Desperate to burnish its credentials as a credible player in the search and e-commerce arena, Microsoft is buying Greefield Online, owner of Cia GmbH, an European price comparison, shopping and consumer reviews sites for $486 million. Ciao’s technology platform, online community and extensive merchant relationships are to be integrated within Microsoft’s total-disaster of a Live […]
We were first introduced to Robin Cook many summers ago through his chilling book Coma (also made into a movie). Over the years, we read several books by Cook including Fever, Brain and Sphinx although none lately. When we heard that Cook’s new book The Foreign Body had a strong Indian connection, we decided to […]
Tamil Nadu has a burning problem. This is a disturbing trend that no other Indian state has shown over 40 years. Take a look: * When Tamil movie superstar Rajinikanth’s marriage was on the rocks in the 1980s, an anguished fan doused himself with kerosene outside the star’s house in Chennai and burnt himself to death […]
Nazia who, might well be the question posed by youngsters in India today. Pakistani Crooner Well, Nazia was a young London-based Pakistani pop singer who became an overnight sensation with Feroze Khan’s Qurbani (Zeenat Aman, Feroze Khan, Vinod Khanna) in 1980. Nazia followed up the Qurbani success with her first LP Disco Deewane (Nazia’s brother […]
Indian IT services provider in the telecom space Tech Mahindra has picked up a minority equity stake in European systems integrator Servista. Financial details were not disclosed. Tech Mahindra will be Servista’s exclusive delivery vehicle for three years and assist it in securing more large scale European IT Offshoring business. Tech Mahindra expects the deal will […]
Befitting his cult status, Tamil film superstar Rajinikanth has developed his own law. Rajini’s Law – You know, like Newton’s Law, Boyle’s Law or Charles Law. This is what Rajini’s Law postulates to his fans – The longer I act in Tamil movies, infinitely worse my performance will get. Thanks to Netflix and demands from […]