The Pirate Bay has been acquired by Global Gaming Factory X AB (GGF), a Swedish software company. The $7.8 million sale seems like a desperate move by Pirate Bay after losing a controversial and important lawsuit. But the founders deny the same by claiming to donate profits from the sale to a foundation.

To tap into the ever-growing demand for smartphones and related applications Google had launched the Android mobile operating system. And the Internet giant continues its faith in mobile applications with the advent of Google AdSense for Mobile Applications. Well though it has long and bland product name the service in its beta form allows application [...]

Malayala Manorama has been a leading newspaper in the national circuit for its reach and content. Extending similar ethics Manorama Online, the media arm of the company, has launched an education portal buffed ManoramaHorizon.com.

The Bharati Airtel and MTN deal has been making waves. And why not! If the deal finalises we would have a telecom giant with over 200 million customers and $20 billion in revenue. Both telecom giants have revived talks after a failed attempt last year. But currently Bharati Airtel needs $4 billion to complete its [...]

In a time when majority of the corporates are wrestling the global credit crunch to  raise funds our very own Indian telecom majors are adapting novel strategies. Idea cellular, a Aditya Birla Group company, is juxtaposing rupee debt and foreign currency to raise Rs 6000 crore. The larger portion of the funds would be diverted [...]

 Now Delhi will experience Internet speeds 20 times faster than wireless data cards. At least that is what Tata Indicom calims about its Photon+ wireless broadband service.

Forget hunger strikes and rallies. The new way to rebel and agitate is through social media. Well Fixoutlook.org is just one of the examples of the new found tool (or let’s call it a weapon).

DigiMouth reported about Dr. Ashwin Mehta dragging Google India to court for posting defamatory blogs. But on the other part of the city technology favoured 24-year old content writer Sourabh Joshi. His SMS lead to the Central Railway (CR) replacing first class seats. After reading about the CR SMS feedback campaign Sourabh expressed his discomfort [...]

We live in a time and age wherein technology could make or break an individual. Dr. Ashwin Mehta’s case is the best example of the latter. The Director of Cardiology at Jaslok Hospital recently moved the High Court seeking injunction against defamatory blogs targeting him posted on the Google website. Dr. Mehta claims Rs 10 [...]

HTC launches India’s first smartphone run on Google’s Android operating system. The open-source platform is accessible to anybody and does not need Google’s formal involvement.

The upgraded iPhone 3G S has sold over 1 million phones in first three days of its launch. Analysts expected the 3G S smartphone to bite the dust. The 3G S phone was launched in 8 countries compared to the launch of 3G in 21 countries last year. The sales figures were released with a [...]

Fuel is going the Axe way. Atleast that is what the new online campaign for Elder Pharma’s latest deodorant Fuel seems like. The latest banner campaigns redirect you to the website FuelYourFire.in.

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While scanning through the Economic Times I read a piece wherein woman’s website iDiva.com claims to have 2 million unique visitors within 6 months. The Times Internet (TIL) initiative launched in January 2009 offers content pertaining to women’s fitness, career, relationships etc. The article claimed that the TIL initiative is the “country’s highest rated women-related [...]

They say dogs are humans’ best friends. Well Mekhala Lobo and Stanley D’souza have decided to return the favour to our four-legged friends by creating DateYourPet.co.in. Finally here is a well-deserved website for distressed pet owners hunting for the right match for their pure-bred dogs. The owners have categorised DateYourPet.co.in as a matrimonial website but [...]