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BigAdda Eyes $4-5 mn Revenue; The Myth Of Registered Users (1)
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BigAdda, Reliance ADAG's social networking play, is eying $4 - $5 million (approx Rs 17 crore) within the next 12 months, expecting a majority of the same to come from advertisements. ET quotes COO, Shivanandan Pare, stating BigAdda began earning revenue since June this year, albiet an amount too negligible to mention. The firm remains optimistic, expecting to break-even in the next 2-3 years. They expect to reach 50 million mobile internet users for the ...Shared by Rahul Gaitonde (15)Contribute comment -
Solar Panel Tie Can Charge Your Gadgets (2)
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This solar panel tie collects light and, through a process that even Scientologists don't understand, converts it to usable energy. The tie has a little pocket on the back that stores the gadget you're charging, and is completely impractical. I'm all for green shit (figuratively), but I just don't see these catching on. The majority of guys that have to wear ties (like me) work in fluorescent cubicle farms where this thing would get little ...Shared by CntrySigns (5) Gwenny (16)Contribute comment -
Yahoo Expanding In India; Plans To Hire 400-Plus Over Next Year (2)
onAfter a recruitment slowdown that coincided with the Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) bid saga, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is planning to hire more than 400 employees in India, according to Business Standard. Most of the hires will be for its 1,500-person Centre of Excellence in Bangalore, where the focus is on India and other emerging markets. Positions to be filled include architects, user experience designers (UEDs), and programme managers. One interesting twist: hoping to keep young employees ...Shared by Dheeraj Sidana (2) Praneet (0)
- Praneet said: Yahoo India always has something or the other to keep young professionals happy.. this time its MS from BITS-Pilani
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Virgin Comics Serializes Properties On Rediff; Digital Comics; Ties Up With Grant Morrison (1)
onVirgin comics has serialized its comic and graphic novel series including Shekhar Kapur's Devi, Guy Ritchie's Gamekeeper and Deepak Chopra's Beyond amongst others on Rediff. The attempt is to drive sampling based on the first few issues and get users involved in the story arc's to purchase them offline. The have also launched Widescreen digital editions as well as a mobile comic reader option via m.gocomics.com. Virgin has also announced webisodes based on the Mahabarata, ...Shared by Satyajeet (0)Contribute comment
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Rediff Starts Its Own Developer Program (1)
onDeveloper programs are flavor of the month with online media companies, and now Rediff has opened up its platform to developers...to incentivize developers, it is offering several grants of Rs. 250,000 for app ideas. Some more details on it on Pluggd.in, here. Our mobile application for Blackberry and other Smartphones brings you the latest headlines when you're on the go. Go here to download.Shared by Tarun Jain (8)Contribute comment
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T-Series Issues Notice To Guruji.com Amongst Others (1)
onSure enough, the days without incident were indeed numbered. T-series has issued a notice to Guruji.com amongst other websites including MSN, MySpace and Bharatstudent. It has accused them of allowing users to upload content on their platforms. The report features quotes from T-Series, VP (digital content), Neeraj Kalyan, stating in essence that T-series will battle it out till the end until they reach either an out-of-court settlement or manage an injunction against the websites. It ...Shared by pkj (9)Contribute comment
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Rediffmail Adds Support For Orkut and Facebook; Jasmeet Singh Quits (1)
onThere seems to have been a change in Rediff's (NSDQ: REDF) content strategy, from a creator of original content to an aggregator of sorts. Rediffmail has integrated news feeds from Orkut and Facebook with the stated objective being "to help users discover content on social networking platforms without actually visiting them." The release quotes Venki Nishtala, CTO, Rediff.com, as stating that email is becoming a dashboard of user activities. As Ashish noted, this is the ...Shared by rungss (5)Contribute comment
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Microsoft-Yahoo: Implications For India (1)
onIn India, a Microsoft-Yahoo combine will help fill some gaps: Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has been far more active in the country, with investments in the online classifieds co Consim (Bharatmatrimony.com) and ad network Tyroo. Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) will also benefit for a substantial R&D facility that Yahoo has in Bangalore. Microsoft recently invested in Oxigen Services, which gives it access to a retail base for offline transactions. Advertising:The Tyroo investment was for reaching out to ...Shared by Vidit (18)Contribute comment
