PIB commences webstreaming, to upload rare photographs on its website This news could ordinarily be considered mundane stuff. But wait a minute, don’t you sense that this gives you a feeling that the Web is becoming inevitable? Somehow this news made me feel so.
Month: September 2006
Uniform roaming termination charges
Trai order on termination charges for roaming calls TRAI insists that operators stick to the Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) regulation. October 11 is the deadline for compliance. technorati tags:telecom, trai, mobiles, cell, regulations
Windows search – mark II
ET: Microsoft unveils updated search engine Windows Live Search engine for all but Windows Live Local Search and mapping service only in the United States and Britain. technorati tags:search, microsoft, google
Debriefing after an unconference
BlogCamp drew to a close yesterday. Successful? Yes. I managed to spend some time there, yesterday. What I came back with is a sense that the online scene is “manned” by sensible people. This bright spark dawned on me not at the sessions but at the smokers’ corner. The conservations that smokers strike when confined…
Live stream of Blog unconference
Please visit: http://124.7.147.238:8080/ There is live chat on at: http://www.ircatwork.com/cgi-bin/irc/irc.cgi
Mob control
Pro-Israel lobby targets BBC online poll ‘Megaphone’ lobbyware mobilisation BBC History Magazine was forced to remove an online poll after it was targeted by a project aimed at influencing internet opinion in Israel’s favour.…
Policy Principles for Media Regulation
One has to rue the woefully inadequate debate on media policy in India. There aught to be serious effort at organise public opinion on issue such as the Broadcast Bill. Statements have been made that all “stakeholders” will be consulted. But the public doesn’t seem to figure in the list. Here’s a link to a…
Nimble and new
Star, Nimbus ink sporty deal To launch cricket-centric sports channel, NEO Sports, by year end. It make big news when Nimbus got the cricket telecast rights. Next , Murdoch buying a stake in Nimbus was hot too. But Nimbus joining Star to launch a cricket-centric channel. Man, that’s boring. technorati tags:cricket, broadcast, nimbus, star, murdoch,…
A reliable source
Reliance shelves foray into TV news The Reliance group has junked its plans to get into television news business. This Business Standard report did surprise me. Reliance thinking about getting into the news business? Well media policy will come of age soon. It should, PLEASE. technorati tags:television, reliance, ambanis, media, policy, ownership
Desktop sales strong, notebooks increasing too
Business Line : Desktop sales may cross 56 lakh units: MAIT Desktop sales in fiscal 2006-07 are expected to cross 56 lakh units, according to a report by Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology (MAIT), an industry body. Desktops and laptops taken together crossed 12 lakh units for the quarter April-June of FY2006-07. But another important…