Google introduce Google Buzz

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Google Buzz is a social integration and messaging tool by Google, designed to integrate into the company’s web-based email program, Gmail. Shared links and messages show up in the user’s inbox. Buzz focuses on integrating photos, videos, and links as part of the “conversations” aspects of Gmail like conversation threading.

Buzz allows users to choose to [...]

Facebook removes banner ads of Microsoft from its site

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Facebook took full control of display ads on the world most popular social networking website, cutting short an exclusive deal that had allowed Microsoft Corp to manage part of that business.

However, Microsoft — the exclusive provider of Web search on Facebook — will continue to sell text-based search ads on the website as the partners [...]

Iphone VOIP apps allow free phone calls

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

iCall, a service that allows for free calls on the computer and web, has come across an interesting revelation in the new iPhone/iPad, Apple has dropped the restriction that made it impossible to have VoIP calls over 3G.

In a news release, the company declared that it is now “the first and only VoIP application that [...]

Pinstorm wins global top 100 award

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Pinstorm, the Bombay-headquartered digital brand management firm was awarded the “Red Herring Global Top 100″ award on Friday at a ceremony in San Diego, USA. Prior winners at the Red Herring awards have included Google, Yahoo!, Skype and YouTube.

The award is given by US-based magazine Red Herring to innovative technology-driven firms around the world and [...]

‘Google Nexus One’ debuted but India has to wait

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Internet search giant Google has launched its much-awaited mobile handset titled as Nexus One. Google will sell the phone through its Web store. However, it will currently be available only for US consumers.

“The Nexus One belongs in the emerging class of devices which we call ‘superphones,’ with the 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ chipset making it as [...]