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October 29th, 2007

GadgetsGuru India re-launches its e-commerce website

GadgetsGuru.com, which is said to be GadgetsGuru India re-launches its e-commerce websiteIndia’s first technology and Information market place, has announced today its new user-friendly website for a worldwide audience.

The new intuitive and intelligent navigation methods will allow customers to gain more information and insights effortlessly. Customers can now compare each and every feature of the product with its competitor products and prices before making a purchase decision. The website has been completely overhauled in terms of menus, information architecture, functionalities etc. A list of new brands and product categories has also been added. Read more… »

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October 19th, 2007

OneSearch SMS facility by Yahoo in India

Yahoo India, provider of online services today launched its ‘oneSearch’ SMS here. Using the ‘oneSearch’ SMS facility to 58242, customers can search for an information over their mobile phones from weather, stocks, and pubs to news at standard rates with no incremental costs.
Yahoo OneSearch SMSThe service is available through all major operators including Airtel, Reliance Communications, Vodafone, Idea and Aircel and will also be accessible to users who do not have WAP. The price of the SMS would depend on as per the SMS charges by the respective mobile operators.

Yahoo is trying to get more users. As India is a growing market, the handsets sold are mostly economical models. Also many mobile users do not have PCs. Also, by providing mobile consumers with instant answers for any search query via SMS, Yahoo is improving the mobile search experience and expanding the service to reach all mobile users in the country.

The service by Yahoo is in addition to other content clusters like web results, mobile web results, weather, news, finance, web images, and Flickr photos.

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MySpace and Skype to offer calls on social network

MySpace and Skype to offer calls on social network

MySpaceIM with Skype will enable users to place free Skype calls and send IM messages to MySpace and Skype users. MySpaceIM with Skype will be released generally in November, along with the ability to let people also link their MySpace profiles with their Skype accounts.

MySpace, the world’s largest social network, has about 110 million monthly active users, while Skype has about 220 million registered users

MySpaceIM with Skype will not require users to download any additional Skype software. MySpace will launch the voice chat service in 20 countries where it has “localized” communities. Meanwhile, Skype will allow its users to link their accounts to their MySpace profile worldwide except in Japan, China and Taiwan.

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