Microsoft has acquired UK-based European online mapping service provider Multimap for an undisclosed sum. Multimap provides online maps, point-to-point driving directions and geo-spatial (“where’s my nearest?”) searches to businesses and consumers in Europe. Besides free mapping services for consumers, Multimap offers location-based services such as mapping, proximity searching, routing, aerial images with map overlay, local information and […]
Indians are growing into a powerful force at Citigroup, the world’s largest financial services company by assets. Besides the new CEO Vikram Pandit, there are several other Indians holding key positions at Citi. Here’s an alphabetically-drawn list of the Indian Mafia at Citigroup: Shirish Apte Chief Executive Officer, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa, […]
Titillating magazine and adult video pioneer Penthouse Media Group has spent $500 million to buy a bunch of social networking web sites with its acquisition of Various Inc and its subsidiaries. Various operates 25 online communities including adultfriendfinder.com, which supposedly has 18 million members. All together, Various is said to have a membership base of […]
India’s Supreme Court issued a notice to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for justifying during his recent election campaign the staged killing of a Muslim Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a police encounter. Modi has already received a notice from India’s Election Commission for his inflamatory campaign speech on December 4 in Mangrol that justified the staged killing […]
A phrase used more in the U.S. than elsewhere, skid row refers to a run down part of a large city. We were horrified the first time we saw the skid row in downtown Los Angeles one early morning in the late 1990s – the whole area was in a dilapidated condition and filled with […]
Bollywood entertainment house T-Series is frustrated that YouTube (owned by Google) has failed to take cognizance of the Delhi High Court’s interim order in November restraining YouTube and Google from infringing its content and plans to file a contempt petition. T-Series has filed a suit against Google and YouTube for a permanent injunction and the case is […]