zapak Games recently at the IAMAI summit mentioned that the future of games is such where users will be engaged on a platform where they stay with the game for years to come.   Games...
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