The metro is easy. Google India and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) have announced the availability of Delhi Metro transit information on Google Maps, including – train timings, station ... Continue_Reading

With local search portals sprouting up on the internet and starting to engage Internet users, BCCL-owned TimesCity.com, probably the oldest online city guide in India, has been overhauled completely to ... Continue_Reading

Hyderabad based Ybrant Digital has launched a city-wide search platform called YReach. Though labeled as a “shopping and lifestyle search platform”, it can more accurately be called a local search ... Continue_Reading

Google Adds Landmarks To Driving Directions It launched driving directions to Google Maps in April and has now added landmark related information which it crowd-sourced using MapMaker which allows users to ... Continue_Reading

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel is piloting a location based service in Delhi and Mumbai, called Buddy Finder. The service allows allows a subscriber to monitor the location of an individual ... Continue_Reading

While writing about the launch of BIGMaps Facebook application, I began thinking about how the integration between maps and other content can be improved: I use maps extensively, particularly when ... Continue_Reading

Reliance ADA Group company BIGMaps, which is yet to open doors to its online interface, has launched a facebook app and opened access to its mobile interface beyond RCOM. (via anonymous tip-off ... Continue_Reading

Little known Bangalore based location-enabling company Imere Technologies has sold a minority stake Rediff.com, a NASDAQ listed Indian Internet company. The quantum of the minority stake has not been disclosed. Imere uses ... Continue_Reading

Nokia’s navigation subsidiary Navteq has added 44 Indian cities to its maps, enabling street-level details, turn-by-turn navigation and directions for users. It now covers a total of 84 Indian ... Continue_Reading

Update 2: We don’t have Reliance GSM, so haven’t been able to try the service out. Following our request, BigMaps has shared the following eight screenshots of the WAP service: Business ... Continue_Reading

Tata Indicom has launched Quickfinder service with maps, navigation and location awareness. It announced plans with Qualcomm in September last year but has commercially deployed the service only now. The service ... Continue_Reading

India’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, better known as CDAC, has launched Saarathy. Saarathy offers multilingual support – in English, Hindi and Malayalam, with the option of incorporating more ... Continue_Reading