Internet In India

WindowsLivePlanet – Microsoft India’s Social Networking Initiative

editor — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:57:56 +0000

Here’s another experiment (err… Initiative) from Microsoft, called WindowsLivePlanet.

From the about us section of the site:

WindowsLivePlanet

A Microsoft India initiative, the program has been designed to allow you to find people that match you. All you need to do is complete your profile: I am (demographics), I do (habits), I feel (attitudes) & I like (interests), and Windows Live Planet will open up a whole new world! The match-meter automatically suggests friends, and even lets you find friends exactly the way you want! There is no limit to the number of friends that you can make.

Facebook’s gaining momentum, Orkut remains to be a leader and Microsoft wants a piece of pie

Anyways, click here to join.

Facebook Usage in India Grows as Orkut lags behind

editor — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:40:14 +0000

Insidefacebook reports that based on the data from Facebook’s advertiser tools facebook has been explosively growing for last two months in India.

Starting about 60 days ago, Facebook’s growth began accelerating rapidly in both Brazil and India, growing several times faster in May and June than it did in March and April.

- InsideFacebook

While Facebook has been growing slowly and steadily in India for the last couple of years, Facebook exploded in May and June, doubling from 1.6 million to 3.2 million monthly active users in the country in the last 60 days.

- InsideFacebook

Orkut still appears to have the largest user base amongst social networks in India with 13 million users.

Click here to read more on Facebook’s growth story in India on Medianama.

LimeDomains.com Offer on Watblog’s B’day

editor — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:15:44 +0000

LimeDomains - Free Application Hosting and Domain Name Registration

Watblog today announced 50% off on DOMAIN REGISTRATION & FREE HOSTING (THANKS TO LIMEDOMAINS).

On the occasion of WATBlog’s anniversary, a reputed name in the Indian media proven for promoting internet awareness, LimeDomains congratulates WatBlog and offers all WatBlog readers with an exclusive offer from LimeDomains to get their own domain and make their presence felt on the net. Be the first few to get exclusive discounts from 25-50% on Domain purchase & Transfer and host your blog, site, application completely free.

“LimeDomains.com, from Lime Labs LLC U.S., is on the path of becoming the leader in domain name registration and hosting in the next couple of years. In recent years, internet in India has evolved such that users who used to be primarily information seekers have now started to create a web identity via expression. There has been significant growth in community content driven services like wikis, blogs etc in India. LimeDomains aims to create a niche in providing individuals in India & worldwide an easy way to host applications by utilizing its next generation hosting platform.” – Abhishek M Gupta, VP, Technology Lime Labs LLC.

Read more at Watblog…