Brazil launches Latin America’s first daily on Kindle

April 30th, 2009 Alinghi launches 35-foot cats for Cup trainingAmerica's Cup champion Alinghi of Switzerland has launched two 35-foot catamarans on Lake Geneva and will begin training for its showdown with American challenger BMW Oracle Racing next year. American Ed Baird will helm one of the catamarans while Alinghi boss Ernesto Bertarelli, a biotech tycoon with extensive experience sailing multihulls, will steer the other.

September 1st, 2009 CHENNAI - The Latin American region, unaffected by the global meltdown, offers good business opportunities for Indian companies in sectors such as information technology (IT), pharmaceutical, renewable energy, agri-business and manufacturing, said a senior Indian diplomat here Tuesday. "Indian companies should formulate long-term strategies to tap the available potential.

February 9th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Amazon has released a new version of its highly successful electronic book reader Kindle, just days after Google said it would make available large parts of its vast catalogue of scanned books to smartphone users. The new $359 Amazon device 'Kindle 2' will hold up to 1,500 books, boasts 25 percent better battery life than its predecessor and includes a 'talk to me' feature that reads books aloud.

June 16th, 2009 BANGALORE - Nucleus Software Exports Ltd has tied up with Mexican consulting and distribution firm Praxis to market its software products in the Latin American country, the leading IT products firm said Tuesday. As our channel partner, Praxis will distribute our software products in the banking, insurance and financial services (BFSI) sector in the Mexican market and enable us to strengthen our presence in Latin America, Nucleus global sales head Niraj Vedwa said in a statement.

March 21st, 2009 NEW YORK - All those who tend to get themselves into unpleasant email "situations" every now and then can finally relax, thanks to an "undo send" feature launched by Gmail. Any user can enable the new feature in 'Gmail Labs' under 'Settings'.

September 5th, 2009 LONDON - Facebook's free online game Farmville, which allows users to run their own virtual farm, is set to become the most popular application on the social networking site. Farmville, which allows Facebook members to plant, grow, and harvest virtual crops, trees, raise livestock, invest in farm equipment and sell their produce for profit, has become very popular ever since it was launched on June 19.

June 3rd, 2009 Prime View International (PVI), a leading display maker, announces that it plans to acquire e-paper manufacturer E Ink for $ 125. Earlier the companies had joined hands to create displays for Sony Reader and Amazon.com's Kindle e-book readers.

July 29th, 2009 Flower shop launches first Facebook storeNEW YORK — In a first, but likely not last for Facebook, a retailer is setting up shop inside the popular social-networking site. Flower and gift retailer 1-800-Flowers.com plans to announce Wednesday it has opened a retail store to let people shop for its products directly through Facebook.

February 2nd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - bmi, Britain's second largest airline and a Star Alliance member, has opted for Tehcnopark-headquartered IBS Software's new generation IT solution for managing loyalty programmes for its passengers, it was announced here Tuesday. The iFly Loyalty software will help the airline to administer its frequent flier programme (FFP) and customer relationship management (CRM) functionalities like campaign management, feedback management and even fraud detection, an IBS statement said.

July 21st, 2009 Judge to consider rules in America's Cup caseNEW YORK — A judge has declined to hold America's Cup champion Alinghi of Switzerland in contempt of court and will consider rules clarifications sought by American challenger BMW Oracle Racing. Justice Shirley Kornreich of the Supreme Court of the State of New York is expected to rule in 10 to 14 days.

August 14th, 2009 July video game sales show sharp declineNEW YORK — Hurt by the recession and few hit game launches, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in July, showing an even bigger decline than what many analysts were expecting.

July 4th, 2009 Swiss unveil giant catamaran for Cup defenseAlinghi of Switzerland has confirmed it will use a giant catamaran when it defends the America's Cup against bitter U.S. rival BMW Oracle Racing early next year.

April 17th, 2009 The recession officially takes a toll on Google. The Mountain View company was predicting that the current economic downturn may hit them.

August 10th, 2009 Americans confirm BOR 90 is Cup challenge boatSAN DIEGO —America's Cup challenger BMW Oracle Racing has confirmed that BOR 90, the giant trimaran being tested in San Diego, is the boat it will use in its showdown against defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland in February. The Americans made the disclosure in New York State Supreme Court on Monday in an ongoing legal tussle between the bitter rivals.

October 2nd, 2009 America's Cup challenger opposes venue choiceSAN DIEGO — Citing "grave safety concerns" for its U.S.-based crew, challenger BMW Oracle Racing is asking a New York court to reject Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, as the venue for the 33rd America's Cup and replace it with Valencia, Spain. BMW Oracle Racing said in a statement late Thursday night that defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland cannot select a Northern Hemisphere port without mutual consent of BMW Oracle Racing.