This video shows a unique experiment being conducted in Stockholm, which is part of what is being the called thefuntheory. The experiment tries to prove that a little bit of fun is the best and the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better.
In this experiment called the “Piano Steps”, people are encouraged to take the [...]

Lately there has been a lot of news about people’s social profile coming into search result or the search result showing results, which can be very embarrassing, career damaging. There have been several instances where people have lost their jobs, couldn’t get married because of something they posted on Twitter, Facebook or some other site. [...]

How many times have you found the song that you were looking for only on YouTube and you wished you could download the song or any other video and listen to it anytime. May be store the mp3 on your iPod or any other MP3 player. Well, here is one site that let’s you [...]

Alexa, Web Information Company from Amazon, has great data about the Websites. I analyzed the data it has for various Search Engines, and compared against each other.
The most stunning finding is that, only 27.66% of Web Users use Search Engines. This makes me think about an article I read long back on whether Coke and [...]

There exists a passion, a furore among the users to switch over to open source departing from the so called “Conventional Windows”. The chance of achieving self-esteem is enhanced when people use “Cool Operating Systems and Software” categorized as open source. A guy using Windows is not often associated with bewitching names like ‘nerd’, ‘geek’, [...]

Twitter, Facebook, Google Analytics, Search Engine, Ajax, CMS, javascript and all the technology stuff that you hear daily in the blogs and news and in online social air, sometime makes me wonder if we are forgetting anything or if we are leaving out anything on our way. Guess what! Yes we are.
What is common in [...]

In recent years, the countries in Middle East have realized the depletion of natural resources like oil. Their dependence on one particular type of resource had forced them to shift their focus to other areas, most importantly Technology. This article analyzes recent works in the area of technology that has been dominant in Middle East.
Rise [...]

Local search continues to be a hot topic that is being discussed by many in the search industry.  The major search engines as Google, Yahoo and ASK all continue to improve their local search offering.  Look for big things to happen with local search from Google Local, Yahoo Local and other local search services in [...]

As I begin writing about local search here at Global Thoughtz, I thought I would begin at the beginning.
I spent a few minutes looking over the notes and articles I have collected over the year and am amazing how things have changed so much. Some sites/services have appeared while others have faded away. [...]

On December 18, 2007, the International Telecommunication Union announced the first set of global standards for Internet Protocol TV (IPTV).  According to the official press release, “The standards were built with technical contributions from leading service providers and manufacturers from the information and communication technology (ICT) sector and cement ITU’s role as the global [...]