Forrester Research predicts Interactive Marketing spending will reach $76.6 billion by 2016

A new report by Forrester Research forecasts that U.S. interactive marketing spending will reach $76.6 billion by 2016, equal to TV spending this year and comprising 35% of all advertising. That's a huge jump since this year interactive will comprise 19% of all spending, according to Forrester.

According to the report, search and display will remain to be the biggest pieces of the interactive spending pie, comprising 44% and 36%, respectively, in 2016, though search will have lost share from 55% in 2011. Mobile paid advertising and search will experience astronomic development and are surpassing email and social this year.

16-18% anticipated growth for India's IT Industry in FY12 – Nasscom Confident

The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) said it remains confident about its projection for 16-18% growth of the Indian IT industry in the fiscal year 2011-12 even after the economic uncertainty in US and also in European markets.

"There is no reason for us to be worried... We have spoken to customers and they are looking at expanding into geographies and bringing newer solutions to the market," Nasscom President Som Mittal said on the sidelines of the Nasscom BPO Strategy Summit 2011.

The top 10 Email Marketing Companies

Email marketing is a form of direct marketing which uses electronic mail as a means of communicating commercial or fund-raising messages to an audience. Every email sent to a potential or current customer could be considered email marketing.

Right now, there are variety of companies offering various email marketing solutions to target customers. Their services and client satisfaction have been put into test to find out the best email marketing companies. Almost every email marketing service providing firms have participated in this test. They have gone through an evaluation system for the top ranking. The evaluation was examined by experienced and well trained researchers.

Latest Skype 5.5 Beta - Adds Facebook Integration - Chat with FB Friends on Skype now!

Skype is bringing several new Facebook features to its voice over IP service. 

In today's latest release, Skype for Windows 5.5 beta, users can "like" things, comment on friends' statuses, and message Facebook friends without ever logging into Facebook. There's even a dedicated Facebook contacts tab rolled into the VoIP software—ideal for heavily invested Facebookers.

Microsoft acquires Skype for $ 8.5 Billion

Microsoft announced a definitive agreement to buy Skype for $8.5 billion. The deal, announced today, would be a shot in the arm for cash-rich Microsoft in competing with strong rivals such as Google and Apple apart from strengthening its footprint in the consumer markets.

"The companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Skype, the leading Internet communications company, for USD 8.5 billion in cash from the investor group led by Silver Lake," the two firms said in a joint statement.

Google acquires Green Parrot Pictures Company

Google has acquired Green Parrot Pictures, an Irish company that makes tools to manipulate digital video and images.

Green Parrot Pictures was founded six years ago by Dr Anil Kokaram, an associate professor with the school of engineering at Trinity College, Dublin.  Green Parrot's technology to help users make better-quality videos, particularly for videos taken with mobile phones. Google said that Green Parrot's technology would enhance the look of videos posted on its site while using bandwidth more efficiently. 

Interesting new feature from Google - SMART FOLDERS for Gmail Users

Google continues to release interesting new features designed to help email users. It has improved filtering and helped us save time doing standard email-related tasks. But Gmail's newest feature, Smart Folders.

The Smart Folders automatically identifies bulk email messages and puts them in a “special” folder.

Spruse.com - The newly launched Search Engine

Spruse.com allows users to search over hundred top sites such as Facebook, Twitter, MSN, Yahoo and a wide variety of trusted websites with just one click.

Visitors to Spruse can perform a general search, or they can limit their search to specific items, such as images, videos, news, blogs and much more. Spruse will soon offer results with ratings and comments, making it easier for users to locate the information for which they’re searching. User-generated ratings will help other searchers determine if a specific site is helpful and why.

Kingfisher Airlines launches 5 New Domestic Flights

Kingfisher Airlines has announced the launch of five new flights on its domestic route network.

The new flights to be introduced are:

• Mumbai – Jabalpur
• Jabalpur – Indore
• Indore – Mumbai
• Mumbai – Belgaum
• Belgaum – Mumbai

Mr. Manoj Chacko, Executive Vice President – Commercial, Kingfisher Airlines Limited commented , "I'm delighted to announce the launch of the third wave of new flights in our winter schedule. Kingfisher Airlines is the first and only airline, to offer connectivity to both Jabalpur and Belgaum from Mumbai. These flights are open for sale from today. The flights to Belgaum will commence from January 10, 2011 while the flights from Mumbai to Jabalpur and Indore will commence from January 24, 2011.  The new flights will offer excellent connections between important cities of India and key metropolitan cities and will further expand the reach of our strong domestic network.” in the launching ceremony.

Well, Jabalpur and Indore flying in to Mumbai will have convenient connecting options for onward travel to Hubli, Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad.

Kingfisher Airlines caters to all sections of air travel varying from the low fare service – Kingfisher Red, to the premium economy service – Kingfisher Class, to the luxurious Kingfisher First. As a leading company in India, Kingfisher Airlines offers the high amount of flights than any other companies in India.

The best part is that today Kingfisher Airlines flies to 59 cities in India and Eight International Destinations and has over 360 Daily Departures with a fleet of 66 Aircraft.

Cityville Has Beaten Up Facebook’s Farmville By a Long Shot!!!

After Farmville was released, men and women were saying that it's difficult game as well as tough being surpassed by any other developer. Well, They had been proven wrong mainly because Farmville is now struggling to retain up with Cityville, an additional game that was released a few months back.

Based on statistics, Cityville pooled in 60 million users during the very first 24 days of its launch. A brief recap of this accomplishment was later on considered Cityville’s wide availability in 6 various languages. Facebook, on the other hand, realized this truth just recently and translated Farmville in Chinese language, to catch a wider population.

Perhaps Farmville have hit a few snags though it was rolling close to like a steam engine. Cityville, on the other hand, has not touted out any slow progress. They’re moving ahead at lightning pace just due to the fact the game during the production and development phase for over a year. Speaking of that, most from the online games are released just a few months following their development, which leaves plenty of empty room for improvements. 

Cityville may possibly have similar visuals as compared to Farmville, but the game is stated to be smooth and much more attractive.