Hari Sadu is Back

Your popular or rather not so popular boss "Hari Sadu" is back. Naukri.com, India's No 1 jobsite has come up with a new TVC featuring their popular Hari Sadu theme.

The message is pretty clear, recession is over and its time to move on to your new job.

Sachin Tendulkar... 20 Not Out

Today the God of Indian cricket completed 20 years of International cricket. A feat which no other cricketer in the world has ever achieved. To celebrate 20 years of cricket, 20 Limited Edition autographed bats by the little master with the message 'Thank You India for 20 years of love', will be auctioned. To participate in the auction fans can log on to ibnlive.com/Sachin. The minimum auction price will start from Rs 50,001.The auction opens from Sunday, 15th Nov '09 and closes on Sunday, 22nd Nov '09. The proceeds of this auction will be given to the NGO "APNALAYA".

Current bid stands at Rs. 1,33,000. Bid now to grab this opportunity of a life time and contribute to a nobel cause.

Google Wave Invites Pouring

In my previous article I had mentioned me receiving invitation from Google for my Wave account on 30th October 2009. While I was expecting Google to send out next round of invites towards end of November 2009, they have proved me wrong. It seems they have sent another round of invites on 14th November 2009. Though this could be a part of delayed invitation process they started on 30th October 2009, what seems to be a coincidence is 2 of my friends ended up receiving their invitations yesterday.

This surely is a positive step coz most of the Google Wave account holders have been complaining about limited contacts in their Wave account thereby limiting their usage of Google Wave and at the same time many experts felt that Wave was loosing its fizz. Maybe its time Google went aggressive and offered invites to many more people.

Happy Waving!

More Google Wave invites.

As pointed out in one of my earlier posts, since the launch of Google Wave on 30th September 2009, Google has sent another round of Wave invites.

I was lucky enough to receive my own Wave invite from Google yesterday. This is exactly the same modus operandi which we had witnessed when Gmail was launched. In the coming year or so there is a high possibility that at least 50-55 percent of Gmail users will have their own Wave account.

Gmail has about 150 million users worldwide and with 20 additional Google Wave invites allowed per account, it wont take much time for Google to get their entire Gmail users to move to Wave. But lets not get too excited coz these invites will be sent by Google in a phased manner. There are also talks of Google replenishing invites of existing Wave users who have exhausted their earlier quota of invites.

One of the most notable things seen in the image above is 20 permissible invites which is up from 8 permissible invites at the time of launch. Also, for those who may not know email id for wave accounts are xyz@googlewave.com

Happy waving!

Apple takes a dig at Windows 7

With Windows 7 released on 22nd October 2009, Apple has taken a shot at Windows 7 in its new Ads.

Following Ad shows people queuing up at Windows 7 launch to upgrade from PC to Mac coz it is Number 1 in customer satisfaction.



Following Ad focuses on false promises made by Microsoft at each of its earlier launch.

Info Edge India Ltd. (Naukri) posts 6.3 percent increase in Profit Before Tax at 21.95 Crore for 2Q 2009-10

Info Edge (India) Limited posted a 6.3 percent increase in Profit Before Tax at 21.95 Crore for 2Q 2009-10.

Quarter Ended September 30, 2009
• Total Income in Q2 of FY 09-10 at 64.51 Crore, a 10.8 percent drop over the corresponding quarter in FY 08-09. Operating income is 56.16 Crore, which is 14 percent lower compared to the corresponding quarter last year.
• EBITDA is at Rs 23.51 Crore compared to 22.39 Crore being 5 percent higher as compared to the corresponding quarter in FY 08-09. Operating EBITDA is at Rs 15.16 Crore which is 2.17 percent lower as compared to the corresponding quarter in FY 08-09.

Ambarish Raghuvanshi, CFO and director, Info Edge India, has said, “The hiring environment continues to improve, albeit gradually. The drop in topline revenues and operating income reflects the changed scenario from the last year and is in line with expectations. However, the improvement is reflected in growth based on sequential quarter.”

About Info Edge (India) Ltd
Info Edge (India) Ltd (NSE: NAUKRI) is one of the largest internet company in India. Info Edge owns and manages Naukri.com - India’s no. 1 job site, Jeevansathi.com – India’s fastest growing matrimonial portal, 99acres.com - India’s No.1 real estate portal, Shiksha.com - an education portal, Quadrangle – an offline executive search firm, and Naukri Gulf – its foray into the Middle East market. Info Edge also owns Asknaukri.com, a career guidance site and Brijj.com, a professional networking site and Allcheckdeals.com, an online brokerage firm.

Info Edge has ventured into newer businesses and territories and attracted investments from leading venture capitalists. Formerly an ICICI Ventures investee company, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers and Sherpalo Ventures have also invested in the Company. Info Edge raised Rs. 1,703 million through an IPO in the month of November 2006. The company has attracted a very high quality list of institutional shareholders and had a total of 10,664 shareholders on Sep 30, 2009.

With its headquarters in Noida (NCR), the company employs over 1450 people and operates through 53 offices in 34 cities in India and overseas offices in Dubai Riyadh and Bahrain catering to the Middle East market.

Big Boss 3 Videos

Big Boss 3 is already drawing highest TRP thanks to Mr. Amitabh Bachchan and after yesterdays stunning fight by KRK (Mr. Kamal R Khan) the TRP is expected to reach new heights.

Following are videos of KRK's fight on 21st October 2009







Currently most of the videos of Big Boss 3 are available on YouTube however on http://biggboss.co.in one may get to see video of each episode.