In an attempt to further widen its service, search engine titan Google over the weekend extended a small technological enhancement to its voice calling feature in Gmail with an ability to click-to-call on phone numbers instantly that friends, colleagues and other contacts send them in a… Read More

Popular social media giant Facebook Inc. is planning to experiment with a service initiated by Groupon, which provides consumers buy discounted one-time offers, an effort to utilize its 500 million-plus members to capitalize on the surging online-deal market, as it looks for new ways to… Read More

Software monopolist Microsoft’s Bing team sparked an online outrage when its Twitter donation drive for last week’s catastrophic earthquake / tsunami / nuclear meltdown that devastated large parts of north-eastern Japan, which was perceived to be a tasteless ploy to promote its Bing… Read More

On the heels of last weeks layoffs that left a reported 900 employees without jobs, internet behemoth AOL and the Huffington Post, said that it has tapped Biz Stone, co-founder of white-hot microblogging service Twitter, as a “strategic adviser for social impact,” the company announced… Read More

Software behemoth Microsoft’s long journey to rejuvenate its Internet Explorer, and deliver it as a competitive web browser against speedy upstarts like Google Chrome, finally reached its end tonight. After months of beta testing, on Monday evening Microsoft unleashed its new Web browser, Internet Explorer 9, at the hip event at South by Southwest… Read More

Preparing to gear up for more deals, Facebook has nabbed away Google Inc.’s director of corporate development, Amin Zoufonou, to lead its fledgling merger and acquisition efforts, where his responsibilities will likely include hiring other business development specialists and… Read More

Revelling the $17 million funding round announced recently, StumbleUpon lets people easily share their favorite websites, and helps millions of readers explore the Internet, generating some impressive traffic in the process. StumbleUpon, at the SXSW introduced a new ad platform… Read More

The humongous growth of the internet means that it is now easier than ever before to start a business and reach a huge audience. But counterfeit goods tend to make anyone unhappy in the long run. Buyers are frustrated when they discover the quality of the product is shoddy. Google on Tuesday announced three initiatives that it hopes will help weed out… Read More

Smelling the ad dollars hidden inside the Redmond Vole’s WP7, search and advertising giant Google on Tuesday extended its AdMob beta SDK for Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system, empowering developers a new path to start integrating its advertising… Read More

Imagine having your social media Facebook contacts with you, even while you are sifting through your mails on Yahoo! Well, it is true, users of Yahoo Mail can now chat with their Facebook friends from within Yahoo Mail… Read More

While our eyes have somewhat habituated to the herky-jerky, average YouTube video shot by amateurs, the popular Google owned video-sharing site YouTube wants to make it better for us, and to raise those standards. Just after snapping up Next New Networks, YouTube has acquired… Read More

Continuing its goal of expanding its travel-related features, Microsoft’s Bing, this time rolled out new “Attractions Pages”, featuring museums, tourists spots and other activities, in tandem with partners TripAdvisor, Frommers, WCities and Zvents… Read More

Basically, Google Docs is conceived for writing. But often there is a need to write about what is been written. That is why, the search engine giant on Wednesday, enhanced its Google Docs product with a next-generation commenting system it has dubbed as “Discussions,” which will… Read More