Archive for March, 2008
Review your employers using Criticat (Overview)
Now you can get the first hand information about employers. This is an initiative lead by Shweta Gupta. This definitely fills the gap of lack of information (read as inside information) of a company. The site target both potential employees (job search) as well as employers (reputation management). According to Alexa, their ranking in India is 2,734. 79% of the traffic is from India.
IT Magazine can have a fresh online outlook
Information Technology Magazine (EFY) has completed 16 years of publishing. They do not have an online version of their magazine. Digitization of their content not only will fetch them wider audience but also additional revenue.
Watch Malayalam movies online using 2DMovie
2DMovie is a online portal which offers Malayalam movies. The customers can legally view or download Malayalam movies by paying a license fee. This is an effective way to reach wider audience and beat piracy. Majority of the traffic to the site is from India (22%), Qatar (18.7%) and US (11.5%). The 2D team is being lead by Jesinlal James. It all started by selling internet rights of his own movie Oridam
Listen to your favourite blogs using Blogbard
Blogbard is an interesting web application. It is a boon for those who do multitasking. Most people like to hear to music, songs or news (in the background) while working. Blogbard is a personalized radio service from Manoj Bist. It converts RSS feed of any blog into audio.
Topper- Integrated Learning System
Topper is a new 24×7 interactive education channel aimed at students of classes 9 to 12. They provide classes in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Apart from television, the programs would be made available on the internet. It is being promoted by Greycells 18. It is based on subscription and available on Dish TV and Tata Sky. Currently it is free until April 15, 2008.
Educational sector gets a boost from budget
Compared to previous year, there is a 20% increase in the budget allocation for education. This proves that the government is still committed to improve the educational system of the country. Budget carried more importance to provide elementary and high school education to all children. There are plans to open many higher education institutes throughout the country. All the knowledge institutes will be inter-connected through an electronic digital broadband network