Google works on monetising Orkut in 2009
Google’s social networking platform, Orkut is in discussions with the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket to create brand positioning campaigns and even an IPL profile page for Orkut users. Mahesh Narayanan, senior industry manager, Google says around 10 entities, including FMCG, telecom and movie producers, will be the big-ticket advertisers for Orkut in 2009. The Indian advertising industry in 2008 drove an estimated 45 million internet subscribers advertising market to Rs 240 crore which is around US 55,713,382. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry feels that by 2011 Indian would have touched Rs 2,500 crore which is
Tim O’Reilly – Work on stuff that matter – Part 1
A conversation with Tim O'Reilly, Founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media. The subject of the discussion is his recent talk on Working on "Stuff that Matters" Check out this video
Apple’s new Safari 4 beta is the first to challenge Google Chrome
Apple has announced the public beta of of Safari 4 and claims it to be the world's fastest and most innovative web browser for Mac and Windows PCs. The new JavaScript engine, Nitro, runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3, and up to 30 times faster than IE 7. Also Stephen Shankland from CNET News stated in his article that Apple's new Safari 4 is the first browser to challenge it on Google's own performance benchmark. Safari 4 is a public beta for both Mac OS X and Windows and is available immediately as a free download To check out
Music search engine SeeqPod sued by Music Record Companies
EMI and Capitol Records are filing suit against music search engine SeeqPod. EMI and Capitol are, targeting individual employees and investors, in addition to the company itself, for monetary damages. The suit lists its chief executive, Kasian Franks, and backers Raf Podowski and Shekhar Lodha as individuals. The record companies are seeking billions of dollars in damages and hope to send a strong message to profiting companies from music sharing services that they consider to be illegal. The major difference between SeeqPod and search giants Google, Ask and Yahoo is that the results it yields are more relevant,
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5 Start-Up Tips from the Father of Gmail and FriendFeed
Andrew Warner from Mixergy interviews Paul Buchheit on launching startups because he fathered the most successful online products: Gmail and FriendFeed. In a snapshot this is the summary but please do watch the video- Launch a scaled-back version
- Notice sluggish competitors
- You don’t need virality if your product is good
- Follow your passion
- Sometimes you have to go off on your own
Google to Join EU case against Microsoft with context to Web Browsers
This is not the first time Google and Microsoft have battled with each other on antitrust issues. The Web search engine Google, which recently released its Chrome Web browser, announced that it is applying to be a "third party" in the European proceedings. The European Commission has sent a statement of objections to Microsoft about tying Internet Explorer to the Windows operating system, which "harms competition between web browsers". Sundar Pichai, Vice President Product Management of Google said in his blog "First, browsers are critical to the Internet -- they enable us to surf the web, search, chat, email, watch
Google Analytics now allows tracking iPhone traffic
Using the Advanced Segmentation beta feature offered by Google Analytics, now websites have the option to filter their data to view “Visits from iPhones.” This feature also works in conjunction with AdWords, so advertisers can better target ads to audiences using the iPhone. Source: Google Analytics
The Microsoft-Yahoo dance begins yet again
CEO Steve Ballmer told analysts that that he still wants to pursue some sort of search deal with Yahoo. He is determined to find a way for the two companies to “pool their resources” to take on Google. So lets wait and see what comes out of this Source
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Will Obama be Google’s Downfall?
Christine A. Varney is an American lawyer lobbyist, and internet policy expert. She has now joined Barack Obama's team to take over the top antitrust job at the Department of Justice. Varney is reported to have said "For me, Microsoft is so last century. They are not the problem". Google, she suggested, "has acquired a monopoly in internet online advertising".So will Google face a deeper antitrust investigation? It seems almost certain. Varney's background as a lawyer for Netscape in its case against Microsoft have led to speculation that the Department of Justice could be ready for an antitrust case that
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