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A lot of mergers and acquisitions have been happening in the ICT space. Newer companies have been raising investments to fund their operations and expansions. Below are some of the investments done by few companies.

 
1) IDG Invests $2.5 million In iViz
 
 
Data security is fast becoming a major issue faced by several IT and non-IT [...]

Monetize your  API’s - Use a Social Ad Network:
Social Media – www.socialmedia.com/networks
Cubics – www.cubics.com
Rock You!  - www.rockyou.com
 
There are people making $8,000 - $10,000 per day! You may start with $2 per day and then gradually move up.
 
 
One can use AdSense as well but it is better to use specialized Social Ad Networks.
 
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As we near the year-end, one trend that seems to be catching up with marketers is that of building communities online through brand related social networks. The question is – will they/ can they be leveraged effectively by marketers.
 
 
I just came across a few Stats with respect to India’s 1st full-fledged Brand Community – Sunsilk [...]

Not too long ago Mentos had launched a campaign through an interactive site mentoshelpline.com. If you have been a regular watblog reader since the last 6-8 months or so then you would have surely read our rave review of mentoshelpline interactive site. Even internationally mentos has been very innovative in their use of social media. [...]

 
Social networks are all over the place. Yesterday, we blogged about Facebook launching Little Black Book, which provides the base for dating on Facebook and Match.com.
 
Earlier we had blogged about Fropper.com shaking hands with Saadhan, a company providing free telephonic information on AIDS. Social networks are becoming crucial in spreading social awareness among the [...]

In the past few weeks we have been generating a lot of discussion on Facebook, its valuation ($15 billion), why Microsoft has probably paid such a huge sum to acquire a minority stake, et al. Here are a few developments at Facebook  that would excite investors and social media enthusiasts alike.  Facebook tries to be [...]

Wow,
Searching 29000 fake or pornographic profiles must be really tough, but they (MySpace) managed to delete all of them.
Although it may have taken initial push from the users (or parents), MySpace has gone ahead and done it.Orkut a social network which needs no introduction is starting to loose its hold on its users. Orkut [...]

Orkut has changed the faces of the people on its homepage. So what you may say?? well whats important to note is that now there are a few indian faces unlike before. Which like orkut’s diwali logo reinstates the importance both google and orkut are giving to the indian userbase.
I guess with all the new [...]

KLM Airlines have created a customer centric(only for frequent flyer club members)social networking website where than that connect people doing business in China and Africa. Memebers of the club can network with other members and pick up tips from business contacts, read overview of Africa/China’s business, hapeenings across the contries and general information and participate [...]

Hinsustan Times: Social networks be it orkut or the others have been troubled with the illegal, pornographic and other such activities that have tarnished their image to the point of getting them banned by the Indian Government. So now it seems these sites are taking the route of moderation by employing young freshers as moderators [...]