Tag: Internet & Mobile
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Safeguard your SIM card against misuse
There seems to be a perfect synergy in the marketing and sales department of cellular companies. Both departments are supplementing each other in growing the subscriber base (And possibly redcuing ARPU). The telesales ladies pushes hard to sell complementary ‘Golden’, ‘Platinum’ and matching/similar numbers to your current Mobile number in ever sweet voice. I have…
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Google Wave – a new wave of communication
Google announced to launch Google wave later this year. This is bound to create a wave across the Internet world. So what is exactly is a wave. In a simple words Google wave is a real-time communication platform. It’s a hybrid of email, instant messaging, web chat, social networking, micro bloging, file share all build…
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Makaan.com property survey on CNBC
Makaan.com conducted a National survey ‘My Vote. My Makaan’ in leading Metros and Tier II cities of India. The survey was conducted on the portal between 22nd to 30th April 2009 and saw participation from over 3563 property seekers nationally. The survey results can be found at http://makaan.com/electionsurvey. The survey findings were also covered on CNBC…
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Abuse of Cost Per Click (CPC) Marketing?
Cost Per Click better known as CPC advertising is one of the most popular ROI (return on Investment) driven model in online world. Google has build in a complete empire revolving around this model. This model provides a win-win situation to publishers (websites), ad-networks (like Google, Komli etc) and advertisers (sellers). Advertisers pays to the…
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Everything I Know About Startups by Dharmesh Shah
This is an absolutely great presentation by Dharmesh Shah, co-founder of HubSpot, that was originally posted at OnStartups.
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WordCamp India (India’s first WordPress Camp)
I’ll be attending the India’s first WordPress Camp to be organised on 21st and 22nd February. To know more and register for event visit : http://wci.eventbrite.com PS : Event is Co-hosted by Mayank Gupta. An internet freak , wordpress fan and my sweet little cousin. I’m proud of you. Best of Luck …
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1
I have just checked out Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 version and Firefox3. I would not be comparing them but there are certain new feature I liked about both of them. But the most exciting feature to me is Actiities in IE8. I lets to do certain activities on the webpage you are working…
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3G in India
Bharti , Vodafone to bring Apple 3G iPhone to India later this year and with Bharti on verge of launching 3G services (Subject to all statuary clearance) . Hmmm… so would we get to see a revolution in the way people get to use mobile and mobile internet in India. The success will largely depend on the cost of…
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Makaan Mobile
Know your customers and the environment in which they operate. At Makaan we found out that our customers (property providers) are not very tech-savvy and don’t have regular internet access, infact only little fraction of our total customer universe are internet friendly. But the irony is that thier customers (Property seekers) are more and more…
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A Year That Was…
These line are generally written on the turn of the year. You might think that I am possibily two months late. But I am talking about completeing a year with Makaan.com Now when I look back at this amazing year it gives me a feeling which can’t be expressed in words. But whats so amazing…