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‘Mobile marketing will grow 10-fold in India’
New Delhi: India’s mobile marketing space, which some analysts estimate at Rs.600 million ($11 million), will grow 10-fold in the next five years, says the Finnish pioneer of the concept.
Roll-out flat-screen TV on the way
London, Dec 12 (IANS) Scientists are creating flat screen TVs that can be rolled up and safely tucked away in your pockets, thanks to QD or quantum dot technology.
Social media to drive movement against corruption: Survey
New Delhi: Social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Orkut are emerging as an important tool to drive movement against corruption and bring positive change in the society, a survey… Read more
Forced to think of guidelines for social sites: Sibal
New Delhi: Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Friday said he was compelled to think of guidelines for barring objectionable content on social networking sites after they declined to do anything about… Read more
Karnataka to provide more funds to promote nanotechnology
Bangalore: The Karnataka government will provide enhanced budgetary support to promote nanotechnology for the benefit of masses, Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda said Thursday.
No censorship but offensive matters will be removed: Sibal
New Delhi: The Indian government will not allow social networking sites to host “objectionable” content and will take steps to screen and remove these, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal said Tuesday.
Online surfing promotes reading habit
Washington: Online users seeking general information or accessing social networking sites often come across news which they start reading, just out of curiosity.
British secret service recruiting spies on Facebook
London: Top officials of Britain’s secret service are now using social networking website Facebook to recruit spies, a media report said Thursday.
Major global IT company to ban e-mail
London: Atos, one of biggest information technology companies in the world with over 80,000 workers in 42 countries, will soon ban e-mails because it says 90 percent of them are… Read more
Shanghai launches official microblog
Beijing: The local government of Shanghai Monday launched its first official microblog where the public will be informed about new regulations, upcoming cultural activities as well as vegetable prices.