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WOW! The VC money is definitely being put to good use at Flipkart. If you were one of those who were surprised by the amount of money Flipkart has raised from VCs, this stat will tell you why. Flipkart founders Sachin Bansal and Binny…

Internet has changed the we avail various government services in India. Although, we are not fully there, mobile and internet has enabled millions of Indians living in hinterland of India to be part of this revolution. Now, Ministry of…

Walmart, one of the largest retail chain of stores in the world seems to be confused with their India plans. It has been nearly 6 years since they made their announcement about entering India. However, over those 6 years, they have only…

This surely is a day to rejoice for Adsense publishers in India. Google has finally announced that they will start offering Wire Transfer or EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer Payments) in India. In month of December, we had mentioned to our…

Google Maps is fast evolving – It is no more just a destination to find a location or to know driving directions. It has moved far beyond that. Google maps is slowly becoming a comprehensive go to destination for any thing and everything…

Facebook India today announced launch of “India Election Tracker”, an app on Facebook that will give live information on how various election candidates and parties are faring on Facebook. The launch of the app comes on the eve of…

Internet and Social Media have now become the one of the most important channels for Political campaigning. Online political campaigning played an important role when Barack Obama won the presidential election in 2008. A lot of credit…

Windows operating system, the most popular Microsoft product ever created, has never been offered free to consumers. But facing the heat from the Internet and Mobile wave, where most of the awesome services are free, Microsoft is now ready…

The protests are getting stronger from Offline retailers – It goes without saying that growth of ecommerce in India has severely affected the businesses of small retailers, especially in hardware and electronic devices category. On one…

In his MWC 2014 appearance, while remarking on Facebook’s future plans, Mark Zuckerberg said that it wants to be the “dial tone of the internet” much like the 911 emergency line in US. To put it simply, it simply to be the essential online…

At the canteen of IIM-A is a board which reads TANSTAAFL meaning ‘There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.’ But life is full of pleasant surprises and this is one: A New York based non-profit organization called Media Development…

Imagine saying to someone 15 years ago that you can hold a million books or 16 hours of HD video/ 7500 songs or 3000 photos on your finger nail, he would have laughed his heart out. But not anymore as SanDisk has made it possible now.…

Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) has announced plans to launch their highly awaited 4G services by September 2014, according to sources inside the company. A source within the company was quoted as saying,…

Facebook has spent money like anything and acquired Whatsapp at a whopping $16 billion (or $19 billion if you count the next four years). This deal gives Facebook 55 new employees and 450 million users. It is of note that not all users…

Google has partnered with ASI (Archeological Survey of India) to open up street view of Indian heritage sites for global tourists on Google Maps. People across the world can now view Taj Mahal and 30 other Indian heritage sites online on…

While pundits are busy debating and banging heads over the reasons that led to the insanely high priced startup deal of it’s time, lets focus on the one of the possible results. While speculations are a little rife that the fearful…

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has unveiled world’s longest stretch of free Wi-Fi zone in Patna, which is the capital of Bihar. If you are travelling from Patna to Danapur, then between NIT-Patna on Ashok Rajpath to Danapur you can get…

In November last year, we had published a post on how product manufacturers like Netgear are refusing to offer warranty on products purchased from online ecommerce sites. It seems Netgear (and previously Nikon) are not the only ones who…

It is amazing how often this happens, and yet our officials do not wake up to the seriousness of such things. It seems as though BSNL websites are the favourite playing grounds for hackers and script kiddies, especially from Pakistan.…

Shrinking revenues and sliding market share has forced Mozilla to include display advertisements in its popular web browser Firefox. Darren Herman, Vice President of Content Services at Mozilla announced via a blog post few days back…