7.5 million pageviews a month – that’s Boing Boing, one of the five most visited blogs on the Web. Blogs are becoming big business, as shown by Technorati, which indexed more than 106 million blogs as of September 2007, an increase of 12 million than in the previous month. Any new information source is considered [...]
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1 in 4 Americans are willing to trade their significant other with the Internet for some period of time according to a survey conducted by Zogby International and communications consultancy 463 Communications. Not surprisingly, the percentage was highest among singles, of which 31% said it could serve as a substitute. This from a data size [...]
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Audi recently unveiled an iPhone-like mobile phone that is intended more as a device that can give you complete control over the car, allowing functions such as keyless entry, heating/cooling, navigation input, audio/video functions. Now comes the kicker – since the phone is wirelessly linked with the car all the time, it can alert you [...]
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Chennai-based PixelKraft Media Solutions has recently launched Indibiz.tv an interactive online video directory that offers TV commercials of brands such as Airtel, Ford, Unilever, Nokia, Saint Gobain, Titan Watches, Wipro and Yamaha. The site aims to meet three objectives — recall, compare and respond. Very Web 2.0 the video quality of the commercials is better [...]
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The Microfinance space is now generating enough momentum to even attract the larger players. The latest is MicroPlace from eBay, which allows ordinary investors to buy securities aimed at improving conditions in the world’s poorest countries, investing as little as $100. Microfinance is the supply of loans, savings, insurance and other basic financial services to [...]
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mJunction recently joined Carwale, Carsalesindia, Indiadrive, AutoIndia, AutocarIndia, Carazoo, etc. with the launch of autojunction.in – an auto eRetailing portal. Online B2B sales for the automotive sector have been around for some time with eBay and mjunction, but this would have to be the first time that someone is attempting to sell new cars online, [...]
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