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| Indians still vary of travelling portals |
| Despite being a hot destination through online travel package bookings, Indians by and large still seem to be vary of planning their holidays on webportals due to many factors, reports NDTV
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| India urged to sign Internet Treaties |
| India, a major and growing market for digital content, has been urged to sign 'Internet Treaties' for its own benefit, reports Manorama Online
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| Zapak.com forays into movie merchandising |
| Zapak.com, the gaming company from ADAG has tied up with 20 films and started its movie merchandising business based on its popularity with kids and users' feedback, reports The Hindu
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| Strategy guide on advocacy through mobiles released |
| Mobile phones are proving to be much more beneficial for the society than other information communication technology means. It is a fact. This advocacy through mobiles is documented in a strategy guide Using Mobile Phones in Advocacy Campaigns , reports digital opportunity channel
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| ibnlive.com among Webby Honorees |
| Leading Indian web newssite www.ibnlive.com has been bestowed with the honour of being the only Indian newsite as one of 14 sites named as Official Honoree in the prestigious Webby Awards, reports ibnlive.com
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| Coming soon for your mobiles : 3G policy |
| The much awaited 3G policy by the GoI is likely to be
announced very shortly, according to press reports. Both national and
international players are likely to bid for priceless spectrum enabling the Govt
to garner thousands of crores of revenue, mint reports
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| Laptop @ Rs 400/per piece coming soon |
| The GoI has announced that an ultra cheap laptop for the kids would be made available soon at a stunning jaw dropping cost of Rs 400 (US$10) soon. When implemented, it is set to do a Nano in ICT & education sector that too in the Reva avatar reports iGovernment
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| Google Chrome, the browser, is here |
| Google Inc is all set to unveil its Web browser christened Google Chrome tonite. It will thus take on Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which holds 74% of the marketshare. Google has an agreement with Mozilla Firefox, reports TimesOnline
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| 5.7 m mobiles users added in Oct'07 |
| Mobiles continue to attract newer masses as 5.7 million new mobile users were added to the 154 million strong GSM mobile user base swelling it further to 159.7 million at the end of
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| Pedal & power laptops |
| If you were given an opportunity to exercise while you work on your laptop and recharge it too,at the same time, all you would say, wow!. This is exactly what is going to happen in future
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| A website having TV ads launched |
| www.indibiz.tvis site where you will find all the TV ads stored. So, what's special about it? It helps you to compare a product category by browsing through the various ads aired
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| OMNIA adds to the mania |
| Samsung has entered straight into the high end phone users' preference zone with its OMNIA. The phone is priced at Rs 37999 and it creates competition for the likes of Nokia's N96, Apple's iPhone etc, reports The Hindu
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| Mobile number portability by mid 2009 |
| The central government has planned to introduce mobile number portability from mid 2009. Roughly about 30% of the mobile users aren't satisfied with their current service providers but they would like to retain the current numbers of their's, reports The Asian Age
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| E-mpowering people through rich content |
 DEF's Founder & Director, Osama Manzar in this interview with www.AOL.in explains the whole rationale of Manthan Award initiative and his setting up of Digital Empowerment Foundation as a means for bridging the digital divide in the region, which is a rich enabler for others in the world but poor themselves as far as digital development is concerned. Read on for
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| Growing reach, now film trailor on mobiles |
| Now mobile users abroad can see a forthcoming Rajnikanth film trailer on their mobiles due to a path breaking development between two Indian companies. With the 2G & 3G networks coming soon, this is an indication of the times to come, reports HT
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| Strong PC to facilitate computer education |
| Leading computer education institute NIIT has teamed up with leading PC makers NComputing to facilitate computer education across schools in India. The end result of this pact will be
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| Online influencing reading habits of children |
| The internet is fast changing the reading habits of all of us who have access to the net. Children and others are prefering to read it online than the traditional method of reading on paper. There is a huge debate going on in America on this issue, reports NYTimes
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| Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Apple: 'Online' battle is on |
| The 'online' battle or 'cloud computing' to be exact, is in for interesting times as major players, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Yahoo et al are beefing themselves for a larger share of the internet pie in the world, reports TimesOnline
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| Mobile internet growth stalled by operators? |
| Accessing the Internet on mobiles was supposed to be the next big wave of the popularity of the web but, studies in UK suggest, it is the operators themselves who are stalling its growth by way of high costs et al there while in US iPhone is fuelling web's reach, reports TimesOnline
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| IPTV to be a reality soon in India |
| Decks seem to have been cleared for the Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) in India as the I&B ministry has accepted TRAI suggestions on it with minor changes. IPTV is an exciting new platform for distribution of television channels on the Internet, reports MaldivianDigital
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| Gadgets show you the best way on your bicycles |
| With inflation in vogue and fuel prices rising steadily, people in the US are now taking the help of GPS enabled gadgets to know the shortest route to their destination on bicycles. It is becoming the latest wise move to get help from web maps, reports NDTV
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| Google finds its match in 'Cuil' |
| Google, the search engine, has been challenged as 'Cuil' (pronounced Cool & meaning Knowledge in Irish) has been launched by one of its own ex-employess in association with a Stanford Professor. The new search engine boasts of 3 times the index that the popular search engines possesses, reports IBNLive
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| Indian BPO sector enters transition phase |
| There is a huge transition happening in offshoring landscape. The next big challenge for the Indian BPO companies is to use local language skills like support for French, Spanish, German locally & tech to challenge global players. In the era of cloud computing, this is important to preserve biz percentages, reports FE
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| Enjoy AM radio on mobiles |
| With a view to cater to large number of mobile users in cities where FM is not available, Sony Ericsson has introduced mobile sets with the facility of AM radio. This development is expected to set a new trend among manufacturers as mobile growth continues unabated in small towns & cities. Now tune into the local radio on your mobile handsets. SW might come next on it , reports The Hindu
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| Digital content new lifestyle now |
| People the world over has begun to accept & even prefer digital content in a way that reveals that their lifestyle habits are changing fast. It is the new relaity says a survey by IBM, reports IE
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| IGF @ Hyderabd from Dec 3' 08 |
| The theme of 'Internet for all' on the lines of 'Education for all' will be high on agenda when the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is held at Hyderabad from Dec 3 '08. Some 2000 delegates from across 100 countries are attending the meet. DEF is one of the workshop organisers in this international assembly, reports BS
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| Manthan Awardee wins UN award |
| ITC's e-Choupal, a 2003 Manthan Awardee, has won the prestigious UNIDO's (United Nations Industrial Development organisation's) award for initiatives in agri-business. The product from ITC was the sole Indian winner among the 120 solutions from 65 countries, Manorama Online reports
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| Raw truth: Blogging, Internet scoring over radio/TV |
| New media tools like bloging, flickr, twitter are instantly scoring over the tradional media like radio/TV. It was again proved during the recent Mumbai carnage, reports HT
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| Tele-communications scene looks up in Oct'08 |
| Over all tele-density increased to 31.5% as all segments registered sustained growth in Oct in the country. As many as 10.4m bought mobile phones, number of broadband users increased to 5.05m. Only the wireline segment showed a decline, reports The Hindu
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| BBC One & BBC Two TV to be available online |
| BBC has decided to stream its main TV channels BBC One & BBC Two online soon. Already BBC Three & BBC Four are available online for UK viewers. There are concerns over the resultant increased internet traffic, reports TimeOnline
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