Internet in India
My email client is Mozilla Thunderbird. I have been using it pretty much from its launch about 8 years ago (launched on Dec 7, 2004). I have used various mail clients - Unix based Mail, mush and the first UI based client Eudora (as early as 1993). Eudora Email Client Steve Dorner developed the "wonderful" Eudora, even during those days it … [Read more] about Mozilla increases its focus on mobile, a message for everybody?
I was asked by MXMIndia to give them 5 reasons why the future is regional language on the internet in India. The original text I sent them is below but the presentation in the published article was far better. Diversity of India is the main factor - Official data related to literacy is 74.04%. Now internet is used only by the upper middle … [Read more] about 5 reasons why the future is regional language internet in India
Recently the newly launched MXMIndia, a portal for media and marketing fraternity, wanted my thoughts on Indian languages on the internet. Also they wanted the response "now", don't all media houses work that way? My response was part of the entire article "Slow and not-yet-steady…". The text I sent them is below, Has the Indian language … [Read more] about Has the Indian language content in the internet space evolved over the years?
Since June I had received a couple of mailers promoting the book "The Curious Digital Marketer". We in India are usually accustomed to buying internet related books published by foreign authors. So it did generate enough curiosity in me to buy the book. The summary of the book was on https://campus.afaqs.com/book_details.html (a bit surprised … [Read more] about Book Review: The Curious Digital Marketer by afaqs!
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 is (they should include the URL of the … [Read more] about Adding new users to LinkedIn should be friendly as in Twitter, Facebook