Monthly Archives: January 2008

Twitter Shortcode for India – 5566511

Twitter Mobile is now really here in India. You can message to Twitter directly by sending it to Shortcode 5566511. Happy Twittering.

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CAT results out – Servers crash again

Like always, the IIM servers have crashed again. As expected, the 240,000 students and their parents and friends are busy opening the same page and as a result the servers have not been able to handle the pressure. At peak … Continue reading

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Building a widget / ecosystem of programmers

QuarkRuby, one of the hottest shopping startups in India has a new post about building widgets. It is a great post and they talk about all sorts of widgets one can possibly make. On seeing a post on programming, it … Continue reading

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CAT 2007 Results expected today

The CAT 2007 Results are expected to be out today. Out of the 2,30,000 students who appeared for the exam, about 5000 would receive calls for the interviews. One in every 46. And then the next stage of the battle … Continue reading

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How much does your company need to spend to acquire a new user?

Recently heard over at AlooTechie, that BharatStudent.com, an Indian social networking website for students is planning to spend about Rs 25 crore over the next two years. About Rs 6.25 crore would be the capital cost, while the remaining 18.75 … Continue reading

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Wikia Results not available

Wikipedia’s new Google killer search engine – Wikia is going to launch today. It works on an interesting concept. It allows users to download a desktop application which you can find at Grub.org, which it uses to index the internet. … Continue reading

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