Aviva, has partnered with Affle (a provider of mobile media innovations), to enable it to reach out and interact with cellphone users through advertisements.
Through this agreement, Aviva would be able to connect with the users of the SMS2.0 service, powered by Affle, and serve interactive advertisements. If a SMS2.0 user like a particular AVIVA product […]
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Planning to give Google a run for its money is Wikia Search - a community-developed Web search service started by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. Wikia has reecently acquired Grub, a pioneering distributed Web crawler platform that will enable Wikia’s forthcoming
search service to scour the Web to index relevant sites.
Grub utilizes the spare power of thousands […]
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Findings from the first part of an Aviation Survey by Centre For Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) on India:
* 43% of LCC passengers in India bought their tickets over the internet;
* 48% of LCC passengers in India used a credit card to pay for their ticket.
This goes against the arguments put three years ago, which stated […]
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Download spodtronic and you could listen to both radio or podcasts via your mobile connection (GPRS, EDGE or 3G). Compatible with the Symbian Series 60 (2nd and 3rd edition) phones, it occupies almost 1.5 MB on your mobile. However, it gives you access to over 300 worldwide radio stations ranging from Pop to Jazz to […]
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Reuters: State restrictions on use of the Internet have spread to more than 20 countries that use catch-all and contradictory rules to help keep people off line and stifle feared political opposition, a new report says.
In “Governing the Internet”, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) presented case studies of Web censorship in […]
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A recent article in the New York Times, talks about the U.B. Funkeys, created by Radica Games, a set of collectible vinyl figures that connect to a computer via a base with a U.S.B. port. Once the Funkeys are set up, their owner will be able to go to www.ubfunkeys.com (which is not yet operational) […]
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A recent article in the New York Times talks about the proliferation of map based mashups, which are changing the way information is organised and found. In the process, they are reshaping the world of mapmaking and collectively creating a new kind of atlas that is likely to be both richer and messier than any […]
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A web and mobile phone application, Slifter lets you search for your products, promotions and brands from both online and offline stores. Slifter also allows you to see images of those products, and share them with friends or save them to your personal shopping list. Using your zip code and search term, Slifter returns the […]
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An article in the Times of India (Sowing, reaping and gaming, July 22, 2007) talks about the hopes the mobile industry has pinned on the 155 million non-metro owners of mobile phones. Every day, Indian make 50,000 downloads on their mobile phones at about Rs. 40 (approx US$ 1) per download. Almost 40% of the […]
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TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Widened in scope, the annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). This site makes the best […]
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