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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One of the most overused, but ironically least understood, terms today is Web 2.0. Many consider it as Version 2.0 of the World Wide Web. But is it? If it is, then what happened to Web 1.0? Was it replaced by new protocols? Or does it continue to exist even today? Also, what about...
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Five Indian languages — Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu — have been added to the Google Translate bouquet. With this six Indian languages – the sixth being Hindi – are now supported by Google Translate. It was not easy for Google Translate to add the five Indian languages. Wrote Ashish Venugopal, Research Scientist,...
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The “Follow” war has hotted up on the net. Taking a cue from Facebook’s Like button, Twitter has launched its Follow button. Websites can now connect to Twitter directly, and their visitors can follow their Twitter feeds from the Follow button. They will be directed to the Profile page of Twitter, where the latest...
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Has Internet arrived in India? Has it become a tool of mass communication? Or is it still an urban phenomenon? Also, what is the percentage of Indian population that is connected to the net? These are questions that are often raised when one debates the popularity of Internet in India. Here are four ways...
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Live streaming has started attracting eyeballs on the net. This is clear from the first week figures released by Indiatimes on online viewership of IPL4. There is a jump of 62% in online IPL viewership as compared to last year. The Indiatimes report says that “In 2010, YouTube recorded over 5.5 million channel views...
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Paywall advocates have run into a new wall: social media users. There is a dawning realization that before planning to wall your content you must consider its fallout on social media users. The news stories that draw the highest traffic today are the ones that go viral thanks to their getting fan following on...
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