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Update 24/08/06 -  The move to acquire Cricketnext.com and Compareindia.com is a move to consolidate TV18 Group’s internet businesses into Web 18 Holdings Ltd. So its no surprise that the interactive news and current affairs internet portal, ibnlive.com has been moved to Web 18 Holdings Ltd portfolio and in return will hold a 15 per cent stake in [...]

Exchange4media: Reliance Entertainment promoted by Anil Ambani is all set to storm the online gaming market by investing $100 million over a three-year period to launch gaming portals and gaming cafes across India.
Rajesh Sawhney, President, Reliance Entertainment, said, “In Phase I, we will launch casual gaming portals; in Phase II action gaming portals will be launched; [...]

When Sam Ramji, director of Microsoft’s open source software lab, posted a open letter some 14 hours back to Mozilla developers which wrote “see if you are open to some 1:1 support in getting Firefox and Thunderbird to run on Vista”, reactions were mixed. Some comments went as far as saying that this a big conspiracy [...]

According to Telephia more than 34.6 million mobile subscribers logged onto the Web via their cell phones in June across the world. Now like Online payment is catching on looking at the mobile browsing numbers it seems that the mobile accounting and payment market which is in a nascent stage as of now has huge growth potential and this could [...]

Red Herring: Google has released an ad on its recruitment page stating a unique requirement. Google is searching for a Corporate Development Manager, South Asia - Bangalore or Mumbai who can scout partnerships and acquisitions for google in India
The following is what they are asking
"Can you look across a crowded landscape and spot the partnership [...]

Now airtel users will be able to view/edit & create their Microsoft office files from their mobile phones, airtel has announced its tie up with Microsoft on Monday targeting to an estimated 4 million potential users.
Airtel users will be able to access Microsoft applications like Microsoft word, powerpoint, excel. The airtel will  also  be [...]

Finally an event that celebrate the spirit of blogging!!!in India. Mark the dates - 9 & 10th of September 2006 and dont forget to be a part of  Blogcamp.in forum in Chennai "where bloggers can share their stories and be inspired by innovative and successful blogging experiences".There will be exclusive tracks for blogging, podcasting and [...]

There is bikers paradise and its called xbhp.com! if you havent yet heard or visited this site we suggest you do. This site started in 2003 has come a long way. The site which started with 10 bike fanatics currently boasts of more than 23000 registered users and thats not all the site seems to be [...]

Exchange4media: Its seems that yatra.com is fully geared up to launch a massive advertising campaign. Recently they has announced that Tribal DDB (Possible reason is that Reliance Capital has funded yatra and TribalDDB is one of its subsidiary companies Mudra’s digital arm)would be handling their media duties and now they have appointed David as their official [...]

The south east asian markets are have attracted the attention of the Indian internet companies. In two seperate developments Shaadi.com and Times Internet have both made initiatives to cater to the south east asian markets Shaadi.com has opened a regional office in singapore whereas Times Internet has has joined hands with Interactive Hub as its online [...]

The TV is coming to the internet and how can Indians be far behind? A US-based company India Broadcast Live, a global entertainment and media company, has unveiled People of Indian Origin (Pio) TV, a television channel meant for who else people of indian origin that are Abroad i.e. NRI’s. The channel will be available through [...]

Recently Michael Arrington from TechCrunch.com interviewed 13 Web 2.0 CEOs (and 1 VP) about the direction of Web 2.0, where they see it going, are we back in a bubble, and, of course, what browser they use
The people interviewed were:
* Aaron Cohen (Bolt)* Scott Milener and Steven Lurie (Browster)* Keith Teare (edgeio)* Steven [...]

Web 2.0 is creating the buzz in the online world which is being heard by not only the users but also the VC’s with deep pockets. Now as India becomes the fastest growing online population in the world how can it be left far behind when it comes to taking to web 2.0 websites be [...]

Corporate bullying which was synonymous with Microsoft & a few other biggies seems to have found new takers. Any company however uncommon may the brand be are getting “cease and desist” letter from Apple for using ‘pod’ in any of their brands. Here is a example of a company  developing casings for lap-tops called ‘TightPod’ [...]

People in India are taking onto web in a big way faster than anyone else across the globe - including US, China, Japan and Germany in terms of the online population growth. According to the latest survey by comScore Networks The total online population in India, measured in terms of people aged over 15 years [...]