TheBizofCoding: April 2007 Archives

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Apr29	Google Sweeps 2007 Rankings for Top Brand, Employer & More Ujwal Tickoo April 29, 2007 Know More: Google 2.0, Google It seems that 2007 will be the year of Google sweeping top lists. According to Bloomberg, Google got 537 million users in March 07, surpassing both Microsoft and Yahoo!: Google's sites had 528 million visitors worldwide in March, a 13 percent gain from the same month a year ago, ComScore Inc. said today. Microsoft had 527 million, while Yahoo had 476.3 million. Google is Ranked as the number 1 Employer in 2007 by FORTUNE and it is ranked 241 in FORTUNE 500 with annual revenue of US$ 10,604 million. Yahoo! recently improved its FORTUNE 500 ranking to 357 (annual revenue US $ 6,425 million) up from last years 412. It is also ranked 44th in the Top 100 Employers List from FORTUNE. eBay is ranked 383 in FORTUNE 500 with annual revenue of US $ 5,969 million. UK based Brand Firm Millward Brown has ranked Google as the World's most powerful brand using its Brandz valuation framework (PDF). GE and Microsoft are ranked 2nd and 3rd. However, while Google gained 77% value since last year in its Brandz valuation, Microsoft lost 11%. The Top 10 Technology Brands in Millward Brown's list are: Google (Actual Rank:1 Value Change:+77%) Microsoft (Actual Rank:3 Value Change:-11% ) IBM (Actual Rank:9 Value Change:-7%) Continue Reading Posted at 11:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr24	Wikipedia Available on CD Ujwal Tickoo April 24, 2007 Wikipedia version 0.5 is available on CD for $13.99! This project has been started by a collaboration between Wikimedia Foundation and a French company Linterweb, through the efforts of Wikimedia France. You can buy the CD here. Its a good first... Continue Reading Posted at 11:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Lessons learned from 1 Year of Blogging Ujwal Tickoo April 24, 2007 TheBizofCoding is now just over a year old. It got honored by listing in India's Top Technology and Web 2.0 blogs by long time pro-blogger Amit Agarwal in his post "India Blogs 1.0 - The Most Widely Read Blogs in India".... Continue Reading Posted at 6:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Onion -- Funniest Web News Source Yet! Ujwal Tickoo April 24, 2007 If you are majorly bored or tired with work and have had your full of dilbert cartoons and regular jokes The Onion is the finest news place to visit to have a laugh! Here are 5 super funny news items I read today:(1)... Continue Reading Posted at 4:42 AM \| Permalink
	5 Career Tips for Indian Techies Ujwal Tickoo April 24, 2007 Here are 5 useful tips for techies -- especially those who have less than 5/6 years of experience in the IT industry. These tips are based on my conversations with several IT industry colleagues over the years; and some observations about Indian techies.Tip... Continue Reading Posted at 3:24 AM \| Permalink
Apr17	Microsoft's Antitrust concern on Google's DoubleClick acquisition Ujwal Tickoo April 17, 2007 In a weird twist of fate Microsoft has raised antitrust concerns about Google's recent $ 3.1 billion buyout of Internet Adserving firm DoubleClick. Microsoft 's complaining that Google would have a dominant position in Online Search is amusing when for years Microsoft has used... Continue Reading Posted at 12:50 AM \| Permalink
Apr16	Microsoft Reveals Silverlight, Flash Competitor Ujwal Tickoo April 16, 2007 Microsoft Vista evangelist Tim Sneath has revealed Silverlight, a browser plug-in for playing rich media files (video, animation, interactivity) -- direct competitor of Adobe's Flash Player. Silverlight will be available for both Mac and Windows and on multiple browsers like Internet... Continue Reading Posted at 2:56 AM \| Permalink
Apr12	Viacom's exclusive Ad deal with Yahoo!, YouTube hurts Google Ujwal Tickoo April 12, 2007 Viacom has signed a multi-year exclusive Ad deal with Yahoo! This is a clear signal from Viacom that it meant business when it sued Google for US $ 1 billion over the issue of "massive intentional copyright infringments" by YouTube.This... Continue Reading Posted at 12:47 AM \| Permalink
Apr11	Q&A with the Founder of IndianPad -- Part 1 Ujwal Tickoo April 11, 2007 IndianPad (www.indianpad.com) is the most popular social news site in India, quite often referred to as the Digg (www.digg.com) of India. I am an avid user of IndianPad and always wanted to know how this rocking Indian Web 2.0 product came to... Continue Reading Posted at 2:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 5	Network Publishing : Understanding Adobe Creative Suite 3 Ujwal Tickoo April 5, 2007 This post continues from my previous post Adobe Announces Creative Suite 3.Adobe didn't merely acquire Macromedia to get Flash (& related revenue) in its stable. There was a deeper reason. At a strategic level, Adobe needed Macromedia to further its vision of... Continue Reading Posted at 3:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 2	SAP loses CEO-in-Waiting, Shai Aggasi Ujwal Tickoo April 2, 2007 Shai Aggasi, CEO in-waiting at SAP, and president of its product and technology group has decided to move on. Aggasi 39, was asked by SAP to pledge a 10 years committment and share a Co-CEO role with Leo Apotheker after the... Continue Reading Posted at 6:17 AM \| Permalink

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Apr29	Google Sweeps 2007 Rankings for Top Brand, Employer & More Ujwal Tickoo April 29, 2007 Know More: Google 2.0, Google It seems that 2007 will be the year of Google sweeping top lists. According to Bloomberg, Google got 537 million users in March 07, surpassing both Microsoft and Yahoo!: Google's sites had 528 million visitors worldwide in March, a 13 percent gain from the same month a year ago, ComScore Inc. said today. Microsoft had 527 million, while Yahoo had 476.3 million. Google is Ranked as the number 1 Employer in 2007 by FORTUNE and it is ranked 241 in FORTUNE 500 with annual revenue of US$ 10,604 million. Yahoo! recently improved its FORTUNE 500 ranking to 357 (annual revenue US $ 6,425 million) up from last years 412. It is also ranked 44th in the Top 100 Employers List from FORTUNE. eBay is ranked 383 in FORTUNE 500 with annual revenue of US $ 5,969 million. UK based Brand Firm Millward Brown has ranked Google as the World's most powerful brand using its Brandz valuation framework (PDF). GE and Microsoft are ranked 2nd and 3rd. However, while Google gained 77% value since last year in its Brandz valuation, Microsoft lost 11%. The Top 10 Technology Brands in Millward Brown's list are: Google (Actual Rank:1 Value Change:+77%) Microsoft (Actual Rank:3 Value Change:-11% ) IBM (Actual Rank:9 Value Change:-7%) Continue Reading Posted at 11:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr24	Wikipedia Available on CD Ujwal Tickoo April 24, 2007 Wikipedia version 0.5 is available on CD for $13.99! This project has been started by a collaboration between Wikimedia Foundation and a French company Linterweb, through the efforts of Wikimedia France. You can buy the CD here. Its a good first... Continue Reading Posted at 11:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Lessons learned from 1 Year of Blogging Ujwal Tickoo April 24, 2007 TheBizofCoding is now just over a year old. It got honored by listing in India's Top Technology and Web 2.0 blogs by long time pro-blogger Amit Agarwal in his post "India Blogs 1.0 - The Most Widely Read Blogs in India".... Continue Reading Posted at 6:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Onion -- Funniest Web News Source Yet! Ujwal Tickoo April 24, 2007 If you are majorly bored or tired with work and have had your full of dilbert cartoons and regular jokes The Onion is the finest news place to visit to have a laugh! Here are 5 super funny news items I read today:(1)... Continue Reading Posted at 4:42 AM \| Permalink
	5 Career Tips for Indian Techies Ujwal Tickoo April 24, 2007 Here are 5 useful tips for techies -- especially those who have less than 5/6 years of experience in the IT industry. These tips are based on my conversations with several IT industry colleagues over the years; and some observations about Indian techies.Tip... Continue Reading Posted at 3:24 AM \| Permalink
Apr17	Microsoft's Antitrust concern on Google's DoubleClick acquisition Ujwal Tickoo April 17, 2007 In a weird twist of fate Microsoft has raised antitrust concerns about Google's recent $ 3.1 billion buyout of Internet Adserving firm DoubleClick. Microsoft 's complaining that Google would have a dominant position in Online Search is amusing when for years Microsoft has used... Continue Reading Posted at 12:50 AM \| Permalink
Apr16	Microsoft Reveals Silverlight, Flash Competitor Ujwal Tickoo April 16, 2007 Microsoft Vista evangelist Tim Sneath has revealed Silverlight, a browser plug-in for playing rich media files (video, animation, interactivity) -- direct competitor of Adobe's Flash Player. Silverlight will be available for both Mac and Windows and on multiple browsers like Internet... Continue Reading Posted at 2:56 AM \| Permalink
Apr12	Viacom's exclusive Ad deal with Yahoo!, YouTube hurts Google Ujwal Tickoo April 12, 2007 Viacom has signed a multi-year exclusive Ad deal with Yahoo! This is a clear signal from Viacom that it meant business when it sued Google for US $ 1 billion over the issue of "massive intentional copyright infringments" by YouTube.This... Continue Reading Posted at 12:47 AM \| Permalink
Apr11	Q&A with the Founder of IndianPad -- Part 1 Ujwal Tickoo April 11, 2007 IndianPad (www.indianpad.com) is the most popular social news site in India, quite often referred to as the Digg (www.digg.com) of India. I am an avid user of IndianPad and always wanted to know how this rocking Indian Web 2.0 product came to... Continue Reading Posted at 2:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 5	Network Publishing : Understanding Adobe Creative Suite 3 Ujwal Tickoo April 5, 2007 This post continues from my previous post Adobe Announces Creative Suite 3.Adobe didn't merely acquire Macromedia to get Flash (& related revenue) in its stable. There was a deeper reason. At a strategic level, Adobe needed Macromedia to further its vision of... Continue Reading Posted at 3:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 2	SAP loses CEO-in-Waiting, Shai Aggasi Ujwal Tickoo April 2, 2007 Shai Aggasi, CEO in-waiting at SAP, and president of its product and technology group has decided to move on. Aggasi 39, was asked by SAP to pledge a 10 years committment and share a Co-CEO role with Leo Apotheker after the... Continue Reading Posted at 6:17 AM \| Permalink

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