In terms of expansion, Google shares its tendency with Alexander the Great. Google is certainly the uncrowned king of the Internet, but it keeps extending its territories by launching new products. However, not every product enjoys as successful a fate as Gmail. After Google Wave failed to create waves among netizens, the company has launched another sensation – Google Buzz.

Google Buzz – Sneak Preview

Google Buzz is another bold step from the company to jump on the social networking bandwagon. Why bold? Because, Google already has tried its luck with Orkut.com and OpenSocial.com. However, the search engine giant was unable to dominate social ties that exist among internet users worldwide.

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Is it a netbook? NO…
Is it a smartphone? NO…
It’s an iPad!

Astounding? NO…
Amazing? NO…
It’s simply… unbelievable!

“So much more intimate than a laptop and so much more capable than a smartphone,” Steve Jobs said at Apple’s biggest product launch since the iPhone three years ago.

Why iPad Will Become An iFad

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Veda Informatics is the second Best Social Media Optimization Company in India - Jan 2010 Ranking

NOIDA, India, January 2, 2010: Recognizing Veda Informatics Pvt. Ltd. as one of the best Social Media Optimization (SMO) companies in India, TOPSEOs has ranked Veda No. 2 in its list of the Top 30 Indian SMO companies. In 2009, Veda Informatics was in the fifth position in the TopSEOs monthly ranking. With the onset of 2010, Veda has made a big leap towards becoming the leading SMO services provider in the nation.

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Nothing is predictable in any industry. Even the best known names in the hospitality industry cannot determine or predict how consumers will buy or make their choices. No doubt, online hotel marketing strategies will be very strong in creating a well-executed presence for every hotel in the virtual world.

Three effective tips to consider are:

• Analyze where you have spent your money for marketing and determine the returns you have received from your spend.
• Consider that meta and search that are important areas to spend on in years to come.
• Offer useful website tools such as currency converter to engage customers on your website.

Here is a checklist for you to consider if you plan to grow your hotel’s visibility through smart online marketing strategies.

What are Your Hotel’s Distribution Channels?

• Does your hotel associate itself with major credit card companies?

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Microsoft® BizSpark™ Network Partner

We are now part of Microsoft’s BizSpark Program. This is exciting, as this global program fosters the success of innovative startups committed to Microsoft’s platform technologies. Earlier this month, Veda was selected to join the Microsoft BizSpark Program as a Network Partner. Launched in November 2008, the BizSpark Program is a global business program designed to support and guide entrepreneurs and startups by connecting them to Network Partners. Network Partners are essentially businesses that are active members of the global software ecosystem and can offer mentorship, guidance and resources to BizSpark Startups.

Those businesses that qualify as BizSpark Startups gain access to Microsoft development tools, platform technologies and production licenses, including Windows Server and SQL Server. BizSpark, thus, creates an ongoing, mutually beneficial ecosystem between Microsoft, Startups and Network Partners.
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TopSEOs recognizes Veda Informatics as one of the Best Social Media Optimization Firms in India

New Delhi, India, August 6: Veda Informatics has been ranked among India’s top 5 social media optimization (SMO) firms by TopSEOs, an independent authority on internet marketing vendors. The company has achieved this feat for the third consecutively month, this August. The rankings were given on the basis of SMO services for its clients - mutt-i-grees.org and HoozWho.com. Veda Informatics was recognized for its excellence in providing social media optimization services and achieving the objectives of these services. The company received high ratings for reach and brand management and was also recognized for timeliness and methodology.

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People who were keen to know about fashion trends always picked up the latest glossy to know about the ever-changing trends in the fashion industry. However, social media has changed this totally. When we talk about social media, the general reference is to websites or online platforms that enable the fashion industry to connect with their customers using the latest social networking technology.

Social Media and Fashion Industry

Through social media, it becomes possible for a fashion designer or a fashion company to generate publicity across online communities and websites. Social media makes it possible for fashion designers and fashion boutiques to generate interest about a brand. It finds ways in which a brand can be promoted more effectively to customers at a global level, that too with minimal cost.  

Social Media and Mirror Neuron
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The world of fashion is a mélange of colors, fabrics, textures, concepts, brilliant creativity and a million fabric swatches that designers base their ideas from. It’s not about brands, seasons or just runway shows. It’s about mirroring what you are from in life, donning a Creator’s robes to visualize beauty, transform whites into a million shades of multiplicity and detailing it with just about anything the earth can offer such as shells, stones, gems and whatever catches artistic fancy. It’s about telling the world how beautiful it is through a larger vertical through phases of conceptualization, design, visual merchandising and showcasing.

Here are some top global trends to watch out for in 2009:

Pre-collections
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The New Year 2009 has begun amidst a lot of worries about global recession. For the hotel industry, this has been the worst of times, as most hotels around the world are struggling to tackle the problem of lowest occupancy rates. This is a first, since 1971. However, hoteliers are sure to devise creative and innovative ways to attract their guests and earn their trust once again. Inevitably, most luxury facilities in the hospitality sector would have to work doubly hard to demonstrate how unique and satisfying their offers would be so as to justify the greater expense. That’s why there is so much debate about innovative trends in the global hospitality sector.

So, here’s a mixed bag of global trends that is sure to interest those who are keen to understand what’s in store for the global hospitality segment:
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