Monthly Archives: May 2009

Zoozoology..and more

Posted on May 28, 2009 by manu prasad

The jury is still out (and perhaps permanently so) on who actually won the IPL – the fake IPL player or the Zoozoos. Both massively popular, they even have conspiracy theories built around them – the identity in case of  … Continue reading →

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What’s on TV? The Internet

Posted on May 25, 2009 by manu prasad

The confluence of web and TV has been a topic of discussion for quite sometime now. The initial version of Web TV- with a set top box and keyboard, didn’t work out well, but that hasn’t stopped the next generation … Continue reading →

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What do you recommend?

Posted on May 21, 2009 by manu prasad

One feature that helps add weight (generally) to a LinkedIn Profile is ‘Recommendations’. I’m not getting into debates on how it’s used etc, that’s a subjective thing, but someone else acknowledging that the concerned person has certain skills does help. … Continue reading →

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‘What are you doing’ needs an @ reply ? :)

Posted on May 18, 2009 by manu prasad

And every so often, we hear about how brands screw up on Facebook and Twitter, these days we even regularly hear how Facebook screws up on itself, and finally we heard about how Twitter ‘screwed up’ on Twitter. In case … Continue reading →

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Search Advances

Posted on May 14, 2009 by manu prasad

So, Twitter seems to be getting serious about its real time search capabilities. According to various reports, all of which seemed to have emerged from this source, Twitter’s new VP of Operations, Santosh Jayaram, has said that Twitter Search will … Continue reading →

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The evolution of Content Marketing

Posted on May 11, 2009 by manu prasad

A few weeks back, the eMarketer released some statistics about the kind of web advertisements that elicit reactions from readers. Clearly, the crowd likes to see ‘advertisements’ within content – I think advertorials would be a subset of that. This … Continue reading →

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