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iridium Interactive makes Kenya its gateway for investments into Africa

iridium Interactive has made Nairobi in Kenya its base for future investments into Africa. Post the successive launch of the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP Kenya) launch in Kenya, it has spread its operations to seven countries in the African continent and has already hired over 60+ local personnel in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Nigeria & Ghana. “It’s been our policy to hire locally & we are extremely happy with the talent

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iridium Interactive at the Common Wealth Games!

Before you jump the gun, no we’re not managing the IT infra of the Games or their website or their online branding but instead, an associate from our Noida office was part of the performance at the globally hailed opening ceremony of the Common Wealth Games, 2010. Janhavi Rajaraman, Project Coordinator at iridium Interactive was part of the Tree of Knowledge group showcasing the cultural heritage of India in the forms

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Facebook Developer Garage Hosted by iridium Interactive

On 23rd of September, nearly 80 developers, students, company reps and enthusiasts walked into Hotel Golkonda for the first ever Facebook Developer Garage to be held in Hyderabad, the home of Facebook in India. Organized by iridium the event is being hosted for the first time in Hyderabad after succesfully being conducted in a number of cities all over the world. The entire objective of the Garage was to showcase

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If the Ramayana were to happen in the time of Facebook

In such a hyper connected world, is it possible to imagine that we can live without the internet? Can we now imagine life without that daily dose of connectivity that facebook provides us? Difficult. But there was a time when life was not as complicated as it now has become. This here is a light hearted take on what would happen if the Ramayana were to be live updated on

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Candle Walk to Support The First National Mental Health Awareness Day by Cause an Effect foundation

Cause an Effect Foundation conducted the  1st Mental Health Awareness Day in Hyderabad yesterday, the 6th of August. The evening began with enthusiastic participation by over 80 people.  We started the program first with a brief introduction of Cause an Effect and how the organization came into being. We then went on with a presentation on  the Erwadi Tragedy and  about the activities done by WMFI and Banyan Tree Team. On

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Lets Light a Candle in Remembrance of Erwadi-Save the Date, 6PM on 6th August, 2010

Dear All, It was on the 6th of August 2001, when at least two dozen hapless chained mentally ill were roasted alive at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu, when fire engulfed the Moideen Badusha Mental Home. Sadly, when we enter the decadal year of Erwadi, we remain at Ground Zero to improve the lot of hapless tens of millions, suffering from one or other mental illness in the country. Needless to say,

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How Social Media has changed humanity?

“It is our nature to be social”, true, and I could not help but wonder how social media has given a whole new meaning to the word “social”. It has opened doors to meet new people, make bigger communities, and most importantly provided a platform to talk your mind out. With the advent of Orkut, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and countless other social networks, least have we realized how this has

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Fast times at iridium Interactive

Sometimes there is no better place to start than right in the middle. So keep the title of this post in mind and bear with me. The excitement of the past two weeks has made it a little difficult for me to summarize and I’ll try to make my experiences at iridium Interactive as clear as possible. First was this fantastic meeting with a 37 year old CEO of a

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Social Media Policy of iridium Interactive

Companies have made it big and some companies have made blunders with social media. When Nestle’s social media representative got rude with their already enraged consumers, things snowballed and Nestle once reputed for its transparency was jeered at for their non courteousness. Social Media Policy or the policy that keeps employees within boundaries is much needed for any company who wants to control its social media endeavours. iridium Interactive has

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Social Media for NGOs..4 Starters to Get You Moving

Organizations need a variety of online supporters. They need customers who buy their products, evangelists who promote their brand, mavens who add intellectual value, their own employees who speak out and increase the goodwill towards the brand and a silent audience of undecided’s who fall in none of these categories. Large organizations are blessed with followers and fans instantly. Their timelines and fan pages are bombarded with complaints, compliments and

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