“Where did the computer go?” was the slogan Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) used in 2004 when it launched the first of its current range of iMac desktop computers. The question was designed to draw attention to the ingenuity with which the company’s designers had managed to pack the components of an…

Tomorrow Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) holds a major launch event and will likely unveil its first tablet, according to TechCrunch named the Kindle Fire. To date, everyone bar Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has failed with tablet launches. If Amazon mimics Apple then its tablet will fail too. Apple has too many economies…

The news everyone has been waiting for has finally come out: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has done a deal with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), where Windows Phone will become the primary operating system for Nokia’s smartphones. The deal will bring brands like Bing and Xbox to Nokia devices.

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) reached an agreement last month under which Yahoo Search will be replaced by Microsoft’s Bing sometime in 2010. According to Komli Media’s analytics platform Vizisense, the combined share of search traffic from India for Yahoo and Microsoft in July is only 8.49%, compared…

It’s been a busy 24 hours in the life of the Yahoo-Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Search Deal. Our coverage: Deal Talk With Yahoo’s Schneider, Microsoft’s Mehdi: ‘Adding Display Is Boiling The Ocean’ Why Microsoft Appears To Have Gotten The Better End Of The Search Deal If Microsoft Wants Yahoo’s Mobile Search,…

Updated: The 18-month Microsoft-Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) saga finally enters a productive phase (regulators willing) with a 10-year global search and advertising sales pact between the two companies. The deal, much of which has already been reported, was announced formally before U.S. markets opened. Yahoo estimates that the deal will improve…

  Korean handset maker LG (SEO: 066570) has struck a deal with RockeTalk to preload the Indian start-up’s mobile social networking application on several handsets, including the LG KT610 and KF750 (Secret) handsets sold in India. The two handsets go on sale in November. RockeTalk’s application includes an instant messenger…

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) India has poached a long time Bharti Airtel executive to head up its consumer and online business. The tech giant has hired Hemant Sachdev, a group director at Bharti, as the joint managing director for MS’ consumer and online operations. Sachdev’s exit is surprising since he is…

Sure enough, the days without incident were indeed numbered. T-series has issued a notice to Guruji.com amongst other websites including MSN, MySpace and Bharatstudent. It has accused them of allowing users to upload content on their platforms. The report features quotes from T-Series, VP (digital content), Neeraj Kalyan, stating in…

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) India is planning to expand its SMS search services in India reports ET. MS, which currently has a tie-up with Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) for SMS search services is looking to partner with other operators, including RComm as part of an expansion which includes ‘four major operators’. The…

—Lakshmi Narasimhan, Head of Business Development for Network18, has been appointed CEO of Infomedia India. Readers will remember that Network18 acquired Infomedia last fiscal. Narasimhan will expand the portfolio of Infomedia titles. Prakash Iyer, who was CEO & MD of Infomedia will now be MD. [more at exchange4media]—Mohit Gupta has…

As far as India is concerned, the xBox is the x’ed Box, if this report from CNBC-TV18 is to be believed. The console has apparently been such a dismal failure in India that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is reportedly winding up operations in several Tier-I cities. MS’ Entertainment & Devices Division…

For quick access to our coverage on Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) withdrawing its offer to purchase Yahoo… —BREAKING:  Microsoft Withdraws Offer For Yahoo—MSFT-YHOO: From The Nebraska Furniture Mart—Who Will Microsoft Buy Now With the $50 Billion Change Left? AOL? Facebook?—Microsoft-Yahoo: Yang’s Response: ‘With Distraction Behind Us’ Can Focus On Transition And…

The Microsoft-NDTV Media has found its way to Facebook, courtesy an International advertising deal between MS and Facebook till 2011. At the time the deal was struck, around 59 percent of Facebook’s users were from outside the US. Readers should also remember that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) had picked up 1.6…

Well, with its announcement of a two-week Adsense trial, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is finally playing a very public hand with Google—thus raising the stakes even across during Microsoft’s three-week deadline. But the real drama is behind scenes where Yahoo is still talking to Time Warner—despite the observers who say any…

After 8 years at Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), where he as Country Manager for the Entertainment And Devices Division, and was instrumental in bringing the xBox 360 to India, Mohit Anand has put in his papers. His formal notice period will end by April 15th, and he intends to stay in…

The launch marks Microsoft’s entry into the advertising networks space - they’ve partnered with publishers like Bollywood Hungama (entertainment), Equitymaster.com (finance), HDFC Sec (finance) and, well, Facebook (social networking) for the launch of its “Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions” platform. NDTV Media will do advertising sales for Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT). MS…

In India, a Microsoft-Yahoo combine will help fill some gaps: Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has been far more active in the country, with investments in the online classifieds co Consim (Bharatmatrimony.com) and ad network Tyroo. Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) will also benefit for a substantial R&D facility that Yahoo has in Bangalore.…

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