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Twitter has taken micro-blogging to a whole new level where now almost every internet savvy user relates to it. However, even when a micro-blogging platform like Twitter has found great acceptance from an individualistic perspective to share thoughts/opinions, the debate is still  on whether Companies should be using the Micro-blogging platform? …

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Purplenova FunCaster: Share full multimedia content on Web2.0 sites without uploads

by Arun Prabhudesai
Funcaster Widget

In this age of Web2.0 where content publishing and sharing is increasingly becoming important, products like FunCaster are of great utility. Ability to share content without uploading it to 3rd party server is a great feature that will attract quite a few privacy/ security freaks. FunCaster will also appeal to causal and novice user due to its simplicity. On negative side, as with any PC based hosting application, you need to have “always on” Internet connectivity and a fast connection, especially considering that users will be mostly sharing high bandwidth content like photos and videos.

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KyaKare: City centric event listing site

by Arun Prabhudesai
KyaKare event listing site

So what are you planning to do today?
If you are yet to decide, you may want to visit KyaKare, an online / mobile event listing site that gives you the details on the various events taking place in your city.

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The new look Microsoft!

by Arun Prabhudesai
Microsoft Dewey Search Engine

For some of us who have not viewed the new animated version of search engine of Microsoft, here it is – MSDewey. The Website is far behind when compared to Google/Yahoo in terms of its speed, content and user friendliness but it definitely is an eye catcher to a new visitor who will experience the hilarious scene of the actress.

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Faayda.com: online invoicing tool for small businesses

by Arun Prabhudesai
Faayda

Faayda.com (means profit in Hindi language) aims to make life easier for small and medium business operators by providing simple online tools for billing and invoicing customers. It has additional tools like collaboration and Business directory, but online invoicing and payment seem to be the main feature. They are still not open for public and [...]

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Will this new ‘Googly’ trump Microsoft once again?

by Arun Prabhudesai

Quite a few things happened these last few days in the social networking space. While tons have been written about Microsoft valuing Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook at $15 billion , we mostly missed Yahoo’s decision to let go of Yahoo! 360 (though Jerry Yang had hinted at this in his post sometime back).

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Do you write a Business Plan only to get funding for your startup?

by Arun Prabhudesai
Importance of a Business Plan

In these days of Web startups, where cost of launching an online venture has reduced drastically, writing a Business plan has become kind of passé or old fashioned. I see numerous small startups come to fore purely based on a single idea that can be executed at low cost.

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September Roundup: Traffic, contests, announcements and more…

by Arun Prabhudesai
Trakin Subscriber Growth

Trakin’ blog completed 5 months of existence at the end of September 07. It has been another great month from traffic and subscribers point of view. I am happy that Trakin’ is received quite well. I have been receiving quite a few positive emails and comments . Heartfelt thanks to all of you, who have written to me and appreciated the efforts. A big thanks also to people who have been Trakin’s regular readers. The visits and encouraging notes from you is what keeps me motivated all the time.

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Meet like minded people…urrr..no.. Rikshawvalas !

by Arun Prabhudesai
Hareepa Logo

Aint you surprised at the number of new social networking sites that have crop up in recent times? I can count atleast 10 at the top of my head. Each one claims to have something unique and different that will make them the top networking site in India.

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Online Videos + Blogging : The winds of change?

by Arun Prabhudesai
Total Online Videos Viewed

Online Videos are getting bigger and better. According to a recent report released by ComScore, US viewers watched an average of 3 hours of online videos in July. It is estimated to grow at even faster rate in coming years. Although, India is far behind in online video consumption due to extremely low broadband penetration, but as with everything, it is changing. Telecom department in India is aggressively pushing the broadband in Indian households.

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GMail going offline? Impending death of Microsoft?

by Arun Prabhudesai
zoho-logo-tag-line-change

Google Gears is a breakthrough open source technology introduced by Google few months back. It eliminates a requirement of “always on” internet access. The possibilities it presents to application developers are innumerable.
Companies like Zoho have already gone offline with certain online applications and it will not be long before most of the apps follow the same direction.
According to the news published in Hindustan Times, GMail is going offline, very soon. Although, there is no way to confirm the authenticity, this is very much a possibility and logical next step for Google

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Are Web Applications replacing Desktop Softwares?

by Arun Prabhudesai
Web Applications Desktop Software

We are right now is the phase of huge transition in the way we do our work on computers. Hordes of users are moving from Desktop applications to Web apps.

Web2.0 applications have taken internet users by storm. The internet usage has increased dramatically, thanks to Social Networking and tons of free online Web2.0 apps that are making life much easier for the users.

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Zoho Business suite: Everything a Business user needs !

by Arun Prabhudesai
Zoho Business suite Logo

I am surprised at the speed at which Zoho is churning out new products. I was already in awe when they beat google with its own product by going offline (in a good way). However, today’s announcement about the launch of their Business suite, has even furthered my admiration.
Although, most of the services were offered individually earlier, now they have have categorized the whole set into 2 – Zoho Personal and Zoho Business.

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Are Bloggers powerful sneezers ?

by Arun Prabhudesai
Power of Blogging

Anything and everything is analyzed, scrutinized and torn apart. The quality stuff gets overwhelming recognition, whereas an average product gets buried for ever.

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6 important tips for Corporate Bloggers

by Arun Prabhudesai
Infosys Blogs

As you may know I am an ardent advocate of corporate blogging. As much as a Corporate blog program can work as a great marketing and image building tool, it can work exactly opposite if you do not give enough importance to certain aspects that I will put forth here.

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