Kochi: Emerging city of South India.

posted by   raja (81)   26 months ago (www.business-standard.com)

Kochi is slowly becoming one of the important shopping destinations in South India with around six shopping malls being built at present.

City is shaping up, and at the same time lack of planning on the basic infrastructure will be a repeated mistakes and cause people's living difficult.

The 7 Secrets of Internet Marketing

posted by   raja (81)   26 months ago (www.businessknowhow.com)

Businesses are spending more and more of their marketing dollars on Internet marketing. And while some aspects of Internet marketing are the same as traditional marketing, others are not. Here are seven things you need to know for your Internet marketing to be successful.

The Best, Worst and Most Surprising Things About Being a Franchisee

posted by   raja (81)   26 months ago (www.franchisetrade.com)

Franchise Trade surveyed franchise owners all over the country to find out the raw realities of franchise ownership today. Their anonymous responses are a frank, unhyped and fascinating snapshot into the real world of franchising.

Your Approach Makes a Difference

posted by   raja (81)   26 months ago (www.businessknowhow.com)

Do your sales staff make an effort to help your customers buy from you, or do they rarely venture past a perfunctory "Can I help you?" The approach your staff takes with your customers has a direct effect on whether or not they make a purchase, and how big that purchase is.

6 Ways to Succeed with Crankpots

posted by   raja (81)   26 months ago (www.businessknowhow.com)

The workplace harbors an abundance of crankpots-- people who wouldn't know a smiley face if they saw one. Communication becomes difficult, and at times impossible. Consider these six ways to succeed with the disgruntled ones.

Web Hosts Hit by Hackers

posted by   raja (81)   26 months ago (www.thewhir.com)

Hackers recently exploited a flaw in the cPanel (cpanel.net) hosting control panel to gain access to four Web hosts including HostGator (hostgator.com), and take control of Windows-based machines using Internet Explorer, in an attack that lasted from late Thursday to Saturday afternoon. The hackers placed an iframe script in Web sites that directed

What do you like/hate most about Humdigg? Add your comments..

posted by   mblaster (217)   26 months ago (humdigg.com)

Blast your comments on Humdigg and let the community know what you like/hate most about Humdigg.

You can register to humdigg in 10 seconds (and don't worry, you dont need to supply your email-id). You may comment as anonymous, if dont want to login OR register..

Web Standards, Browsers and Designing for the future

posted by   raja (81)   26 months ago (www.americanchronicle.com)

At present, a vast majority of webmasters are designing for IE (Internet Explorer) 6, which is not fully W3C standards compliant as is FireFox, Netscape, Safari and Opera.

Wipro announces opening of Dubai Internet City Global Service Management Centre

posted by   raja (81)   26 months ago (www.ameinfo.com)

This new Wipro facility provides process-based service delivery, 24/7 operations, pro-active monitoring and administrative services for IT infrastructure and applications.

The high price of Google's free products

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (htwww.bloggingstocks.com)

What would be the side effects for the gmail user when Google's servers automatically scan the content of users email in order to propose relevant text ads to users at the right-hand side of the email interface.?

The Engadget Interview: J Allard, Microsoft Corporate Vice President (Zune)

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (podcasts.engadget.com)

everybody in the world listens to music, not just 50 million people that have iPods. And so Microsoft is taking a real deep approach when it comes to music and saying, "There's an opportunity with this technology to narrow the distance between artists and their audience.

Microsoft Announces Vista-Ready Peripherals

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (www.pcmag.com)

Microsoft announced several wireless PC peripherals, including its first backlit desktop, designed with its upcoming OS, Windows Vista, in mind.

Web 2.0 start-up strategy: sell-out big

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (blogs.zdnet.com)

The creation and operation of a profitable Web 2.0 business is a worthy dream in and of itself. Moreover, proving that a cool app can also make money just might garner a shot at the Web 2.0 lottery dream of acquisition, big time!

Dubai Crown Prince accused of enslaving thousands of boys.

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (www.adnki.com)

"The suit calls it "one of the greatest humanitarian crimes of the last 50 years" and says more than 30,000 boys could have been victimized."

Vista to Generate $40.7 Billion in European Revenue

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (www.technewsworld.com)

A study by technology research firm IDC says Microsoft's Vista OS will support over 1 million jobs in Europe and create an additional 500,000 new positions. Vista will be installed on more than 30 million computers in the UK, Germany, France, Denmark, Spain, Poland and Denmark in the first year of shipment, and 105 million units will use the

Singapore deports Indian activist

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (www.hindu.com)

An Indian national, identified merely as "a male activist," has been denied entry into Singapore and deported on the ground that he "posed a potential security and public order threat to the annual meetings" of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) Group.

Top Windows writer abandons Microsoft

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (www.theinquirer.net)

MICROSOFT DEVELOPER and writer Pete Wright has had enough of Vole and has bought an Apple.

Rotating City in Dubai soon

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (www.dubaicityguide.com)

Plans have been unveiled for a $1bn rotating city at Dubailand. The development is expected to include around 20 apartment towers with rotating floors, villas that float on water, as well as "flying" villas that revolve while moving up and down on supports. The world first city would be one of more than 200 individual projects making up Dubailand.

Intel plans entrepreneur program in India

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (www.eetimes.com)

Intel, which announced massive layoffs on Tuesday (Sept. 5), said it will bring the university's technology entrepreneurship program to Indian technical and management institutes, according to a report in The Economic Times on Wednesday.

Smart City in Kerala: further talks with Dubai Internet City on next week

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (www.hindu.com)

A team of officials representing the State Government will visit Dubai next week to take forward the ongoing negotiations with the Dubai Internet City (DIC) on setting up the Smart City at Kakkanad in Kochi.

Lalu to teach management at IIM-A

posted by   phani (188)   27 months ago (ia.rediff.com)

Minister Lalu Prasad is set for an image makeover when he dons the role of a lecturer at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad next month.

The turnaround in the financial health of the Indian Railways, with Prasad in charge, has been the subject of major discussion at IIMs and he is already being looked upon as a 'management guru.'

Windows extincts in Kerala schools

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (arstechnica.com)

Kerala, a state in India best known for its high literacy rates, relatively liberal politics, and disdain for big business, is pushing Linux into the classroom in order to promote choice and diminish the influence of Microsoft.

Kerala puts forward new proposals for Smart City

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (www.thepeninsulaqatar.com)

The Kerala government has finally set out its conditions for the proposed Smart City IT project in Kochi to Dubai Internet City (DIC), its promoters.

Business Loans for Start-Ups: How to Get Approved

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (www.businessknowhow.com)

Businesses have trouble securing financing at the best of times, and it can be even more difficult for a new business. To stand the best chance of securing those much needed funds, follow these four steps to cement getting approved.

5 Clues You Could Be Charging More

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (www.businessknowhow.com)

Under charging is chronic among professional service business owners, particularly women. But how do you know for sure if you can raise your fees? Here are five clues that you can charge more starting right now.

Microsoft can answer the threat from Google\'s new suite

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (www.bloggingstocks.com)

Will Microsoft mount a defense to the just-announced Google Apps suite of web services?

Sales Tip: Avoid the "What If" Approach

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (www.businessknowhow.com)

An often-used sales technique is to ask a prospect a "what if" question in order to overcome their objections. Unfortunately, this approach rarely works, and could even backfire on you. Keep reading to find out what kinds of questions you should ask if you want to close the sale.

Get More Word of Mouth Referrals

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (www.businessknowhow.com)

Word of mouth business doesn't just appear out of thin air. No matter how great your product or service is, you have to give people a compelling reason to refer their friends and family to you.

Pageflakes: Ajax King

posted by   raja (81)   27 months ago (www.informationweek.com)

InformationWeek took a close look at Google and about 20 startups to find out who's the Ajax King. In the "webtop" or "personalized startpage" category - arguably the most important of all categories - the winners are Pageflakes and YouOs, ahead of Google and Microsoft.

Kerala takes the fizz out of Coke & Pepsi

posted by   ruchir (1089)   28 months ago (www.financialexpress.com)

The Kerala government clamped a blanket ban on production, distribution and sale of all carbonated beverages sold by Pepsi and Coca-Cola in the state. "The ban is on with immediate effect," chief minister VS Achuthanandan said after a meeting... more »