"The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated." -Mark Twain

Flock is coming back soon. There site has started showing so. It will be interesting to see that what they have in there package as last time they exited because they were lacking innovation, Firefox and chrome had so many social extensions that you do not need to install a new browser.

There can be a chance that Facebook which is searching to get a browser may take over flock, as Opera can be an expensive deal and also flock has a talent pool that can make browser for all platforms. So its better to get the talent pool and make it in your own style rather than buying an expensive company.

Browser war has again begun and there are many more number of players who are fighting to get the position, so this time its going to be tricky and unlike previous which were fought on Windows, this time its on multiple platforms.

Key players on different platforms are:

1. Windows -

• Internet Explorer
• Google Chrome
• Firefox
• Opera

2. iOS -

• Safari
• Google Chrome
• Firefox and Axis yet to make impact

3. Android -

• Android Browser
• Chrome
• iBrowser from ibibo
• UC browser
• Dolphin
• Opera
• Maxthon

Its going to be a tough fight this time and especially on Android which is the most popular platform and on mobile browsers bring more option for monetizing and many companies like ibibo and UC want to concentrate only on Android that make the fight little more tricky.

And since flock is coming back this means still there is space for more players to survive in this BROWSER WAR.

Note: Indian companies do not have such browsers other than Epic on Windows and ibrowser on Android. Tough to understand that why companies like Rediff, Indiatimes etc do not fight in this main stream Internet wars. Lets innovate guys!!!!!!

Can India build its own Facebook?

This seems to be a big question that is it possible for India to build its own Facebook. The only possibility is from R&D. But looking at the R&D standard in India it seems to be quite far ahead in future. Right now R&D in India means "Receive and Dispatch" where as the world believes in Research and Development.

Till the time India do not get innovative on web products they cannot make the Facebook in India. Facebook beats all with all the innovation it brought to the world of the Social Network, and hence captured the same to become the strongest element of it. Indian Internet companies don't seems to have that fire in them. Rediff which seems to be a bit global is like an old forgettable story. World has move so much ahead India which has stayed back and lost the race by many laps.

We have even seen the global trend where people make innovative products and sell them to larger companies as a very good cost. And those companies run these products as a bigger success story or at-least to its maximum potential. Unlike India, where some people copy the idea from west and then build the sell the unpolished product to Indian Internet Company for an average price. Being unpolished and stolen it becomes a flop in front of its original western counter-path.

Hence, innovation is the real requirement of the world today and till the time we do not achieve it we cannot build a better Internet Industry and cannot imagine to have a Facebook build in India.

gaana.com a well organised music library

Indiatimes new creation Gaana.com is a good library for the music lover. You can search and listen the music of your choice as well as create your own playlist by signing in using FB or Twitter and even create your own gaana.com account.

Being an alpha version still its very stable and works smooth for me. I was able to search all Hindi as well as English songs. Even some of my Punjabi friend told me that he can find many old Punjabi songs which he used to love listening. But i was not able to find the Pakistani song nahi-re-nahi. Anyways i find this gaana.com a good !dea and overall had a good experience.

Google, Facebook and Twitter have eaten up all the internet market share from the Indian Companies like rediff and sify. But Indian Internet companies have found a way to survive and work on innovation other that competing with the Giants. E-commerce, Jobs and news are still dominated by the Indian Internet companies like Flipkart, Naukri, Times Of India etc.

So such innovative !deas like gaana will help Indian Companies to servive against Internet companies like Facebook and Google.

Google Vs FB 2012

2011 ends, 2012 begins but there are somethings which will not change. One of them is the big social fight : Google Vs Facebook. Google came up with the major weapon "PLUS" to beat FB. 2011 witness the Google most serious attempt to capture the social.

Google Plus is already integrated to the most of the Google services as well as most of the news and blogs. Also its user base seems to be active enough. There are chances that slowly and steady it will becomes a giant like Facebook. We should note that once the social network have few of our friends active soon many will join it, hence pumping up the growth.

Most importantly, Google plus is also moving into Enterprise with Google apps as solution for social, video conference (Hangouts) etc. This is where Facebook lags.

2011 already have been an year of victory for the Google products and services like Search and Android. Android not only beats the BB and Symbian but also iOS, that too by a large margin. And when it comes to search bing don't even stands near by.

Its the time to enjoy the Biggest Internet War 2012 : PLUS VS FB