Archive for the ‘internet portals’ Category
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
Blogging and User Generated Content (UGC) are the current mantras of the day but it has a lot of noise (many times or even most of the times!). I read very awful/rude feedback messages on blogs these days. Just yesterday I read a series of comments about a portal ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
According to an article in Hindustan Times,
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Saturday, August 11th, 2007
We have not only inherited English language from the British Raj but also "corruption". We have learned to live with the system. Unfortunately there are many who are deprived of benefits and services from the Government because they cannot afford to "grease" the officials. It is very frustrating when you ...
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
You get to read a lot about Facebook these days (unless you are in a cave). Articles about My Yahoo! Vs Facebook Vs Orkut Vs xyz have been floating around. Many times we miss out the "basics" of what is being discussed. I bumped into a simple blog ...
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Saturday, July 28th, 2007
Were you aware a site with white background (which I love) consumes more energy than a site with black background? An all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts.
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Check out UnitedDogs.com, a social networking site for dogs and their owners! The site says,
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
Assocham's latest report on broadband numbers might dampen the excitement of internet growth in India. But I wouldn't be too worried. At times the media takes things to extreme. I have heard people asking "Is internet a myth in India?". With confidence I say "No, it is not ...
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
Talk to any school/college going kid and you do hear the "orkut" sound byte often in their conversations. Kids are very internet savvy in India today, but mostly in Tier-I cities. I am waiting to see that kind of growth in Tier-II cities. I heard about Orkut from my teenager ...
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Thursday, June 7th, 2007
I have been using Yahoo since its inception (or little after its inception). Customer service was rocking at Yahoo in early 1990s. If my memory serves me right I am pretty sure Yahoo email was released after the release of their directory. I use to submit the URLs of mahesh.com ...
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Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
I visited www.nic.in after a very long time (may be a year). It looks much better now. NIC needs to set aside its love for its own name (nic.in) and "fix" the domainnames of all govt websites. For e.g. why should the URL of President of India still be http://presidentofindia.nic.in/ ...
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