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The Cost of Building a Website From Scratch

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Recently over a cup of tea i was discussing the scenario of building a web portal inhouse versus buying an off the shelf and tweaking this. I am sure there have been numerous articles published on this topic [...]

[ More ] February 28th, 2009 | 6 Comments | Posted in Digital News, Web Talks |

The blatant truth about a few social networking websites - Unscientific (Yet Accurate)

Some of us actually just go with the hype and join multiple social networks there by boosting numbers for these networks. But in actually fact do we use all the social networks we join. We like to talk about them more than actually use them.
There has been a report published by Brainz which gives an [...]

[ More ] February 27th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News, Web Talks |

Wikis Go Printable

Yes yes i know this could be termed as out dated news. PediaPress established a long term partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation to print your favourite wiki articles as a book.You select the content from your favorite wiki and PediaPress takes care of the rest to ship the book to you. From last week onwards [...]

[ More ] February 27th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |

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 [...]

[ More ] February 26th, 2009 | 2 Comments | Posted in Digital News |

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

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[ More ] February 26th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News, Web Talks |

Tim O’Reilly - Work on stuff that matters - Part Two

Part 2 of the 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

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[ More ] February 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Web Talks |

Good Sales people are closers - Are u one of them?

They say Sales is not about a one time shot. It’s not about overselling. Your customer should never be passed on from one person to the other. In a downturn economy, it’s now more vital than ever to build a pipeline of business. Its a tough world out there and Alec Baldwin in the film [...]

[ More ] February 26th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Web Talks |

Raise cash ahead of when you need it

Mike Levy gives entrepreneurs the top 3 aspects that every startup should bear in mind specially when setting out to do your own thing. Check out his tips in this video. Its a short clip but the last tip raises a bell.

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[ More ] February 26th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Web Talks |

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 [...]

[ More ] February 25th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |

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 [...]

[ More ] February 25th, 2009 | 3 Comments | Posted in Digital News |