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« Previous EntriesMicrosoft Tries With ‘Cashback Per Action - CPA’ Model
Microsoft redefines the ‘C’ in CPA model in advertising, calling it ‘Cashback‘. Is this like offering discounts in the form of cashback? The buyer is the publisher equivalent of CPC model. Though, this initiative will not generate any revenue for Microsoft - merely playing the role of facilitator, it’s intended to eat into the share […]
Express Yourself With ’someecards’
Tired of sending generic ecards online? Want to be better at expressing yourself though online greeting cards? Someecards by Onion.com folks has a whole lot hilarious ecards, if you care/dare enough to hit ‘Send’. Also buy printed cards for those excellent ecards you like. May be they should start offering these cards printed on t-shirts […]
Social Web Search Using P2P Architecture
In a way, P2P which Napster popularised is a very basic form of social networking from an user’s perspective. P2P has its own legal issues in certain industries. Many startups are attempting to dethrone Google in the search game. Multiple approaches like Natural search, Human powered search, Live search without any index, vertical search & […]
Timing The eMail Send Button
This mini-app, Time Machiner was built in 4 hours. It eliminates the chances of forgetting a birthday of a dear one or any occasion. Wish them right on time by specifying the date for the email to be sent sometime in future. Also remind yourself of certain activities by receiving the mail to yourself at […]
Display Friendfeed Comments On Your Wordpress Blog
The commenting system built within friendfeed has the potential to take some of the conversation away from the original source. Brighter part is, it can add new audience into the conversation. Starting a topic within friendfeed and doing encouraging discussion is a bonus. Thanks to ‘Friendfeed Comments‘ Wordpress plugin which pulls the comments and Like’s […]
Tags Or Labels… Which Is Better?
Tags & Labels are slowly replacing Categories & Folders. Generally Folders for email and labels - popularized by Gmail, aims to bring the offline concept to the online world. Someone so used to offline world should find labels a better representation. Also, labels might suit in situations where tags could get misundertood for graffiti & […]
Profile Your Customers’ Social Media Behaviors
Monetising social web has been an unsolved misery. Most of the startups in this social web space rely on advertising supported revenue. Since majority of the startups in this space are ‘built to flip’, only a few could be lucky to exit with a acquisition. But many advertisers are of opinion that ‘return on ad […]
Happy April 1st: Almost Convincing 2008 Tech Stories
Almost convincing tech stories on April 1st existed for a while and this trend is now getting more popular. There is no dearth of 2008 stories. Read through them and have some fun. gDay with MATE announcement by Google Australia, giving the users an ability to search content even before it is created. ‘Gmail Custom […]
Auctions Tracker For Roaming eBay Sellers
You are at work and your company’s firewall blocks you from accessing eBay. ‘On the Move’ most of the time but still want to keep effective track of your eBay sales & customers. With ahTXT, stay connected to get information on sales, offers, feedback and other events in real time on your cell phone for […]
Aggregating the Content Producer
Lately much has been H.Y.P.E.D. about friendfeed. Aggregated content presentation from a producer/contributer perspective is a new paradigm. The first generation feed readers made it easy to track individual content sources rather than the contributer. With friendfeed, producers decide what to share and the critics, spectators simply decide which contributer to follow. Greasemonkey script […]
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