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Re: How Twitter is Dethroning the Old Guard

Srikanth — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:48:19 -0000

What!

Twitter going to dethrone Google and Email?
No way...

I wonder what percent of Google users need real time results. And as for the suggestions from followers, not every one has hundreds of followers with ever useful suggestions. Sooner or later, every company out there is going to embrace twitter and follow public time line for key words and spam us with self-promoting ads [Guy Kawasaki does a similar thing for AllTop.com - http://blog.guykawasaki.com...] And still, Google might eventually serve the ads on twitter. Who knows?!

And how on earth can twitter replace e-mail? May be it can replace IM. But e-mail? Of course, even Eric Schmidt once described twitter as poor man's email [http://blogs.reuters.com/me...]
I use them both - but for entirely different purposes.

Re: HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Gmail Labs

Srikanth — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:14:36 -0000

HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Gmail Labs?!

Just visit http://lifehacker.com/tag/g...

Re: Microsoft Encarta Officially Succumbs to Wikipedia

Srikanth — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:38:46 -0000

Wikipedia FTW! RIP Encarta!

But seriously, Encarta is no match for Wikipedia. Some English users may disagree. But when it comes to languages like Hindi, Telugu and Tamil, forget Encarta. Wikipedia is often the only source of information. Of course, factual correctness is always an issue with Wikipedia. I usually double check the information with other sources.

Re: Last.fm Temporarily Backs Down from International Subscription Fees

Srikanth — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:32:14 -0000

Some one suggested listen.grooveshark.com on the earlier article and it is fine. Only problem is it hogs bandwidth.

playlist.com, blip.fm and mixtape.me are fine too.

Re: Google Launches Free Music Download Service in China

Srikanth — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:18:08 -0000

I wonder how long this service is going to live. Perhaps till the word democracy pops in some song!

But, then again, maybe Google will capitulate once again and block all such songs.

Re: Hunch: Flickr Founder to Turn Indecision into Profits

Srikanth — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:20:38 -0000

Mr Andre, do you mind sending an invite to me! My mail is srikanthmanda[at]gmail.com

Re: Hunch: Flickr Founder to Turn Indecision into Profits

Srikanth — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:01:17 -0000

The very first thing that struck me was that it was similar to Yahoo Answers and Mahalo Answers. But now its seems to have a more sophisticated model than either of them.

Pedigree is great. But I wonder if people are ready rely on a website to take advise regarding tough decisions for which, as mentioned in the post, Hunch works better, than with trivial matters, Of course, people have, for long, relied on forums and groups for the very things Hunch now seems to provide assistance for. And I guess Hunch can be a big hit if it can provide the same functionalities of those forums and groups.

Re: China: Tibet Video is Fake, But We’ll Block Entire YouTube Anyway

Srikanth — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:48:43 -0000

Ha! These guys will never, ever learn. Perhaps its time somebody writes "A Social Media Gude to The Governments".

Re: Last.fm to Start Charging International Users

Srikanth — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:45:12 -0000

thanx for the recco. just checked it. nice.

Re: Last.fm to Start Charging International Users

Srikanth — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:40:03 -0000

Good Bye, Au revoir, (Arabic) إلى اللقاء, अलविदा (Hindi), Arrivederci (Italian), До свидания (Russian), Adiós (Spanish), ลาก่อน (Thai), Adeus (Portugese), Αντίο (Greek), (Hebrew) להתראות, నమస్తే (Telugu).....Last.fm

P.S: Chances are, they won't be hearing most of the above languages anymore on Last.FM

Re: Facebook Rolling Out New Homepage to Users Today

Srikanth — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:07:26 -0000

I've been hearing a lot about the new changes and have been eagerly waiting since the first day. I was disappointed seeing that I still have the same old home page even today!

Also, I wish the news feed settings can be fine tuned further. I mean, like being able to block certain type of updates from certain users like, say, photos from a fan page.

[Case in the point is Masable's fanpage - while I'm really a big fan of Mashable, I'm not exactly interested in "Pete's Totally Awesome Album".]

Re: Twitter Brand Sponsors: Mashable’s New Sociable Ad Format

Srikanth — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:29:56 -0000

I think you've hit the Jack-Pot, guys! Perhaps Twitter can take on this Idea and monetize it.