Google is testing out a new feature which allows users to port their existing cell phone number to Google Voice.This means that any user of Google voice just needs to have one number and that can serve as home, office…
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What Next With Sex.com ?
Sex.com, which even got a book written on it in the past, is a domain name. The owner of the domain name, a guy who wished not to disclose his identity bought it for $13 million a few months back.…
Slow Sales On Google Chrome’s Web Store
After a long period of expectation and discussion with third party developers, Google finally launched the Chrome Web Store in December. It is an online portal that enables users to buy and install web applications like MOG and TweetDeck. The…
Salesforce Acquires DimDim, An Indian Web Conferencing Service
Salesforce continues its shopping fling by acquiring DimDim, a web conferencing service for $31 million in cash. In the last month this is the third public acquisition by Salesforce after email contact manager, Etacts and Heroku for $212 million in…
Firefox Is The Leading Web Browser In Europe: StatCounter
Microsoft Internet Explorer for the first time in the complete decade has failed to be the leading Web browser in Europe. An Irish research company that chases Web use on Tuesday reported that Internet Explorer relinquished the position to Mozilla’s…
Internet Surpasses Television As The Main Source Of News
A study from Paw Research Centre reports that internet now a days is the major news source. 65% of the crowd below 30 preferred the Internet to television in 2010 as the source of national as well as international news,…
Layoff Plans At Myspace
Myspace has planned to layoff one-third to half of its employees for the curtailment of its business expenditures. According to the people familiar with the matter, the plan is expected to be announced in this month. It is the latest…
JP Morgan: eCommerce Would Hit the $963 Billion Mark by 2013
Holiday seasons are always a good time for retailers and manufacturers as they set their cash registers ringing. This past season has brought one more delight that has caught the attention of many in the retail sector. Imran Khan, senior…
“Facebook” – Most Searched Word on the Web
Facebook has been named the top searched word on the internet for 2010. This has made it two years on the trot for Facebook. Experian Hitwise has come up with a list of 1000 most searched words for the calendar…
Google Shuts Voice Search Service in India
Google has shut its voice search experiment in India because of negative result for search through voice responses. On this, Google India’s product head, Vinay Goel has said, “The experiment was wound up as we did not achieve scale and…