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Consumer Tracks

I heard a very interesting quote recently, attributed to Rishad Tobaccowala – When consumers hear about a product today, their first reaction is ‘Let me search online for it.’ And so they go on a journey of discovery: about a … Continue reading

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Weekly Top 5

This week’s updates include Zynga’s privacy policy gamification, acquisition of Five Mobile, investment in server infrastructure and IPO filing; Google’s new version of Android Market and the downloadable maps, investment in Wingu and purchase of Punchd, and YouTube’s Cosmic Panda … Continue reading

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Weekly Top 5

This week’s updates include Android’s market share increase, new apps – Path, StockTwits, Hulu and update on Skype; shutting down of Microsoft Hohm, partnership with Baidu, patent protection, Skype update; Facebook improvements to chat, new data centres, Circlehack; Twitter stats … Continue reading

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Weekly Top 5

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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Cause and Effect

My fandom relationship with the Pepsi Refresh Project has resulted in a few interesting conversations on this blog, this CSR one being the pick. As Surekha‘s comment says, this is the longest disagreement we’ve had.   That being said, I … Continue reading

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Weekly Top 5

This week’s stories include Apple’s patent headaches, change in in-app subscription guidelines, Blackberry Playbook new market launches, upgrades and patent fight with Dolby, Facebook’s IPO and valuation speculation, acquisition and hires, the reported new iOS app, Google’s search moves on … Continue reading

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Weekly Top 5

This week’s stories include Apple’s announcements on Lion, iOS 5, iCloud and updates on iWork, Android woes centred around malware and Lodsys, Facebook’s latest statistics, arrangements with online music and video providers, and tie up with Paypal, new features on … Continue reading

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Brands & Niche Networks

For a while now, I have believed that one of the inevitable consequences of the sprawling social networks we see around today, would be niche networks. This is not something we don’t see around already – in fact, most of … Continue reading

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Button Mania

Since the Skybags driven conversation on Twitter a few weeks ago (related posts by L.Bhat and Karthik) I have wondered about the presence of Facebook/Twitter icons in print ads. So I decided to do a little research on my own. … Continue reading

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Weekly Top 5

This week’s stories include Blackberry’s announcements at the World Conference – Playbook, NFC phones, Bing as default, Twitter statistics and third party ads, Facebook’s Social Deals and partnership with McAfee. Google Talk with video and voice and Google docs app … Continue reading

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