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Google has overtaken Microsoft to become the world's second most valued company after Apple. On Monday 1 October 2012, Google Inc's share price increased marginally by 0.96% to $761.78 taking its market capitalization to $249.13 billion.…

Desperate times lead to desperate measures. After Facebook recently announced that it would be clearing its site of all fake profiles, an action with respect to this was needed urgently. And they came out with "The Snitching…

Few years ago, Gaming industry was not even in the consideration set of the economists in India. Today the virtual world has become an unavoidable dimension of its own and people are easily switching between their life online as well as…

The world is full of technology around us… Be it the television in front of us or the fridge in our kitchen. Be it the latest microwave to the latest washing machine. Laptops, computers, post-PC devices et al. And of course, the gadget of…

Times Internet Limited (TIL) has launched BoxTV.com, its premium video streaming service. The portal will feature movies and TV shows which users will be able to stream and watch on their computers or mobile devices including iPhone,…

There is no denying the fact that Microsoft Office is one of the best applications that are in the market today. Anyone who says that Microsoft does not know how to make good software should look at Microsoft Office to quell any such…

I recently wrote an article about how Indians have skipped the wired internet to go the wireless route thanks to easy availability and good tariffs of mobile internet. Arun rightly pointed out that when such an enormous shift occurs there…

McAfee published its latest quarterly threats report for Q2 2012 and it emerged that more than 15 lakh, or 1.5 million unique additions to malware samples were noted worldwide. By the end of the second quarter, the security solutions giant…

Google has launched Google Maps Navigation, its free voice based navigation service in India. Users of android devices with an internet connection can now access the service which feeds live data from Google Maps. Voice navigation allows…

App store analytics firm Distimo published its Social Networking Apps report and it emerged that Facebook was no longer the most downloaded social network app in the top 10 markets worldwide. Between July 2010 and 2011, Facebook dominated…

Were you too busy throughout to week to keep track of things? You might be, but the Indian twitterati’s were not. Here are the trending topics about which they talked about through-out this week. The Top 10 Twitter trends this week. 1.…

With the launch of Amazon kindle in India, clearly e-books for the first time are getting attention by publishers as well as readers. There is a lot speculation going on e-book market in India. Someone is saying that it will pick like…

Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB have reported that there will be 45 million, or 4.5 crore internet users in rural India by December 2012. Dr. Subho Ray, President of IAMAI believes that internet penetration of…

Campaigns from the streets have moved to newspapers, radios, television and now even onto the cyberspace. Campaigns can be of any type, social, NGO, political or marketing. Based on the demographics that you want to reach, particular medium…

Every time USA is about to face elections, the Department of Labour will introduce a new bill to impose a rhetoric against the outsourcing policy of IT firms. But the recently proposed addition to the LCA (Labour Condition Application) is…

In a recent webcast titled “The Rise of India's Digital Consumer”, the director of ComScore, Kedar Gavane provided interesting insights into the growth of internet usage in India over the twelve months ending in July 2012. The…

Here's a look at this week's Top 10 tech news. Amazon launches Kindle Store and Kindle e-reader in India In a bid to bring e-reading to the masses in India, Amazon launched its first India Kindle Store, along with its E Ink Kindle…

We have always been committed to keep you updates on things going around you. We already give you the top 10 business news and the top 10 tech news every week. Starting today, we would be bringing to you the top Indian twitter trends of…

ICANN has ushered a new era of Internet with the announcement of generic Top-Level Domain Names in June last year. Having your own web extension (like .com) made companies world-wide drool for it. Even though, applicants had to shell out…

Amazon has announced the launch of its India specific Kindle Store where e-books can be purchased in Indian Rupees. The online store has a comprehensive collection of titles ranging from Chetan Bhagat to some of Nielsen's bestsellers.…