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With naming Scott Thompson, as the new CEO of the Yahoo Inc, the shares of eBay Inc fell on Wednesday. Thompson has to join Yahoo on January 09, 2012, replacing the current Carol Bartz. Thompson has been president of PayPal since 2008 first half, after serving the term as Chief Technical Officer (CTO) in charge of information technology, product development and architecture. In...

Reliance Entertainment’s  BigFlix had launched subscription based movie-on-demand service name as BigFlixPlus, allowing the users to choose their favourite movie from the online inventory of over 500 movies at a nominal subscription fee across the various channels i.e. personal computer, tablets and mobiles. The service comes with a monthly subscription of INR...

Nokia India with collaboration with Indiatimes has launched its online store named as Nokiashop for its range of mobile phones. The back operations are powered by the IndiaTimes shopping engine and can be reached at nokia.indiatimes.com. The best part seems to be is that you can buy the phone with interest free EMIs spread over 3 or 6 months. Also, there is a COD (Cash on Delivery) option is available with the regular Net Banking, Credit and Debit Cards. Delivery time claims for the most of the cities is around within 4 days and also there...

Microsoft Flight, a PC game that lets player jumps off the ground into the challenges and freedom of fight will be available on free basis during this spring. The game allows the players view the world from above the beautiful Hawaii big islands. Many people dream of flying, but only few can make it to the experience of fun of exploring the world. Microsoft Flight...

Samsung mobile starts the year 2012 with the launching of the new member of the Samsung GALAXY Series phone – the Samsung GALAXY Ace Plus. The mobile phone runs on the Andriod operating system and is targeting the trendy and social young generation. The GALAXY Ace Plus will be available in Russia first by this month’s end, followed by other parts of the world. Features...

With reports from Helsingin Sanomat, Nokia’s Board of Directors proposed Risto Siilasmaa as its new chairman. Siilasmaa is known well as the founder of Helsinki based computer security company F-Secure. Nokia’s Board of Directors should publish proposals on Thursday, January 26 for the new size of the contribution to the May Annual General Meeting after the interim...

Aakash, India’s first low cost tablet made a pre-orders mark of 1.4 million. DataWind, Aakash Tablet manufacturer confirms the “pre-orders” number. Starting from December, they opened up orders for the first set of tablets. The tablet is being sold for INR 2500 (approximately USD 47) but the government then lower the cost bringing it to a mere USD 35 for the...

With the year 2012 starts, Facebook, the world’s largest social network, has announced its second annual Hacker Cup. Programmers from around the world will be judged and as they compete to solve different algorithmic problems. The top scoring 25 competitors are flown to Facebook HQ i.e. Menlo Park, California. Out of these final 25, one winner will be emerged as...

Sony Ericsson made an announcement a couple of weeks ago about the new Xperia active; a compact Andriod smartphone designed for consumers with an active lifestyle. A unique feature that Xperia active consists of its barometric measuring sensor app. Developers can use this sensor in apps, by accessing it through the Andriod sensor API. They provided tops and code examples...

Sify Technologies, an Indian based broadband internet provider has launched Sify Mystorage, a cloud based online storage and backup solution for consumers and businesses. The service is a simple, smart and secure way to insure your critical files in your computer. Mystorage features: Unlimited computers you can backup files from as many as number of computers, laptops...