Garima Dhiman

Indiatimes changes and how

if Delhi traffic rules could change, Courts decision on mumbai’s dance bar could change, google personalised page could change to igoogle…then why not indiatimes? we have all know this site for long, we have all had our first or second email Id on this site…most of us have bashed this site for the insane number [...]

Orkut now with Gtalk?

Social networks are almost like living legends now, only if some of them could sustain around 10 more years, i would actually be able to tell my kids something like - "oh! OrkuT - son i actually met your father there".(PS: this is just an example, infact maybe of the worst case scenario :P)
Ever since [...]

Proto.in - “a movement towards India - a WATblog exclusive

Come January, be ready to be part of PROTO - an event that "hopes to bridge the gaps behind the entrepreneurs, VCs and the Technologists, in helping them to connect, share their passions, resonate with the ideas and get feedbacks on the next big thing to come". In our attempt to understand more about the [...]

youtube’s success, utube’s stress!

Looks like Youtube’s success has led to a lot of stress for an Ohio based company that specialises in selling used machinery for making tubes.
Universal Tube and Rollerform Equipment Corp. near Toledo, Ohio, use their Web site - utube.com for their customers all over the world to bring up photos of the machinery, descriptions and [...]

google comes to the rescue of farmers

I would have completely missed this, had it not been for one of our associate blogger(srivats) who told me about this story at IBNlive.com.
Well, what happens when your land is being taken over by the state government, and maybe you are asked to re-locate yourself - you turn to Police? you turn to your friend [...]

Rediff.com in online gaming?

We hear news of Rediff.com entering into online gaming business and that too by this quarter itself!!!.
exchange4media quotes Ajit Balakrishnan, Founder CEO of Rediff.com "We are building our gaming division internally", negating the possibilities of acquisition all together. Going by the Pearl Research report online games market in India is valued at $4 million currently [...]

Orkut now with GOOGLE ADS!!!

OK!!!am i the only one to see this? and if i am not why arent people talking abt this? :O …we always knew this is going to happen, infact we all called them fools for not doing this before….but yet when i saw it tonite on one of orkut’s community’s page…i couldnt believe it!!!….Orkut now [...]

New Websites launched - issue 2

Continuing with our series on latest entrants into the internet space in India, here’s a new list of those we could get our hands on:
Stockhive - "Stockhive provides individual investors with powerful tools for fundamental and technical analysis of the Indian stock market" - that more or less sums up what the site does. [...]

Blog camp in Chennai - WATblog’s exclusive review

Like all good things blogcamp also came to an end!!!
Though there wasn’t anything earth – shattering said, but the ‘unconference’ was even worth visiting because it got most Indian bloggers under one roof!!
Where else would you find a cricket, a software engineer, journalists, photographers or even IT geeks come together and discuss something in common. [...]

3G India Summit 2006

Hindustan times is organising an event on 3G on 27th Sept 2007 at Hotel Shangri La, New delhi. For those who always want to know whats 3G and dont quite make he effort to (like me!!:P), here this is what 3G actually means.Key Topics of Discussion are:

To benefit from high-level operator case- studies highlighting the [...]

Indiatimes new look!!!

Cleaner, whiter, greyer - three words the sum up the indiatimes new look!!!. A saner left navigation bar, a little more organised way of presenting all that they have to offer…and believe me there’s LOTS!!!
New additions on the page are a Markets box, which offers a summary of the capital markets. and quick access to [...]

India (bhi) Tagging!!

Tagging…before i go any further lets just talk briefly what it is and why it is important? (also for the benefit of our chief blogger :P) Tagging is giving a name or keyword to each url u have visited and found worth remembering, and well why is it great is because you can share your [...]

Star voices itself

Star has launched a new mobile IVR service " Star 7827 Voice" which offers TV content on mobile phone in an audio format.
Wondering what it means? well…it means if you dial 127827(Bsnl users) or 5057827(Hutch users) and say "Star",you would be able to hear to your favourite Tv soap or even movie content.(now comeon [...]

Sixer’s beta testing

Well i kind of feel priviledged because i got my first ever beta testing invite (from an Indian dot com), thanks to sites such as these - along with indiagram and a few others, "beta" is now a known word with indians online.
Sixer - run by a hyderabad based company Sixer claims to be "world’s [...]

Blogcamp.in - India’s Biggest Blog Unconference

Finally an event that celebrate the spirit of blogging!!!in India. Mark the dates - 9 & 10th of September 2006 and dont forget to be a part of  Blogcamp.in forum in Chennai "where bloggers can share their stories and be inspired by innovative and successful blogging experiences".There will be exclusive tracks for blogging, podcasting and [...]