Posted on May 29th, 2008 by dhirender
Amazon.com is planning to launch a streaming video service in the next few weeks to add to it’s range of digital media offerings. This would allowing viewers to essentially rent movies via the Web rather than download large files to store on personal computers or other devices says Reuters.
Besides recently launching an electronic book reader, […]
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Posted on May 29th, 2008 by dhirender
With the aim to build an online entertainment resource for India comes LetZgoparty, a social nightlife networking portal dedicated to nightlife, parties, events, fashion, music and networking.
The site covers nightlife news, events, club listings, music reviews, DJ interviews, celebrity interviews, quiz section, poll, and a space for people to upload party pictures.
According to the release, […]
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Posted on May 29th, 2008 by dhirender
As part of the 11th Five Year Plan, the postal department is in the process of collating the National Address Database which would map where you live, who you live with, how long you’ve been living there, what car you drive and your last five addresses. With a budget of Rs. 5 crores, the project […]
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Posted on May 29th, 2008 by dhirender
Cleartrip has launched Cleartrip Videos - a section containing about 1,000 travel videos covering 36 cities across India, which were submitted by amateur film makers during the Short Flicks Festival sponsored by Cleartrip last year. The videos are searchable by destination, popularity or tags.
As their blog claims:
One to three minutes long, these videos (un)cover everything […]
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Posted on May 29th, 2008 by dhirender
With the mobile and online penetration growing rapidly in India, book publishers are now increasingly looking to ride the tech wave.
Take Pengiun for instance which recently partnered with Mobifusion, a global developer, publisher and distributor of mobile technologies, to repurpose the content from books to mobile phones.
Or Harper Collins, US, which has just finished digitizing […]
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