Budget Roundups – What Matters for the World of Technology

by | posted: February 29, 2008
1st things 1st – 3 New IIT’s are being proposed (in Bihar, Rajasthan, and Andhra) and so are 16 central universities. A boost for India’s IT Human Capital Development. 300 new ITI‘s...
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How Will Rural India Deal With Social Networking?

by | posted: February 29, 2008
I happened to be reading a book on Rural India a few days back and an interesting point was raised by one of the authors with respect to a consumer dichotomy that exists between urban India and Rural...
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Are You Immune to Google Ads?

by | posted: February 29, 2008
We recently asked the Google MD for India on WATShow whether CTR (Click Through Rates) were dropping on google ads and whether google was doing anything to increase the response rates to its ads for the...
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Google Puts An Edit Button To The Web – Launches Google Sites

by | posted: February 29, 2008
Google has launched Google Sites which is rehashed version of jotspot which was acquired by google in 2006. According to some Google sites is a direct competitor to microsoft’s sharepoint.  Google...
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Infosys to Develop Application for Indian Farmers

by | posted: February 29, 2008
  The importance of getting the information and communication technology (ICT) to the rural areas cannot be overemphasized. Each time we rejoice the next upgrade in technology, deep inside we know...
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Cleartrip Gets “More Money Than Required!” – 18.5 M $!

by | posted: February 28, 2008
Talk about the roof giving way and a windfall of money falling from it and it just doesn’t stop raining money! Im sure if one were to visit the cleartrip office in mumbai a similar scene atleast...
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Lead India Winner To Launch Social Media Site ChangeIndia.in

by | posted: February 28, 2008
Im sure everyone who is an indian has heard of the Lead India campaign which was heavily marketed and publicized by TimeofIndia group. The direct beneficiary of the lead india campaign was Rajendra Misra...
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LimeSpot The Company Behind LimeWire.com Launches LimeExchange.com for India!

by | posted: February 28, 2008
Im sure many of you might have used or atleast have heard of limewire (the media and file sharing P2P desktop application). Limespot the company behind limewire has now launched a website known as limeexchange.com...
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Beyond Page Views – A Peak into Where Web Analytics is Headed

by | posted: February 28, 2008
I picked up this thread from GigaOM, which has picked it up from ComputerWorld. The reason why most Internet Pundits are trying to look beyond Page Views is that Nielsen had announced last July that...
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Indyarocks Launches Gaming Community – Adds 800 Games!

by | posted: February 28, 2008
Just got a mail yesterday from the Indyarocks guys informing me that they had adding a complete gaming section to their social network. We have earlier done a complete review of Indyarocks on our blog...
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Twitter Launches ShortCode Service For India!

by | posted: February 28, 2008
So Im hoping you read our earlier post on Politics 2.0 thats happening between Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama in the US Presidential elections. If you haven’t then please do read it here as it...
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Encyclopedia Of Life Now Goes Online!

by | posted: February 28, 2008
Learning is now becoming simpler and easier. With the advanced in technology mock entrance test, IIT lectures on YouTube, knowing your IIT JEE ranking and many such things. Now, Encyclopedia of Life goes...
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Guruji.com Goes Mobile! Also adds Gujrati.. Could Going Regional Be Guruji’s USP?

by | posted: February 28, 2008
Guruji has launched a mobile version of its search site. One does not need to go on another url and just keying in guruji.com on one’s wap/gprs phone is good enough to land you to the mobile version. Search...
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Innovation in Services: The Biggest Challenge

by | posted: February 28, 2008
I wrote an entire series on Technological Innovation and Leadership a few weeks back (which I plan to continue now) but it struck me that most of what I was saying is restricted only to the products...
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Intel World Ahead Interview – Part 2

by | posted: February 28, 2008
This is the second part of a two part Interview with Leighton Phillips, Intel World Ahead Program Manager for Asia Pacific. The first part focussed on questions related to Intel’s WorldAhead program....
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Politics 2.0 – Hillary Clinton Vs. Barack Obama on Twitter!

by | posted: February 27, 2008
US Presidential election, 2008 is scheduled to be held in November, but Web 2.0 space is already hot with the political activities. In a recent Twitter Updates email, I noticed about the expected flurry...
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