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Facebook Now The King Of Internet, Tops Google In Number Of Visits
In another clear indication of Facebook’s ever-increasing growth in the internet arena, Facebook surpassed Google last week as the most visited site in the United States. According to a report by Hitwise Intelligence, Facebook surpassed Google for the week ending 13th March. According to the report, Facebook last week accounted for 7.07% of the US market share, which [...]
Aircel Partners INQ – To Launch Device In India
Aircel is on a tie up spree with new devices that want to be launched in India. Just recently they had tied up with Peek (an email only device) and now they have gone ahead and tied the knot with a new mobile entrant in INQ. INQ Mobile is launching in India with Social Mobile [...]
Facebook To Open Office In Hyderabad, India
Its like we hit the nail on the head few days back! when we blogged about does facebook need an office in India.
And guess what? Facebook today has announced that it is investing in India by opening an office in Hyderabad, where it will host a support team for its growing number of users, advertisers [...]
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 [...]
WATBlog Wins The Best Indian Blog Award 2009! Thanks To Our Readers, Bloggers & Staff!
Its taken 4 years.. over 4000 posts.. and over 40 bloggers.. But its been worth every bit of effort! That is the reason it feels special to win the Best Blog Award for 2009. Yesterday the Indian Digital Media awards was organized at Taj Lands end by exchange4media and WATBlog was awarded as the Best [...]
Crowd Bargain Sites Are Crowding The Web!
Are you looking for good discount offers to shop, spa or place to hang around with friends? It seems the web would be the perfect place to find out about such discounts. There have been almost half a dozen group discount sites that have been launched in the last 6 months. We feature some of [...]
Updated: Does Facebook Need An India Office? – Star News Thinks So..
Updated:
We spoke to Elizabeth Linder (International Communications and Public Policy)for Facebook and got the following responses from her on the questions:
Q . What is the latest statistics for Facebook usage by brands and corporates in India? (both ads and fan pages) ? How many Indian brands or companies are there on Facebook?
We do not [...]
IPL Live Streaming Video On Youtube Ropes In Big Sponsors
We had blogged about earlier on how Youtube had roped in HSBC as the main sponsor for the IPL. Now it seems the laundry list of sponsors just grew by half a dozen. Leading the line-up of Premium sponsors are Royal Challenger’s IPL team, HSBC India, and HP India. Among other top brands taking the [...]
IPL 2010 Puts Youtube On A Billboard & Train As Well (Pics)
It might be the first case of offline advertising for a google product/brand and it comes through via its unique partnership with IPL to live stream matches on Youtube.
Check the picture below which was taken at Dadar station in Mumbai:
Besides for the above we are told that an entire train is painted with the youtube [...]
The Future Of Content Monetization In India – Pay Per Piece Of Content?
How to monetize content especially on the web has been the bane of the digital media industry since its inception. Content may be king when it comes to attracting traffic but it certainly isn’t king yet in India when it comes to raking in the moolah on the online space. There has always been a [...]
AppShup – SmsGupShup’s App Platform For SMS Apps
Smsgushup which recently raised 12 Million $ from GlobeSpan Capital Partners is in an aggressive mode. They have announced the launch of a unique sms app platform name AppShup. I don’t believe that there is any other sms app platform worth talking about in India atleast and this does make Smsgupshup’s foray a unique one.
Developers [...]
Paypal Resumes Withdrawals To India Though Purpose Code (Not IEC) Required For The Same
As most know by now Paypal had blocked payments to Indian banks and users as per directive from RBI. Now it has announced that the paypal payments i.e. withdrawals to Indian banks will be back on 3rd March but with certain terms and conditions. Most blogs reported that an IEC code would be required by [...]
Budget 2010 Roundup: Impact Of Budget On The IT And Mobile Industry
Like every other budget, this year’s budget too had highs and lows for different sectors, especially the IT sector and the mobile sectors. We also have some good news for startups from this year’s budget. And there were strange announcements like tax for personal internet downloads, too! For those who could not catch the [...]
Happy Holi To All Our Readers!
We wish all our readers of India a very happy and colorful holi! May the festival of colors brighten up your life in the year ahead!
For all those who don’t know about holi i.e. our international readers, here is a wikipedia entry on the same
PS: Notice our holi logo for the day! Hope [...]
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 [...]