As per this report from the folks at Medianama, and personal accounts from the rest of the country, Airtel and Reliance have blocked access to video sharing and torrent sites, following an order from the Madras High Court following a complaint filed by litigant R.K. Productions, the producers of Tamil movies 3 and Dammu to prevent piracy. Continue Reading »

After acquiring the teams and technologies of two startups, Twitter has launched a weekly email digest service, that delivers the relevant Tweets and stories shared by the people right to your inbox. Continue Reading »

Yahoo had confirmed through a press release that the company’s CEO, Scott Thompson, had left the organization for an undisclosed reason. In his stead, Yahoo has appointed Ross Levinsohn as the interim Chief Executive Officer of the company that will go through a reshuffling of Board of Directors. Before Yahoo made this news official, All Things D reported that the company’s CEO may be asked to leave for reasons that more about his academic record and less about the company’s recent woes. Continue Reading »

Forbes has reported on finding by Torrent-tracking and analysis firm Big Champagne, which puts HBO’s Game of Thrones as being well on its way to becoming the most pirated show of this year. According to rough estimated released by Big Champagne, the show has been downloaded more than 25 million times from public torrent trackers since it began in early April. This trend hit its peak following April 30th’s episode, which resulted to more than 2.5 million downloads in a day. Continue Reading »

Our sites of the week are innovative solutions to the problem of rising fuel and fare prices in Indian metro cities. While both sites are clearly in beta mode, they are audacious for early attempts to use the internet, mobile and social media to organise a vehicle sharing system. Here's an early look at how Smartmumbaikar and Carshuffle plan to reduce traffic by inducing a culture of car/vehicle pooling in Chennai and Mumbai. Continue Reading »

Microsoft has unveiled a new social version of its Bing search engine, as the company tries to keep up with the competition it faces from search giant Google. Continue Reading »

The social network has unveiled a new feature for all those 380 million people who use Facebook Groups. All Groups users now have the ability to send files to fellow group members. Continue Reading »

Facebook has just announced the launch of an exclusive platform for finding and rating desktop, web and mobile apps. The new ‘App Center’ can be accessible on the web and in the iOS and Android Facebook apps. Continue Reading »

Google today announced that its users would now have better Google+ notifications experience in Gmail. Starting today, Gmail users can respond to their Google+ notifications right from their inbox. Continue Reading »

eBay has just announced that it’s opening a new development centre in Bangalore. In a report last month, eBay country manager Muralikrishnan B, had stated that the company is planning to boost its operations in the country, and invest millions of dollars in advertising in coming years. Continue Reading »