Remote technical support services provider for consumers and small businesses iYogi has raised $9.5 million in a Series B round led by SAP Ventures. Canaan Partners and SVB India Capital Partners also participated in the latest round. For an annual subscription fee of $199.99 per desktop, iYogi provides support for different technologies including PC hardware, […]
Multiple bomb blasts rocked the South Indian city of Bangalore today. Early reports suggest that at least two people were killed and several others injured. Seven low intensity bombs exploded in crowded areas across the city. The blasts occurred in the areas of Madiwala, Nayanadhalli, Adugudi, Rajaram Circle, Anepallya and Ashok Nagar. Capital of the South Indian state of […]
More than 28 million people in India (age 15 and older) accessed the Internet from home and work in May marking a 27% increase over the same period a year ago, according to comScore. Since Internet users in India represent only 3% of the population there is significant potential for continued strong growth. According to […]
Kismat Konnection has failed to resonate at the U.S. box office. No surprise, indeed. Kismat Konnection is after all a piece of trash. As SearchIndia.com wrote in the review of this crappy movie: There is nothing in Kismat Konnection that lifts it out of the usual Bollywood trashy mold. The story is banal, the acting pedestrian, […]
Mongol Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Sun Honglei, Khulan Chuluun Director: Sergei Bodrov Now Playing at: Ritz Five Philadelphia (as of July 20, 2008) Language: Mongolian (with English sub-titles) One of history’s colorful characters, Genghis Khan a.k.a. Temudgin was the great Mongol leader who lived from 1162-1227. Released in June in the U.S. to mostly favorable reviews, […]
Kismat Konnection – Dud at Box Office Making crappy movies like Kismat Konnection is a sin. Reviewing such crappy movies – and giving them undeserved publicity – is a greater sin. Watching Kismat Konnection less than 24 hours after watching The Dark Knight featuring the peerless Heath Ledger as the Joker is nothing but Karmic […]