Today when it comes to internet everyone talks only about Facebook which has a valuation of a mere $100 billion. I do see people communicating on Facebook email. If you are a content publisher on the internet, would you consider shutting your site and moving everything to Facebook? Well, a local site in Maryland, Rockville […]
Social Media
Facebook users: Crossing 700m, India ranks 5th
Socialbakers reports Facebook userbase is crossing a whopping 700 million across the world. For the month of May, the top 6 countries which contributed to the growth of Facebook were, Brazil – Users: 19 million, Growth: 1.9 million Indonesia – Users: 37.8 m, Growth: 1.5 m Philippines – Users: 24.5 m, Growth: 1.33 m Mexico […]
Indians embrace social media, dumping email: Nielsen
It is no secret that a lot of Indians are spending a lot of time on social media, mainly on Facebook. While most of the users for Twitter are from outside the US, I don’t think there is a huge mass of quality Twitter users in India. The latest report from Nielsen wire “Indians Now […]
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, […]
Tiananmen Square, Tahrir Square – does India need its is own Square?
I came across an interesting piece “Leadership lessons from Mubarak’s failed regime“, written by John R. Ryan, president of the nonprofit Center for Creative Leadership. Not sure how many Indian political parties will even want to read such articles. Way back in 2009 Bob Johansen wrote in his book, Leaders Make the Future, wrote about […]