“Microsoft is growing its global footprint again, this time putting a geographic stamp on Europe by buying Multimap, a leading British online mapping company, for an undisclosed sum…” New York — Continuing an ongoing string of acquisitions, Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it snapped up “Multimap,” one of Britain’s top providers of location and mapping […]

New Service Lets Surfers Get Up Close And Personal… “In the face of ethical concerns, Google is considering changes to its Street View Google Maps feature that would protect the privacy of those it photographs…” Boston — Despite protests from privacy advocates, Google Inc., is all set to introduce its “Street View” feature for eight […]

Google has re-launched its maps service in New Zealand, raising the stakes in an already crowded field… Auckland, New Zealand –- Google Inc. today launched the Google Maps New Zealand service at maps.google.co.nz, enabling users in New Zealand to find the local information they want more easily. The Web search giant has operated a basic […]

In a span of six months, startup social networking music site Imeem has soared to the top of the charts… “The beleaguered music industry is beginning to show more enthusiasm for free, advertising-supported business models. The latest sign: Universal Music Group has agreed to provide its songs to online social network Imeem…”

Microsoft India has announced to unveil a new email domain named live.in for Indians… “Apart from e-mail, the Live.in domain will let its users to enjoy the benefits like access to Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Spaces as well as the next generation of Windows Live services…” As part of its worldwide roll-out, Microsoft India […]

Yahoo! India has launched a new Hindi news and current affairs site with the publishers of India’s most-read newspaper and news site… In a marriage between a popular Internet brand and a leading newspaper conglomerate, Yahoo! India and the Jagran Group have finally launched their co-branded Hindi news and current affairs web portal looking to […]

New UNICEF initiative enables children in developing countries with a way of sharing their stories with the world… “Not every would-be storyteller has access to a major publisher; some, in fact, have close to nothing. So, Young people from around the world will be able to record and share their stories online in various languages […]

“Larry Page, the co-founder of Google who is tying the knot today, on a private island in the Bahamas owned by his friend and best man, Sir Richard Branson…” New York — Larry Page, Google’s billionaire co-founder, is set to marry his girlfriend, Lucy Southworth, on a tiny Caribbean island this weekend, a source familiar […]

In its attempts to combat a volley of network spammers — Google accidentally disabled a number of innocent Gmail accounts… Google this week mistakenly disabled the Gmail accounts of an undetermined number of users due to an apparently overzealous attempt by the company to combat spammers. “On Wednesday night, people started reporting in the official […]