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GoJiyo.com – Godrej’s Attempt At Branded Secondlife.com For India
If you have been watching IPL lately then you must have noticed a coming soon ad which ends with the popular brand logo Godrej. If you haven’t then check the ad below:
GoJiyo.com is Godrej’s attempt at venturing into the mysterious world of virtual worlds for India. Their website is live and has a counter which [...]
Indyarocks Opens Advertising Revenues To Users: Social Money, Honey!
India’s leading entertainment based social network Indyarocks.com has made a very customer friendly announcement according to which all of the advertising revenue of Indyarocks.com will now be shared by it’s evergrowing user-base. From now on, contextual ads via Google AdSense will be shown on all the content pages (including User profiles, Photos, Videos, Blogs [...]
Live Budget 2010 Online Webcast Streaming Coverage
The union budget 2010 is to be announced by the Finance Minister today and all eyes would be on the announcement with respect to technology and digital media. If you woul like to track the budget live online you can do so on the following sites:
Budget 2010 live streaming site:
The official budget site -> http://budgetlive.nic.in/
Updates [...]
First Ever B2B Campaign On Air – A Look At ATL Campaigns By Dotcom Companies
After receiving funding from Intel, Indiamart has announced to spend 50% (25 crores) of its revenue on digital marketing and they have appointed Quasar Media as its digital marketing partner in Sep 09. Now, Indiamart has launched a nationwide advertising campaign.
Campaign Highlights
Medium – Radio, Internet and print media
Duration – Campaign will last for 2 months
Target [...]
Alibaba’s Content Specific Portal for Indians
Few months ago, TradeIndia has launched a separate Chinese section for Indian suppliers to bridge the gap between Indian and Chinese SMEs. Now, Alibaba has announced to launch a customized content portal for Indian suppliers, buyers and traders.
Currently, Alibaba has one million Indian users and to serve those users, Alibaba is developing a new content [...]
100 Million Now On Facebook Mobile; Launches XMPP Chat Support As Well
Facebook has achieved yet another big milestone in the Social Media World. According to an official release, more than 100 million people are actively using Facebook from their mobile devices every month. This has happened in less than a period of six months after Facebook had announced a figure of 65 million [...]
Gmail Goes Social With Google Buzz
Recently, Google finished unveiling its latest ’social innovation’ at an event held at their Mountain View Headquarters. Google Buzz! Social Networking is clearly the buzz word on the Internet and with Orkut, OpenSocial struggling to keep up with the likes of Facebook and Twitter, Google is looking to this new product to match them. Given [...]
Just In: Infibeam Dreams To Become Amazon Of India – To Launch E-book reader named ‘Pi’
Latest Update: Infibeam’s CEO – Vishal Mehta has confirmed the development of the reading device.He has also conveyed that the reading device is in final stage of development but refused to divulge any further information. Infibeam just after the story publicly announced the launch of its E-book store, a precursor to its reading device plans.
Update:This [...]
Google To Take On China On Censorship Issue – Reacts After Data Theft
Google has posted an elaborate blog post on its official blog titled ‘A new approach to China‘. Most people know that Google had compromised its freedom of speech stand to enter the chinese markets in 2005. The blogosphere was abuzz with multiple proofs of Google’s double standards and censorship of search results when it came [...]
Exclusive: Sunil Nair Quits Nautanki.tv
Sunil Nair the founder and CEO of Nautanki.tv has quit the company. Our sources confirmed that he has put in his papers last month and is currently serving his notice period. Nautanki.tv was founded in November 2006 by Sunil Nair and currently has its offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Dubai and New York. In the middle [...]
Hungama Launches Site For Unheard Musicians: ArtistAloud.com – Our Take
Music at reality shows is portrayed as the only medium that connects hearts, brings peace and solving global issues. This would be true if none of it was only meant to attract TRP for the channel. It also means that viewers love to watch a celebrity-studded show, hence as it looks new talent is not [...]
Online Gambling Opportunity In India Is $5 Billion – Boon For Digital Commerce?
“Once a gambler, always a gambler,” they said.. Well there is a gambler in all of us and the great Indian gambling market has found it’s way out in forms of horse races, a pack of cards, local poker joints, lottery and the most popular of them all betting in cricket.
Online gambling market opportunity in [...]
Nexus One.. The SuperPhone arrives!
January 5 Twenty10 will perhaps be remembered as the day the SmartPhone evolved into what Google themselves are calling the SuperPhone!! Designed by HTC, dictated by and branded by Google, Nexus One has arrived.
Ever since photos of the device were leaked via Twitter, the hitherto super secret Google phone has been creating a buzz in [...]
Recap 2009 – Local Search & Classifieds Space
This year we asked you the question, whether Indian search engines could ever tackle the Google threat? Statistically speaking the local search engines have hardly given Google a fight this year. And that’s pretty inevitable until we realize what the core business model of each of the various engines is.
Search alone as an activity is [...]
Dhoni, Bhajji, Viru and Ishant Have Their Own Web Worlds Now – Courtesy TechShot Digital
Indian cricketers now get into the world of web. They call this a communication medium which will help their fans to get in touch with them and vice versa. TechShot Digital who has helped the four budding cricketers launch their websites on the digital platform including the mobile, new media and technology spheres. The four [...]