Ghosts Busted… (via WATGame.com)

by | posted: July 31, 2008
  Remember the GhostBusters? A game based on the popular series may be in grave danger of being busted. The Ghost Busters game assets have been doing rounds in the internet for some time now,but,...
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Making Calls from Your Laptop Could be Possible Soon

by | posted: July 31, 2008
  India is on its way to rapidly become the largest mobile market on the globe, already being known as the fastest growing mobile phone market in the world. India is a huge market for mobile phone...
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‘Scrabulous’ Returns As ‘Wordscraper’

by | posted: July 31, 2008
Yesterday, we wrote about Scrabulous being pulled down from Facebook. The popular game on the social networking site was an online adaptation of the classic offline game. Seems that Hasbro, the...
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WATBlog’s Take on India’s Outlook towards Cyber Terrorism and How To Impeach Privacy

by | posted: July 31, 2008
  The Indian news vine seems to be full with the Indian government’s decision to keep a closer eye on the cyber cafes, thanks to recent terror attacks in the country. Already, a lot of cyber...
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Google Eyes Video Annotations, Acquires Omnisio

by | posted: July 31, 2008
  Not so long ago, YouTube announced one refreshing feature from its labs. It was called ‘Video Annotations’. With this feature, YouTube members could add commentary, text bubbles and...
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MSN Announces API for its MSN Direct Feature with GPS support

by | posted: July 30, 2008
MSN, Microsoft’s collective of Internet Services, have now launched an Open Application Programming Interface (API) for its MSN Direct Feature.   MSN Direct’s Send to GPS feature will...
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Web18′s Revenues Up by 41%, TV18 Hopes for a Turnaround in Performance

by | posted: July 30, 2008
Web18, the internet arm of TV18, part of the Network18 group has seen a rise in its revenues, with a 41% rise. The revenues rose to Rs. 13.1 crores from Rs. 9.3 crores year-on-year. While, the operating...
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Scrabulous Gets Wiped off Facebook

by | posted: July 30, 2008
  One of the most popular games on Facebook, Scrabulous, that has been responsible for countless wasted internet hours, has been wiped off the site. The game is no longer accessible for Facebook’s...
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Industry Job Updates (via WATJob.com)

by | posted: July 30, 2008
1) Phonethics is searching for:   BD Manager   Age and experience:  Between 22 – 25 with Operator Servicing/Mobile Content Experience.   Background: Work experience in a Mobile Content/Aggregating...
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Updated : Tata Sky Ties Up with Sony & Fox – Also allows Consumers to order Movies on Seventymm.com

by | posted: July 30, 2008
  The Direct-to-Home (DTH) wars are looming, with every DTH service provider trying to outsmart the other by bringing in more and more features and a wide array of content to their packages. However,...
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EA to take up Subscription Model for Online Gaming? Here’s a Piece of Advise from WATBlog

by | posted: July 30, 2008
      It seems the success of World of Warcraft is getting onto the nerves of some of the other pronounced game publishing companies. Now, it’s Electronic Arts (EA) planning to come...
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Sanjay Aggarwal, GM, IRCTC On IRCTC’s growth, API and Future (via WATShow.com)

by | posted: July 30, 2008
Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a subsidiary of the Indian Railways is known for bringing a change in Indian Railway Ticketing model; from pioneering online train ticket booking...
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Ticketvala.com introduces mTicket – Will IRCTC Follow?

by | posted: July 29, 2008
  I remember once being fined Rs 120 by a ticket collector just because I was too careless to sleep off with the ticket in my hand. Please tell me this happened to you too ‘coz I’m desperately...
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Meow FM Launches Social Network MeriMeow – Is Traditional Media Awakening To The Social Media Opportunity?

by | posted: July 29, 2008
Meow Fm the for women only radio channel that is live in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai which we had blogged about earlier as well has launched its own social network for “Women” (who else) as a...
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Web 18 Revamps Moneycontrol.com – In.com Integrated In New Layout

by | posted: July 29, 2008
So finally moneycontrol.com has got a new face, that means they must had done customer survey before changing it to Web 2.0 look (use of ajax, curved corners etc..). The moneycontrol.com was one of the...
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Citywide WiFi Planned by BMC in a 50-Crore Plan For Mumbai

by | posted: July 29, 2008
  The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has brought forward a plan, which, if implemented, would allow anyone to use WiFi on their compatible laptops or mobile phones. This initiative by the...
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