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Weekly internet update in Nigeria and Worldwide |
| Posted: 01, Nov 2009 by Possicon | |
Kilonshele.com launches in Nigeria A better, easier and a cost effective way to book for events in Nigeria. Looking at how the internet market is transforming, “crazy” ideas are being launched and I must say this is one of them! The site was launched at the Silverbird Galleria with Webtrendsng.com in attendance to follow the flow. Nairajobs.com Nigeria jobs aggregator Recruitment sub-category of the Nigerian internet market has witnessed tremendous growth this year, this is an addition to the pack but a more creative way to aggregate all jobs from various sites targeting Nigeria. Launched by a profiled influential Nigerian online Kayode Muyibi, the product is set to be a revolution! Facebook has been growing greatly and having users top 300 million and more than 1 million developers is a great thing. Facebook recently clamp down on app with ads and now about launching more products and reorganizing existing one, this gathering is a brainstorm session with the developers on the way forward. Yahoo Mail And IM Users Update Their Status 800 Million Times A Month As Yahoo is trying to see how much it can grab from the growing social networking market, it released few stats worth noting on their performance in recent times. Yahoo status update allows you to set your status across your mail and messenger for your friend to catch up with you. Yahoo currently drives about 100 billion messages per month and with its flickr product having much more than 4 billion photos and 100 million added monthly. Google Redefines GPS Navigation Landscape: Google Maps Navigation For Android 2.0 Google is indeed flexing its muscles with innovation across its brands of products. In the recent Droid day, Google showed up a Map Navigation app based on its Android phone. This product is great and is offered completely free, challenging the prominent players in the industry. With about 50million active users on Google Map, this product is set to explode anytime soon. Mobile And Social Platforms Want To Be The King Of Local Search The study shows that the web generally, but in particular mobile and social network search, are increasingly factors fueling growth in the overall search market. This grew to 21.9 billion total US searches in June 2009, a year-on-year increase of 31%. The Chinese Internet: Why the “Copy Cats” Win Looking at the way the web is evolving, the startups and grownups are beginning to battle it out. As the grownups struggles to make more profit by expanding to unexplore markets. Chinese startups have enjoyed some success owing to the local content introduced. |
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