The Hottest asset of a Deadpooled company : Domain name*

In this article we will explain you the benefits of premium domain name. A super-common domain may add to your service by making your brand easy to remember. If you can figure out the similarity between 'Startups.com','Fly.com','Vibrators.com' & 'Toys.com',then you won't find it tough in getting the title of this post (The Hottest asset of a deadpooled company : Domain name*).Here '*' means 'Conditions apply'.Condition ?? You got to own one of the most common(& desirable) domain names possible on web. To be factual,its almost impossible for anybody to find such a worthy domain name now(if there would still be any such unclaimed domain name,domain registrars would rather get those themselves before anyone else finds it out). These four mentioned domains have been sold for a total of $4.5 Mn within past three months only,with latest being Toys.com which recently got auctioned for nearly $1.25Mn.Honestly,i haven't been a positive promoter of such deals as brands are built with 'Quality of Service' and not with a mere 'domain'. A 'super-common' domain may

ByPrashant SharmaFebruary 6, 20090Comments

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“Google Earth 5” Review

Google earth latest version 5 has been officially released with new features such as Google Ocean,historic imagery and more real-time data. Here comes the next version of Google Earth(version 5.0) which takes your imagination to another level.With what we already had in Google Earth,a common user couldn't even fantasize,what GEarth's team has delivered with their latest installment of Google's 3D earth mapping software.(Download it here) Now,along with Google Earth,you can explore deep oceans which means you can dive into the ocean to explore buried realities beneath the silent water surface. You can also traverse back into history(it should have been branded "Time machine" ) to see how geographical changes have occured in the past decades.Be it a human construction or natural changes,everything is captured and you can witness it right through this software. Along with this,Google Earth has infused pile of critical data(courtesy NASA,

ByPrashant SharmaFebruary 3, 20090Comments

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A ‘FF Add-on’ that forced me back to Firefox(from Chrome) : “Cooliris”

In this article we will tell you about cooliris 3d web browsing. Cooliris is basically a firefox add-on that enables much faster image/video/product searching from a bunch of major sources. "Cooliris is really cooooool !" and there is no exaggeration in it.This is the one(add-on)

that forced me back to Firefox as I was loyal enough to Chrome since its launch inspite of all its shortcomings .Chrome,worked quite OK for me for a couple of months but then.... Inspite of Chrome's regular updates and recent 'Out of Beta' announcement,"No FF add-ons"(specially TwitterFox) were adding to my pains every now and then.But when i recently came across a Firefox Add-on,I seriously couldn't resist myself from going back to Firefox and start using it immediately on a regular basis.It's actually a pleasure to use Cooliris(again,no exaggeration!). Cooliris is basically an Add-on that enables much faster image/video/product searching from a bunch of major sources(Google,Yahoo,Flickr,Youtube.Amazon,iTunes and many others) in a 3D environment.It lets you have a thumbnail view of images,videos,products of search results and lets you go directly to the webpage,hosting that particular image,video or product

ByPrashant SharmaJanuary 13, 20090Comments

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“My data is critical.But how do i protect it ?”…Here are few solutions

Many of us search for a Data center related to free e-books, free datacenter related white papers. A useful list is shared below. If you're a guy who handles critical data in any sense for your own self,your startup or your company(where you're employed) then you got some food for your brain over here. Here is a shortlisted bunch of free subscriptions that are quite useful(as these are all proper researched reports/Whitepapers) only for those who're serious about scaling their knowledge to the required level. For newbies into 'data storage & security practices',this might appear a little overwhelming but giving it a take isn't a bad idea at all as intellectual subscriptions are always good(if not great). Here goes the list...

ByPrashant SharmaJanuary 12, 20090Comments

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“The Crunchies 2008” is well over…Facebook did it again !!!

In this article we will tell you the Crunchies 2008 results. An awards night organised by TechCrunch. Biggest tech companies,most influential startups,tech icons and much more,all in one single night. And here are the winners of this year's edition of "The Crunchies" related to various areas.Have a look at the winners,runner-ups and nominees at this event...

ByPrashant SharmaJanuary 11, 20090Comments

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‘No DRM and Variable prices on iTunes Music’ says Apple…Will it work ?

No drm and variable prices on iTunes music, that's what Apple had said in one of their press releases. Find the complete details below. Apple has finally made an agreement with all the prominent music labels regarding the DRM issues.From now onwards,all of the four major music labels-EMI,Sony Music Entertainment,UMG and Warner Music Group will start selling music through iTunes without D.R.M. software which used to constraint digital files from getting copied(EMI was doing it already). Dumping D.R.M. was Apple's long time wish but three of the four biggest music labels were in constant disagreement on compromising upon anti-copying restrictions.But this January,at Macworld 09,this agreement went official.This DRM exclusion will surely bring more sales to iTunes as customers can now copy the music downloaded from iTunes with no hesitation. But the compromise isn't one-sided at all. Apple has also compromised on its part,agreeing to variable prices for various songs,as against its standard '99 cents per song' methodology for selling any music(old or latest).April onwards,the majority of songs(older tracks) will be sold at 69 cents while the most popular and newest songs will come

ByPrashant SharmaJanuary 7, 20090Comments

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Satyam Scam : Indian Corporate History

Satyam Computers Chairman,Ramalinga Raju resigned and confessed about the fake projections about his company. Find the complete details below. Today can surely be called "A Shameful day" for the entire Indian corporate industry as one of the high profile Indian public companies,Satyam Computers' Chairman,Ramalinga Raju resigned today and confessed about the fake projections about his company's performance and financial status. Raju confessed that company's balance sheet carried inflated figures from year on year.The company had been projecting non-existant profit & revenue figures and this had been happening for nearly 10 years within the company. In his five page resignation letter to Satyam's board of directors,he admitted that for the second quarter which ended Sep 30, 2008,the company reported a revenue of $560mn (Rs 2,700 cr) and an operating margin of $135mn(Rs 649 cr) as against the actual revenues of $440mn(Rs 2,112 cr) and an actual operating margin of $12.5mn(Rs 61 crore).All this resulted in non-existant cash and bank balances up by $122mn(Rs 588 cr) in the second quarter alone. Although Ramalinga Raju,ex-Chairman,Satyam Computers has taken all the blame on his own

ByPrashant SharmaJanuary 7, 20090Comments

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Twitter under Attack : Phishing,Celebrity hacks…What Next ???

Celebrity twitter accounts got hacked yesterday and the support tools had to be taken offline.

Past week,twitter was having a bad time,dealing with phishing attacks and following up with it was yesterday's celebrity account hacks(Barack Obama,Bill O Reilly,Britney spears and 30 more such accounts).

Although,the hacks came to a halt after Twitter took the support tools offline,the hackers behind it had done what they wanted to...breaching twitter's security to the best possible level.

Although many followers might have enjoyed/amused the tweets that were bubbling out from the hacked celebrity accounts,such an act has revealed the vulnerability of Twitter to a great extent.

A phishing attack(which Twitter earlier had) was more of an external attack for Twitter but such a fatal 'serial hacking' reveals more about the technical loopholes of this micro-blogging platform and might give celebrities a reason,not to opt for it as a mode of connecting with their fans/followers.

So,the next question is....What Next ?

ByPrashant SharmaJanuary 6, 20090Comments

Utility focussed

IDNTITI Review

In this article we will tell you about idntiti community rating tool that's fueled by community and provides Reputation & Identity related information. Today,most of us maintain our online identity where we go social(Facebook,Myspace etc),go professional(LinkedIn) or go party(Fubar).And there are decent possibilities of us being searched,followed or tracked online by our employer(in case of individual),our employee (in case of an organisation) or our customer(in case of a product/service) as the web is so open that nothing is hidden actually. And directly or indirectly but community always speaks about every known entity,be it a human,product or an enterprise.For instance,websites such as Yelp(products/services reviews ),Glassdoor(companies review) and countless others are popular examples of community feedback. So here's a similar web service that's trying to rate every possible entity under one roof especially 'Individuals'.Meet IDNTITI... IDNTITI is a rating tool that's fueled by community and provides

ByPrashant SharmaJanuary 5, 20090Comments

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BolCityBol : Taking Indian Online classifieds to Grass-root level

BolCityBol provides a solution for online classifieds which caters a common person's day to day needs involving apartment rentals, buying/selling, jobs Online classified portals are nothing new today.People usually use free or paid classifieds portals for either reaching out to the intended customers or finding out the required service. Craigslist,being the most popular(and oldest as well) wins maximum audiences all over because of its FREE nature and too simple interface(although i don't like the decade old UI). But one thing that Craigslist hasn't been able to do yet is replicating the same depth of local classifieds that it has created for US cities,to cities in any other country. So,here's a service that's looking to fill this void in India(Currently Mumbai and Pune only)....BolCityBol BolCityBol is a Mumbai-Pune(currently) based FREE local classifieds service .If someone needs to buy or sell a particular product or service,physical proximity becomes a CRITICAL factor in decision-making. BolCityBol,going all depths into the two mentioned cities,is trying to capitalise this 'proximity' factor in

ByPrashant SharmaJanuary 2, 20090Comments

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