Blackberry glitches continue for second day
Blackberry users across much of the globe experienced outages in key functions for a second straight day Tuesday, while a Canadian merchant bank jacked up pressure for a management change.
View ArticleWikipedia eyes India for language growth
Wikipedia on Wednesday said it was banking on growth in the mobile phone sector and increased Internet access to boost content in Indian languages ranging from Hindi to Telugu.
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Hotmail co-founder launches free SMS service
Indian IT entrepreneur Sabeer Bhatia on Tuesday launched a free text messaging service, promising that it would be as revolutionary as his previous venture, Hotmail.
View Article1.4 million orders for world’s cheapest tablet in India
The world's cheapest tablet computer has clocked 1.4 million bookings since it was put up for sale online two weeks ago in India, a spokeswoman told AFP on Tuesday.
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Facebook, Google, others face charges in India
Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other websites are facing prosecution in Indian courts for refusing to censor themselves and remove contents considered insulting to Indian leaders and major religious...
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Cheap tablet aims to pull disconnected Filipinos online
Tablet computers may be all the rage these days, but let’s face it, not everyone can afford a P19,000 iPad 2 or any of the equally pricey Android-powered devices.
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Student in gay webcam case released from prison
An Indian student who was convicted of illegally filming his gay roommate on a webcam was released Tuesday 10 days early for good conduct and time worked, a prison official said.
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Casting introduced Skype to Indian village
Director David O. Russell said Sunday he used Skype for the first time to audition actors for his latest film "Silver Linings Playbook" and introduced the online video chat service to a village in India.
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India unveils new version of ‘world’s cheapest tablet’
India has launched a new version of its ultra-low-cost tablet computer with a quicker processor and an improved battery, on sale to students at the subsidized price of $20.
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Air India pilot’s rap rant on YouTube lands him in hot water
An Air India pilot faces the wrath of his bosses after appearing in a YouTube video rapping about bad pay, ageing female flight attendants and canceled flights at the airline.
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Indian man held for selling baby grandson on Facebook
Police in northern India said Wednesday they had arrested a 47-year-old man for selling his newborn grandson to a local businessman in a deal that was struck on Facebook.
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Nokia launches $99 smartphone targeting emerging-market users
Struggling Finnish handset giant Nokia unveiled on Thursday its next generation of lower-end mobile smartphones as it seeks to gain traction in a market expected to be worth $40 billion by 2015.
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India rejects NSA leaker Snowden’s asylum request
India has rejected NSA leaker Edward Snowden's request for political asylum, the External Affairs Ministry said Tuesday.
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Stop … India sends its last telegram
India's last telegram went out late Sunday, marking the end of a service that millions of Indians had relied on for fast communication for more than 160 years.
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Hackers attack exiled Tibet government website
Hackers have attacked the Tibetan government-in-exile's Chinese-language website with an unidentified virus, making the portal inaccessible, an official spokesman told AFP Tuesday.
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‘It’s my fault’ rape video goes viral
A video by a group of comedians that lampoons controversial comments by public figures after the gang-rape of a student in New Delhi last December has gone viral.
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India says its Mars spacecraft on course
India's Mars orbiter mission has ventured out of Earth's sphere of influence in an attempt to reach the red planet's orbit after a critical maneuver.
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‘Telepathy’ experiment sends 1st mental message
For the first time, scientists have been able to send a simple mental message from one person to another without any contact between the two, thousands of miles apart in India and France.
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Google debuts $105 smartphone in India; available in PH by yearend
Google on Monday launched a $105 smartphone in India, taking aim at emerging markets as part of an initiative called Android One.
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India directs spacecraft toward Martian orbit
An Indian spacecraft was nearing its final destination in orbit around Mars on Wednesday, with scientists hoping a success will launch the nation into an elite club of deep-space explorers.
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