For the first time in the history of Indian Cinema, a Bollywood film is all set to release on YouTube, the popular video sharing website. ‘Striker’ starring Siddharth Narayan of Rang De Basanti Fame, will be releasing on the 5^th of February. Read More...

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India’s first ever digital film, ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha, which is on the brink of hitting theatres this year has something much more in store for viewers besides just being a peculiar style of film.

This much talked about digital movie which centers round the unraveled stories behind striking headlines over the years brings a ray of promise for all those who love being behind the camera. As we hear through the grapevine, Dibakar Banerjee, Director of Love Sex Aur Dhokha and Ekta Kapoor, Owner of Balaji Motion Pictures have circled in on an online contest for all those aspiring filmmakers.

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While the soaring Fahrenheit stresses out the minds of various environmentalists, the technology makers of today also face the brunt of the current situation. This pressure has forced the technology manufacturers to ideate and come up with latest innovations and gadgets. One such central location for all innovators to come together and flaunt their latest products and devices is the International Consumer Electronic Show (CES). Read More...

Twitter has a new member. It’s none other than the Badshah of Bollywood, King Khan. Shahrukh Khan is the latest celebrity to join the Twitter bandwagon. Gauging by the number of his followers – 53,687- Shahrukh is certainly a hit on Twitter. However, his profile is yet to be verified.

Shahrukh registered on the popular micro-blogging website on the 2nd of January. Shahrukh, who is of a reticent nature was at first reluctant to join the website, but finally gave in to the idea after his friend Karan Johar coaxed him to share his life with his fans. Shahrukh expressed his delight on receiving such a warm welcome on joining the social networking website via a post on his profile page. Read More...

It does not end! Just after releasing a stream of its best videos in 2009, Youtube have zeroed in on their social networking endeavor. And who better to turn to than Facebook?

Youtube has decided on amalgamating with Facebook through a viable connection that links Youtube videos posted on users Facebook pages right onto your Youtube page. Youtube looks at more video feeds that connect both the social networking giants.

There is more to it though. Currently testing out a new video feature syndicate wherein it would be mandatory for users to stay connected to their Facebook account in order for this to materialize. Read More...

At a time when the world loves to share content in form of pictures, videos and texts on the Internet, why should companies stay behind! This notion has prompted several brands to come out of the traditional mode and experiment with modern social technologies. Social media is the latest buzz-word discussed at company meetings and conferences to make sure the marketing spend is allocated wisely to each channel. Read More...

Two business oriented social networking sites – LinkedIn and Peer Power have set a mark for other websites to pit against. So why not take a peek into their respective profiles and learn what lies between them. Read More...

Durex never ceases to surprise us! Yet again they have devised a strategy, although very unlikely, that pushes the youth of today to use condoms. Read More...

Finally, the rumors are laid to rest! It is true!

Google has ventured into the highly competitive and lucrative cell phone market. Read More...

We’ll tell you whom we caught Face-Booking. It’s Yahoo! After giving ‘you’ the power to handle yahoo, they have recently been caught Face-booking too. Read More...

99labels.com is the latest entrant into the quickly expanding avenue of online retail ventures. Launched today, 99labels promises irresistible deals by partnering with national and international brands, wherein affluent clothing labels will showcase select merchandise at discounted rates. Read More...

BigFlix.com, India’s largest online/offline movie rental service has introduced ‘Reserve Now’, a feature that lets its rental audience block (reserve) desired titles in a bid to enhance the existing queue management services on offer.

The ‘Reserve Now’ feature can be used for movies, plays, and documentaries that are under the ‘Available’ status in queue. Consumers that avail of this feature will receive the reserved title on the next delivery cycle, which is within one business day. Pankaj Chandra, Chief Lead-Online Movie Rentals, BIGFlix.com, mentioned, “There is always a continuous process involved at our end to understand the consumer mindset of what he is looking for, right from registration to consumption. It is with this effort that we have been able to launch this unique feature and we will continue to introduce many more features that make the overall movie rental experience personalized and exciting.”

Launched in 2008, BigFlix movie rentals is a subsidiary of Reliance Big Entertainment and has rapidly grown into a service that offers the biggest range of home video content across 13 Indian languages and various genres, offering close to 21,000 titles. BigFlix’s current membership base is around 80,000 within India offering their services via multiple interfaces like retail stores, online home delivery service and call centre. As far as physical locations (stores) go, BigFlix has roughly around 95 stores in 10 cities; Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Indore.

Ozone Media recently launched a women centric advertising channel ‘Eva’. Digimouth spoke with Kiran Gopinath, the founder and chief executive officer of Ozone Media to get an insight into what’s on offer and future projections. Read More...

Microsoft has finally woken up to the potential of free services on the internet with the announcement that it will release the online version of the office suite, Office 2010, for free. Read More...

RK Swamy Digital Direction recently won a bronze at the Internationalist 2009 Media Awards for their execution of the ‘Siemens Answers’ campaign in India. The campaign was run online between October 2008 – September 2009 with “We have the answers to the World’s toughest questions, this is our tradition since 1847.” as Siemens’ core communication. Read More...