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Weekly Top 5

Posted on January 31, 2012 by manu prasad
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Building brand stories

Posted on November 10, 2011 by manu prasad

There was a superb post at Misentropy last week on story-telling that opened up new perspectives for me on that art, and science, especially the last few lines on subliminal commands that could set or reset a new memory episode … Continue reading →

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Weekly Top 5

Posted on July 1, 2011 by manu prasad

This week’s updates include iPhone’s 4 years of existence, Skype’s announcement of an iPad app, Fring’s video chat on iPad, Apple suing Samsung; Twitter’s Promoted Tweets in the stream, Twitter for Newsrooms, the Obvious Corporation; Facebook’s growth, Winklevoss disputes, new … Continue reading →

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Weekly Top 5

Posted on May 20, 2011 by manu prasad

This week’s top news has Angry Birds, Zynga’s acquisitions and valuation, Twitter for Mac, Twitter mobile website, Lady Gaga, its deal with NTT DOCOMO, Android’s security fix, Market Update, Samsung bringing Gingerbread to Galaxy, ViewSonic’s Honeycomb tablet, Facebook’s lawsuits, Places … Continue reading →

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Weekly Top 5

Posted on April 22, 2011 by manu prasad

This week’s stories include Twitter’s Local Trends, expansion and plans to acquire Tweetdeck, Living Social’s and Groupon’s moves in the Deals space, Foursquare Day statistics and Loopt’s Q’s, Google’s quarter results, GMail features, and some Apple news.

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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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Leaps of faith

Posted on August 11, 2008 by manu prasad

The new Samsung TVC, starring Aamir Khan has been airing for sometime now, and I’m still trying to figure out exactly what it means. I’m okay with a brand aiming for the best, and looking out for cutting edge technology, … Continue reading →

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Unsung Heroes?

Posted on May 19, 2008 by manu prasad

The last few weeks have seen a flurry of activity in the nascent Indian ‘celebrity blogger’ space. Most of the action has been around Aamir Khan, and his newly discovered penchant for ruffling feathers. Whether its the name of his … Continue reading →

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Brand or Ambassador?

Posted on March 27, 2008 by manu prasad

India’s success story and the rapid rise of consumerism has resulted in a feast for anybody who comes close to being a popular person. No, I didn’t mean your favourite office peon, what i had in mind was actors, cricketers etc, and the has-beens … Continue reading →

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