End of travel agents? More people buying vacations online
June 30th, 2012 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 30 (IANS) High street travel agents look set to become extinct because of people choosing to book their holidays online, according to a market research firm.Figures show that ... Read more...
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Facebook plans to go public to raise $87bn
May 4th, 2012 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 4 (IANS) Facebook will go public with a stock price of $28 to $35 to set the popular social network's valuation as high as $86.6 billion, according ... Read more...
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US slaps sanctions on Syria, Iran
April 24th, 2012 - 2:59 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 24 (IANS) The US Monday unveiled new sanctions against Iran and Syria for using "technologies to monitor and target citizens for violence"."I've signed an executive order that ... Read more...
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Yahoo cuts 2,000 jobs
April 5th, 2012 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 4 (IANS) Yahoo announced Wednesday it will cut 2,000 jobs, about 14 percent of its workforce, as the troubled internet company struggles to turn around its fortunes.This ... Read more...
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Google to become top online ad seller in US by 2013
February 23rd, 2012 - 10:40 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) The online advertising business of search engine giant Google is growing faster than anticipated and is expected to surpass Facebook to be the top display ... Read more...
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Chinese woman helps arrest thief in Metro train
February 21st, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 21 (IANS) Despite being punched in the belly, a woman in a Shanghai Metro train helped security officials arrest a thief who was running away with a fellow ... Read more...
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Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom denied bail
January 25th, 2012 - 10:57 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Wellington, Jan 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has been kept in custody ahead of a possible extradition to the United States. US officials have launched a heavy clamp down on ... Read more...
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Yahoo names new CEO (Lead)
January 5th, 2012 - 6:37 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 5 (IANS) Yahoo has named Scott Thompson, former president of online payment service PayPal, as its new chief executive officer.Wednesday's announcement ended the internet company's four-month search for ... Read more...
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Yahoo names new CEO
January 5th, 2012 - 5:06 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 5 (IANS) Yahoo has named Scott Thompson, former president of online payment service PayPal, as its new chief executive officer.Wednesday's announcement ended the internet company's four-month search for ... Read more...
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Yahoo considers selling Asian assets: Report
December 22nd, 2011 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Dec 22 (IANS) Yahoo's board is expected to meet Thursday to discuss selling its holdings in China's Alibaba Group and its Japanese affiliate back to their majority owners ... Read more...
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Facebook’s IPO will give birth to many millionaires
December 9th, 2011 - 10:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Dec 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Facebook’s anticipated IPO next year is being monitored by investors keenly. Experts are speculating that the IPO could make at least a thousand people millionaires when ... Read more...
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Groupon IPO raises $700 million
November 4th, 2011 - 11:16 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Nov 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Groupon’s IPO has become the second largest Internet business. The company has generated $700 million with its initial public offering. When Google went public in 2004, ... Read more...
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Bharti ties up with Japan firm for mobile internet
October 20th, 2011 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Bharti Enterprises, parent company of India's telecom giant Airtel, Thursday said it has entered into a joint venture with Japan-based internet company Softbank Corp to ... Read more...
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Yahoo CEO firing shocks the corporate world
September 8th, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
San Francisco, Sept 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The CEO of Yahoo! Inc., Carol Bartz, has been fired by the Internet company. The ouster of Bartz comes after nearly three years after she was ... Read more...
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Carol Bartz could get $10 million in compensation from Yahoo
September 8th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Sept 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo! Inc. Carol Bartz could walk away with $10 million following the termination of her contract recently. Bartz was the boss of ... Read more...
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Banks join race for online payments
May 25th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, May 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Banks in the United States are finding ways to meet the expectations of consumers and that includes how they receive and make payments. On Wednesday, three ... Read more...
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Many young Chinese billionaires built fortune from scratch
May 16th, 2011 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 16 (IANS) Most of the young billionaires in China have built their fortune from nearly nothing, said a media report.There are 1,900 billionaires living in China.As many as ... Read more...
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Spice to invest Rs.1,000 crore in 2011-12
May 2nd, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Mobile handset manufacturer Spice Mobility Monday said it would invest Rs.1,000 crore to ramp up its research and development facilities, creation of value-added services and ... Read more...
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Craigslist ‘pulls off explicit sex ads globally’
December 20th, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Dec 20 (ANI): Craigslist has apparently removed its controversial 'adult services' section worldwide following the shut down in the U.S. earlier this year.According to Wired.com, the highly criticized area ... Read more...
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A matrimony website for defence personnel
September 1st, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) An online matrimony service exclusively for defence personnel will be launched by an internet company here Thursday.
Called DefenceMatrimony (www.defencematrimony.com), the dedicated site is being launched by internet ... Read more...
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Google, AP reach deal on online news
August 31st, 2010 - 5:46 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Aug 31 (DPA) Google and the Associated Press have reached a new deal that will allow the web-search giant to continue running stories from the AP on its Google News ... Read more...
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Sify Technologies to raise $86 million
August 28th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 28 (IANS) Nasdaq-listed internet company Sify Technologies Ltd Saturday announced it would be raising $86 million (around Rs.400 crore) through preferential shares to a group of investors affiliated to its ... Read more...
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Sify Technologies to provide submarine cable landing station
May 23rd, 2010 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 23 (IANS) The city-based, Nasdaq listed consumer Internet company Sify Technologies Limited has agreed to provide the Qatar-based Gulf Bridge International, a submarine cable landing station in Mumbai.
Gulf Bridge is ... Read more...
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Pamela’s gold-n-milk commercial banned in Australia
March 2nd, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 2 (IANS) A raunchy commercial featuring Pamela Anderson has been banned from television in Australia.
Contactmusic.com reports that the "Baywatch" star appears in a promo for internet company Crazy Domains that ... Read more...
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Every inch of Arunachal Pradesh belongs to India: Sachin Pilot
January 15th, 2010 - 11:26 pm ICT by ANI
By Naveen KapoorNew Delhi, Jan.15 (ANI): Minister of State for Communication Sachin Pilot on Friday asserted that every inch of Arunachal Pradesh belonged to India and an erroneous depiction by any company ... Read more...
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India condemns Kabul blast incident as two Indians injured, diplomats’ houses damaged
December 15th, 2009 - 9:02 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec.15 (ANI): India on Tuesday condemned the suicide car attack, occurred this morning near a hotel in Kabul which injured two Indians and partly damaged houses of three Indian diplomats ... Read more...
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Gmail outage challenges Google engineers
September 2nd, 2009 - 7:32 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Sep 2 (DPA) A disruption to Google's Gmail service frustrated users throughout the world Tuesday and flummoxed engineers at the giant internet company.
Google said the problems started early in ... Read more...
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Alibaba.com may launch joint venture in India
August 4th, 2009 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 4 (IANS) China's top e-commerce company, Alibaba.com Ltd. is considering establishing a joint venture in India to provide business-to-business e-commerce services, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The new Indian company ... Read more...
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Google’s ‘Star Droid’ to help mobile phone users study night skies
May 11th, 2009 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 11 (ANI): Google is preparing to launch a mobile phone application called Star Droid that can help amateur astronomers identify stars and planets.According to a report in the Telegraph, the ... Read more...
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Jerry Yang to step down as Yahoo CEO
November 18th, 2008 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 18 (ANI): Jerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo, will step down from his role after the company finds a replacement, the Internet company has announced.Yangs departure follows long criticism ... Read more...
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99acres.com partners with SecondSpaceT
August 4th, 2008 - 10:56 pm ICT by ANI
Noida (U.P.), August 4 (ANI/Business Wire India ): India ''s no.1 real estate portal 99acres.com, and SecondSpaceT Inc., the global online marketplace for second homes and recreational retreats, announced a mutually ... Read more...
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‘Microsoft makes fresh move to break up Yahoo!’
July 2nd, 2008 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 2 (IANS) Microsoft is making a new bid for Yahoo! search business and has sought partnership with at least two other media companies in a deal that would lead ... Read more...
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US stocks down on record oil prices
May 6th, 2008 - 8:56 am ICT by admin
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New York, May 6 (DPA) US stocks closed lower Monday, led by retailers as crude oil climbed above $120 per barrel. Shares in Yahoo plummeted 15 percent, the most in nearly two ... Read more...
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Microsoft withdraws offer for Yahoo(Lead)
May 4th, 2008 - 12:52 pm ICT by admin
DPA
New York, May 4 (DPA) Software giant Microsoft said it has withdrawn its offer for Yahoo after its higher offer failed to move the internet company. The collapse of talks between the ... Read more...
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Microsoft rescinds offer for Yahoo!
May 4th, 2008 - 8:21 am ICT by admin
DPA
New York, May 4 (DPA) Software giant Microsoft said Saturday it had pulled its offer for Yahoo after a higher offer failed to move the internet company . Microsoft had raised its ... Read more...
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