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Death By Twitter

Pretty catchy title, huh? Kinda like the ‘Death By Chocolate’ one gets to drink at Pepinos… But no, this one is different, deadly serious and a path breaker for sure. We are all living in a highly connected and networked world now where having a social profile somewhere is the norm, with Facebook, LinkedIn and [...]

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WordPress 3.0 is here

WordPress 3.0 – Thelonious, the 13th major release of WordPress is out. With 218 contributors, a lot of work has gone into it, with new APIs allowing for greater functionality and ease of use. One of the other big enhancements is the ability to merge WordPress and WordPress MU, the Multi User edition, making it possible to run multiple blogs from [...]

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Google’s Pac-Man logo marks a return to blogging

This past weekend was quite a fun filled and exciting one (offline) and as usual, trust Google to come up with something to stir up a frenzy online. Yes, if you were among the millions of people who use Google, you could not have missed seeing the Pac-Man logo, commemorating the game’s 30th anniversary.

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In India, Orkut still beats Facebook

Sounds surprising, right? If you are among those users who started off with Orkut and then moved to Facebook over the past 2-3 years, this might be difficult to believe, considering all the problems and issues with some features in Orkut, not to mention the total lack of privacy. However, statistics from leading internet traffic measurement firm comSCORE seem [...]

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3G auction – the usual suspects

In what seems like deja vu, only the existing 2G players have thrown their hat in the ring for the much delayed auction for all India 3G spectrum, which will *finally* begin next month, on April 9. These nine players are 

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Respite for PayPal customers in India

Ok, so after all that brouhaha over withdrawal of funds from Indian PayPal accounts, the matter seems to have been resolved for now. PayPal has complied with directives from the RBI on compliance issues regarding settlements for export of goods and services. From now on, when you want to withdraw funds from your PayPal account, you need to [...]

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The Social Media Landscape in 2010

Came across this nice sheet at cmo.com that tries to give insights into which social media tools are the best in terms of offering bang for the buck, namely by way of Customer communication, Brand Exposure, getting traffic to your site and of course, SEO. Of course, this is not a solution in itself, but a good starting [...]

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