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Weekly Top 5
Posted in Bangalore Mirror Column, Weekly Top 5
Tagged Apple, Facebook, facebook timeline, Galaxy, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Mocality, Nokia, Orkut, Summify, twitter, XBox
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Weekly Top 5
This week’s updates include Zynga’s tie up with Gate2Play, its entry into China with Tencent, lawsuit against Vostu and Orkut, Angry Birds in China and a patent case against it from Lodsys; the end of Old Twitter and the beginning … Continue reading
Posted in Bangalore Mirror Column, Weekly Top 5
Tagged Ads API, Angry Birds, AOL, Apple, China, Editions, Facebook, Gate2Play, Google, Hotel Finder, iCloud, Lodsys, Madhouse, New Twitter, Orkut, Page Speed Service, Promoted Tweets, Push Pop Press, Randi Zuckerberg, Rovio, Skype, Tencent, Two Factor Authentication, Vostu, Zynga, Zynga City, Zynga game cards
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@having Maggi
A couple of days back, I happened to see the TVC made as part of Maggi’s 25 years in India celebrations, and the association with the brand was so strong that I had to check it out and write a … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Brand, Ideas, India, Internet, Social Media
Tagged Facebook, Maggi, Maggi 25 years, Orkut, twitter, YouTube
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Social Deluge
The last time I’d written about Bebo was a year back, in the context of AOL buying it, and a tongue-in-cheek suggestion of getting Kareena Kapoor (whose nickname is Bebo) to be the brand ambassador when they launch in india. … Continue reading
Posted in India, Internet, Social Media
Tagged AIM, AOL, Bebo, Bixee, Facebook, Friendfeed, Hi5, Ibibo, Kareena Kapoor, Lifestory, Lifestream, Orkut, Social Inbox
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Connecting people
It might be time for Nokia to rethink that line, thanks to the following recent launches- Google Friend Connect and Facebook Connect, both of which offer data portability across sites which have implemented the services. It got me thinking about … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Social Media
Tagged anonymity, Disqus, Facebook, Facebook Connect, Google, Google Friend Connect, identity, Orkut, twitter
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Minding Languages
A few days back, Ajit Balakrishnan, CEO of Rediff.com, stated that there is no evidence from the last ten years of the internet business that users want online content in Indian languages. He cited the example of Rediffmail, which is … Continue reading
Local Social Networks
I’m guessing most of you reading this use GTalk. Recently, a new service called GTalk Profile was launched. While, so far, you could add people only via their email ids, GTalk Profile helps you find other people using your location … Continue reading
Brand new media
While reading up on the original premise of this blog – brands, I came across a couple of interesting articles that spanned both my interest areas – brands and social media. The first was on Brand Accretion. Accretion is defined … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Brand, Internet, Social Media
Tagged brand accretion, Google, Idea, long tail, new media, NIIT, Orkut, social media marketing, The Joker, Warner
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The Virtual Address
Read a very interesting argument yesterday here on how an online community is different from a group on a social network, or is it? As i commented there, while Orkut definitely works as a way to rekindle those school crushes/ … Continue reading
On the right track
Saw the new Fastrack TVC on air - Shut up and Move On, but I didn’t see it there first. Fastrack is a brand whose communication i try to follow, simply because i feel that somewhere they’ve got the pulse … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Brand, India, Social Media
Tagged Facebook, Fastrack, Orkut, twitter
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