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For years the Chinese government has keeping a close eye on its people’s internet usage. The Chinese government has already rolled out filtering systems used to block access to forbidden sites. The government has been watching every websites, blogs and search engines their people visit. The Great Wall of China represents Chinese government huge efforts to keep the internet under its boots. It’s Beijing’s attempts to silence dissent and block references to politically sensitive topics like human rights and democracy. But despite of those heavy handed censorships on internet usage it won’t stop internet from growing fast thought out the country. The China Internet Network Information Center claims the nation’s online population has grown 41.9% in 2008, a whopping 298 million users BBC reports. It’s already surpassed the US as the world’s largest online population. Although internet penetration is still low about 22.65. Most of the Chinese internet usage growth is happening in the countryside, according to TechCrunch, the countryside is growing faster than in the cities it’s pretty high about 60.8% compared to 35.6% in the cities. The Chinese bloggers population has also increased from 16 million to 162 million and with the advent of high speed internet connection we could expect more on Chinese online population. The recent development in the mobile industry would also give China a commanding lead in internet usage, Chinese could now browse the web through their mobile phone as the mobile phone starts to make a sleeper hit and presence in China we could expect terrible growth here. China government has already approved the deployment of 3G network for mobile phones, licenses for 3G enabled mobile phones have finally been issued to Chinese Telecom companies.

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Yahoo at risk?

January 28th 2009 08:17

Yahoo, the iconic company of the web has reportedly loses $303 Million in its Q4. Yahoo’s Q4 loss is its first loss since 2002. The Company is in chaos. But despite of those loses Yahoo! stock were up at $11.69 a share about 3% up, that’s good news for investors but not enough Yahoo! still in great trouble the Company it needs of a bold leadership. The online giant is struggling; its core US business is us under siege. Yahoo has already announced thousands of layoffs and shutdown number of services. I’ll been following Yahoo! since the Microsoft search deal broke out so far Yahoo! is not looking good. The recent confirmation of its new CEO Carol Bartz won’t help Yahoo. A lot of tech savvy people in the Silicon Valley are not impressed about Yahoo new CEO. What exactly Yahoo! should? Well Yahoo! must undertake survival tactics and drastic measures. The Company needs a major makeover Yahoo’s mistakes was in the operational side and management, Yahoo! failed to reduce the operational costs and also to increase efficiency. But the biggest threat to Yahoo’s online business is the current economic crisis it could hurt Yahoo. The current economic crisis has sent ad rate plummeting, advertisers are cutting back on ads spending elsewhere. If Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz wants to remake the Company and conquer the web then Bartz must focus on US market. The US is the center for online advertising spending and in order to survive and conquer the web (if the God forbid) the Company needs to take or focus mostly to the US market not just abroad. Bartz got a lot works here at Yahoo!, we seen a lot of “crack” at Yahoo’s foundation. We still don’t know what direction Carol Bartz will take Yahoo. My guess is Bartz would dress up Yahoo! for sell or maybe seek an elephant in the room; I’m talking about perhaps some Microsoft search deal. Yahoo! got lot of potentials despite Yahoo’s tragedy it still managed to roll out some “creative works”, the Company recently launched Open Strategy Initiative, and the works is great it adds social networking components to Yahoo! services and it’s allows third party application integrations. But this is not enough; Yahoo! is spending time and resources into web products that won’t integrate to its core business. The search is Yahoo! core business, Yahoo! is losing the search market share, and Microsoft is growing stronger. Yahoo! needs to do something if it’s to thrive in the online business it needs to integrate it web products to its core business just like Google did. Is Carol Bartz got plans for Yahoo?

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Why should MIcrosoft Buy Facebook.

January 16th 2009 07:50

Facebook a major prize for a goliath that wants to build a web empire with a major audience and a strong mainstream buzz. I think it’s about time that Microsoft should buy Facebook. By buying Facebook Microsoft gets access to Facebook’s massive user base and we all know that user base is crucial to Microsoft’s online business. Facebook would also give Microsoft an upper hand when it comes to search, for years Microsoft has tried to challenge search leader Google but Microsoft always failed. The giant Software Company has invested efforts and tons of money on search business but its bid for search supremacy is disastrous archrival Google still rule the web. What Microsoft really need is a piece of technological innovation, something that have nice or vibrant brand (Yahoo! is a good answer but I’m not talking about Yahoo!) and strong mainstream buzz. Facebook got those answer with its nice and vibrant brand name and major web audience (a whopping 140 million active users). According to a site statistic almost a third of searches on the web are related to people, and if you going to see some of the internet’s search statistic you would see Facebook huge impacts on people search. The social networking super site is quickly becoming the center for people search, and that trend will continues. Facebook could be one of the fastest growing search engines; there is no sign of slowing down. Is Facebook a threat to Google search business? What we about to see is the next big thing in web searches. Facebook is poised to be the largest people search engine in the world. Microsoft should know what exactly Facebook got. The Software Company should keep its eyes on Facebook and make no mistakes when making its first move. The Software Company got no choice but to fight Google in search. Microsoft should strike with every single technological might it got, that’s exactly what Microsoft should do. Stay focused; don’t get distracted by Zune story or Apple. Its takes incredible focus and innovative thinking to beat Google. Microsoft’s investment in Facebook is a good move, its ridiculously high a whopping $ 240 million just for a 1.6 percent stake. But the investment makes sense at all because it would give Microsoft a major beach head or toehold in the world’s largest social networking site and best of all it could thwart any incoming attacks from fierce competitors Google or Yahoo! (there have been rumors that Google got plan to buy Facebook.). By 2009 we could expect more to come for Facebook development is on rampage and impressive growth. Microsoft should not let Google makes a sneak attack on Facebook. Microsoft should move fast before its too late, Google is on guard waiting to attack.

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Facebook threaten Google's business.

January 16th 2009 07:47

Much of what net prophets preached about Facebook has now come to pass. Facebook long ago has passed archrival MySpace on global page view and user base. MySpace’s stronghold, the US market is also under siege. Facebook is getting stronger in US, its number continue to climb. But the most surprising and shocking of all is Facebook is gaining ground on Google in time spent on the web. According to a recent comScore report Facebook is the sixth most trafficked site in the US, it got 65 billion page views per month. Users spend an average of 20 minutes on the site daily, there are now 2.6 billion minutes spent on Facebook each day according to a recent statistics on user growth and engagement. Facebook has now reached 140 million active users and it’s expected to hit 200 million by the year 2009. About 70 percent of Facebook growth is happening outside the US according to Mike Arrington, there are now 52,000 apps on Facebook built by 660,000 third party developers, that’s a terrible platform. Users engagement were also impressive, more than 13 million users update their profile at least one each day. Up to 700 million photos have been uploaded to the site each month and more than 4 million videos uploaded each month, that’s huge and awesome. According to comScore users spent 33.9 billion minutes on Facebook compared to 41.6 billion minutes on Google, comScore got another report on November for the US, its estimates that users spent 8 billion minutes on Facebook compared to Google’s 8.5 billion minutes, that’s pretty close! The US gap between Google and Facebook is getting closer. Google relied mostly on its core technology - online search to get traffic while at Facebook it’s about platform and applications. This sounds trouble for Google; the Search Company has a business plan that depends on the web being used by as many people as possible. Google has relied on an open internet to make its entire business. Facebook is a threat to that business users tend to stay within their network and communicate among themselves they’re not using Google. Indeed they’re using Facebook application such as Slide’s SuperPoke or iLike.

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Apple's big hit?

January 15th 2009 08:20

Apple, one of Silicon Valley’s best performing company. Apple comes from the old world, its elegant products like iPhone, iMac, iPod, etc. cocoon customers from the chaos of the information age. Almost everything Apple makes transcends gender, geography, age and race. Apple not only beat Microsoft or Sony but it’s also set the standard for corporate America, how to build a good brand and make a truly disruptive technology. We don’t hear big about this year’s Macworld. But there are rumors that circling around the web, Apple got something big. Tech savvy people are pretty excited about what next at Apples. Rumors are rife on the tech world that Apple’s next operating system OS x 10.6 dubbed” Snow Leopard”: is about to make its debut at Macworld. For days Apple and its friends have been giving hints to developers about Apple’s next operating system. It’s expected to be released by 2009. If “Snow Leopard:” doesn’t appear at Macworld then it schedule could be move to March or April. It’s quite ahead of Microsoft’s release of its next OS Windows 7; Microsoft Windows 7 is expected to be release before the end of 2009. What exactly Snow Leopard got? Snow leopard got power and stability, Apple claims that Snow be the first OS to fully use a computer’s graphics processing unit power alongside its CPU power. Snow Leopard is expected to pounce the market by 2009(My guess is first quarter).

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Yahoo strategic move?

January 15th 2009 08:09

Despite Yahoo’s recent tragedy the Search Company have announced that it will take 30% of the shares of an Indian Telephone Information Service. What exactly is yahoo buying here? Technology? Yahoo has been managing a declining business since Google and Microsoft departure (Remember the ill-fated Google-Yahoo search deal and Microsoft‘s declined on Yahoo acquisition talks).The Search Company got terrible business days, the Company has shown a failure in its execution, it miss every major industry shift. No products innovation, no corporate deals, no managements shakeup. The Company major mistakes are on the operational side, the Company paid no attention to products development and failure on costs control. I’m sure there are always plenty of good reasons for Yahoo’s decision to invest to an Indian Company, why? The Search Company has been on chaos, its main core US business is declining. Its stock have plunged to a ridiculous low of $ 9 a share. Wells, this investment could be part only of Yahoo’s Strategic move”. I think Yahoo is trying to innovate and exploit a new area, that’s why the Company decided to invest to this Indian Telephone Information Service. We just wait and see what next to Yahoo.

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Facebook Connect to beat Google Friend Connect.

January 15th 2009 08:03

Finally the day has come; Facebook Connect is now live for all who wish to integrate into their sites. Facebook Connect is the social network’s hottest tool for expanding their social services. Facebook Connect service was originally announced last May just one day after MySpace announced its very own Data Portability Initiative and a few days before Google announced Google Friend Connect. Facebook is betting hard on Facebook Connect to become the primary identity standard on the web. Facebook Connect is a huge step in social networking world. Connect will allows users to port their profile data to third party websites, with Facebook Connect third party sites that wants to know and pull personal data of visitors coming from Facebook could be done easily. They can even send back information to their Facebook news feeds. But some of the Facebook Connect partner sites have yet to implement the Connect service. Well the only bug that I see for Facebook Connect is the integration issue, its requires programming knowledge but Facebook are now working on this problem, a plug-in for Facebook Connect is about to release very soon , all we have to do is wait. The said plug-in would ease Facebook Connect integration. Facebook Connect main competitor Google Friend Connect is also on the move, Google launched its own Friend Connect the same day Facebook launched its own Facebook Connect. But for me, Google got edge here; it’s got a wider online reach and global presence. Google has provided a better ways for all sites to easily embed Friend Connect to their site; integration could be done after registering Friend Connect service. Look like Facebook got a strong competition here, mighty Google is always on move. The race is on. Who will be the dominant online identity standard? Both Facebook and Google have announced on the same day. Both companies are struggling to establish themselves as the primary online identity standard for users and developers. Both got strong partnerships and mainstream buzz. I have to ay that the battle between Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect is about to get fierce and brutal. But the crowd would like the two.

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Facebook preparing to beat MYspace in US.

January 15th 2009 07:58

Rumors are rife on the web that Facebook is now the world’s largest social networking site and still getting stronger. But MySpace still dominate the U.S. according to Comscore MySpace got 75 million monthly U.S. visitors compared to Facebook’s 35 million that’s a huge gap almost twice. MySpace was about twice the size of Facebook in the U.S. Facebook got an impressive growth and with no sign of slow down, my prediction here is Facebook would overtake MySpace, it could happen maybe next year. MySpace still the most trafficked website in the U.S. Of course, we can’t just ignore MySpace buzz, it still got those strong mainstream buzz, so far MySpace is still strong in the U.S. Facebook is preparing to overtake MySpace it could be slow but sure. This past few months Facebook undergo some major makeover, its got a new look, its simplify user’s sign up. The main objective is quite simple, speed up user’s registration, sign up could be done faster, and users won’t get lost. The results are great more sign ups, more users. Facebook profile management also get simpler and more user friendly. According to site statistics in the last two months Facebook has added nearly 10 million monthly U.S. that’s fast and big. Facebook is on hot pursuit, the race for the biggest social networking site in the U. S. is on. Still there’s no telling whether Facebook’s numbers will continue to kick butt. New competitors arise almost everyday, Facebook need to innovate and continue to introduce new technology, innovation I crucial in this kind of business.

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Google's sneak in Facebook. Threat to Microsoft?

January 15th 2009 07:50

Who told you that Facebook isn’t making enough money, who said Facebook lack focus on site monetization? They have been rumor on the web that the leading Search Company Google has been working inside Facebook. There have been reports that the Search Company has been busy filling ad inventory on Facebook site and according to the reports things have been going well. Will Facebook embrace Facebook AdSense? The Google advertising works inside Facebook is not a joke, it is real and reports have been confirmed. The two companies finally work together, this sounds pretty weird to us considering that the two got fierce rivalry. Google’s OpenSocial platform was launched to counter the threat of Facebook platform craze and both companies are preparing themselves in the much anticipated battle of Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect. Both companies are struggling to establish their own tool as the dominant online identity standard for both developers and users. The rivalry heats up when Facebook blocked Google’s Friend Connect service from accessing Facebook member’s profile. Facebook has even banned Google Friend Connect over Facebook’s privacy issues. If there’s anything that could slow down Facebook’s rapid growth, it’s definitely Google; it’s the only Company on the web that could threaten Facebook’s expansion. For the Mountain View based Company Google, Facebook is a threat; the Search Company has relied on an open internet to make its entire business. Social networking site like Facebook is a threat to Google’s business because users tend to stay within Facebook’s “walled garden” and communicate among themselves and they’re not using Google. The Search Company has a business plan that depends on the web, it core technology search depend on openness. What exactly is going on here? This appears to be a case of Silicon Valley speaks “frenemies” companies works together in one particular field and compete in others. Google has already run some test advertisement on Facebook. Working with Google is great; it got a pretty good reputation, global presence, all right online advertising system and best of all nice brand name. Still we don’t exactly know how Google could work on Facebook site. The super hot social networking site is well known to the advertising world for its penny ads spaces CPMs. At Facebook, ads could be sold for as little as 15 cents per 1000(CPM) compared with the estimated $13 at Yahoo, those ads spaces are at bargain price. When Facebook unveiled Facebook platform last year, a plethora of new startups spawned around the social networking site each vying for a piece of social advertising spaces, companies like Social Media, Lookery emerged from the haze. These startups have quickly learned that social ad spaces are not a good place to do business and a poor place for startups to compete. According to AllFacebook startup like Lookery sold their ads network specifically business is tough in social ads spaces. Facebook’s social ads spaces are a brutal place for startup like Lookery. Companies that could thrive and succeed in this place must get ability to scale on the sale side. Big companies like Google and Microsoft are the kind of companies that could thrive in this kind of environment. Facebook’s social ads spaces requires size and smarts, Microsoft got size while Google has both. Google could be the perfect company to do business on Facebook social ads spaces. Both Microsoft and Google now are doing business with Facebook. The real question that everyone is wondering is what about Microsoft business on Facebook? The Software Company has also done some online advertising deal on Facebook and it got huge investment, Microsoft paid $240 million for just 1.6% of Facebook, giving the social networking site a staggering market valuation of $ 15 billion. Microsoft has paid premium to thwart Google or Yahoo attacks, and just to keep Facebook out of Google and Yahoo hands. I’ll already write about Microsoft-Facebook advertising partnership and also I mentioned on my earlier post about the rumored Microsoft–Facebook Search deal. What next for Facebook? OpenSocial on Facebook? Well let’s just wait and see what next.

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Windows 7 on rampage.

January 15th 2009 07:38

Microsoft next big technological terror would soon come to your PC. Windows 7 the OS from Redmond based Microsoft Corp. The Software Company has already announced and released its first public beta version of its Windows 7 Operating System and so far the demand is great. The Company’s servers have been crippled. Microsoft online infrastructure can’t able to handle the huge demands for Windows 7 it crashed; the Company has underestimated the traffic. Although The Windows 7 is in public beta version but the demand is huge it already storm the web during its first released. Windows 7 is a monster. I’m sure this OS will create tons of buzz in the blogosphere, still I can’t give you the exact date of the official release of Windows 7. It’s still in beta stage.

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