Internet in India
Oneindia.in started its operations on January 1, 2006. We are 5 years young today. The year 2010 was very eventful for us. Thanks to the support from our loyal readers and advertisers, without which we couldn’t have been what we are today. In Jan 2006 we started without freezing on the name for our site! It was only in Feb we finalized the name … [Read more] about Happy Birthday Oneindia! We are 5 years young now!
My thirteenth column in “Vijaya Next” (Kannada) was about writing in Kannada Wikipedia. Main points were, A brief introduction to Wikipedia Wikipedia was formally launched on Jan 15, 2001, by Jimmy Wales & Larry Sanger (he quit in 2002). Jimmy Wales has actively promoted Wikipedia over the years. A mere 60 employees are employed by … [Read more] about Column: Contribute to Kannada Wikipedia to strengthen namma Kannada
My interview with Alootechie was published on December 14, 2010. B G Mahesh is CEO of Greynium Information Technologies, which owns Indian languages portal OneIndia.in and online classifieds portal Click.in. Rajesh Jain’s NetCore Solutions took a majority in Greynium in May 2010. In an exclusive interview with AlooTechie, B G Mahesh shared his … [Read more] about Will online inventory pricing grow over the coming year? – Alootechie Interview
Nearly every other day, you read something about Facebook and Twitter. For a change, non-US users are contributing big time to these two internet giants. Recently, Facebook opened its office in Hyderabad. Will Twitter follow? With the increase in internet penetration worldwide, I guess these sites are able to attract a lot more users than from … [Read more] about Non-US users helping valuations of Facebook, Twitter soar
I attended Wikipedia Meetup Bangalore 23 today. It was for the first time I ever attended such a meet up.It is held every 2nd Sunday of the month. No excuse for not attending it as it is very near my house (it could interrupt the Sunday afternoon nap though!) Danese Cooper, Chief Technical Officer, Wikimedia Foundation, Alolita Sharma, … [Read more] about Wikipedia meetup in Bangalore, my first one