In a rather surprising move, Yahoo has just announced the acquisition of Arab site Maktoob, a very popular Arabic web portal that offers amazing services such as search, payments, social…
IxQuick, one of my favourite meta search engines and what it bills itself as “the world’s most private search engine†has renamed itself to Startpage. Name change apart, there is…
If you are one of the overly concerned and protective parents, who are almost always worried about your child’s online experience, then there is a great news for you! According…
Google has announced the launch of ‘Google Translate’, a translation service targeted specifically for Hindi. This service will enable direct and automated translation of English text to Hindi. Currently, Google…
Our planet has become a lot smaller since the advent of online mapping phenomenon. Google, Yahoo, Mapquest and Microsoft have all been working in this field for quite some time…
Last Friday, it was announced that the Urchin software from Google beta would be now available for download on its main site. This software from Google is a web analytics…
Google launched a local Swiss version of Google Maps. Meaning, with Google Maps for Switzerland, you can discover all “those romantic lakeside hotels, world-famous chocolate shops, and winding roads through…
Yahoo! India gets more local with vernacular mail and IM. John Kremer, Yahoo! Mail VP, paid tribute to India’s product and engineering teams who were imperative in his localization. Techtree…
Yahoo! Announces Agreement to Acquire Zimbra, reports an official Yahoo! Press release. Zimbra, is a leader in next generation e-mail and collaboration software. In this regard, Founder & CEO, Jerry…
Global Search giant Yahoo Inc acquired over 35% stake in an Indian Online ad network company, Tyroo Media which is a part of Smile Interactive Technologies group, reports Infoworld.com. About…