Google is finally launching its own venture fund! Called Google Ventures, this company will have an open mind where investments are considered, as they are targeting all kinds of startups from software and hardware to biotech and health care and everything in between. They have also stated that they are ready to invest in any [...]

In a bid to woo its customers and promulgate its newest offering, Reliance Communications (RCom) has a few tricks up its sleeve. In fact they are trying to attract users of rival connections by offering a Rs. 3600 annualised savings scheme.

Finally iPhone users can boast about VOIP with the addition of Skype. Yes! The VIOP client will be available for Iphone users with 3G connections. But there is a catch! The VOIP service would not run unless users have access toa  Wifi network.  Skype’s shift from Nokia to iPhone surely seems like a well-planned move. [...]

The advent and introduction of the Internet in rural areas will change India forever. But yet we need a planned and structured model to do so. There are many startups and organisations working on wondrous mediums to make Internet accessible to rural India. Currently we feature two products that are sure to change the way [...]

Are you one of those individuals who is either stingy or bored to send greeting cards? Now you do not need to worry of visiting the nearest Hallmark or Archies outlet as you can send pre-recorded voice greetings to mobiles without any effort. With the launch of Mocolife’s (an Indiatimes ventire) web to mobile greeting [...]

Twitter Teams up with Federated Media for a Microsoft activity.

The highly awaited OS 3.0 for iPhone is finally here! Wait, don’t get excited, for it isn’t going to be on sale till later in the summer. For now, we’ll just have to see what the beta version looks like. And so far, it seems pretty good! Of course, being a beta version, there still [...]

BC Webwise has been belting out amazing online properties and innovations for Virgin Mobile. The latest being a game named Slide Code to promote the VGlide phone series.

French electrical installations and information network company Legrand launched a website titled IdeasThatClick.in. The big behind the website is summed in two words “smart living”. And Legrand is pressing on the smart living concept to connect with the consumers.

Investors are looking at stable and lucrative industries and businesses in the downturn. And it is evident with the recent investments in the telecom industry. Most recently NVP India invested $15mn in OnMobile while mobile ad network Quattro Wireless raised $ 10 million in funding.

Methods of payments have changed a lot since the days of the old. Gone are the days when you had to stand in a never-ending line just to pay your telephone bill. Today, all you have to do is press a few buttons on your mobile phone, and voila! Your payment is done! Big players [...]

Reliance Communication (RCom) will collaborate with Alcatel-Lucent to create and setup a hybrid network for their database business. By investing over Rs 600 crore RCom will roll-out its hybrid networks in 21, 000 towns and 3 lakh villages.

There has been a surge in online activity related to the upcoming elections of 2009. Other than L.K. Advani aping the westerners in online campaigning there are others who look at the entire exercise in a humorous way. Hyderabad based 7Seas Technologies Limited has come up with 5 online games related to Indian politics.

Indian Express is back in business. I mean they are back with their revamped e-commerce offering titled Shopping.Expressindia.com. It seems like the Indian Express e-commerce venture will not be driven by Rediff Shopping.

The DigiNews Team recently penned an article on the growing popularity of chat engines and bots. Following suit TimesJobs.com’s newly launched High Tea with Top Shots is an inexplicable service for jobseekers where they have a live chat with HR (human resource) heads of varied companies.