A sip of Social Media Curry

December 10, 2008 by Abhishek Bhardwaj · 2 Comments
Filed under: Social Web 
A friend shared this informative presentation on Social Media. Just thought sharing it on my blog will also be a good idea. We often fail to describe what social media is because there are no boundaries limiting it’s presence and extent to which it can expand. This presentation on social media  is an attempt to put [...]

UserNameCheck.com – is your favourite username available?

November 13, 2008 by Abhishek Bhardwaj · 2 Comments
Filed under: Internet Industry, Startup Review 
I found a useful website today – UserNameCheck.com, it lets you check if your favourite username is available across popular websites. If you are that kind of a person who loves to retain his username or login ID across all websites then this is one such service you should be using. The site’s functionality has [...]

NewsCred – Now News Comes with Credibility Assurance

November 4, 2008 by Abhishek Bhardwaj · Comment
Filed under: Internet Industry, Startup Review 
NewsCred.com is a news aggregator that collects news and ranks them based on  it’s source’s credibility unlike Digg based models where the news stories are ranked by their popularity among readers. NewsCred is a startup based out of Sweden, Switzerland and Bangladesh; launched it’s public beta in August this year. Basically, NewsCred’s algorithm takes into account [...]