Posted on May 29th, 2008 by dhirender
With the mobile and online penetration growing rapidly in India, book publishers are now increasingly looking to ride the tech wave.
Take Pengiun for instance which recently partnered with Mobifusion, a global developer, publisher and distributor of mobile technologies, to repurpose the content from books to mobile phones.
Or Harper Collins, US, which has just finished digitizing […]
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Posted on May 28th, 2008 by dhirender
The world wide web now boasts of an estimated 15,000 sports betting websites, including some 13,000 illegal ones, shuffling around a staggering 15 billion euros (23.6 billion dollars) a year, according to this article - a number that is leading to concerns about global corruption, money laundering and gambling addiction. The amount of money traded […]
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Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by dhirender
A recent research by psychologist Matthew Bambling from the Queensland University of Technology, reveals that matches made over the Internet often do not last because people end up choosing unsuitable partners and forming emotional bonds before meeting face-to-face, women, more so, as they tend to be attracted by witty comments or clever emails.
While you could […]
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Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by dhirender
In its recently released “State of the Mobile Web” report, Opera analysed the aggregate, anonymous traffic of more than 44 million cumulative Opera Mini users worldwide and came up with some rather startling findings (mind you, these findings only pertain to Opera Mini users).
First some stats: Since its worldwide launch in 2006, more than 44 […]
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Posted on May 20th, 2008 by dhirender
Revenue for the online gaming market in the Asia/Pacific region is expected to grow rapidly between 2008 and 2013 from US$5.8 billion in 2007 to reach US$21.1 billion in 2013, a CAGR of 20.6% according to this In-Stat report. MMORPGs remain the mainstream of Asia’s online gaming market.
China is the fastest-growing market for online gaming […]
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Posted on May 20th, 2008 by dhirender
Social networking sites are seeing older members of society participate as more sites geared toward career age adults and retirees emerge according to this In-Stat survey.
Career networking sites like LinkedIn and Ryze are seeing their sites gaining popularity not only in individual memberships, but with corporations seeking to connect employees. Eons and 50Plus, both […]
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Posted on May 19th, 2008 by dhirender
India now has over 49-million internet users in the country according to this article in the Economic Times. No surprise that at 40 million, urban users account for a bulk of it, with rural net users making up the other 9 million. Regular net users, defined as anyone accessing the net at least once a […]
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Posted on May 19th, 2008 by dhirender
Not all that much if you believe the latest research by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. While the Internet is routinely used when making buying decisions, its influence wanes when compared to offline channels such as friends and sales personnel.
Of the 2,400 adults (which included 1,684 Internet users) surveyed, relatively few say online […]
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Posted on April 24th, 2008 by dhirender
Expecting to make a windfall from the country’s cellphone addiction, Twitter, the service that launched the micro-blogging movement, has launched an edition in Japanese - which in a first for Twitter will also carry advertisements.
Despite the site’s popularity in the United States, an estimated one-quarter of the people who accessed Twitter in February originated from […]
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Posted on April 24th, 2008 by dhirender
A recent survey found that 72.2% of the respondents use social media to research a company’s reputation for customer care before making a purchase, and 74% choose to do business with companies based on the customer care experiences shared by others online.
The survey also found that while 81% of the respondents feel that blogs, online […]
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