Update: Hungama appears to have closed the site after we wrote about it. Why the stage fright? In our defense, if we can access the site, we can write about ... Continue_Reading

Talking about consistently changing the rules of the game. TataDoCoMo, which came into the limelight with their pay-per-second billing plans and marketing blitz, has now expanded its BuddyNet service to ... Continue_Reading

A couple of weeks ago, Orkut, a Google owned social networking site which primarily has users from India and Brazil, rolled out its “new version”. Upon going through the site ... Continue_Reading

Sony Launches Desi Adda Sony PlayStation has launched its second Indian game Desi Adda: The Games of India. The game can be played on PS2 and PSP is available in four ... Continue_Reading

Star India recently announced more channels were being added onto partner Apalya’s mobile TV application and that it was launching it’s own Mobile TV application soon. In this two part ... Continue_Reading

Viacom18 is a joint venture between Viacom and IBN18 Broadcast (IBN18 has a 50% stake in Viacom18), and in India, it manages MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1 and Colors. Earlier, we’d spoken ... Continue_Reading

FIPB Defers DBCorp, Rajashtan Royals Decision India’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board has deferred a decision on DB Corp’s plan for an IPO, which involves a sale from existing promoters, upto 26 ... Continue_Reading

(by Preethi J & Nikhil Pahwa) In final part of  our three part interview with Orkut (read Part 1 and Part 2), we spoke to Google India’s Rahul Kulkarni (Product Manager) and ... Continue_Reading

(By Preethi J & Nikhil Pahwa)Google owned Orkut is believed to be the largest social network in India in terms of userbase, with claims of around 13-15 million users from the country. In ... Continue_Reading

(By Preethi J & Nikhil Pahwa) Google owned Orkut, believed to be the largest social network in India in terms of userbase, announced the Orkut Zeitgeist last week – a report ... Continue_Reading

Nokia’s Microfinancing Options; Comes With Music Nokia launched microfinancing options to rural handset buyers – they can pay weekly installment of Rs. 100 each over 25 weeks. The handset ... Continue_Reading

Update: Facebook has since launched a developer contest focused on Indian developers (via @nikhil_kumar). The prizes: $4000, $2000 and $1000 in each of the two categories – Facebook Apps, and ... Continue_Reading