JobYantra distributed job-boards… good idea, wrong implementation
A few months back, I wrote this post lamenting the sheer futility of traditional job websites for startups, which inherently need employees of a certain kind. I had pointed towards the growing popularity of job boards on popular blogs (like TechCrunch, Gigaom, JoelSpolksy etc). JobYantra, a Mumbai based startup has launched an initial version of their ...
Archive for June, 2008
MediaNama…. the latest technology news blog to hit the airwaves
Medianama is a technology news blog that went live today. Its written by someone who needs no introduction - Nikhil Pahwa, who till a few weeks back was the face of Content Sutra (possibly the biggest of the Indian tech news blogs in terms of reach & readership) in India. Nikhil has decided to step ...
Medianama is a technology news blog that went live today. Its written by someone who needs no introduction - Nikhil Pahwa, who till a few weeks back was the face of Content Sutra (possibly the biggest of the Indian tech news blogs in terms of reach & readership) in India. Nikhil has decided to step ...
JLT - Cool video “Where the hell is Matt?”
Just wanted to share this really cool video titled "Where the hell is Matt?". It chronicles the travels of Matt, a 31 year old American who got an all expense paid 6 month world trip through 39 countries on 7 continents. What did he have to do- well, JUST DANCE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA!!!!! And ...
Just wanted to share this really cool video titled "Where the hell is Matt?". It chronicles the travels of Matt, a 31 year old American who got an all expense paid 6 month world trip through 39 countries on 7 continents. What did he have to do- well, JUST DANCE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA!!!!! And ...
t9Nav - Quick navigation through phone menu’s
t9Nav is a product of Nuance Communications headquartered in Massachusetts, USA which is the same company which now owns the patent for T9 (Text on 9 keys) predictive text input commonly found on mobile phones these days. t9Nav is the latest product from this company. Simply put, t9Nav is an "Application launcher" application for mobile phones similar ...
t9Nav is a product of Nuance Communications headquartered in Massachusetts, USA which is the same company which now owns the patent for T9 (Text on 9 keys) predictive text input commonly found on mobile phones these days. t9Nav is the latest product from this company. Simply put, t9Nav is an "Application launcher" application for mobile phones similar ...
June 26th, 2008 | No Comments |
Hellotree from Canada… hit by an internet ‘El Nino’ from India!
HelloTree is a genealogy website that has been hit by the internet's equivalent of the 'El-Nino' factor. Based out of Canada, the website allows people to create an online family tree and socialise around it with their extended family. It is not specially aimed at India...but three months after launch they started noticing a steady ...
HelloTree is a genealogy website that has been hit by the internet's equivalent of the 'El-Nino' factor. Based out of Canada, the website allows people to create an online family tree and socialise around it with their extended family. It is not specially aimed at India...but three months after launch they started noticing a steady ...
M.A.D. - Mobile based learning
M.A.D. is a product from Delta Technologies, a startup based in Mumbai, India. M.A.D. is a M-learning program targeted mainly towards students preparing for various competitive examinations. The idea behind the product is to use the mobile phone as a source of learning whenever the student does not have access to his regular courseware, say when ...
M.A.D. is a product from Delta Technologies, a startup based in Mumbai, India. M.A.D. is a M-learning program targeted mainly towards students preparing for various competitive examinations. The idea behind the product is to use the mobile phone as a source of learning whenever the student does not have access to his regular courseware, say when ...
Microsoft & Open Source ?%$#@*
Just wanted to share this remarkable presentation on Microsoft's outlook for open source software. It was delivered by David Chou, an Architect with Microsoft at a public event. And as you would expect, it contains quite a few intruiging touchpoints. | View | Upload your own As the preso goes ".... the great contribution that ...
Just wanted to share this remarkable presentation on Microsoft's outlook for open source software. It was delivered by David Chou, an Architect with Microsoft at a public event. And as you would expect, it contains quite a few intruiging touchpoints. | View | Upload your own As the preso goes ".... the great contribution that ...
Purdafash… user contributed sting operations & exposes
Armed with an explosive name, Purdafash is aiming to become in the citizen journalism space, what Tehelka.com is to mainstream media. Started by people with smart academic credentials- an IIM Calcutta graduate, an IIT Kharagpur engineer and a graduate student in journalism, Purdafash is the aiming to become the epicenter on the web for sharing or ...
Armed with an explosive name, Purdafash is aiming to become in the citizen journalism space, what Tehelka.com is to mainstream media. Started by people with smart academic credentials- an IIM Calcutta graduate, an IIT Kharagpur engineer and a graduate student in journalism, Purdafash is the aiming to become the epicenter on the web for sharing or ...
FlockPod… social on-the-spot intercation on the webpage
Flockpod is a very useful idea. It defines itself as a social interaction pod - i.e. a small place on any webpage where people get together and interact on-the-spot.. It functions like an Ajax lightbox, but is Flash based. The idea behind FlockPod is to provide a space on any webpage itself (without having to navigate ...
Flockpod is a very useful idea. It defines itself as a social interaction pod - i.e. a small place on any webpage where people get together and interact on-the-spot.. It functions like an Ajax lightbox, but is Flash based. The idea behind FlockPod is to provide a space on any webpage itself (without having to navigate ...
Webyantra content on a Creative Commons License…
Just wanted to drop a quick note that the contents of this blog are now available on a Creative Commons license. I have had quite a few other bloggers, aggregator websites, media folks ask me this question by email. The CC license (in the footer) should clarify this, without any intervention from my side. Creative Commons ...
Just wanted to drop a quick note that the contents of this blog are now available on a Creative Commons license. I have had quite a few other bloggers, aggregator websites, media folks ask me this question by email. The CC license (in the footer) should clarify this, without any intervention from my side. Creative Commons ...
