The first YouTube video was uploaded at 8:27PM on Saturday April 23rd, 2005 and was shot by Yakov Lapitsky at the San Diego Zoo. Youtube recently celebrated it fifth birthday.
Watch the video… nothing special, but it’s a small step with which the company began! The guy in the video has become history maker… :)
As of April 14, 2010, Way2SMS now serves 10 million people across the country. Just 8 months ago the company served less than half as many people and it is trying to reach every corner of the country by this year end.
“The rapid pace of our growth is humbling and exciting for us, and it affirms that people everywhere are realizing the power of staying connected to others via Way2SMS. So today as we celebrate our 10 millionth user, we’re doing what we like doing most—building and launching new products for users. This week we’ll host a celebration at our headquarters, and we’ll release a handful of new things that will improve users experience on way2sms, including a couple that users have requested a lot,” the company said.
Several facts behind way2sms
Anandita Singh Mankotia
Within seven days of 3G spectrum auction, the government has netted Rs 23,000 crore, with
one provisional bid for pan-India spectrum touching Rs 5,710.36 crore on Saturday. In a nutshell, the government has already mopped around 66% of the budgeted Rs 35,000 crore.
So far, 40 rounds of bidding have taken place with nine operators in the fray. Analysts feel that the auctions could be completed this week with the expectation that one provisional bid for pan-India spectrum would be around Rs 8,000-9,000 crore which would be around 2.5 times of the base price of Rs 3,500 crore.
Romal Shetty of KPMG said he expected one provisional "bid to be around Rs 7,000 crore after which competition would thin out with only bigger players being able to sustain".
Prashant Singhal, telecom analyst with E&Y, said, "We see the bid price closing between 2.5 to 3 times of the base price, which would be around Rs 8,500 to Rs 10,500 crore".
However, Manoj Mohta of Crisil Research said that "the 3G auction itself will dilute the margins of the companies and if a pan-India bid closes beyond Rs 6,200 crore, then the pressure on margins will be greater".
After having lost its numero uno position to Gujarat in terms of the highest bid, Delhi has regained its position with a bid of Rs 626.37 crore.
Mumbai had the second-highest bid at Rs 598.59 crore while Tamil Nadu logged in the third-highest bid of Rs 549.24 crore, followed by Gujarat that experienced negative demand at Rs 533.40 crore.
Maharashtra got a bid of Rs 533.37 crore, while Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh received bids worth Rs 507.97 crore and Rs 493.50 crore, respectively.
The bid for UP (East) was at Rs 228.59 crore, Uttar Pradesh (West) at Rs 225.74 crore, Rajasthan at Rs 220.70 crore, Madhya Pradesh at Rs 218.23 crore, Kerala at Rs 190.52 crore and Haryana at Rs 170.69 crore.
Kolkata and Punjab circles saw bid prices of Rs 174.25 crore and Rs 132.51 crore, respectively.
West Bengal saw a bid price of Rs 123.63 crore, with one circle witnessing negative demand. Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Assam, North East and J&K too continued to see negative demand at Rs 30-crore bid levels, except Bihar and NE where it was Rs 32.44 crore and Rs 30.30 crore, respectively.
The Centre is auctioning three 3G slots in 17 service areas.
Yahoo News
Mumbai, Maharashtra, April 12, 2010: IBNLive.com part of Web 18 Group, one of India's most popular/ leading online sources for general news and information launches path-breaking and technologically equipped feature named 'Blaze' on their site. 'Blaze' enables the end-users to shortlist or finalize their favorite celebs, anchors, presenters and reporters, post which users will get real-time up-to-date information on their activities(what they're reading and watching). This feature will give one an opportunity to validate or question their favorite anchor on their source of information and grow from their observations and learnings. One can even follow their updates and share comments on them as well as chat, ask and answer questions.
IBNLive has added a prominent section Blaze, which allows their users to directly connect with all anchors of their channel- IBN on their site and ask for answers on issues/ queries relevant for them. For eg. consumers/ investors can approach Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor in chief, on this page and ask questions related to current/ burning issues of the day. Or catch up with the latest bollywood related gossip/ news with Celebrity and Entertainment expert- Rajeev Masand.
The site now also offers in depth detailed news on areas of maximum interest, through special sections on the site
· IBN Politics - all the news and updates in the world of politics
· IBN Movies - Bollywood, Hollywood, Sandalwood... it's all there
· IBN Sports - news, images and stories pertaining to the world of sport
· IBN trends - an interesting new section that focuses on current topics of interested - from health, to fashion to careers etc
IBNlive.com receives 30 million page views per month and offers real time news in a variety of formats including video-on-demand, audio- and live-streaming. The website is also one of India's first major Web 2.0 news site with blogs, podcasts and citizen journalism.
IBNlive.com key features are
· Core Offering: Live News
· Multi-platform (Anytime news)
o Web, mobile, e-mail
· Multimedia content
o Video on demand, audio, live streaming
· Exclusive content
o Blogs, podcast, expert chats and analyses, investigations
o Blaze
Commenting on the launch of Blaze Lakshmi Narasimhan, CEO, Web18 said, "IBN News Live is the only complete Indian news-site which offers its viewers a diversity of features like VOD, podcasts, live streaming, blogs, interactives, e-mail, mobile etc. We are extremely interested in knowing our viewers point of view which has led us into the introduction of the new feature - Blaze on IBN Live.com.
Check out the 'Blaze' which kicks -off live on 12th April, 2010 onwards on IBNlive.com.
Notes to Editor
About Web18
Web 18 is the Internet and Mobile arm of Network 18, India's leading Media conglomerate. It is India's fastest growing internet company with leading portals such as MoneyControl.com, Cricketnext.com, CommoditiesControl.com, PowerYourTrade.com, Tech2.com, Biztech2.com.IBNLive.com, Compareindia.com, Storeguru.com, Indiaearnings.com, JobStreet.com, Indiwo.com, Buzz18.com and Josh18.com. The recently launched In.com, has rapidly grown to become India's second largest horizontal portal.
New Delhi, April 9: Social networking website Facebook is planning to enter China's web market.
According to Sina.com, Larry Yu, spokesman for Facebook said that Palo Alto based social networking website is "interested in China, just as we are many other countries, and while we are studying and learning about them all, we have no specific plans for China at this time."
Facebook registered the Facebook.cn domain name in 2007, reports Xinhua.
The famous networking website has more than 400 million users around the world. 70 percent of Facebook users are from the U.S.
According to the China Internet Network Information Center, China had approximately 384 million users in 2009 end. (ANI)
The selling of ad-space to rivals of a matrimonial website has landed Google in court.
Consim India Private Ltd, owners of various matrimonial websites, including Bharatmatrimony.com have said they are awaiting the Madras High Court verdict on the case against Google for 'infringing' on their trademark.
"The talks (between the two firms) have been completed and we are awaiting the verdict. Our contention is that Bharat Matrimony's trademark should not be used by competitors and Google should not allow it", Consim India CEO Murugavel Janakirman said.
The issue pertains to Google advertisements using Bharatmatrimony's platform to sell space to its competitors.
Consim contends it has trademarked names like Tamil Matrimony, Telugu Matrimony and as such, Google should not allow advertisements on such trademarks.
Consim India has sought an injunction against Google for not allowing the competition to bid on trademarks of Bharat Matrimony.
On expansion plans, he said they planned to set up retail outlets at various places in South India. "These outlets will be helpful for parents who do not have the ability to access internet at remote places. We will appoint four-five people at these centres to help them" he said.
Based on their requests, these people would help parents select the right brides or bridegrooms, he said.
Initially, the company proposed to set up 30 such centres in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, he said, adding that the company would conduct a series of campaigns over the next few weeks to promote the retail outlets.
He said the recently launched matrimonial website for divorcees has been a success, with over one lakh people having already registered. "To promote this concept we will also conduct divorce matrimony meets in various places," he said.
To a query he said about 50 companies have joined hands with Consim to participate in "Matrimony Day" celebrations, slated to be held next week.
Agencies
Tikona Digital Networks (TDN) is engaged in building the next generation wireless broadband services for home and enterprise customers in India. It is now available in major cities across India- Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi, etc.
TDN has an all India class A ISP licence granted by the Ministry of Communications, Govt of India, for this purpose. TDN envisions a powerful -Broadband enabled India and will make all possible contribution to make this happen.
TDN would also be building a comprehensive services framework that can deliver leading edge voice, video, IT applications and multimedia content services over any broadband or IP centric network. Such a framework can be outsourced by service providers globally, who desire to offer next generation services to their customers. TDN has engaged the best in class technology partners to build the required capability frameworks.
TDN was founded in mid 2008 by veterans from the telecom industry, who have built some of the largest networks in India for mobile, enterprise, broadband and DTH services. TDN is adequately funded by top end global investors and is committed to comply with the highest standards of corporate governance.
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