Yahoo Unveils Its Elections Portal

by | posted: April 4, 2009
Yahoo! India has come up with a portal to keep its users up to date with the on goings of the 2009  General Elections. The website can be viewed at elections.yahoo.in. The ultimate aim of the portal as...
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Microsoft unplugging Encarta! Wikipedia to blame?

by | posted: March 31, 2009
On my 12th birthday I received my first Microsoft Encarta CD. The year was 2000 and it was my most prized possession. Things surely have changed for there was no Wikipedia back then, for if there was I...
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JPG Magazine Back on Track After Near Death Experience

by | posted: March 7, 2009
JPG the popular photography magazine with user generated content is back from the gallows. Seth Familian, the VP of Product Management at JPG Magazine explains in this blog post. “Our new investors...
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Now You Can Remove IE From Windows, But There’s a Catch

by | posted: March 5, 2009
…And the catch is that you will need Windows 7. Microsoft is trying as hard as it can to sell Windows 7 to their consumers. And if it means correcting their act then so be it? A while back,EU started...
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Facebook opens its doors to public for their governing processes

by | posted: March 3, 2009
For quite some time now, there has been considerable debate about the “terms of use” for Facebook users.  What’s the issue?   Facebook claims that whatever your write is theirs. You hereby...
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MyBand – A Music Community For Indian Bands

by | posted: February 26, 2009
Mediaplus recently unveiled My Band, which according to them is an advanced music community exclusively for the Indian bands. So how is this different from say a Myspace page which has always been a...
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Ebay India Releases Pop Culture List For 2009

by | posted: February 17, 2009
A few days ago the Ebay India released the trends for January 2009. These trends are based on the 50 most purchased items on Ebay India. As has been he case for quite sometime, jewellery continues to...
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Kindle 2 Finally Unveiled by Jeff Bezos

by | posted: February 11, 2009
Kindle’s younger brother Kindle 2 is surely anorexic. Its 1/3rd of an inch! Jeff Bezos unveiled the e-book reading device at a press conference (press release here) in the Big Apple’s Carnegie Library...
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Google Launches Book Search for Mobile & Voice search In Mumbai & Bangalore

by | posted: February 10, 2009
Mobile is the next frontier and Google seems to understand that well. They have introduced 2 new services The Book Search and the Voice Search. As far as Voice search is concerned, Google reveals that...
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Happy Birthday Facebook, But Where’s the Beef?

by | posted: February 6, 2009
Facebook turned 5 years old a couple of days ago and the hottest topic that everyone’s been discussing is how are they going to make money. With funding of over 500 million USD which includes Internet...
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Google Launches Multiple Inboxes For GMail – Its Like Having Multiple Screens!

by | posted: February 6, 2009
Google really seems to be in the groove. We’ve been covering a lot of Google stories in the last 2-3 days and here’s another one. From what it seems, Gmail is going for subtle and not so subtle changes....
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Google Latitude – Know Where Your Friends, Family & Foes Are In Real Time!

by | posted: February 5, 2009
The latest mobile application that comes from the Google arsenal is called Google Latitude. And what does it do? It tells your friends and family where you are and vice versa. Yes, I know, I know, the...
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Google Internet Bus to Familiarize Tamil Nadu locals with the Internet

by | posted: February 4, 2009
Here something new from the Google guys: Yesterday they unveiled the Google Internet Bus which will embark on a 45 day long road trip covering 15 destination of Tamil Nadu. The Google Internet Bus homepage...
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Yahoo And IIIT to Shake Hands for Cloud Computing

by | posted: February 3, 2009
Internet giant Yahoo! has tied up with International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad to promote research on cloud computing. Through their research they plan to enrich cloud computing. “We...
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Everything is Public Now, Thanks to Pipl!

by | posted: February 3, 2009
Every now and then when I am a little bored I do a little ego search on Google just to see info about myself online. I am sure I am not the only one However what we see on Google is only the surface...
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Startup Jobs Fair to help connect startups to campuses

by | posted: January 31, 2009
We’ve all heard reports of how the on going financial crisis has really affected the placement scenario. As far as the engineering stream goes, even the elite colleges haven’t been spared. The big...
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