Search engines opening up!
Yahoo announced that they are opening up their search results for third party data integration. This will allow third party to contribute to Yahoo search experience and make it more useful for their users. It will be interesting to see how other webmasters use this open search platform to gain popularity by sharing data with Yahoo, while still retaining […]
CSS reference
Recently I came across this excellent CSS reference website: http://reference.sitepoint.com/css I highly recommend this website since it has been written by two of the world’s most renowned CSS experts — Tommy Olssen and Paul O’Brien. In this online reference, the entire CSS language is clearly and concisely explained, including browser compatibility, working examples, and easy-to-read descriptions. […]
HTML 5 – Web developer’s paradise
W3C HTML Working Group has recently released HTML 5 working draft. This is a very important step forward; the same is available for review and comment at http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080122/ The new standard addresses the need of web application developers in more pro-active way: Basic template facility has been implemented with facility to repeat elements There are […]
Project management softwares reviewed
Proper project management is key to a successful project. To manage multiple projects and teams which are geographically spread across the globe, you need a quality project management tool. As a medium sized web development company, we looked around for some quality software which suits our requirement and does not burn a hole in the pocket. Here is […]
Open-source products are great. But know the limitations before you use it.
Apart from doing software / web development on Open-source platform, Indus Net Technologies also customize and implement open-source products for clients on demand. Some popular (and free) open-source products are SugarCRM, Drupal, osCommerce for CRM, content management and e-commerce respectively. IMHO, these are some limitations that I have observed. It is important to know them […]
SEZs are not good for Small & Medium sized IT Enterprises
With the uncertainty over the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) scheme after the union budget, a mad rush towards Special Economic Zones (SEZs) is very much expected. I have been studying about SEZ or last three weeks and two things are very clear – The SEZ Act is under constant change. So whatever is stated […]
Businesses can never be in equilibrium
Business organizations can never be in equilibrium or achieve stable position. Either they are moving up or they are moving down, depending upon their innovation quotient. If you are trying to keep things stable, they won’t remain so. You will slowly slide down simply because: there is no exclusivity, competition will catch up on the technology […]
How to handle social networking redundancy
I was reading about Ed Kohler’s post about social networking update redundancy. I think there can be a simple solution. To do this we may need a simple new standard format of data syndication, which can be a simple derivative of RSS. Basically every individual can have a personal RSS feed. A person shall provide an input socket […]
Which “Google Apps” program do you use the most?
I recently read Ed Kohler’s comment where he has ranked the importance of various "Google Apps" programs in the following order: 1. Docs 2. Presentation 3. Spreadsheet However, I beg to differ. In my personal experience I have found spreadsheet to be most used online collaborative tool of the entire office suite. An online spreadsheet can be […]
Reliance & Naukri steps into social networking marketplace
Reliance’s BigAdda, Rediff’s iShare and Naurki’s Brijj.com are the latest dotcoms to hit the Indian social networking marketplace. It may trigger the next dotcom explosion with many more mindless dotcoms in line with these me-too networking sites by public listed biggies of India. Soon, we will forget why the first dotcom boom wave came down crashing […]