Archive for the ‘Techonology’ Category
Microsoft brings its Web services to Nokia phones
Nokia is ready to bring Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Live suite of Web services, like e-mail and instant messaging, to many of its cell phones.
Brijj – One more player in the Social Networking arena
Info Edge India Ltd, the company which owns job site Naukri.com, has finally launched a professional networking site – Brijj.com (The name is a variation of “Bridge” – as in connecting between two people). Naukri’s new launch comes at a time when professional networking sites like LinkedIn have started gaining a good number of users in India, and it has also been used to generate jobs and business leads. Business Networking is taking huge leap in India recently and it is obivious that leading job portals do not want to loose their customers.
The fear is that classic job site like Naukri may become redundant over time since potential candidates will get the job leads through a networking site or other platforms. So Naukri had to move into the networking space at least to plug that gap. A big challenge for Naukri will be to build the user base. Will it take the capital intensive, high octane advertising campaign to garner subscribers, or will it free float it and expect to get users on its own? Probably a few free ipods and iphones can get the initial traction. But will that be a valuable user base? Finally, all depends on what features the site provides (I am yet to take a test drive) and the branding. It’s also not clear what will be the target user base.
LinkedIn currently enjoys a mixed userbase of junior-middle-senior tech and finance pros. Unlikely they will shift to a new networking site. A good idea may be to get new users who haven’t tried LinkedIn yet. Brijj as of now, looks just an add on to the existing platform of Naukri, where they brought up the concept of Recommendation and invitation.
Also, techTribe, a networking site for tech professionals which recently got funded by Canaan Partners, has converted itself into a career networking website. Let us see further, how many people will come up with their own Social Networking portals.
Can’t read books ? Hear them
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