Zaki Ansari has joined UTV New Media as Chief Product and Technology Officer, MediaNama has learned from reliable sources, whom we contacted following an anonymous comment. Ansari himelf has declined to confirm or deny the development, though from what we’re told, he has already started work at UTV New Media. Ansari, former VP (Products) at Rediff, [...]

(By Preethi J & Nikhil Pahwa)
Google owned Orkut, believed to be the largest social network in India in terms of userbase, announced the Orkut Zeitgeist last week – a report on the popular communities, usage and trends as witnessed by Orkut’s engineers over the period of a month. The report is similar to Google’s search [...]

The High Court in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo today found Tamil journalist J.S. Tissanayagam guilty under the island state’s anti-terrorism laws and sentenced him to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment, drawing widespread criticism from the global community of free speech supporters.

Network18 group’s online and mobile arm Web18 and education company Gecom International have jointly launched MySchool.in.com, an online education portal for K12 students (Kindergarten to class 12).
On first glance, MySchool looks like a half-hearted attempt – it has far fewer features compared to competitors Smartclassonline by Educomp which offers online tutoring and a content library, [.

BSE listed applications company Geodesic Ltd is looking to add to its product portfolio with the acquisition in the communication and social networking space; a company with “offices globally”. The companys board has given the approval, and Geodesic MD Kiran Kulkarni told MediaNama that the acquisition should take 3-4 weeks. He declined to name the [...]