TechPluto partners with TradePub to provide FREE eZines & whitepapers

Techpluto partners with tradepub. Techpluto will now provide you quality eZines and whitepapers absolutely free. In an effort to create a bank of FREE & quality eZines and whitepapers on TechPluto,we have partnered with Tradepub to provide our readership with selected eZines and whitepapers related to the field of Internet,IT,finance and other influential circles of world economy absolutely FREE. We have especially created an eZine Shelf(see the upper tab) to maintain a repository of tech eZines & whitepapers(again,all are free) from now onwards. We will add a new eZine/whitepaper to eZine Shelf everyday so watch out for regular dose of quality eZines and whitepapers added to TechPluto's eZine Shelf. And here's the flagship entry to eZine Shelf... ............................................................................ Title : Google vs The World : The Battle of the Message Security vendors Brief-up :With such a powerful name behind it,'Google Message Security' stands out in a sea of products that do exactly the same thing - or so they say. So when it comes right down to it, how does the Google selection stack up against the rest of messaging security's big guns? Publisher : Google Free Download link ............................................................................

ByPrashant SharmaOctober 30, 20080Comments

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Mikogo lets you collaborate online…

Mikogo screen sharing tool. Mikogo lets you share your screen and collaborate online with friends and colleagues If you are looking for a light,easy-to-use and FREE screen-sharing tool for web collaboration with your colleagues or friends then Mikogo can help you out... Mikogo is a free online desktop sharing tool with a bunch of features for web conferencing.With Mikogo, you can host screen sharing sessions and invite up to 10 participants simultaneously to your web meeting. Further features of Mikogo include switch presenter(lets you switch the user sharing his/her screen),file transfer,meeting password (for enhanced security),preferred meeting ID (to schedule online meetings in advance) & skype compatibility (providing free screen sharing and phone calls together,a complete real time collaboration)

ByPrashant SharmaOctober 29, 20080Comments

Featured Startups Utility focussed

Looking for an interactive ‘Virtual Office’ ? Try Geniusroom !

Cheap virtual office-Geniusroom lets you have an easy & interactive interface to manage your clients, projects or relationships.It features live chat,ppt,tele-conferencing & 5GB storage As internet has led to more globalised services than ever,'virtual offices' are also mushrooming to let distant people interact and collaborate in easiest way possible and save out time and infrastructure as well. So,here's a service that serves you with your own virtual office in a unique and interactive way.We're talking about Geniusroom GeniusRoom lets you have an easy & interactive interface to manage your clients, projects or relationships. It features secure chat, powerpoint presentation, and 5GB of free storage to share your documents. Click-to-call teleconferencing is available as a subscription.You can view updates on your mobile phone as well.Their patented telephony software and a streamlined interface makes working online an enriching experience.

ByPrashant SharmaOctober 27, 20080Comments

Utility focussed

How to reduce Startup expenses

Everyone wants to save as much as money while going for a startup. This article will provide you a bunch of tips to reduce startup expenses & avoid layoffs. We've earlier reported startups/company layoff news here and here but as such layoffs have become so frequent now that it's no more a news but just an obvious reaction to the troubled economy. As of now, more than 20,000 employees working at tech startups/companies have lost their job and this figure may exceed one's wildest expectations in the coming months. Seeing the current situation, we decided to put forward a bunch of tips for startup guys & entrepreneurs to avoid "painful layoffs" and still survive this crunch period... Have a look at this eleven tips !

ByPrashant SharmaOctober 27, 20080Comments

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Android Market vs App Store : The fight is ON !

The 'Android Market' is ready to take on 'App Store' but Google is looking a bit conserved in approach at this front. The approach in case of Android's app market inaugural remained quite different to App Store's launch.Android Market,at the time of launch showcased just 62 applications compared to 552 iPhone apps at the launch of App store but one thing that remained a critical concern for Google during this launch was the delivery of 'high utility apps'(that's why the count wasn't high). But iPhone is probable to be the ultimate winner in this area as the developers have built such a huge inventory of iPhone apps in very short span which may not be replicated with equal enthusiasm by developers community in case of

ByPrashant SharmaOctober 24, 20080Comments

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Inkfruit clubs ‘Artistic designers’ and ‘Style fanatics’ (Special !)

Inkfruit is a place for people to submit, discover and buy amazing custom T-shirt designs created by artists from around the world. If you are a young lad and love sporting funky tees then InkFruit may satisfy your soul the most... Inkfruit is India's first online democratic community T-shirt brand till date (and probably the most successful as well) Inkfruit is an Indian portal for awesome T-shirts. It is also a platform for individual designers to submit designs, get acclaim,win prizes and have fun ! In their own words

Inkfruit is a place for people to submit, discover and buy amazing custom T-shirt designs created by artists from around the world. Based around an ongoing T-shirt design contest, all of the designs you see on Inkfruit have been submitted by our community

People submit their earth shattering design ideas for T-shirts. These designs are then

ByPrashant SharmaOctober 22, 20080Comments

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Teachmate : A place where currency to learn is ‘Knowledge’

Teachmate is a service that maps you with a mate on the basis of geographical location and the 'skill' you want to learn(and that same 'skill' the mate can teach) So you want to learn something...and not just physics or statistics but things like guitar,salsa,cooking or anything else but you also don't want to spend even a penny over it...then ? Try Teachmate ! It's a non-profit service that maps you with another mate registered on their website on the basis of your geographical location and the 'skill' you want to learn(and that same 'skill' the mate can teach). But as you're not willing to spend(and that's what this service wants you to),you have to teach something that you are good at(and that same 'skill' your mate is looking for). According to Techmate's founder,Roman Snitko

ByPrashant SharmaOctober 21, 20080Comments

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“Who should be your next employer ?” Confused !! Go Jobeehive…

JobeeHive is a unique community platform for professionals, which brings career information (reviews, ratings, salaries) on companies If you are a working professional with a question "Where should I go next ? " then Jobeehive can definitely help you out for taking a wise career decision... Jobeehive is a place where people anonymously review their past/current employer and get to read the similar kind of reviews about other companies from their employees.This way,the community shares its actual experience and helps creating a place which serves as a transparent and guiding platform for all its contributors to help them decide their "would be" company. In their own words

JobeeHive is a unique community platform for professionals, which brings career information (reviews, ratings, salaries) on companies and industries along with professional networking.

Apart from basic concerns like hiring process,work culture,senior management etc,it also provides rare salary information that helps professionals understand salaries,benefits and

ByPrashant SharmaOctober 21, 20080Comments

Utility focussed

Hibernater Review

Hibernater is about the concept of bringing hibernation onto Internet by saving and resuming work states easily This is something which will prove very useful for those who are addicted to desktop PCs(and not portables). Just imagine how convenient it would be if you are able to hibernate(kinda freeze) your documents & websites(in opened state) at your office PC and resume it back with just one click at your home PC or any other computer. This is what hibernater empowers you with.Hibernater is all about the concept of bringing hibernation onto Internet by saving and resuming work states easily. The main benefit is not just saving time spent on emailing many files and retrieving them but Hibernater also protects you against unintentional overwriting of files. This benefit alone can help many people save time and avoid frustration. This Singapore based startup

ByPrashant SharmaOctober 19, 20080Comments

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Scrumy lets you manage tasks/projects with no hassles

Scrumy project management tool(Scrum) lets you manage your tasks/projects efficiently with no hassles. Scrumy is a project management tool(Scrum) which lets you manage your tasks/projects efficiently with no hassles.It gives you an easy to use ajax based interface which lets you collaboratively use it with your friends/peers to manage daily tasks/projects. This illinois based startup has three founders(Robert Brend, Dan Kordik, Mike O'Malley) working for it and this is how they describe their product... In their own words

Scrumy is a simple and intuitive way to do Scrum project management. At its core, Scrumy is a virtual taskboard, and is free. Scrumy Pro has more Scrum-specific features like multiple sprints, burndown charts, and daily snapshots

The entire procedure to create a project on scrumy is very simple.It lets you create a story(sort of a goal) and add related tasks to that story.You can categorize those tasks into 'To do', 'In progress', 'Verify' & 'Done'.You can create multiple stories(goals) within a single project.Check out a demo

ByPrashant SharmaOctober 15, 20080Comments

Utility focussed

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