The most important social networks for working professionals are LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter (possibly in that order). While LinkedIn is the oldest of the lot I wish they had improved the product a lot more. When a user follows you on Twitter the message is simple, you get a fair idea of who the follower […]
Mobile platform in India: Android and Facebook are the undisputed leaders
Nielsen’s report “Smart and Social: Android Phones in India” highlights the usage of smartphones in India. The two dominant operating systems on the mobile are Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. For the past one year Android has grown well in India, the main reason being ‘affordable’ Android mobile phones (sub Rs 10,000 / $200) are […]
Children’s Day in India being celebrated on Twitter, #bachpan
Children’s Day is celebrated in many countries, in India it is celebrated on Nov 14, the birthday of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. As kids, all we got hear were some speeches in schools. Nikhil Pawa of Medianama has been promoting #bachpan (childhood in Hindi) on Twitter for the past few days. He wanted […]
Twitter embraces Hindi, will it help?
Twitter has released the Hindi version of their interface yesterday. Most of the sites have given a thumbs down to the level of localization Twitter has gone into (see Medianama & Pluggd.in). Recently Twitter announced it has 100 million active users globally. 40% of active users use Twitter for news. India has about 3-4 million […]
Women spend more time than men on Facebook in India
I came across an interesting article today “Why Women Rule The Internet” (reading a bit late though). Recently I had written about non-US traffic was giving the valuations for Facebook & Twitter. For a long time, I believe internet companies have recognized the power of the women user base on the net. The article highlights, […]