YouTube Now In India- Thank You Google

The video sharing site owned by Google was launched in India. The site claims to specifically cater to Indian users.

YouTube the Google owned video sharing website is now in India. The video website was recently launched in India under the URL: YouTube.co.in, the website, according to Google spokesperson is said to be specific to indian viewers only and shall be a treat to those who are passionate about the country. Along with the website the company has also introduced the YouTube.com/blog, a place where you can share your thoughts and ideas about YouTube and its videos freely.

The indian version of YouTube is said to have great connectivity and seems to be a lively and exciting place just as the global YouTube website. The site contains all the videos that are present in the global website, with an addition of an 'indian lens'. This shows the recently viewed videos by the indian audience on YouTube. The company has signed up with dozens of local partners who are going to distribute their content through YouTube.

This move by Google has definitely made all indian internet users in particular extremely happy for the recognition they are getting on a global level. And this recognition is well deserved too, after all India is amongst the leading internet user's countries of the world which also includes, America, China, Britain and Japan.

Microsoft No More Interested in Yahoo

Microsoft's last bid of $5 billion was put down by Yahoo. Microsoft decided not to bid any further and refused to bid any further.

Until yesterday, Microsoft seemed quite eager to get Yahoo into their team. Talk on the deals had been on for quite some days when just a few days ago the conversation seemingly has come to an end finally. When Microsoft had placed it's first deal sometime in January 2008, Yahoo had rejected the offer calling it a 'substantial undervalue' to the company. But when the search engine wanted Microsoft to increase its latest $5 billion offer, it was Microsoft that stepped back this time.

Yahoo personnels state that they are open to the bid only if Microsoft keeps up to the search engine's value and the intereset of it's stakeholders. And on the other hand spokesperson from the Microsoft end, say that the economic demand stated by Yahoo is unexpectedly high hence, they decided to step out of the bid.

The Yahoo-Microsoft clash has been a hot topic of discussion for almost five months in the Online industry. Every one seemed concerned about the bid, and wanted to place their comment on it. Some said it would mean a stronger competition for Google, where as there were others who suggested that Yahoo will soon lose its identity if this merger took place, but now, when the bid is not taking place, not many mouths are opening. It seems this break up was a much expected one and people are sort of easy with the idea.

Road Maps on your Mobiles Now

From paper to Internet and now on the mobiles. Our traditional road maps have had a long journey indeed.

Going to a place was quite a problem especially if you are new to the place. Either you are mis-guided by the locales or the local transports thug you with huge conveyance fare. Such problems shall not affect your movement in a city any longer. The leading landmark providing website in India routeguru.com that also give you the exact direction from one place to another has now launched its SMS services in india. Now getting route directions from one place to another is not a problem any longer.

All you need to do is write an SMS to the website's mobile service operator quoting your source location name and destination name and send it across. The route will soon flash on your screen at a very nominal cost. This latest technological invention does not leave you wandering and lost on the roads any longer. It is as convenient as having a guide walking with you throughout.

The fusion of mobiles and internet has taken an exciting turn. It often seems like an unusual merger of the two biggest technological tools. Looking at it from one angle it seems like a unison where one is supporting the other, whereas from the other side it seems like a tug-o-war between the two, where one is biting over the other's piece of cake.

Microsoft Yahoo Google Verbatim

Microsoft Corp is trying to leave no stone unturned for the yahoo deal and it seems that in coming few days online marketing would experience a sea change. The software giant has offered a higher takeover bid in front of Yahoo Inc, hoping to reach a friendly deal after weeks of speculations. But still the chances are no better than 50-50.

Microsoft upped its offer beyond the original value of $44.6 billion, or $31 per share. The New York Times reports that Microsoft boosted the offer by several dollars per share, lending weight to the assertion by many market analysts that Microsoft can afford to pay up to $35 a share.

Even as Microsoft and Yahoo were talking, Yahoo was also talking with Google about a broader search advertising partnership. Now latest buzz is that if talks with Microsoft collapse then Yahoo will probably follow through with a Google deal which promises a paradigm shift for the whole Internet marketing scene. In fact in may also change the search engine marketing models.

Now the Internet marketing world is waiting impatiently for the final outcome of the talks among the three global leaders in their own fields which are Microsoft, Yahoo and Google.