BBC preparing for Blair’s death?
byLondon : Even as former British prime minister Tony Blair is aged just 58, the BBC has started filming his obituary! The “ghoulish” decision…
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2011 a year of tech, tweets, tablets and telecom
byNew Delhi : The year Steve Jobs died was a busy one for global tech — the rise of the iPad, the spread of…
Scrap derogatory content by Feb 6, court asks websites
byNew Delhi : A Delhi court Saturday ordered websites like Facebook, Google and Yahoo to remove all “derogatory” content from their sites by Feb…
Sukhbir Badal owns up share holdings in PTC channel, media firms
byChandigarh: Largesse of advertisements handed out to a electronic channel has turned out to be one owned by deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal, something…
Broadcasters happy with digitalisation bill
byNew Delhi :Top broadcasters today said the move to enable India’s TV industry to leapfrog into an advanced digital system . The Lok Sabha…
New technology automatically updates online data
byTel Aviv : Popular websites Wikipedia and Tripadvisor rely on public participation to build up their pool of information, in a process known as…
Are stringers the future of media?
byHong Kong : In the pursuit of lower maintenance costs of news gathering and infrastructure, media groups will eventually work with stringers and outsource…
Pakistan blocks BBC
byLondon : Pakistan has blocked the BBC over a documentary that questions Islamabad’s commitment to the war against terror, the broadcaster said. BBC said…
Facebook to be valued at over $100 bn in 2012
byLondon : Social network Facebook is preparing to allow private investors to invest in the website next year, and hopes its first offering will…