India is gearing up for the iPhone launch and it seems no less than the cliché climax of a Bollywood thriller. All pop and no fizz. The product has been packaged and marketed in a wondrous fashion. And Bharati Airtel and Vodafone do not fail to add a pinch of suspense in terms of the [...]
The Ishir Digital venture TonicTag has competition as Komli Media has launched an exclusive channel for technology advertisers. This channel supposedly enables brand advertisers to micro target technology buffs, developers, mobile geeks and head honchos in the IT sector.
Seventymm is back in news for its recent Series C funding. The movie rental website has got its recent funding of Rs 50 crores led by NEA-Indo US Ventures. Even Matrix Partners India, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and ePlanet Ventures participated in this round of funding. Earlier these companies had already funded Seventymm with Rs. 40 [...]
UTV is on an acquisition spree. After its recent acquisition of IT Nation, UTV Software Communications is back in news with its latest acquisition of California-based True Games Interactive. The acquisition is done through its gaming division UTV Interactive. The Indian media giant has acquired 80% stake in True Games Interactive, a gaming company focusing [...]
While techno junkies are awaiting the much-anticipated release of Apple’s iPhone, Nokia has a trick up its sleeve that may cause more than just a murmur.
AOL is speeding up on the social media front. It seems like the online giant has taken keen interest in the aggregation and lifestreaming business. And the recent acquisition of social aggregation / lifestreaming website SocialThing is proof. The final price of the acquisition is not disclosed. But as SocialThing is still in its private [...]
MTNL has finally decided to cut broadband charges by up to 50%. The move aims at increasing the user base and announced a plan offering users high speed connections (2 mbps)with 150 mb of free downloads at Rs. 99/ month. Users can even opt for the Rs. 149 plan which offers 400 mb of free [...]
Google India is facing defamation charges that too from the Indian firm, Gremach Infrastructure Equipment & Projects. The Mumbai based firm is dragging Google India into a lawsuit as Google hosted articles protesting Gremach’s mines in the Mozambique under the username ‘Toxic Writer’.
We are noticing a trend wherein video content creators and aggregators are tying up with international websites to offer their content, and vice versa. Following the trend NDTV Lumière has tied up with US video entertainment portal Jaman.com to offer its video content for download and live screening.
Here comes the clutter. Well that is what it looks like in terms of Zapak World which was recently launched by Reliance ADA Group. Part of the online gaming major Zapak the website obviously caters to gamers with a selection (or call it clutter) of over 12000 games. These are categorised as casual games in [...]
If you are a Bombayite (I do not prefer calling myself or others a Mumbaikar) you surely cannot miss the MouthShut.com stickers on every possible rickshaw in the city. Well the famed review website is back in the limelight for entering the mobile domain. This enables users to send reviews via SMS which will showcased [...]
Shaadi.com (People Group) and Vodafone have got into an exclusive tie-up to offer matrimonial services on Vodafone Live (the WAP portal), via SMS and on a voice portal. Christened “Shaadi.com on Vodafone” the service has been powered by none other than Mauj (People Groups mobile venture).
Idea Cellular seems to be in a fix. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked Idea Cellular to surrender its license held in Karnataka and Punjab. Idea Cellular got hold of licenses in the two circles after its acquisition of Spice Communication in June. The best part is that though Idea Cellular is ready to [...]
Well social networking sites have been considered a menace with various organisations. They believe it to be a complete waste of time and resources. Well the UK-based networking platform Brave New Talent begs to differ. They are working on a creating an online community for Indian students and employers. Indian students can post profiles, research [...]
It looks like everyone is geared up to cater to multilingual user. The launch of the Economic Times Hindi (ET) website is yet another step. ET Hindi (the print version) was launched in February 2008 and the new website is sure to garner a loyal readership. The company will be launching a campaign announcing the [...]
