Google News launches Telugu channel

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

The third South Indian language, Telugu, has been launched by Google News. The only one pending from the South is Kannada.

Google News launches Malayalam channel

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Google News has released their Malayalam version. It is good to see Google India's commitment towards Indian languages. We are waiting for Google to release Telugu and Kannada versions.

Google Chrome released on Ganesh Chaturthi

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

On September 2, 2008 [Tuesday] every techie blog carried the news about the release of Google's new browser Chrome. In India usually people don't release/start anything on a Tuesday as it is considered inauspicious.

Google News launches Tamil channel

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Google India has been very serious about their language effort in India. Their tools are gaining popularity but I believe the usage will increase with the increase of internet usage in Tier-II cities.

For Kannadigas only: What if Google and Ebay merged?

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

These days you have been hearing about GooHoo, MicroHoo etc. But now a question for those who understand Kannada,

Options: MicroHoo or GooHoo or Yahoo

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Few interesting links related to Microsoft's offer to Yahoo, MSFT + YHOO: What Would Microsoft Yahoo Look Like? Live Blogging Microsoft's Bid For Yahoo Call Q&A With Microsoft On Proposed Yahoo Purchase: 2+2 = #1 What Will Microsoft Yahoo Merger Mean for SEO? Microsoft/Yahoo merger would have practically no impact on any high-quality Silicon ...

Hindu Gods bitten by telecom revolution in India

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Yesterday I was reading about Bill Clinton running for President in 2008. The banner on that page was..hmm..you decide - funny/ok/offending/tasteless.

Voice chat providers may be taxed

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

According to an article in Hindustan Times,

Is a rival of Google coming soon?

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said he is putting the building blocks in place for a community-developed Web search service that would rival search engines such as Google or Yahoo. Wikia, has acquired Grub, a pioneering Web crawler that will enable Wikia's forthcoming search service to scour the Web to index ...

Yahoo! Please don’t ignore your “registered” users :-(

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

I have been using Yahoo since its inception (or little after its inception). Customer service was rocking at Yahoo in early 1990s. If my memory serves me right I am pretty sure Yahoo email was released after the release of their directory. I use to submit the URLs of mahesh.com ...