Google has launched an SMS service for mobile users in India which gives them the ability to access Google Search even if they dont have an Internet enabled phone. The service is at its beta stage and to use the service we have to send a text message to “54664″.

The service will enable the mobile users to have an entire list of local services such as movie timings , restaurant details , business listings , taxi services at there disposal . For example , to know about a place in south delhi which serves pizzas , you just have to type “pizza south delhi” and sms it to the above mentioned number. In few seconds you will get an entire list of pizza joints in south delhi. Currently the service is available to all Airtel , BPL , BSNL and Reliance subscribers in Bangalore , Hyderabad , Delhi and Mumbai .

Users will be charged as the carriers prescribed premium text messaging rates .

One of the major things which Google Talk lacks is the ability to have conference or do Group Chats . Though GTalk Gadget has the option for group chats , it is not present in Google Talk. However there is way of simulating a group chat in Google Talk with the use of Partychat which allows us to create chat rooms for Google talk . PartyChat is an open source project which was created by Akshay Patil in December 2005.

To create and join a chat room follow the given steps (more…)

Microsoft is going to provide competition to Google docs and spreadsheet through there new service Micrsoft Office Live workspace. A major difference is that it will not be a web based application but sort of an extension to there Desktop based Office Suite. (more…)

On Tuesday , Microsoft unveiled its second generation three new models of “Zune” digital media players. The move was quite expected has Apple to recently launched there new series of Apple iPod’s. (more…)

MSN India has launched a new service called Cool Hotmail which allows users to choose from around 250 domain names to create an email id that describes them best ot truly reflects there personality .The domain name is placed under five categories - where i live , who i like , who i am , what i like & i dont fit.

So now you can create email like [email protected] , [email protected] etc . The email platform for this is Window Live Mail so you will get all the features of hotmail such as 5Gb of space and access to Windows Sky Drive . It is not a unqiue feature though but a cool way to flaunt off your email with the others . What do you think of this service ?

Adobe systems have released an upgrade to there best selling photo editing software known as Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 . The new version include several enhancements as well as new features. (more…)