Television Eighteen India Ltd is emerging as a serious player in the Indian internet space. This “new” media group has its internet properties under Web18. Exchange4media reports that Web18 has acquired Cricketnext.com and Compareindia.com. The group boast of news website such as IBNLive.com, which should make it a serious contender as a vertical portal what…
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India’s share of Wikipedia
The vast majority of the urban educated in India have a fair knowledge of English. Therefore, when Wikipedia lists 13,23,383 articles written in English, some of those can claim to have authorship from India. But a language such as Tamil, with multi-national presence, has just 3,944 articles in Wikipedia, which is a shame. Hindi fairs…
Technologies for change
The eradication of disease, malnutrition, pollution, and illiteracy — real concern in much of the world, including the “developed” one, can be achieved by using appropriate technology. The Stanford Social Innovation Review list 10 such technology that can make a difference in the qualities of life of the majority of the people of the world….
No car navigation system
Priced at Rs.38,000 car navigation systems haven’t really caught the fancy of Indian car owners.
LSTV. What’s that?
There have been only disparaging comments about Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s brainchild the Lok Sabha Television. Here’s a thorough look by the Business Standard.
More classrooms and teachers plz
India rejects One Laptop Per Child India has decided against getting involved in Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child scheme – which aims to provide kids in developing countries with a simple $100 machine.… but Nigeria is to go ahead with it.
Been to Netscape.com lately?
Netscape versus Digg Newly relaunched Netscape.com has been getting into a bit of a slanging match with Digg – the site which gets its users to rate news stories.…
CERT-In and the attacks
“India is under attack from rogue elements within and outside the country, not only in its physical space (think Mumbai), but in cyberspace too. Extensions “.co.in†and “.gov.in†are special targets of hack-attacks, whose number, and intensity, is increasing at a worrying pace,” reads a report from Vandana Gombar in the Business Standard today. CERT-In…
Privatisation ahead, go slow!
Hearing looks at Internet name privatization plan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department will hold a Wednesday hearing on the government’s September deadline to give up control over Internet domain names, a schedule that some high-tech industry advocates say should be delayed.
Mid-day radio coming home
Mid-day Multimedia Ltd is to invest upto Rs 100 cr in its radio business. This is another media organisation that has gone to the market. The numbers, again, are small but this is a company to watch out. Something closer home: they are to start a radio channel in Chennai. Mid-day to invest in radio…