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Rediff Redesign: Shopping/Daily Deals In, Cricket Out!

by Arun Prabhudesai on January 30, 2012 |

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I am not sure if you have noticed, but Rediff Homepage has got a makeover. It is not a drastic one, but there are some noticeable changes. Rediff had set a precedence (in India, which no one followed :)) in 2009 when it introduced a minimalistic, ad-less homepage design, which was a sea-change from previously [...]

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Megaupload shut down by US FBI/Justice Dept., Anonymous retaliates!

by Arun Prabhudesai
megaupload

Update: Looks like a new site has cropped up and has exact look & feel of Megaupload, but does not have a domain name… just the IP address – http://109.236.83.66/ . Not sure if it is someone from original Megaupload team, or an imitator… But it did not take much time…did it! …

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Cyber Attacks in India [in Numbers]

by Arun Prabhudesai
Cyber Crimes in India

Even as Internet population in India has crossed 100 million, cyber crimes are on the rise. There are many kinds of cyber crimes – Phishing attacks, Identity Theft, Website hacking, creating Trojans / viruses (among others) all amount to cyber crimes. The reasons for cyber-crimes are vary as well. Some do it out of hate, [...]

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Internet marketing tools – how to get your business noticed online!

by Kaushambi
internet-marketing

Before we start, here is a disclaimer – This article is for people who are just getting started online. Internet veterans may find it too interesting. Internet is growing in India quite rapidly – Thousands of businesses are coming online on daily basis. However, many of them come online with very high hopes …

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Top 5 Free Website Builders for Small Business Owners & Entrepreneurs!

by Kaushambi
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An online presence – What was once considered to be amusing, has now become a necessity for all businesses and entrepreneurial setups. Even many individuals are setting up their own niche websites showcasing their talents, hobbies etc. However, most of them are not aware how easy it is to create a good looking …

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Indian News Sites Seeing surge in International Traffic [Comscore]

by Ankit Agarwal
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I guess it is true that you can take an Indian out of India but you can’t take his / her love for India. The traffic statistics for leading Indian local news sites does suggest that no matter which part of the world they are, Indians love catching up with what’s happening in India. …

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117 Government Websites hacked in first half of this year!

by Arun Prabhudesai
Government Websites hacked

I was taken aback with the numbers released by Indian Government today. According to the press release – Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) reported total of 117 Government websites were hacked in first half of this year ! Here is a look at number of websites hacked since 2008. …

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Build Web Apps for humans not for “users”!

by Mukund Mohan
web-app-humans

A surprising number of web services applications seem to be built for “users”. They tend to identify you by username (not by real name) in the apparent intention to “save time filling out another field on the form. The use experience is mostly antiseptic and designed to be efficient, not engaging. …

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Is Indian Railways trying to flush-out Agents from the system?

by Viral Dholakia
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Eh! Does the title of this post sound a bit exaggerated in terms of the statement it is trying to make? But, probably, that might NOT be too unrealistic a target for the Indian Railways (IR) to achieve with the reach of its web portal spreading day-by-day and users getting increasingly net-savvy. For once, …

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Hostgator comes to India – Publishers rejoice!

by Arun Prabhudesai
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In last four years since I started this blog, one of the main problems I have always faced is – Lack of quality of India based web hosting company. Yes, there are many, but most of them are quite expensive or lack sorely in the services they offer! Also, one of the main issues for [...]

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Voice-based Browsing coming soon to India!

by Aseem Rastogi
FedEx Web Browsing

Are you one of those who have still to be part of the internet age? Do you long to be on the social networking sites? Do you long to send that elusive email which you always dreamt of? If the answer to any of the above questions is a yes, then you could be in [...]

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Amazon S3 now made simple to host static websites!

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Amazon S3 has always been looked upon as an uber cheap and efficient storage solution. But many consumers were not too happy with Amazon S3 services as it did not allow to host websites. But, Amazon has taken a note of it and introduced a service that which makes hosting a static website a …

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The Environment friendly Search!

by Charu
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Well these days global warming, renewable sources, biofuels, carbon footprints, depleting forests & endangered species etc have become the buzz words & hence every responsible country, organization & individuals are making an endeavour to reduce the negative repercussions of activities caused by humans. We all have a concern for the environment but other priorities make [...]

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Top Ranked websites in India – Facebook showing Humongous growth !

by Arun Prabhudesai
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facebook has been buzzing non-stop for some or the other reason – This Social Networking site’s growth has been so humongous that it has now sent jitters even in the spine of giant called Google! Facebook’s growth in India as well as globally has been nothing short of being miraculous. According …

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Top Email Clients in 2009- Microsoft Leads The Pack With Outlook

by Ankit Agarwal
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We all use e-mails at work,home and we have our personal choices when it comes to using the email clients. Some like to access emails the old fashioned way via the website in the browser and we also tend to use a lot of specific email clients like Outlook, Lotus notes etc. at our workplaces. [...]

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