Microsoft Vine = Facebook +Twitter ?

Microsoft launched a new project Microsoft Vine with innovative idea. It provides the facility of alerts of people and place we care most. Vine connected with facebook alerts operates on the concept of twitter.

As per the VINE FACT SHEET:

What is Microsoft Vine?

The Microsoft Vine beta connects you to the people and places you care about most, when it matters. Stay in touch with family and friends, be informed when someone you care about needs help. Get involved to create great neighborhoods, communities or causes. You select the people and places you care about most. Use alerts, reports and your personal dashboard to stay in touch, informed and involved.

How does Microsoft Vine work?
Use the dashboard to stay informed about what’s happening with the places and people you care about. Information associated with the places you have chosen will appear on your map.Information associated with the people you care about who are in your Vine network will appear on the dashboard too. You will know when they send you an alert, post a report or update their Facebook status information.

for more details plz access factsheet at :
http://www.vine.net/static/pdf/vine_factsheet.pdf

Vine service is online in May 2009 and open for limited users through beta invitation. As you receive an invitation you can immediately invite and add another users you care most.

The invitation process may take 2 months. So, let us ask for invitation and wait for the functionality.

Vine requires a software download from vine.net it will provided as a dashboard which shows people and places in our network, as or when there is update related to our network including facebook status messages it will be available with dashboard.

AskUlloo.com open for beta invitation

On 30th April, 2009 askulloo.com opens the beta registration. askulloo.com is a question answering website presently support users generated question answer system.

It is Indore, India based startup designed and developed by Deepak Yadav. It is research project for automated answering of questions.

Microsoft has launched another of its new Windows “Laptop Hunters” ads this weekend.

Microsoft has launched another Lap top hunter ads, it is pointing out the Macs are more expensive than PC. In this ad a person goes to computer shoppy for buying the LAPTOP and during these period he copares the Mac and PC for the operation/cost/security etc etc.

May be finally Microsoft got the right ad for the campaign. Have a look at:

Template Theme Changed

Today I just changed my blog theme template from Sand Dollar Created by Dan Rubin Jason Sutter to This away Green Created by Dan Rubin.

Mail 2 Blog Post featuer

I was just checking the dashboard of the blogger and find an interesting feature mail to blog, by which I can post or write blog by sending an email (text and images up to 10 MB) to my blogger address.

This blog is posted by the same feature. Wow !

SHAGUFTA - Conference Management and Alert System

On 23rd March the pilot alpha testing prototype of the shagufta.org was launched by the founder researcher Prof. Deepak Yadav (me) and Prof. Shagufta Sheikh.

From very long time we were searching a common system which provides us the information related to conferences world wide, we found 1-2 website for the same. But the working was not up to the mark.

Now our institute is organizing a Second National Conference PrCON-2009 on “Strategies of Developing Countries: Opportunities & Challenges" and we are responsible for the communication and for the selection and review process.

Our search for the conference management system was started, which should have following facilities:

• Easy UI
• Low cost

Again we dont get a better solution according to our need, So Prof. Shagufta Sheikh asked a question why not we have our own system ?

So we decided to develop a common place for the conference managment and for the notification or alert system, you can call it as a conference search engine.

Right now we are in a alpha mode and will move to beta in a month, presently we are having very good records of the conferences and presently hosting a conference PrCON 2009.

Second National Conference PrCON-2009 is using shagufta.org as a submission and review tool.

For more information visit http://www.shagufta.org

Google Ventures - Google's NEW venture

On March 30th, 2009 Google announces a new Google Venture - GOOGLE VENTURES a venture capital fund. It was awaited from very long time.


The fund is started by Rich Miner and Bill Maris, Managing Partners, Google Ventures.They are ready to invest in any sector/field from seed capital to tens of millions of dollars as per need.

They will ready to fund with other firms in partnership as well as there is no need to use Google's own propriety technology/product.

Google Blog says:
"If you think you have the next big idea, or if you just want to to learn more, please see our website at www.google.com/ventures"