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    Post Offices to offer Railway Tickets bookings, mobile recharge & more…

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    Indian Post offices are improving – They are not only becoming high-tech, but also considerably increasing the bouquet of services they offer at their outlets. According to the statement by Mr. Sachin Pilot, Communications & IT minister, postal department has entered into agreements with 8 organizations including financial institutions

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    India’s Mobile Banking Adoption highest in World!

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    Mobile Banking has really caught up in India – according to recently conducted survey by ACI Worldwide, 76% of Indian mobile respondents used their mobiles for banking in last 6 months. This percentage is highest across the world. Comparatively, only 38% respondents from US, and 31% from UK used

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    Most Popular Gadget Brands in India [eBay report]

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    Ebay yesterday released “Battle of the Gadget” Rankings for the most popular gadget models & brands based on the transactions that happened on ebay between Jan 1st 2012 to March 31st 2012. The rankings showcases popular gadgets & brands across 4 categories of Laptops, Cameras, Mobile Phones & Televisions.

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    Indians prefer Second Hand properties over New!

    by Kaushambi

    A survey by Track2Realty has found that Indian home buyers are more interested in buying ready-to-move in properties rather than new and incomplete projects. The survey targeted the upper and middle class home buyers in 10 cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Calcutta, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Pune, Kochi, Patna and Chandigarh.

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    Smartphone usage by Indians: Women love to Chat, Men love Apps

    by Kaushambi

    Last week, Google did a survey with Ipsos which showed that percentage wise there were more active smartphone users in India than in US. Now, information and media giant Nielsen used ‘smartphone metering technology’ to survey smartphone usage habits of Indian men and women. Nielsen Informate Mobile Insights throws

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    How well do you know Indian North-eastern states? [Survey]

    by Kaushambi

    Can you name all the states that fall within the title The Seven Sisters? Which is the second largest city in North East India after Calcutta? Mawsynram may be one of the places in India that received highest rainfall each year. But which state is it in? What it

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    Your Passport information can be divulged through RTI!

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    This piece of news has left me shocked – According to a news appearing in ToI yesterday, Indian Central Information Commission (CIC) has said that an Individual’s passport information could be disclosed under the Right to Information Act (RTI Act). Essentially, what this means is – All your demographic

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    Indian Railways to offer Wi-Fi on Trains, ISRO clears Satellite connectivity

    by Kaushambi

    Currently, tech savvy train commuters have only one option to access internet while travelling on trains in India – through their mobile handsets or by using a broadband stick that plugs into a USB drive. However we all know that getting a strong signal throughout a train journey is

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    Maruti Suzuki on a promotion blitz: Innovative marketing in rural areas

    by Kaushambi

    Most of India still hasn’t forgotten how there was a time when everyone was vying to buy the Maruti Suzuki 800 or the Fronty as it was lovingly called. Fronty may have been bid goodbye after its memorable run spanning a couple of decades, but Maruti Suzuki hasn’t stopped

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    Are Indian businesses insensitive to foreign cultures?

    by Dr Vikram Venkateswaran

    In a rather distasteful advertisement on air now, Bollywood star Salman Khan enters a Shaolin temple and refuses to wear the robes preferring his Scott Dixy vest. In a few months the entire school is wearing the vests and instead of practicing Kung-Fu they are practicing Salman Khan Moves.

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