Archive for August, 2010

Facebook clinches top spot in India: research

Facebook has become the number one social networking site in India, toppling Google-owned Orkut in one of the few major markets the site had a leadership position, a survey showed Thursday. US-based global research firm comScore said Facebook had moved into the top spot in July, backing up separate research by Indian online monitor ViziSense [...]

What is it like working at Facebook ?

No, its not about lurking around private data on people’s profiles, if you thought. Pedram Keyani, a facebook employee writes a detailed blog post about his three years of working at facebook on their blog. Its interesting to read. Pedram writes about how he quit Google and managed to get into facebook and how on [...]

Meanwhile: YouTube banned in Russia!

The internet Gods are angry ! Or so it seems. While most of us were busy at work, authorities in Russia have decided to ban parts of the internet including YouTube. Most parts of Russia now are without access to YouTube and other sites that lets users upload videos / content. The reason: because one [...]