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India To Block 25 Million Mobile Handsets

2nd December 2009

With the rise in terrorist activities and threats across the country, the government of India has passed a directive to block all mobile handsets that do not have a valid identity number. More »

Google AdWords Driving Export Business

23rd July 2009

Google is driving AdWords advertising revenues by exploring some decidedly different markets. Last week we noted that they were offering Google Webmaster Tools users in France 100 € free credit on AdWords. This week they’re emailing small and medium enterprises offering advice on entering the export market. More »

Yahoo! Buzz Launches In India

29th May 2009

Yahoo! has been trying hard to reestablish themselves in the market in spite of tough competition and a global recession. To achieve this goal, they are making a number of changes in various aspects of their business. More »

What’s New With AccuraCast?

15th April 2009

A lot has been going on outside of our main website, and I thought I’d write a quick post to update our readers about some of these new developments. More »

Twitter On Top Of Mumbai Terrror Attack News

28th November 2008

Even as the terrible attacks that are taking place in the financial capital of India, Mumbai (Bombay) started to unfold, users of Twitter in India started using the micro-blogging service to discuss the events as they happened. Other users wasted no time uploading pictures from the scenes of terror to their Flickr accounts. More »

Yahoo! Glue Mimics Ask Universal Search

12th May 2008

Yahoo! India has launched a new feature last week known as ‘Glue’ pages. They are special pages with attached visual inputs alongside the regular search results, that show up for specific types of searches. More »

Interview With Matt Colebourne, CEO of coComment

10th March 2008

Farhad Divecha, Director of AccuraCast interviewed Matt Colebourne, CEO of coComment to find out more about his company, the advantages of unified conversation management and the future of blogging worldwide. The conversation took some very interesting turns, especially when the discussion turned to censorship and how services like coComment could help or hurt vulnerable groups in third world countries. More »

India Debates Whether Blogs Should Be Regulated

16th January 2008

A current topics discussion program aired on a national television network in India kicked off a lively debate about whether the government of India should regulate blogs. The program not only offers insights into the state of the blogosphere in India but also broaches a topic that has increasingly cropped up as an issue in a number of developing countries including China and Russia. More »

Ziva Software Launches Mobile Content Search In India

12th March 2007

Zook will be the first SMS, WAP and GPRS based mobile content search service to come out of India. The service has been launched by Ziva Software, a start up based in Bangalore. More »