Category: web-software
Innovation atlast from Microsoft in Retail Advertising.
World’s number one software maker, Microsoft was struggling to take on Google on the Advertising platform. Finally, after having acquired aQuantive, the company has come up with innovative advertising mechanism, ofcourse not on the Web but on Grocery Shopping Carts. Microsoft in association with Plano, Texas-based MediaCart Holdings Inc. was…
Innovative Tools for Bloggers from Yahoo!
Blogging which got a boost from Google is now being taken to the next league with innovative tools. Yahoo! has released Yahoo! shortcuts plugin, a simply remarkable and excellent tool for bloggers on the WordPress platform [will be extended to others very soon]. Many bloggers are already aware that a…
DesiMartini – Social Networking Site sold for $10 Million
The Social Networking deal ship is now in India. DesiMartini one of the early startups with 250,000 registered users was bought by Hindustan Times for $10 Million. That is approximately $40 / registered user. When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is unwilling to sell Facebook and is commending valuations of $15…
Orkut – Q&A in your private network
Google’s hugely popular social networking platform, Orkut has added a new feature Ask Friends that will let users ask Questions and get Answers. The Questions can be directed to specific friend in your network or Google’s way of doing things intelligently is to let the system decide who should take…
Indyarocks introduces Social Money
Mobile and Online social networking portal Indyarocks.com marks a new chapter in the Indian social networking scene by launching first of its kind “Social Money” program. Social Money program is an innovation by Indyarocks where the members will be rewarded for their day to day interaction with friends and family…
Social Networking Sites, List
Here is an exhaustive list of Social networking sites operating in the context of India or Indian Diaspora – popularly known as Desis. Orkut – Very popular in India. My 9 year old nephew is on Orkut and sometimes the community spam on Orkut scares the hell out of me….
Naukri challenges techTribe with brijj.com
India’s leading job search site, Naukri [Infoedge India Limited] has launched a Career and Professional networking site for Indians – brijj.com. The site is still in Beta. Brijj is all about building and maintaining relationships. Brijj lists several reasons on why professionals should join their network here. Naukri with its…
Top 50K Bloggers made $500 Million
Two Researchers at the University of Texas, Dallas have estimated that the top 50,000 bloggers in the blogsphere made more than $500 Million in revenues. Dr. Vijay and Dr. Milind, used 12,000+ Chitika Publishers Network Data for their Research [Earnings Data Included as Well]. They used Technoarti to get the…