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IBM bets BIG on CLOUD, Warren Buffet bets BIG on IBM
by Sai Pola on Nov.14, 2011, under News
InGurus.com: From TECH averse to Tech amorous….after years of shying away from TECH space throughout his investing career, Buffet finally succumbed to the tech byte and the bait is IBM. Warren Buffett said his Berkshire Hathaway Inc has accumulated a 5.5 percent stake in IBM, the billionaire investor’s biggest bet in the technology fi…
India wakes up to Online Shopping: Your Shopping Cart is Ready, Shop Till you Drop!
by Sai Pola on Oct.30, 2011, under News
InGurus.com: Online demand during the upcoming festive season for products like mobile phones, e-tablets, consumer electronics, home appliances, home decor, furnishings, apparel and ornaments shot up 300 % from last year to over USD $ 1 billion as nearly 12.5 million consumers placed orders through internet in INDIA during the last few days for …
Are days for Exact Match Domain Names numbered with Google’s latest Patent?
by Sai Pola on Oct.27, 2011, under News
InGurus.com: Google is at it again. Panda 1 plunged Adsense payouts, Panda 2 brought SEO/SEM gurus on to their knees, Panda 3 change this October perished models built on trying to exploit Google Search. We already had umpteen discussions on exact match keyword domains and their lifespan. Opinions were divided with people from both camps supporti…
Gartner, Forrester, Deloitte Research forecasts can help Businesses make Money in 2012
by Sai Pola on Oct.27, 2011, under News
InGurus.com: At the outset, let me state that this is not a sponsored post for Gartner, Forrester, or Deloitte. The names were used only contextually and you are free to replace them with any other research firm you are comfortable with. You may call them tech trends, emerging trends, top trends, sunrise sectors, bubble zones, Hype
For the Online Shopper, is Christmas shopping already Over?
by Sai Pola on Oct.24, 2011, under News
InGurus.com: Retail analysts will be crunching all kinds of data like grocery sales store-wise, mystery shoppers and their habits, online store sales and free shipping trends this quarter with shoppers getting ready for festive season and New Year. The next 100 days is when every person’s budgeting goes for a toss and credit card companies…
Oracle says the Right time to Invest in the Cloud is “Right Now”
by Sai Pola on Oct.24, 2011, under News
InGurus.com: Oracle, the world’s second-largest software maker, has agreed to buy RightNow Technologies for US$1.5 billion. It will be the company’s biggest purchase since it bought Sun Microsystems last year, and after introducing the Oracle “Public Cloud” which delivers software online. Started in a spare bedroom by its …
Shopping will Never be the Same Again: Mobile Wallet, Mobile Payments, and eReceipts
by Sai Pola on Oct.16, 2011, under News
InGurus.com: The New Shopper has arrived and its the “Mobile Shopper.” Emerging technologies like mobilepayments, eWallet, QR codes, Augmented reality are opening up new shopping experiences and paving way for in-store cashless transactions at point-of-sale (POS). INDIA: The Mobile Crazy Nation The Indian economy has been on a fast tr…
Hello Mobile, bye bye Plastic! Mobile payments soon to become a $670 billion Market
by Sai Pola on Oct.14, 2011, under News
InGurus.com: The payments and banking industries are abuzz with interest in mobile payments. Increasingly people will soon browse on one device such as a PC and then buy from another such as a smartphone. About 65 percent of the U.S. population will have a smartphone and/or tablet by 2015, according to the research firm In-Stat. A latest
Thanks to Rick Schwartz, Thanks to Mike Berkens, and a BIG Thanks to Google
by Sai Pola on Oct.13, 2011, under News
InGurus.com: At the outset, everyone would be harboring the 3 WWWs in their mind. Who? Why? What for? Here it goes …. Rick Schwartz ( Ricksblog.com ) Rick tops my list and deservedly ranks to be at No.1 ahead of Google. Why? I have known Rick for more than seven years and over the years, his
The Top 20 Expensive Google Adwords gave me a score of 3/20. What’s Yours?
by Sai Pola on Oct.08, 2011, under News
InGurus.com: Where does Google make its money? Google’s 20 MOST Expensive Adwords list is out (thanks to Wordstream for decoding the info.) Source: Infographic from Wordstream shows “Insurance” at No. 1 and “cord blood” at No. 20. From a Webrepreneurs perspective, this info has a lot of value. Having the EXACT Keyword is the shortcu…