India has the third largest number of Internet users in the world. According to a study done by InternetWorldStats.com, the Internet users in India on March 31, 2012 stood at 121 million. China with 513.1 million users topped the list while the United States with 245.2 million users was second. By world regions, eight...
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The Facebook juggernaut continues to roll on in India. In the nine months between March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2011, the Facebook India numbers have almost doubled. According to the latest data released by Internet World Stats, the number of Facebook subscribers in India was a stunning 41.39 million as against 23.07 million...
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The Indian Railways needs to be complemented for allowing passengers to use virtual reservation message – that is the screenshot of an e-ticket displayed on laptops, mobile phones or i-pads – to travel. The circular issued in July last year has made lives of passengers easier. They need not scurry around trying to locate...
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It is more than a decade since the arrival of Internet in India. But NRIs continue to form a large chunk of traffic to Indian news sites. This has been confirmed once again by ComScore.com, a global leader in measuring the digital world. It has found that almost one-third of traffic to top Indian...
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India’s IT and Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has stirred the hornet’s nest by announcing that social media sites must screen content. There is horror and disbelief among netizens, many of whom consider the announcement as nothing short of censorship. These netizens forget that social media must remain social if it is to be of...
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It is not enough to be an Ad Sense publisher. It is equally important to maximize your earnings from the ads run on your site. The best way to do so is ensure that your site gets the highest-paying available ads. You can do so if you adopt the following practices: 1. Placement Place...
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We have always known it. But now there are two digital studies that confirm how peer pressure influences online buying decisions. One study was carried out by the Social Computing Group of HP Labs and another was done by ComScore.com’s Social Essential services unit. The two studies indicate how peer pressure, now delivered through...
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