Category: Web 2.0

  • India to Leapfrog Web 2.0 to Mobile 3.0

    Much like India missed the industrial revolution, it is clear that India is going to miss the Web 2.0 revolution as well. There are many “Web 2.0” startups in India and some have been doing well, e.g. Zoho and SlideShare but that’s mainly due to an international user base and not indigenous Indian users. I’ve…

  • Web Timelines

    Recently, I’ve seen three interesting timeline applications. Kronomy which Guy Kawasaki twittered about, LifeBlob which presented at Proto.in and I just stumbled upon the third, Dipity. Here’s my Dipity timeline (it might be a little slow to load b/c of the various pictures and videos): I haven’t tried LifeBlob yet, but creating a time line…

  • Social Mobile Mapping (Mapiki)

    With Google’s release of Google Maps for Australia, I am hoping Google Maps India isn’t going to be that far away. Being a complete outsider to Indian roads and traffic, it would be a very welcome addition to our list of expat related sites and tools that we’ll be relying on after we move to…

  • Flock RSS Reader + Online Synch

    I’ve been using Flock as my primary browser on my work Ubuntu 6.06 PC, my MacBook and my Mac Mini PPC. It is an awesome browser on each platform!! I’ve never been impressed with the RSS readers built into Safari or Firefox but I like Flock’s RSS reader. I would use it consistently if: It…