PurpleNova redefines webhosting…turns your PC into a super easy webserver

The title for this post may seem an inflated sales pitch, but this is exactly what Purplenova does. I downloaded the installer; it took me a couple of minutes to complete the setup and another couple to drap & drop my files into the folder and get the URLs. The files were now accessible from any ...

Blognation…follow Indian tech/internet news here

Blognation, a multi-country technology blogging channel has launched its Indian edition. And the person writing their editorial content in India is Kiruba Shankar (surely Kiruba needs no introduction). Kiruba has been at the forefront of covering India technology focused news, blogging, podcasts etc for a while and you can expect quality stuff over at Blognation ...

So, who controls the internet’s reboot button?

Yesterday I attended a workshop (in Delhi) that was co-organised by IAMAI, ICAAN and Dept of IT, GOI. This was about macro-level internet policy and administration issues and was unlike any other internet/startup events that I have participated in. Its objective was to spread awareness about ICAAN and focus on internet security issues. Participants included ...

(Psuedo) WebOS Jooce launches from Paris… clearly has India on its radars

(Currently in private beta, Jooce has offered 15 test accounts to Webyantra's readers. In case you are interested in trying it out, please leave behind your email ID in the comment area for this post) Paris based startup Jooce has launched a free product that is aimed primarily at the millions of cyber cafe users ...

Product Demo day at Mobile Monday Delhi IV

The fourth edition of Mobile Monday Delhi happened yesterday. The venue was MDI Gurgaon and sponsors included MDI & Nokia. It was attended by app 75 participants. The theme for the day was demos from mobile product & services companies and the line-up included 10 mobile startups (just two of these were Delhi based, rest were ...

BlogPane…a smart blog widget for tracking your alma-mater blogs

Blogpane is a smart embeddable widget, that you can be used to track all the blogs from any educational institute. To use it, you have to first get your blog added to your alma-mater's blog list by sending an email to the Blogpane guys. Once thats done, go to this section of the Blogpane website, ...

National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN)-just what the doctor ordered for first time entrepreneurs

Being self employed is not easy; being self employed the first time (or during the first few years) is even less easy. My own foray into entrepreneurship happened not too long ago and it would have helped me greatly, had I access to a resource or network that could lend out a helping hand during those ...

MapMyIndia v08 rolled out…has much needed improvements

MapMyIndia has rolled out a refurbished version of its mapping application that includes some much needed improvements. Top of the list is enhanced map readability (and usability), something that I always thought was its achilees heel. The new maps look cleaner and are easier to read. The second big improvement is in the driving directions- detailed, ...

Viral funny video for Indian version of Thriller…the risk of negative stereotyping

Check out this really, really hilarious viral video that is currently one of the chart-busters on YouTube & Google Videos. It seems to be from some Telugu movie and is clearly inspired by MJ's Thriller. And it is downright funny, bordering on the scary & weird. While this is obviously to be enjoyed for its comic element, ...

Another World Web Map…but this one is cryptic

Continuing from the two fascinating web visualizations that I wrote about last week (World Web Trends Map & Periodic Table of the Internet), here's another one for you to chew. It's called the World Web Map 2007 and it is based on the websites' world classification carried out by Alexa and ComScore. The websites traffic is ...