ZipDial has recently been acquired by Twitter.
The Indian startup, which was already working as a partner with Twitter, offers services like missed calls for user verification and alerts to its customers.
Eleven years into the league and after a 70 per cent year-on-year growth in merchandise sales over the past three to four years, albeit on a low base, the franchise owners are coming up with innovative games and shows around their teams besides spinning a wider range of merchandise around their star players.
There's a lot more to Wonder Woman than the obvious. It's a magnificent superhero vehicle, a sparkly love story, a touching coming-of-age and a befitting hurray to girl power.
Facebook owns WhatsApp and Microsoft owns Skype, the two services that are at the centre of the current "net neutrality battle".
This week's collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world
Don't waste your money on the latest Tarzan. Watch the old film instead.
'It is the regional parties and their leaders who are the ones we have to watch.'
It's Donald Trump like he's never been seen before.
Formula One would rather cater for rich over-70s than chase a younger generation that cannot afford luxury watches and is more interested in social media, according to commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone.
'The first time we actually got to meet a Bollywood star, it was Salman Khan.' 'We met him at his farm house.' 'For Pia, an actor is just an actor. There is no such thing as a star in her world, and that may or may not go down well with some people.'
Big Hero 6 is all heart, says Raja Sen.
Poor policymaking, a fractious industry and the cockeyed nature of regulations are to blame, saya Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
The mobile gaming has quickly taken over the market share from PCs, as users now have shifted to smartphones and tablets to discover new and engaging content.
Many of the industrialists profiled in the book are no longer riding the wave of success.
'The way the winners react and the speeches they deliver.' 'That is where the fun happens, when the actors and other winners let down their guard, challenge the system, talk about issues that should matter to us,' says Aseem Chhabra.
These include Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, and Harman International Chairman Dinesh Paliwal.
'Masaan went to Cannes, got a standing ovation, won awards. I want the people of India to watch my film. Finally, it is happening!'
'Disney is presenting Black Panther as Manoj Muntashir's film.' 'Such a big studio, a billion dollar film is being released as Manoj Muntashir's film.' 'It is in the same space of Baahubali, which I wrote.' 'The film has got a kingdom, kings, treachery... things which are very much up my alley.'
'Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan now act in only about one film each year, and made money through advertisements and television.' 'This meant that many people, even if they had the money to spend on a movie and wanted to go, often had nothing available for them to watch.'
Paddington imparts practical life lessons in a way that is neither patronising nor insulting to the intelligence of kids, says Paloma Sharma.
A definitive guide to the movers and shakers who sit at the helm of the Asian sports boom.
When Rinku Singh won the Million Dollar Arm show in 2008, the Indians' 'Great American Dream' of playing professional baseball became a reality and now the promoters of that very contest want Americans to realise the 'Great Indian Dream' of playing in cash-rich Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament.
Business is better than usual in Bollywood.
Arthur J Pais analyses Oscar 2014 big wins and losses.
Priyanka Chopra, Irrfan Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui make a global statement on the power of Indian cinema, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Raja Sen takes stock of the Oscar 2015 nominations.
Oscar nominations 2014: According to Raja Sen, this year's chosen ones are (mostly) loud and showy examples of the best in the craft.
Zee Group is India's second-largest media and entertainment firm.
Superheroes, Holi, apples and other happenings from Sukanya Verma's super filmi week!
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Hyperloop concept was first released in 2013 by Tesla and SpaceX's Elon Musk as an alternative to high-speed rail
News that will shock and make you laugh at the same time.
Back in the thick of action, former Indian Premier League boss Lalit Modi will be in his element now
US President Barack Obama said there is natural convergence between India and the United States.
'This has been an ongoing process,' says Ambassador B S Prakash, India's former consul general in San Francisco, 'but I believe a Modi visit to the West Coast can be a force-multiplier.'
'Openness is a great weapon in the armoury of more open societies. That's why the fight with Pakistan isn't just about India be six times bigger, but equally bitter and insecure Pakistan,' argues Shekhar Gupta.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens 'can be likened, in essence, to a new Salman Khan actioner where the core audience goes in with a checklist knowing they'll get some cheeky dialogue, some trite punchlines, an item song and one eventually shirtless fight scene,' says Raja Sen.
'America's withdrawal from Vietnam was an inspiring moment for all of us. We believed that it was a glorious victory of ideology and spirit and as historic as the defeat of the Nazis exactly 30 years ago,' remembers Kumar Ketkar 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War.
Actresses come and go, but these ladies will always dazzle.
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