BSNL has launched a 4G service in the south Indian state of Kerala, making it the first service of this kind in India.WiMAX, with speeds of upto 37Mbps, promises to change the way the mobile is used for the internet. The introductioin of WiMAX on a large scale is slated to start on a large [...]
As per this TechYoyo post, it looks like it’s not only Chinese or Australian censorship laws that is in the news. It’s now India’s turn, with Yahoo and Bing both censoring their search results to filter Sexually explicit content, or in some cases any reference to the word ’sex’.
The clampdown is due to recent changes [...]
Last night, I caught a glimpse of a few Tweets that mentioned Microsoft ripping off Plurk… and decided I’d do some digging this morning.
It turns out, I didn’t have to dig too far, Plurk’s blog post kind of say’s it all. TechCrunch, NYT, WSJ and many others have also covered this news.
To put [...]
We’ve written quite a lot about the Baidu and Google dichotomy in China, for instance how they’re battling it out in Mobile Search.
On this occasion the battle is a bit more mainstream with a great piece from WSJ about the different practices within China between Search heavyweights Baidu and Google. Aside from a slight digression [...]
India has been able to create and maintain educational brands like IIT – where very good technical education is given at some of the world’s lowest costs. At the other end of the spectrum, India has about 350 million people who form the primary work force of the country without any education to speak of. [...]
Finally!… I just can’t believe it’s taken this long, but it looks like Search is finally catching up with other forms of Online Advertising in Australia.
As a report compiled by PwC (Price WaterHouse Coopers) shows, for the Quarter ending on 30th September 2009 Search Engine Marketing (PPC) has grown while Displays ads have fallen. [...]
Friendster has launched virtual gifts and the Friendster Gift Shop in Malaysia, which represents the first in a series of upcoming products the social network will roll out to better monetise its global user base. The virtual gifts and the Friendster Gift Shop products will use the new Friendster Wallet allowing for its users to [...]
I’ve seen this chart on several blogs the last few days, and thought it was quite useful. It aims to present a geographic view of average internet speeds around the world in relation to the monthly cost per every 1 Mbps.
It’s great to see Japan and Korea leading the pack so prominently… and more than [...]
As reported here and here, Google is looking to participate in the upcoming auctions for providing WiMAX services in India. WiMAX or Wireless microwave access is also known as Broadband Wireless Access or BWA. Google could either go on its own or be a technology partner to an existing Telecom service provider.
India’s WiMAX subscribers are [...]
YouTube Australia has just launched a paid model to help companies promote their videos on YouTube. Companies will now be able to promote their videos and ensure they appear next to relevant content, and in front of relevant audiences.
Essentially, Promoted Videos is a CPC paid model based on the Google Adwords keyword bidding model, and [...]