Alootechie News

Naukri.com: Job Index indicates 28% growth in new hiring in August 2010

Alootechie — Thu, 2 Sep 2010 07:05:04 -0700

According to a study by Info Edge India’s job portal Naukri.com, the job market witnessed a marginal drop in new hiring in August 2010, as compared to a month ago and a growth of 28 per cent as compared to a year ago. JobSpeak, an index that showcases the current job scenario, states that the overall job index in August 2010 was 956, as compared to 963 in July 2010 and 701 in August 2009.

Google India invites children to create a doodle for its logo

Alootechie — Thu, 2 Sep 2010 06:35:12 -0700

Google India has launched Doodle4Google Competition 2010, a ‘doodling’ competition that invites children from 5 to 16 years across India to create a Google doodle based on the theme ‘My dream for India’. The competition encourages young doodlers to imagine what India would be like in two decades from now and capture those images in colour and paper.

India to have 237 million internet users by 2015: Report

Alootechie — Wed, 1 Sep 2010 01:25:30 -0700

The number of internet users in India is expected to triple in the next five years, from the current 81 million to 237 million by 2015, according to a report by Boston Consulting Group. The report further states that many Indians will first go online from a phone, not from a computer, even though right now only 1 per cent of mobile phone users are using the internet.

OUP may not print the next edition of its multi-volume Oxford English Dictionary

Alootechie — Thu, 2 Sep 2010 06:11:40 -0700

According to Oxford University Press, the next edition of its multi-volume Oxford English Dictionary may not be printed and will probably appear only in electronic form because of the impact of the internet. However, its single-volume version Oxford Dictionary of English will continue to be printed.

StratosHear launches mobile ad network MobiAdz

Alootechie — Thu, 2 Sep 2010 05:10:35 -0700

New Delhi-based mobile media company StratosHear Technologies has launched MobiAdz, a mobile advertising network that offers mobile internet ad formats such as banner, video and text. According to StratosHear, MobiAdz has already attracted over 100 publishers across verticals and is currently serving tens of millions of ad impressions per month across 200 countries.

eBay claims to have 2.5 million users in India

Alootechie — Thu, 2 Sep 2010 03:26:55 -0700

Online marketplace eBay claims to have about 2.5 million users in India. The company has further said that while the ecommerce business in India is currently growing at 30 per cent, eBay India itself is growing at 60 per cent.

Interview > Bruce Clay, founder, Bruce Clay Inc

Alootechie — Wed, 1 Sep 2010 04:28:47 -0700

Following the launch of Bruce Clay India in September 2009, Bruce Clay, the guru of Search Engine Optimisation and founder of Bruce Clay Inc, visited India for the first time to conduct a three-day SEO Toolset Training programme during August 3-5, 2010. AlooTechie caught up with Bruce Clay to understand his views about the SEO market in India and his company’s future plans akin to the Indian online market.

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Google launches Health Speaks to help create online health information in local languages

Alootechie — Wed, 1 Sep 2010 00:03:06 -0700

Google has introduced a new initiative called Health Speaks that aims to help increase the amount of high-quality online health information in local languages. To begin with, the company has launched pilot projects to support community-based, crowd-sourced translation of health information from English into Arabic, Hindi and Swahili.

Mindshare wins Digital Media Innovation award at EMVIES 2010

Alootechie — Wed, 1 Sep 2010 00:27:17 -0700

Yahoo India has presented the Digital Media Innovation award to Mindshare at EMVIES 2010 organized by Advertising Club Mumbai. The award recognizes excellence, originality and uniqueness in the digital medium. Yahoo will also sponsor two people from Mindshare to attend ‘Spikes Asia – A summit for creativity, learning and recognition of Asia Pacific’s best work in advertising.

Sify plans to raise $86 million by issuing Indian equity shares to its promoters

Alootechie — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:09:42 -0700

Sify Technologies, which is listed on Nasdaq, plans to raise $86 million by issuing 125 million Indian equity shares of Rs 10 each, at a purchase price of Rs 32 per share ($0.69), to its promoters including Raju Vegesna, chief executive officer and managing director and Ananda Raju Vegesna, executive director and brother of Raju Vegesna.