Say No To Cookies From Strangers

Mothers' advice from 50 years ago reappears, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   I can't help remembering my dear long-gone mother each time I get adventurous and......

Is a free press also a good business?

A simple look at the prices of 10 media stocks during the tenure of the current government tells an interesting tale, says N Sundaresha Subramanian. Over the past week or so, NDTV and its founders......

The man who wants to shut down Orkut.com

The voice over the phone greets you with a deep and loud voice, Jai Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena's traditional greeting. When you enter his office, your name has to be registered mandatorily in......

WTF News! It's Weird, True and Funny

Here's your weekly digest of the craziest stories from around the world. 1) The shorter your skirt, the more discount this Chinese eatery will offer you Love wearing short skirts? A Chinese......

Indian-origin man in internet fraud scheme

An Indian-origin man, along with two others, has been indicted here on charges that they duped internet users in more than 60 countries into buying fake software products of more than $100 million.......

Pichai on how to bring the web to more people

There is a hunger in India to have more information and being able to connect, Google Chief Executive Officer Sunder Pichai has said as he promised to deliver high-speed Internet at 500 railway......

Pichai thanks his well wishers for overwhelming response

‘It’s been overwhelming to see such generous and warm responses,’ Pichai tweeted. Google CEO Sundar Pichai has expressed gratitude over the deluge of wishes extended to him on his......

15 facts you didn't know about Sundar Pichai

Sundar Pichai has been appointed the new CEO of Google amid a structural overhaul by the tech giant.   Google has created a holding company called Alphabet. Under the new corporate......

Aatma director Suparn Verma: I was sick of horror being abused

'Atmospheric scares don't have to come from scenes in graveyards with dogs howling....' 'I chose to make a horror film because I was sick of this genre being abused by haunted villas,......

How Facebook came to be

Aseem Chabbra review The Social Network.An American friend told me this story. Another friend of his came home one night, drunk after a lot of hard partying, and started viewing profiles of blond......

Yuvraj Singh, India's Warrior Prince

'What I would love him to do most is to become a life coach and share his incredible story of struggle, success, and survival,' says marketing guru Sandeep Goyal. IMAGE: Yuvraj Singh will not be......