India has largely been a cash economy. Credit cards are still used by a small fraction of Indians. Debit cards are much larger in number, but used primarily to withdraw cash from ATMs. Cheque payments do exist, but largely in the corporate sector and for some bill payments. Internet payments are yet to take off. It is in this scenario that the launching of mobile banking and payments has the potential of transforming India's cash economy. Firstly, it is aimed at micropayments.

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"The internet has grown much faster than other mediums. In the US, the internet took three years to reach 50 million people; while TV took about 15 years to reach the same number of people," Gautam Anand, Director, content partnerships, Google Asia-Pacific stated that about 1.7 billion people connect to the internet via PC; and 4.6 billion connect via mobile devices.

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Facebook and Bing have teamed up in a move that could bring a touch more sociability to online search.

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A 'groups' feature will allow users to specify circles of friends with whom they want to share different data.

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The number of Internet users will surpass two billion this year, approaching a third of the world population, but developing countries need to step up access to the vital tool for economic growth, a United Nations agency said on Tuesday.

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According to a study by Canada-based media monitoring and analytics firm Sysomos, 71 per cent of all tweets are ignored, 23 per cent get a reply and just 6 per cent get retweeted. The study also reveals that 96.9 per cent of all replies and 92.4 per cent of all retweets happen within the first hour of the original tweet being published.

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Google has launched Goo.gl, a website for its URL Shortener service that was first introduced in December 2009 as a part of Google Toolbar and FeedBurner and later integrated into many other Google products like News, Blogger, Maps, Picasa Web Albums and Moderator. The move will enable any one to use Goo.gl to shorten and track the URLs they share via social media sites and email.

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Blekko aims to show search results from only useful and trustworthy sites, weeding out sites filled with information that is not relevant.

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MTV launches youth insight portal

The site is targeted towards people - including advertising, media and marketing professionals - who are looking for insights about young consumers. To get information, professionals will be allowed to subscribe to the site. The information will be disseminated through newsletters and SMSs.

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