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Today I had the pleasure of chatting with Robert Scoble (and many others) on his Kyte channel. Previously I had wondered where Kyte would fit into the grand scheme of things, but after the last couple of days, I agree with Scoble; Kyte is very disruptive. The fact that you can embed your [...]

Microsoft is going to offer web based office applications. Microsoft, a strong leader in the traditional office space, was not talking about their plans in the web based office space. Their silence allowed companies like Google, Zoho, Thinkfree, etc. to get a very good market share in this space. In fact, the success of Google [...]

Not the usual fare on TechBizMedia, but too good to pass up. Om Malik is an idol of ours. From his roots in India, to his quality as a journalist and blogger, one could say that TechBizMedia owes its existence to Om. So it’s good to see that he will now have [...]

Silicon.com has this article that quotes Equifax warning about how social networking sites like Facebook, Bebo, etc. can cause identity theft
Neil Munroe, external affairs director for Equifax, said in a statement: “The problem is that people don’t realise the significance of the kind of information they are putting out on the web and who may [...]

I am sure you’ve seen this in most business 101 type books and articles. If you have no competition, you might need to rethink if you are in the appropriate business. But what if you have some competition? One of the first things I learnt as a product manager was never to [...]

The blogosphere is full of speculations on whether some big company will acquire Facebook or not. Some people are arguing that Facebook will stay independent and move towards an IPO. Whatever be the case, one thing is becoming clear. The chances of Facebook going towards Microsoft is quite unlikely after the recent acquisition of Parakey. [...]

This is a third article in the series Startup 101. In the first post, we understood the importance of not starting alone. In the second post, we discussed about the issues related to selecting a business partner. In this post, we are going to talk about the importance of story telling for the leader of [...]

Recently, Bryan Richard and Tim O’Reilly proclaimed that GPL has no future in this networked world where software is to be delivered as a service. You can also read Tim’s previous post on the topic here. I am not comfortable with their postions. The software as a service is at very early stages and it [...]

Can you create a fully functioning startup in 54 hours? Adam Rubenstein was one of those who got to participate in Startup Weekend, an event that aimed to do just that. What was startup weekend all about? From Adam’s post

The success of Facebook is well known to most people. But Facebook is not the only social networking service that has been seeing bright times in recent days. Ning, a social networking company started by Marc Andreessen and Gina Bianchini announced Series C funding of $44 million.