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Digital music is a very promising sector in India, which is witnessing a robust growth since last few years. It is estimated that online music generates more than Rs 650 crore annual revenues inside India and in the year 2011, the sale of…

With the explosion of the variety and availability of authentic yet exotic cuisines in almost all major cities of India, turning to online guides to help pick and choose the most appropriate restaurant and spend some time over good…

As was expected, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the organization behind assigning & managing Internet Domain names yesterday revealed the list of Generic Top Level Domain Names (gTLDs) applied by companies…

Using the power of internet and tapping social media is quite the norm for businesses and individuals. However in the world of search engines and social networking websites, that is easier said than done. Here is a look at the fundamentals…

Google has announced the launch of Vault for Google Apps in India. Vault is an app that is a one-stop solution for storing critical business data including emails, conversations, chat messages and more. It has enhanced archiving…

I have been a big fan of Cleartrip for past couple of years. It has been my de-facto site for searching and booking Plane and Train tickets. One of the main reasons I like cleartrip was its excellent UI experience. It is simple, fast and…

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.…

Cloud storage in simple words, is an online storage facility given to users who want external servers to store or host their data for them. And with the need for larger storage capacities clubbed with mobility, cloud storage is getting very…

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…

On 6th August 1991, when Tim Berners-Lee hosted first World Wide Web page on a machine in his cubicle, little did he know that this moment will mark beginning of one of the most remarkable revolution in human history. We are still in…

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…

That’s a question I have been asking people for quite sometime, not before I asked it on Quora (How Indian Movie rental services are doing? Subscription numbers for services like bigflix.com and seventymm.com?) and it was Sidharth’s answer…

Call me old-fashioned but I am yet to accept books in electronic version (now called e-books). For me, reading a book is about the whole experience rather than consuming the content. The touch and feel of the book in my hand makes a…

Social Networking turned a new leaf with the launch of Facebook. Facebook caused a paradigm shift in how Social networking sites were perceived and took the idea further to bring lots of sticky additions to its platform. From sticky games…

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…

I know each one of you is expecting an IPL post here, but I believe that you will be reading this post only if- 1. You are not watching IPL or 2. You are not watching IPL over youtube :). It’s amazing how this internet industry has…

Since its launch I have been trying to figure out ‘Buzz’. That may be because of my own ‘free’ marketing needs, but even after reading multiple Tech Crunch reviews and Mashable techniques I found it difficult to…

Let’s face it. How good are you at managing your finances? I speak for myself and I know I am very bad at it. With finances I am not talking about investments and the savings , that I somehow do a decent job maintaining. What I am…

Two days back, at the Web2.0 expo, a respected blogging pioneer and six-apart founder, Anil Dash announced to the world the launch of ‘Expert Labs’   - a not-for-profit technology incubator, that will focus on providing value…

Google has its fingers in almost all the pies and is not on top of any of it. Google could possibly be the biggest web conglomerate with its marquee acquisitions. It acquired the blogging platform Blogger but WordPress still rules. It…