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தமிழில் கூகுள் நியுஸ்

அக்டோபர் 30, 2009 மறுமொழியவும்

பார்த்ததும் அட சொல்ல தோன்றியது. குறைந்த பகுதிகள் இருந்தாலும், மனதார வரவேற்கிறேன்.  ஒரே இடத்தில் எல்லா செய்திதாள்களையும் புரட்டும் வகையில் இருப்பது,என் போன்ற செய்திதாள் வாசிக்க நேரமில்லாத இளம் தந்தைமார்களுக்கு கோடி புண்ணியம். இன்னும் மாவட்டம், நகர வாரிய பாகுபாடுகள் இருந்தால் நலம்.

 

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Twitter and social media

அக்டோபர் 9, 2009 மறுமொழியவும்

Is it relevant to post ‘blog updates’ on twitter? Yes definitly.  Are we not abusing twitter? And again Yes. When RSS feeds enables readers to subscribes to updates, why spam Twitter with invisible links with invisible content, where RSS feeds atleast shows, if not the full post , a snippet.

You may trust your followers to provide you the right content in hidden URL. But a fatigue sets in , when you have too many links to open wondering what might be in it for.  Now wordpress.com has come with Publicize. It allows users to post updates automatically , so that your followers will be updated as soon as it is posted. You can customize the tweet content as well.

This incessant updates would kill twitter, where people [ a small part of it] use it for conversations. Ideas born of it, problems get solved when people collaborate not exchange with links explaining the possible solution for the given problem.

This makes me wonder about how Google Wave might be and also feel happy about.  If my guesses are correct they should design similar to Google reader share links with Content or  Note or both. They also vote their likeness, Star them.

Lets not kill social media specially twitter when people were allowed to argue in 140chars not 60 minutes when experts blabber and audiences are only texting their opinion.

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Is Google the becoming the Yahoo of the early 2000?

அக்டோபர் 7, 2009 மறுமொழியவும்

I remember the day when i almost  jumped out of  the chair, after i created site in geocities. Editing HTML was so easy it was like child play,except the annoying ad widget.  Although i have two yahoo ids now, one which was created because my full name as yahoo id was available.

When i say Google the new yahoos, not in a negative way, but the number of services they offer are tantamount to what yahoo used to offer. Think of the gamut of services beyond Mail. Documents, Sites, Reader,Maps,etc. All these would have been in yahoo’s roadmap more or less.

Other companies like Microsoft and Zoho are offering similar services, but GMAIL is the pivotal product after search engine , which made users stick to it. Like your neighbourhood grocery store, where you would wait to get favourite Cheese even though its available at the  next store at a discounted price. Its all with the familiarity.

Gmail shutdown has been sore point oflately, but not a major concern.  I beginning to notice the offline feature for most of the Google services. Hip hip hurrah for that. Gmail, GDocs, GReader all have it with the support of Google Gears. Its a good and proactive to go beyond SaaS , but offering a desktop solution is Nah Nah for me and for most of you.  But i would like to get my hands dirty, because i trust my neighbourhood store man. He always delivers.

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