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 http://campus.afaqs.com/book_details.html (a bit surprised about … [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
In India May-June can be horrific months for parents of children who are seeking admissions to professional courses. In my state of Karnataka we had a re-exam for one subject (2nd PUC / XIIth) as paper had leaked. After that you had a minimum of two exams to attend - CET and ComedK (all other exams are for minority number of students). By the time … [Read more] about Upscale student hostels & PGs – a big untapped opportunity in India
The most common gateway to information on the internet namely Google is on the receiving end from various governments - the ones democratically or otherwise elected. When it comes to not taking criticism most governments behave the same. Google has released new data for its Transparency Report, which provides details of government requests to … [Read more] about Both democratic and authoritative countries send takedown requests to Google