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I shifted from cable to DTH service in 2008. I had just bought a LCD TV then and the cable didn’t really do any justice to its HD READY feature. The shift was satisfying as far as the viewing pleasure is concerned, but money wise cable was…

Global PC market has declined in Q3 2012 as per recent reports by research and advisory firm Gartner and market research firm IDC. Both agencies revealed that worldwide PC shipments fell more than 8% in the third quarter of 2012 as compared…

Google has overtaken Microsoft to become the world's second most valued company after Apple. On Monday 1 October 2012, Google Inc's share price increased marginally by 0.96% to $761.78 taking its market capitalization to $249.13 billion.…

In a report that slams down critics of the future of IT industry in India, ET talks about how global IT companies including Facebook, Amazon, AMD, Xerox and Intuit have leased more than half a million sq. ft of office space between them in…

Even today India has one of the lowest Internet penetration in world, pegged at about 10% of total population. However, even with such low penetration, India is the 3rd largest country when it comes to number of internet users (accounting…

8 Indian companies found their way to into the latest edition of Fortune magazine's list of top 500 companies globally. In 2012, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Reliance Industries (RIL), Bharat Petroleum (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum (HP),…

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published its World Investment Report for 2012 which outlined that FDI in 2011 exceeded pre-economic crisis levels. More importantly, the report ranked India as the 3rd most…

Although, the growth in mobile subscriber base has slowed down considerably over past few months, May 2012 saw a healthy growth after dismal April figures. According to the TRAI report for May 2012, India added 8.35 million new subscribers…

If you are one of those who think that Tablet PCs are just a passing fad, think again. According to the latest NPD DisplaySearch’s Mobile PC Shipment Forecast Report, tablet PC shipments will be the major growth driver for mobile PC market…

Global market research giant Hansa Research revealed the latest Indian Readership Survey (IRS) for Q1 2012. The survey noted that while Radio and Cinema consumption decreased 4.2%, the Indian consumer's appetite for Internet and Cable &…

We've talked about how IT is changing every nook and corner of the different industry sectors in India Inc. A recent survey by Zinnov Management Consulting revealed key performance indicators of adoption of IT in the Banking, Financial…

Recently Microsoft gave indications that it would be unveiling its own tablet running a new version of windows called the windows RT. This news came after rival Google had completed the acquisition of Motorola Mobility and was soon to…

India is suffering from a massive attack of the etail fever. Every month a new player enters the market and that leaves a plethora of confusing not-so-alternatives to the buyer. In any industry, there are leaders and followers. The…

Faster growth in semi-urban India is driving growth in the PC Market in India as it expanded by 7.7% in Q1 2012 over Q4 2012. Even as compared to the first quarter of 2011, shipments of PCs grew 3.5%. In the period January-March 2012, 26.3…

A study by IT research and advisory firm Gartner pointed out that global sales of mobile phones decreased 2% in Q1 2012 for the first time after a similar trend back in the Q2 2009. Leading mobile manufacturer Samsung topped mobile phone…

As the markets slide to 4 month lows and poor Q4 results project a grim outlook for the Indian economy in 2012. However United Nations, Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) report outlines defining factors that project…

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 &…

Gartner today released report on the performance of top 5 Indian IT / software services companies. The top 5 registered a cumulative growth of 23.8 percent in FY 2011, as compared to a average growth of 7.7 percent by their global peers.…

The growth of mobile subscribers in India remains steady in last few months – According to the report released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), India saw addition of 8 million new mobile subscribers in March 2012 taking the…

During my stay in US, I had gone into Best Buy one day to buy a laptop. After selecting the laptop when I went to the cashier, he was telling me about an interesting value add service provided by Best Buy called “The Geek Squad”. Though I…