The Amazon App Store is finally available in India and users can download it to their Android device for free. The Amazon app store was built to service Amazon’s new Kindle Fire line which is built on top of Google’s mobile stack. Amazon also lets other users download the app store since that might get it more revenue. The good thing about the app store is the fact that you can get one premium...

In a move to encourage small business adopt cloud technology, Google India has announced a 45 percent reduction on pricing for its Google Apps for Business. As a part of the new pricing, new and existing customers in India will now pay Rs 150 per user per month if they are on the flexible plan and Rs 1,500 per user per year on the annual plan – a 45% reduction on the previous price. “India...

It’s been almost a week since Google announced their own streaming music service to compete with established services like Spotify and Pandora — Google Play Music All Access — and now that I’ve had a chance to play around with the app; I thought about sharing my experience with the app in a blog post. Google Play Music All Access app (yeah, the name totally sucks) was launched just about...

Apple has easily outsmarted its rival Google to become world’s most valuable brand. The iPhone,  iPad and iPod  maker is valued at $185 billion,  as per the annual BrandZ study of the world’s top 100 brand. Although Apple topped the list once again, its brand value only increased 1% to $185 billion, which is not as impressive as the 19% increase (from $153 billion in 2011 to $183...

Soon after adding whopping 41 features for Google+ last week during I/O, Google has now updated its Google+ android app.  The latest update focuses on images, location and the overall stream. Like the Web version,  Google+ for Android provides users with options such as automatic photo enhancements and Auto Awesome. Google+ will automatically show you “highlights” of each photo gallery...

It is now 8 years since Youtube came online. YouTube users are now uploading 100 hours worth of video to the content viewing platform every single minute, according to the company blog post. YouTube now claims four days worth of video uploaded every minute and 144 billion minutes of playable video uploaded every single day.  Back in 2011, YouTube users were adding 48 hours of video per minute, while...

Microsoft recently retired its Hotmail Service & went all out in ensuring its users migrate safely to its newer avatar; Outlook.com. Now the revamped & reworked iteration features core integration of Google’s instant messaging platform, Google Talk, more commonly known as GTalk. How did Google agree to such a synergy? Google has a competitive product in the form of Google Mail or Gmail....

Google is going to bring some serious gaming capabilities to the Android platform soon. This is based on careful examination of the Google Play Services v3.1.36 (pre-release APK) which has massive updates which have to do with gaming. This was uncovered by the folks over at Android Police. According to those guys, we are set to see tighter integration of this game platform with Google+ (surprise,...

We happened to come across some good news for Indian companies and startups which advertise their services and products on online advertising platforms like Google and Yahoo. According to a ruling by an Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in Kolkata last month, Indian companies can be relieved with respect to the dilemma of not being able to claim tax on business expenses incurred while advertising on...

There is no doubt that India’s Internet Growth is accelerating at never before seen pace. Fueled by rapid proliferation of portable electronics Indians are using more internet based products & services than ever before. However, Internet Giants seem to have completely ignored these healthy growth signals & are favouring relatively smaller destinations like Singapore to host their Data Centers. Why...