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Apple + Baidu = End of the line for Google in China?

By Asian Correspondent Tue, Mar 27, 2012 1:12PM UTC View Comments

Apple is moving away from Google. In a string of pearls kind of approach, Apple has first moved away from Google Maps service in its latest iPhoto for iOS release. Now if the recent news is true, Apple would be kissing Google’s search engine goodbye in China. Apple’s iOS, the mobile OS that powers the...

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Google gives India a lesson on democracy and the Internet

By Sriram Vadlamani Tue, Jan 17, 2012 1:35PM UTC View Comments

Indian protestors hold placards and flowers outside the residence of India's telecommunications minister Kapil Sibal as they protest against the government plans to censor the Internet. Pic: AP.

India received two very important lessons today, thanks to Google – democracy 101 and Internet freedom 101. Google has made it abundantly clear that China is a totalitarian regime and India is not, and the Internet shouldn’t be filtered based on words. This is what Google’s advocate Mr NK Kaul has to say about democracy:...

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No depth: Shallow minds try barricading the web in India

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Tue, Jan 17, 2012 3:15AM UTC View Comments

No one in India’s official establishment is comprehending the damage being done to its democratic credibility by the ham-handed manner in which content regulation of the Internet is being sought. Even in the mid-1990s when there were no laws worth their name to control the explosion of satellite television channels, the scenario had not resembled...

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Google+ searches for the winning formula

By Sriram Vadlamani Wed, Jan 11, 2012 5:25PM UTC View Comments

Google announced in a blog post yesterday that it started including Google+ data in Google search results. Calling it Search, Plus your world, Google made its biggest move to propel Google+ into the bigtime. Like all things in the technology world, and especially when it involves Google, everybody weighs in. So they did. Twitter, the...

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Mr Sibal, you still don’t get social media

By Bala Murali Krishna Fri, Dec 16, 2011 5:43PM UTC View Comments

In August when Team Anna — the activist group led by Anna Hazare — ran a widespread and hugely successful social media campaign — the Indian government was caught napping. It failed to recognize the importance of social media, preferring to live in its illusory Luddite world. Several months later, IT Minister Kapil Sibal shot...

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