Tag Archives: Microsoft

Wave Content

Posted on June 4, 2009 by manu prasad

And just when Microsoft seemed to get moving on Google, with Bing, its new search engine (in case you haven’t heard) with a $80-100 million ad budget, and bundling the real time social search engine OneRiot with IE8, Google comes … 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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“What will you do when the money goes?”

Posted on April 6, 2009 by manu prasad

Even as stories abound about a Google acquisition of Twitter, Adage had a story on how Google is already making money out of tweets. According to the article, Google is offering ad units that display the client’s five most recent … Continue reading →

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Social Advertising

Posted on November 5, 2008 by manu prasad

A post on the WindChimes blog sparked off an interesting argument on whether banner advertising on Facebook is called Social Media Marketing. But before we step into that, a quick look at what Facebook has been upto recently. Facebook recently … Continue reading →

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Social Factories

Posted on September 29, 2008 by manu prasad

What self respecting social media blog could let the Facebook redesign slip by without a post dedicated to it. Now is a good time considering that Mark Zuck has deemed that we shut down our silly protests and just accept … Continue reading →

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Chrome and the quest for ubiquity

Posted on September 5, 2008 by manu prasad

I honestly wanted to write something else, but there was so much excitement generated by two tools this week, across the web, and in me, that I felt that I had to share it. I am still exploring both of … Continue reading →

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Its just getting bigger…

Posted on August 22, 2008 by manu prasad

A big news earlier this week was the launch of Big TV, with 20 channels to be launched – music, movie, lifestyle, regional..according to this article from some time ago.  (via medianama) Right at the bottom of the article is … Continue reading →

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Ideal

Posted on March 25, 2008 by manu prasad

..for everyone concerned, is what the new ‘Idea Rocks India’ campaign looked like to me. Idea is taking Shaan to some 20 towns across India, and the contest is giving you the chance to be part of the tour – … Continue reading →

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Bill meets Mark

Posted on February 26, 2008 by manu prasad

Well, maybe Bill and Mark have met before in other contexts, but to actually have a promo of MS doing a facebook application in India is perhaps a first. And thats not all, there’s a game on zapak too. ‘Heroes … Continue reading →

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So, which is the bigger evil?

Posted on February 5, 2008 by manu prasad

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