The Journey Of A Startup

What's New On The Net completes 3 years tomorrow

2013-03-12T04:57:00.002-07:00

Wow! Three years. Heck of a long time in the life of a Startup. Yup, What's New On The Net completes 3 years of being Online tomorrow, i.e. March 13, 2013. And we are proud to state that we have done it by putting in our own funds, sweat and long hours.

Rather than take readers on a nostalgic trip, as Editor of the website, I have instead decided to use this post to talk of the changes that we have ushered in to mark the third anniversary.

For one, version Beta 2.0 comes with a new logo. More dynamic than the previous one but still carrying our trademark WWW (personifying the World Wide Web).

We have also changed our Home Page and some of the Inside Pages and have tied up with RebelMouse for their design. The Home Page is more tile-oriented, in tune with contemporary design.

When you click on any story on the Home Page, you are now taken to www.internet.whatsnewonthenet.com where you will see a website whose design is easy on the eye, clean and efficient.

We have also decided to expand our coverage beyond just merely featuring Internet Startups and Smartphone Apps. One addition is that we now human curate Internet related news from other parts of the WWW so as to make your visit to What's New On The Net a more complete experience.

There's more.........but I shall leave you all here with a request to please check out our website for yourselves. Do write in to us, telling us what you think of all the changes.

Cheers

Sorab Ghaswalla
Editor

Change of guard at the helm...& other stuff

2012-10-17T04:09:00.002-07:00

Yes, we know. It's been a while since we posted on our Blog. There's a reason why. Since the last time we posted here, many things have happened. Guess we were busy tackling them & our tired souls found no time to come here to post. Bad policy, we know, but then such is life.

Very quickly. Our previous Editor NuNet has retired (just joking. He's moved on). What's New On The Net is now being edited by Sorab Ghaswalla, ( the man who's writing this post). For more on him ( me) here's some details:

An old world journalist who went to the light. Sorab Ghaswalla is a born-again chronicler (this time digital), a newbie Internet Entrepreneur and a digital world consultant, all rolled in one. One of the Internet’s earliest advocates, he was snared by the Web in 1999. He’s been in the zone ever since. To give a more formal touch to his Internet nomadism, he recently founded an Internet consultancy firm, New Age Content Services LLP (www.newagecontentservices.com). The firm also owns two Sites – What’s New On The Net (http://www.whatsnewonthenet.com) and the 1st-ever Digital World Lifestyle Blog called Always Above the Fold (http://www.alwaysabovethefold.com), which Sorab edits. Roaming the labyrinths of the digital world, he occasionally surfaces in the real one. Because of which his family and friends have given him the moniker -The Digital Monk.

Hi Guys.....

Okay, now I shall quit talking about me in the 3rd person.

What's New On The Net has been chugging along quite nicely, thank you. I have tweaked the layout a little, made it more reader-friendly. No major changes though. The aim of the website remains the same - to be a one-stop window for all developments related to the digital world including Internet related Startups, & in the world of smartphone apps.

New Age Content Services LLP, our management, has also launched the 1st-ever digital world lifestyle Blog called Always Above the Fold. So go have a look because that Blog, too, is run by yours truly.

There are many things that we at What's New On The Net are looking out for (See the list below):

1) Partners ( full time or part-time)

2) Venture Funding

3) Freelance writers

So, if you are any one of these, write in to administrator (at) whatsnewonthenet.com

Before I sign off, I promise to post here more often.

Cheers

2 years of existence

2012-03-12T16:24:00.001-07:00

That's the right word. On March 13, we complete 2 years of my Website's "existence". To be frank, when I had started the Site I had not envisaged it getting past the 6 months mark. But look at it guys, 730 days of existence....all on our own money & wit & initiative....surely it deserves a little pat on the back, huh? Applause....

First, lets get the business part of it out of the way before I get all sentimental about the journey so far. For our 2nd anniversary, we at Whats New On The Net have launched Market2Net, a new service for Startups/Internet Products & Smartphone Apps. M2N is a telescoped Marketing/Branding/PR/Advertising service that will hold hands with Internet Startups in their initial days & go about telling the Online world about them. So, while the Startups owners/managers are busy running the Site & attending to related issues like Servers, design and funding, Market2Net will do all the publicity for the Startup across the Web. The service will make enough noise for people & organisations across the length and breadth of the Internet to sit up and take note. For US $100 dollars for a month, we will do it. This is a personalized service & not a mindless automated one. Each client will be handled by our in-house M2N executive on a one-on-one level.

Of course, there's a lot I can say about Market2Net but guess readers may have got enough of a general idea by now. To know more, you may click here.

The other thing I have done is that our highly popular The Most Useful Website of the Month will now be extended to Smartphone Apps. So starting April 2012, we will start announcing The Most Useful Smartphone App of the Month, too, so watch out for that one. We have also made a few design changes to the Website, too.

Now., to the nostalgia part....so the last 2 years have certainly been an eye-opener, to put it mildly. We discovered a whole new world Online & now are proud members of it. And proud of the fact that members of this community chose to follow us - our Website, on Facebook, on Twitter, on Chime.in, on every Social Network that we are members of...so a big THANK YOU to all of 'em, & a BIG request - Keep following us guys.

Focusing on the year gone by, Whats New On The Net has moved up several notches & passed some more milestones in its journey. The Website got Google Rank 3, in the last year we set up our Board of Advisors & also our first advisor, Fred. T, based in Palo Alto, USA, we got a little bit more advertising, a tad more readers, some more recognition as publishers of Startups, Internet news & developments...& of course some brickbats too (sorry there for letting you down).

We also joined several more Social Networks like Google+ & Chime.in. We also launched our website's mobile phone version on Dudamobile. Another important milestone was our website's LIVE events section. We have already shown several world events live, most recent being the launch of the 3rd version of Apple iPad.

There are many such milestones that we hurtled past in the last 365 days but listing them all here would be kinda blowing our own trumpet.We would like our work to speak for itself. But before logging out from here, let me assure our fans/readers of an even better 3rd year of operations & a request to keep following Whats New On The Net & providing support.

So long

NuNet
Editor

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

2012-02-25T05:33:00.002-08:00

The first quarter of 2012 has been quite fruitful for the website. Not only has our website grown in traffic, we have also started getting some advertisements outside Google Ads.

Whats New On The Net has made further inroads in consciousness of Internet readers. The flow of letters from readers is more, free lance writers have started asking us whether they could write for our website, it is clear that the website is becoming a recognisable and solid place for all info related to the Net and Smartphone Apps.

We have not made any major changes to the Site. With our 2nd aniversary approaching in March, all pending changes shall be implemented then. There could be surprises in store for our readers,so watch out.

Cheers till then.

Our Man in Silicon Valley, Our Very 1st Advisor Comes on Board

2011-12-10T18:28:00.001-08:00

Hi,

Yup, I know it's been awhile since I have posted something here. Several things have conspired to ensure I didn't - our Web Host Co's server went down, a virus attack.....But on the heels of such bad tidings came some good news.

After almost 20 months of Beta operations, our website has got its 1st Advisor. Yup, we had decided to constitute a Board of Advisors whose role basically would be to hold our hands till such time we hit "pay dirt" (by that we mean at least our 1st round of funding).

So, we started identifying, sending requests to "well-known" names in Startup circles, joined numerous Startup platforms & finally our efforts fructified. Actually, the initial correspondence was carried out over Angellist, a community of Startups, & Fred T, accepted on Dec 5, 2011.

So, we welcome the versatile Mr Fred T, our very 1st Advisory Board Member.

Here's a link to Fred's bio.

Very briefly, Fred is the Chief Executive Office & co-founder of Moolave, a Cloud-based storage solution for government & mobile-based enterprise platform for consumers. But Fred is a versatile guy, one reason why we approached him. Having moved to Palo Alto, California, USA, some years ago, Fred has a decade of finance and business development experience.

We are now looking around for more Advisors, & hopefully once our full Board is constituted, the website will get the much-needed thrust to go into the next orbit.

Till the next post, cheers.

NuNet
Editor

We Just Went Up in Google Rank

2011-11-08T02:47:00.000-08:00

Hi,

There's so much that has happened on my Website after I last posted here but I have had absolutely no time to post about these developments until now.

But 1st for the immediate good news: Your fav Website just went up one more rung in Google Ranks from 2 to 3 today. Cheers & thanks to all our readers.

Then, the Website has become part of many more Social Networking Sites. You know, you will be surprised to know that at last count, www.whatsnewonthenet.com

was a member on as many as 18 Social Networks. Wow!

The latest additions are Chime.in ( we talked about this one in an earlier post too) and Diaspora. Both are brand new Social Networking Sites, though Diaspora has been in the news on and off because of its open-source nature.

You can find us on whatsnewonthenet@joindiaspora.com

http://chime.in/user/WhatsNewontheNet

Well, it does not end here. Besides the fact that our Page Views & number of readers have been steadily climbing, we also have a new Brand Page on Google+

https://plus.google.com/105287771905337131536/

Whew! That was a mouthful. Anyway, I have said all that I had to say...while to all of you I just have to say, "Keep following our Site".

Bye

NuNet

Editor

We are delirious! We have just been ranked in the top 1% of Websites/Blogs by Social Media Monitoring tool Proliphiq

2011-10-21T22:23:00.000-07:00

Many developments have happened since the last time I wrote. 1st, my Website has joined a new Social Networking Site called Chime.in.

In case you are unaware of this, Chime.in was launched just a few days ago by UberMedia, the guys who are one of the best known developers of feature-rich Social Media Apps. We have even started our own community there called Netizens. This community is a free-for-all corner for all those who are fans of the Internet or Smartphones, who love the Web community & wanna get regular updates about it. You can join by clicking on http://chime.in/community/Netizens

Our experience of Chime.in has been fun. I suggest all of you check it out anyway & form your own opinions.

But the 2nd development has really made us hold our heads high. But let's start at the very beginning. I opened my mail & found an invite to take a round of Proliphiq, a Social Media monitoring/analytical tool which will be launched some time later in October. We looked & once again, came away quite surprised with all that quality stuff. Both Chime.in & Proliphiq, if you were to ask me, are long-race horses. Quite refreshing from all those stale SocNet (Social.Networks).

But the surprise came later today when Proliphiq ranked my website www.whatsnewonthenet.com in the top 1% of Websites/Blogs. Wow! We were knocked back; not something we expected. ...and of course, all thanks to you, our dear fans+readers.
That's one great testimonial to my Website's credibility!

You can click on

http://www.proliphiq.com/WhatsNewOnNet to check out our rank.

When Proliphiq opens up for the masses, do come and visit us. In fact, at both places - Chime.in & Proliphiq.

Cheers

NuNet

Watch All Important Events Related to the Internet 'Live' from our Website

2011-10-01T05:54:00.000-07:00

There is some GREAT NEWS that I wanna share with all our fans & readers. We have launched a 'Live' events section. Starting today, many events related to developments on the Internet will be broadcast 'Live', yes, right from the spot of the event, for all our Fans & Followers.

Eg: Facebook launching new Apps will be beamed 'Live' from our Website, thanks to Websites like UStream & Livestream. So, all of you can now get a ringside view of what's happening at the Facebook F8 convention or the launch of a new Google product. Fun, right?

It doesn't end there. Thanks to another Website called Coveritlive, all our fans will be able to key in their comments, 'Live', even as the event unfolds. Of course, all comments shall be moderated before being posted, but the gap would be of barely seconds. Just to keep out the profanities, guys!

Here's the link http://www.whatsnewonthenet.com/Live-Events.php to the 'Live' Page. Adequate advance notice of forthcoming events that we plan to broadcast 'Live' shall be put on our Home Page so that our readers can plan their day in advance, too.

We are pretty excited by this add-on. Hope you'll are too.

Bye Bye
NuNet

OUR WEBSITE IS ON GOOGLE+

2011-09-04T05:43:00.000-07:00

Finally. My website is now officially a member of the latest Social Networking site - Google+

Click on the link below:

https://plus.google.com/113298171121922297009/

But the good news is not limited to us. For fans/readers of our website, I have 150 'Invites' to Google+ to be given away. All that you have to do is:

a) Like our Facebook Page

b) Follow the website on Twitter

After you have done one of the above, you can send us an email on administrator@whatsnewonthenet.com with the FB account or Twitter account you used plus the email address where you want the Invite to be sent.

Cheers

NuNet

We have launched the mobile version of our website from today

2011-08-20T07:49:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Just to let all of you know that from today, we have launched a mobile version of www.whatsnewonthenet.com

We have taken the help of Dudamobile for this.

Yes, we have realized that the normal website does not really sync with a mobile phone screen. So keeping that in mind and in the interest of faster download on the handset, we have come out with a mobile version. The latter may not have all the ingredients of our regular website but believe us, the bare essentials are there.

Go to this Page http://www.whatsnewonthenet.com/Mobile-Site-of-www-whatsnewonthenet-com.php to read up on this and get the mobile URL http://mobile.dudamobile.com/site/whatsnewonthenet

Those who try and download the regular website on cellphones will automatically be re-directed to the mobile version in a few minutes so we request you to have patience.

Cheers

NuNet

My Website has a new Facebook Landing Page

2011-08-17T21:48:00.001-07:00

Hey Guys,

I have not posted here for some time now, I know. But things have been pretty hectic in the interim.

This post is just to announce that I have created a new Landing Page for the website's Facebook Account.
Check it out:

http://www.facebook.com/whatsnewonthenet?v=app_187409591310113

Let us know what you think of it.

Love

NuNet

Check Out The Website's 1st YouTube Promo

2011-07-19T07:07:00.000-07:00

I have uploaded my website's 1st ever video promo on YouTube yesterday. Have a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjNinUrUn0U&feature=youtu.be

I would be happy if you give us feedback on this one.

Cheers

NuNet

Hey, Google has just ranked us!

2011-07-06T19:50:00.000-07:00

This is fantastic. I have just realized that my website has finally got a Google rank. Yes, www.whatsnewonthenet.com has been ranked 2 out of 10. Coming barely within 16 months of setting up this Startup, this is Great News. All the hard work is paying off. And of course, thanks to you readers, for making my website a "must read" in your otherwise busy, daily schedule.

So, while signing off, once again an appeal - Go on, keep reading What's New on The Internet. And tell your friends, family and social contacts about it.

Good Day.

NuNet

We have added a Favicon

2011-06-01T21:07:00.000-07:00

Yup, you heard right. We have added a Favicon to our URL. For the uninitiated, a Favicon is that cute little "thingie" that you see on the extreme left of any URL address. It does need a little bit of coding to insert it. The task had been pending for some time now, so yesterday, I decided to go ahead and do it. Here it is:
That's a W, the 1st letter in What's New.....

So, let us know what you think of it. And now...to the next pending job --adding Google's recently introduced +1 button to the stories.

Here are some of the links to past posts

2011-05-28T23:36:00.000-07:00

As promised at the time of switching my website Blog to Blogger, I am publishing some links to previous posts on WordPress. Most will to lead to cached pages but bear with us. These refer to our journey from the very Start.

Have fun reading them:

May 14, 2011: We continue to grow

Nov 12, 2010: www.whatsnewonthenet is featured on StartUps.bz

More links in future posts.

RSS feed still not working

2011-05-27T07:59:00.000-07:00

Things are coming back after our website www.whatsnewonthenet.com moved to a new server some days ago. But one confound thing that just refuses to come back online is the site's RSS feed. I have moved nothing less than heaven and earth to get the infernal thing working again.....but no luck. So I have decided, that's it. Tomorrow morning, if I cannot kickstart that thing, I am moving to a new RSS generator. Till then, my apologies to all my RSS subscribers.

What Happened?

2011-05-26T04:20:00.000-07:00

This is our 1st time on Blogger. We were on WordPress prior to this but moved, bag, code, photos, et all. Why? Nothing wrong with WP but to cut a long story short, some "wise" man made our website switch servers, and as expected, things went wrong. Believe you me when I say this -DO NOT switch servers unless absolutely imperative!

So, the previous Blog that went under the name- A Website's Journey - went offline for tech reasons (because it was in the root directory of the website itself so when the server switched...blah, blah, blah..whatever).

So, here I am, the same website on a brand new Blog. ( I will try and give links to some of the earlier posts at some time in the future so that readers can catch the flavour.)

On May 24-25, we shifted servers and tiny bits of our portion of the webworld withered away somewhere in cyberspace. Our webspiders ( human editors) have managed to reel in some of this lost Content. Our original Blog is still out there, somewhere. So we did the next best thing - start a new blog on a brand new platform. And, here we are.

Basically, this Blog shall (continue) to chronicle the journey of a Startup www.whatsnewonthenet.com as it makes its way from womb to birth to adulthood (but not death, we hope). Maybe, just maybe, our story may inspire other wannabe Startups, we feel.

So long, keep reading.