Tracking schools in India
India has been able to create and maintain educational brands like IIT – where very good technical education is given at some of the world’s lowest costs. At the other end of the spectrum, India has about 350 million people who form the primary work force of the country without any education to speak of.
TokyoCamp.. a huge success..
The latest TechCrunch TokyoCamp was held last Friday and by the looks of it, it was a resounding success with some great Japanese (and 1 Singaporean and 1 South Korean) startups demo-ing their wares. This also includes some demos by previous Asian startup who had presented at TechCrunch50. Here is the list of startups that
Australia: Search Marketing Grows… Display Ads Stall..
Finally!… I just can’t believe it’s taken this long, but it looks like Search is finally catching up with other forms of Online Advertising in Australia. As a report compiled by PwC (Price WaterHouse Coopers) shows, for the Quarter ending on 30th September 2009 Search Engine Marketing (PPC) has grown while Displays ads have fallen.
Tudou.com – Aiming to be the YouTube in China
China never fails to amaze me with the number of “copycat” websites adapting successful business model in the US for use in China. Was reading this article on TechCrunch on Tudou.com – aiming to be the YouTube in China. Tudou is one of two companies left fighting it out to be the YouTube of China
Hotel reviews – Indian style
In a recent study, it was noted that in the UK, 73% more people went to hotel review websites than to hotel booking websites. This means that a much larger time is spent online researching the hotels and destinations before booking. Also, some of the bookings can and will happen offline, while most of the
Japan and Korea lead the world in Internet Speed vs. Costs…
I’ve seen this chart on several blogs the last few days, and thought it was quite useful. It aims to present a geographic view of average internet speeds around the world in relation to the monthly cost per every 1 Mbps. It’s great to see Japan and Korea leading the pack so prominently… and more
India’s WiMAX auctions – Google comes sniffing
As reported here and here, Google is looking to participate in the upcoming auctions for providing WiMAX services in India. WiMAX or Wireless microwave access is also known as Broadband Wireless Access or BWA. Google could either go on its own or be a technology partner to an existing Telecom service provider. India’s WiMAX subscribers
YouTube launches ‘Promoted Videos’ in Australia…
YouTube Australia has just launched a paid model to help companies promote their videos on YouTube. Companies will now be able to promote their videos and ensure they appear next to relevant content, and in front of relevant audiences. Essentially, Promoted Videos is a CPC paid model based on the Google Adwords keyword bidding model,
Wait a minute? China complaining about Google Censorship?
In a very odd turn of events… a leading Chinese paper is now blaming Google for censoring their content! Oh.. how the tables have turned?! For as long as most of us can remember, it’s been the other way around with China normally requesting Google to censor or limit accessibility to pornographic sites or content
