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Brendan Greeley joins us after a long time to talk about his feature story in BusinessWeek on Spotify entering the United States. In this podcast, he talks about how Spotify cracked the long standing question. How do we make something so much more convenient than piracy that we get people to pay ...

Manan and I talk about the much talked about Google Street view mapping program being launched but as soon as it did the Bangalore police sent them a shut down notice. YouTube also launched the Box Office with Band Baja Baaraat seems to be making an aggressive push into publisher content. We als ...

I have two TV Tech Show hosts - Sudhir Sayal of ET NOW and Aalaap Ghag, formerly of UTVs Techtree. We talk about Microsoft buying Skype - one of the most high profile acquisition in recent times. Microsof has received a lot of bashing in the press for the sort of money they spent to buy skype bu ...

Talk about coincidence, While discussing 35 Pakistan sites being hacked by the Indian Cyber Army, we get news that the CBI site has been hacked by the Pakistan Cyber Army. Sounds like a fun game - trying to out do each other. We have a feeling that there is more to come. IN other news, Google is ...

In this longish episode of Indicast, Manan and I talk about the 15 long years that India has had internet and we did get a bit nostalgic sharing our personal dial up internet stories. India ranks 4th in the world with 81 million users and 1 million domain names registered however, the stats dont ...

The latest to hop on the the social media train is Pune traffic police with an initiative to use Facebook to fine parking violations. It will be carried out for two weeks starting 25 November and is a way to get people involved in policing. The much awaited mobile number portability has been ini ...

The launch of Google Music India, a legal music streaming service, led Manan and I to spend significant time talking about how companies have started experimenting with internet business model. We talk about the various initiatives that Times Internet has also undertaken. The other topics on thi ...

It's a big day for Microsoft and Manan was there to witness it. Microsoft announced the Windows Phone 7 and, according to Manan, they have got it right this time. The hardware and software are completely redesigned to be a worthy contender for your money. Manan dropped off after talking Windows ...

We spoke about MakeMyTrip.com IPO a week back and the stock has surged 90%. The best opening on Naqdas for a tech stock after a very long time. That isnt the only good news, the blackberry vs India finally seems to be coming to be an end but RIM caving in to India's demand. in other stories, Ora ...