Create Your Account  |  Log in  |  Contact Latest News QR Code Names are Hot! Guide to Investing in the QR space           Now that there is a broad consensus emerging on how QR Codes can help make interactivity between online and offline world better, the only missing links lingering in many stakeholders minds are where to invest, how to identify opportunities, when and what to profit from and offer to end users/custom... InGurus.com - Friday, February 3, 2012 - 10:20 Two Successful EMERGING businesses by 2015 will be… Emerging businesses are tricky. Though they even manage VC/PE funding, for every 10 such business models that are forecasted for sure success, 8 of them disappear with in the first 1000 days. I have been observing 2 business models for the last 3 years and now with certain degree of confidence can say that by InGurus.com - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 6:19 A “Q” here and a “R” there: Its a QRAZY World out there!               Quick responses and Quirkier Uses – we have to accept we are living in a QR World. These images would further reinforce how QR is spreading virally across the globe and across industries. 1)Airlines   2) Business Cards   3) QR Social Media     4) Realty/Rentals/Pro... InGurus.com - Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 10:29 DOMAINfest + SoCal Domainers Meetup: A Treat for All and a Feast for Visitors This Santa is very liberal in doling out gifts…I am talking about Santa Monica where 2 major events are lined up this coming week. They are:  1) DOMAINfest This is the first major event of 2012 in the domaining space and sets the tone for the rest of the year. In a way, it gives InGurus.com - Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 5:54 My BULLISH Bets for 2012: GOLD, CLOUD,MOBILE, QR Having seen many booms and busts over the last 2 decades, I had my fair share of encounters with few bubbles and busts. Looking at the macro economic scenario today and the prevailing internet space, few things are shouting for my attention and I find decent opportunities to invest in these verticals. Without much ado, here InGurus.com - Friday, January 27, 2012 - 11:50 90% of Top 100 magazines had QR Codes in 2011….more than 600% Increase in Action Codes Here, There, Everywhere…the QR movement is spreading fast and soon QRs may “Occupy Timesquare.” Research Firms on QR: 1) Gartner says smartphone sales were expected to total nearly 500 million units worldwide in 2011 and jump to 1.8 billion by 2015. 2) Scanbuy reports that its system processed more than 20 million s... InGurus.com - Friday, January 27, 2012 - 7:3 22% of Fortune 50 Companies are using QR Codes….Are you? QR-in-a-Box: the NEW QRdentity Business Cards, Tattoos, Stickers, Signs, Shirts, Chains, Ads – you name it, if it’s innovative and increases retail participation, Fortune 500 companies are game for it. A new study by Burson-Marsteller titled “The Fortune 50 Use of Mobile” has found that 22% of the Fortune 50 are placing QR code... InGurus.com - Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 10:33 From Madison St. to Mumbai: Quick Response (QR) Codes Conquer the World Mobile Barcodes have started popping up everywhere. We see them appear in magazines, catalogs, on outdoor signage, on packed goods,  and on billboards. QR Codes or in Short “QR” or Quick Response codes may appear as black-and-white squares showing up in subway ads or in least expected places tempting you to pick up your smartphone InGurus.com - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 15:50 All roads lead to CES 2012….The NEXT BIG thing is… What is common between VCR, CD, Camcorder, XBOX, DVR, HDTV, Blue Ray, Tablets, 3D TV, and OLED TV? All of the above products were first shown to the public at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) before reaching the stores and buyers were talking about them day-in and out until they laid their hands on them InGurus.com - Saturday, January 7, 2012 - 11:35 E = MIC2 is the NEW “Enterprise” Mantra E=MC2 has taken a new avatar since Einstein coined it. Now, its morphed into E=MIC2 “E“nterprise = “M”obile + “I”nmemory “C”omputing + “C”loud Paperless is now moving to Contactless and touch and tap based. Mobile is radically changing business models and a firm without a mo... InGurus.com - Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 9:39 Cloud Domain Name Sales on CLOUD9 in 2011. Is it just the Beginning? Success has many fathers and failure is always an orphan. The “I said so” phenomenon is here again and I am happy to see Cloud names selling for hefty premiums unfold just 2 quarters from my bold predictions. If the same trend of Cloud aftersales market is extrapolated into 2012, blockbuster sales of Cloud names will InGurus.com - Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 3:50 IBM bets BIG on CLOUD, Warren Buffet bets BIG on IBM From TECH averse to Tech amorous….after years of shying away from TECH space throughout his investing career, Buffet finally succumbed to the tech byte and the bait is IBM. Warren Buffett said his Berkshire Hathaway Inc has accumulated a 5.5 percent stake in IBM, the billionaire investor’s biggest bet in the technology fi... InGurus.com - Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 8:5 India wakes up to Online Shopping: Your Shopping Cart is Ready, Shop Till you Drop! Online demand during the recent festive season for products like mobile phones, e-tablets, consumer electronics, home appliances, home decor, furnishings, apparel and ornaments shot up 300 % from last year to over USD $ 1 billion  as nearly 12.5 million consumers placed orders through internet in INDIA during the last few days for th... InGurus.com - Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 12:57 Are days for Exact Match Domain Names numbered with Google’s latest Patent? Google is at it again. Panda 1 plunged Adsense payouts, Panda 2 brought SEO/SEM gurus on to their knees, Panda 3 change this October perished models built on trying to exploit Google Search. We already had umpteen discussions on exact match keyword domains and their lifespan. Opinions were divided with people from both camps supporti... InGurus.com - Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 15:19 Gartner, Forrester, Deloitte Research forecasts can help Businesses make Money in 2012 At the outset, let me state that this is not a sponsored post for Gartner, Forrester, or Deloitte. The names were used only contextually and you are free to replace them with any other research firm you are comfortable with. You may call them tech trends, emerging trends, top trends, sunrise sectors, bubble zones, Hype InGurus.com - Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 10:54 For the Online Shopper, is Christmas shopping already Over? Retail analysts will be crunching all kinds of data like  grocery sales store-wise, mystery shoppers and their habits, online store sales and free shipping trends this quarter with shoppers getting ready for festive season and New Year. The next 100 days is when every person’s budgeting goes for a toss and credit card companies... InGurus.com - Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 1:54 Oracle says the Right time to Invest in the Cloud is “Right Now” Oracle, the world’s second-largest software maker, has agreed to buy RightNow Technologies for US$1.5 billion. It will be the company’s biggest purchase since it bought Sun Microsystems last year, and after introducing the Oracle “Public Cloud” which delivers software online. Started in a spare bedroom by its ... InGurus.com - Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 0:18 Shopping will Never be the Same Again: Mobile Wallet, Mobile Payments, and eReceipts The New Shopper has arrived and its the “Mobile Shopper.” Emerging technologies like mobilepayments, eWallet, QR codes, Augmented reality are opening up new shopping experiences and paving way for in-store cashless transactions at point-of-sale (POS). INDIA: The Mobile Crazy Nation The Indian economy has been on a fast tr... InGurus.com - Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 13:25 Hello Mobile, bye bye Plastic! Mobile payments soon to become a $670 billion Market The payments and banking industries are abuzz with interest in mobile payments. Increasingly people will soon browse on one device such as a PC and then buy from another such as a smartphone. About 65 percent of the U.S. population will have a smartphone and/or tablet by 2015, according to the research firm In-Stat. A latest InGurus.com - Friday, October 14, 2011 - 15:50 Thanks to Rick Schwartz, Thanks to Mike Berkens, and a BIG Thanks to Google At the outset, everyone would be harboring the 3 WWWs in their mind. Who? Why? What for? Here it goes …. Rick Schwartz ( Ricksblog.com ) Rick tops my list and deservedly ranks  to be at No.1 ahead of Google. Why? I have known Rick for more than seven years and over the years, his InGurus.com - Friday, October 14, 2011 - 6:1 Next 20 Domaining.com - Newsletter - RSS - Affiliate Program - Advertising - Follow us on Twitter or Facebook or Blog - Contact Us  Suggestions - Trends - Registration - Marketplaces - Portfolios - Brokers Drop - Appraisal - Financing - Escrow - Parking Web Hosting - Development - SEO - Forum - Tools Education - Resources - Metrics - New Extensions - Legal - Events THANKS to our friends DomainTools.com for their cutting edge WHOIS service and Estibot.com for their domain valuation technology.