bigAdda.mobi - belongs to whom?

I was just checking out Indian wap sites, when I got struck on BigAdda. BigAdda is Reliance's social networking portal. I went to bigadda.mobi and was astonished to see the page was full of mobile ads. See the screenshot below.



The actual mobile wap portal is available on http://wap.bigadda.com

I tried checking weather the domain is registered and to whom it's registered.

I checked via this: http://mtld.mobi/domain/whois?q=domain/whois

The results are pasted below. It doesn't look like it belongs to Reliance. Someone is just playing a spoof.

Domain ID:D4288625-MOBI
Domain Name:BIGADDA.MOBI
Created On:22-Aug-2008 14:51:48 UTC
Last Updated On:29-Nov-2008 12:56:01 UTC
Expiration Date:22-Aug-2009 14:51:48 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Directi Internet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com (303)
Created by Registrar:Directi Internet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com (303)
Last Updated by Registrar:Directi Internet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com (303)
Status:CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT RENEW PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:FR-10eb2f8c13d2
Registrant Name:Domain Admin
Registrant Organization:PrivacyProtect.org
Registrant Street1:P.O. Box 97
Registrant Street2:Note - All Postal Mails Rejected, visit Privacyprotect.org
Registrant City:Moergestel
Registrant Postal Code:5066 ZH
Registrant Country:NL
Registrant Phone:+45.36946676
Registrant Email:contact@privacyprotect.org
Admin ID:FR-10eb2f8c13d2
Admin Name:Domain Admin
Admin Organization:PrivacyProtect.org
Admin Street1:P.O. Box 97
Admin Street2:Note - All Postal Mails Rejected, visit Privacyprotect.org
Admin City:Moergestel
Admin Postal Code:5066 ZH
Admin Country:NL
Admin Phone:+45.36946676
Admin Email:contact@privacyprotect.org
Tech ID:FR-10eb2f8c13d2
Tech Name:Domain Admin
Tech Organization:PrivacyProtect.org
Tech Street1:P.O. Box 97
Tech Street2:Note - All Postal Mails Rejected, visit Privacyprotect.org
Tech City:Moergestel
Tech Postal Code:5066 ZH
Tech Country:NL
Tech Phone:+45.36946676
Tech Email:contact@privacyprotect.org
Name Server:NS1.HOUSE4WEBHOST.COM
Name Server:NS2.HOUSE4WEBHOST.COM

iPhone Tech Talk Delhi 2008

Last Thursday, I attended the Apple iPhone Tech Talk conference in Delhi. Inspite of the initial hassles due to tightened security at the venue (due to the attacks in Mumbai), the event was very insightful. One of the key points discussed during the conference was - "Usability". To build applications for iPhone, you have to first be an iPhone user. And I think this is a very valid point. It's been years for us at Wirkle developing mobile applications, and it's the usability that decides if your application will sell or be just thrown away. Software Usability should become a mandatory part of any college curriculum.This is the least understood subject by most of the software engineers.

One of the proud moments for Wirkle was, when the apple guys asked from the audience, if there are developers amongst the audience who had developed applications for iPhone and put it on the app store. And all the hands raised were from Wirkle guys. We were the only company at the conference in Delhi that had developed applications for iPhone and put it on the AppStore. I am sure there would be other companies and developers who have developed but were not present in the conference. But overall I felt quite jubilant.