ET Now, The Economic Times, and Economictimes.com have come together with the leading social networking site, Facebook. With this tie up, users can easily share their thoughts with the Finance Minister (FM) about the Union Budget 2010-11.
“ET-Facebook: Talk to FM” is the new initiative which will help the users to post their suggestions/views regarding the [...]

One of India’s leading online travel ventures, Yatra.com, and global advertising network Tyroo funded by Yahoo, has just announced a tie-up.
Regarding the alliance, the Head Marketing and Strategic Relations in-charge of Yatra.com, Pratik Mazumder was quoted as saying, “Online marketing and advertising are clearly the buzzwords in this new world of technology. It is a [...]

You can now watch Indian Premier League (IPL) on your computer as BCCI has signed a deal with Google, YouTube. As per the new deal, all IPL matches will be broadcasted live on YouTube for two years. For viewing, you need to visit the website www.youtube.com/ipl.
The best part of this deal is that users can [...]

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.

Komli Media has entered a strategic alliance with Artivision in a bid to secure its share of the rapidly increasing online video advertising segment.

BIGFlix.com, Reliance ADAG’s DVD rental and VoD service is constantly collaborating to create novel initiatives. In a bid to reach out to Indian customers BIGFlix.com has tied-up with HDFC Bank.
HDFC customers who avail of the net banking services will enjoy a trial offer (for14 days) from BIGFlix. The service available in 18 Mumbai branches kicks-off [...]

Recently Infibeam acquired the digital photo printing portal Picsquare, and now it is all set to launch its co-branded online store with In.com (part of Network 18). The book retailer from Ahmedabad will showcase it product offering on In.com Shopping.

Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) finally got an approval from the government to start long-distance services in India. SingTel has a 31% stake in Bharti Airtel. With the green signal from the government of India SingTel will carry STD and ISD traffic. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), which is incharge of approval, took approx 15 months [...]

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. [...]

Indiatimes Shopping has got a shot of ‘flower power’. The leading Indian online shopping portal has partnered with famed flower service provider Flora2000.com for a flower delivery service. Through this deal fresh flowers will be delivered across 150 countries all over the globe.

Tata Teleservices Limited’s (TTSL) has become the first Indian telecom operator to have entered Second Life, a 3D virtual world where users can socialise, connect and create using voice and text chat. It looks like the foray into Second Life is an extension of their latest brand campaign ‘Suno Dil Ki Awaaz’ .

India’s favourite rock related reality show is back with a bang, and this time it’s even louder than before! This third edition of Launchpad has music composer and legendary rocker, Vishal Dadlani of Pentagram as a permanent judge on the show. To make it more interesting, this time around, language is not a barrier.

Reliance ADAG has been making headlines with the launch of BigOye.com and the tie-up with Future Group. We thought we should feature all of them under one article. Get the scoop from us:
BigFlix.com Partners Future Group to Promote its Product Offering
Recession time demands for cost-effective branding strategies and processes. Mergers and tie-ups are the ‘mantra’ [...]

Well when I heard about the BookMyShow.com is offering its online ticketing services to Bharati Airtel subscribers I quickly sent an SMS to 5432191 but in vain. The Airtel website clearly indicates users to SMS “Movie Language Date no of tickets” to 543219 –Toll free. Apparently as a subscriber you can book your tickets and [...]

Here is another reason why advertisers and publishes can make the best use of rich-media advertisements in India. Komli Media has entered in a two-year strategic alliance with US-based Point Roll, a famed rich media advertising company. Point-Roll which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gannett Co Inc will offer its rich technologies to Indian the [...]