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After the TRAI’s directive to introduce stringent fines on Telecom Operators as well as marketers, Spam calls and SMSes to Indian mobile subscribers have definitely reduced. If the earlier frequency of such smses were 10 a day, it has come down to probably 2 or 3 a day. Though, the problem of Pesky messages did [...]

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HP Vayu – Potentially Revolutionary Cheap Internet on TV device!

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Aakash is history – There is another device in the making that may prove to be more revolutionary than Ultra Cheap Aakash. According to ToI story researchers at HP have created a mass internet access device that enables people access internet content on even the most basic TV sets and manage all screen operations using [...]

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Yahoo Stars: Well implemented Celebrity updates aggregator!

by Arun Prabhudesai
Yahoo Stars

The Twitters and Facebook’s and Google Plusses of the world have made one thing simple – Fans can follow their celebrities first hand. However, in last 2 years many celebrities have joined multiple platforms making it difficult to follow your favorite celebrities on a single platform. Yahoo has come to rescue and made it …

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Why market research is a sheer waste of time?

by Dr Vikram Venkateswaran
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Market research is one of the activities that most brands indulge in regularly. But more often than not it has been proven that is a waste of time. Now most of you reading this would be finding it difficult to believe above statement, after all brands spend Crores of rupees in this activity. All …

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Indian Govt. proposes Free Medicine for all!

by Arun Prabhudesai
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I happened to read a report that appeared in ToI yesterday which says that Indian Government is considering Free Medicine for all initiative, especially for poor and needy people. This scheme will be offered through Public Hospitals and health facilities across the country. Prima Facie, this is an excellent initiative if Government is able …

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Google Bus Transit extends to Navi Mumbai, Kalyan & Thane!

by Arun Prabhudesai
Kalyan to Thane

After covering over 8 Indian cities Google Transit has now spread its wings to Navi Mumbai, Kalyan and Thane. This is surely going to help people who stay or travel on the outskirts of Mumbai. Although travelling within Mumbai and its suburbs is relatively easier, if one has to travel from, lets say, Kalyan to [...]

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Google Chromebooks will soon hit Indian shores!

by Arun Prabhudesai
Chromebooks

Google Chromebook made quite a splash when it was launched earlier this year – it has been receiving  mixed reviews from the users that have started using it. Looks like they will soon be hitting Indian shores as well! Sundar Pichai, SVP, Chrome and Apps, Google, has made a comment stating -  “I would …

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How to stay Safe & Secure online [Google Good to Know]

by Kaushambi
Google Good to Know

How does Google collect my personal data? How can I stay safe online? How will Google use my data? These are questions that plague most of us and if they don’t plague you, we bet this read is going to change the way you look at internet in general. The internet has been …

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Government Boosts MSE Access to Market by making it Mandatory for Government Depts to procure from them!

by Ankit Agarwal

In what looks like a festive gift for MSEs,  the cabinet cleared a policy that aims to boost the growth of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in India. Public Procurement Policy for goods produced and services rendered by Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) makes it mandatory for PSUs and government departments to procure 20% …

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Wow! Google offers Free Website with .in domains – Grab Now!

by Arun Prabhudesai
Get India Online

Google is really taking Indian Market very seriously – According to an announcement today by Google has launched -India Get Your Business Online – initiative that will offer Indian Small & Medium sized Businesses completely free website along with a .in domain name. Additionally, this initiative offers businesses free Email Addresses backed with …

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WoW! Google Plus arrives for Google Apps / Business users

by Arun Prabhudesai
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This is great news to millions of users who have been using Google Apps account and were not able to get on the latest social networking platform – Google+. They now can, according to update published yesterday, Google Apps account holders can now sign-in to Google+ and use it as their in-house collaboration …

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Wow! Gmail to get a makeover & it looks awesome!

by Arun Prabhudesai
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I am a big fan of Gmail – the innovations and improvements they have been bringing to the mail platform have made it one of the most popular web emails on the internet. Infact, even though they came into the game many years later than its peers Hotmail and Yahoo, their subscriber base is now [...]

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11 digit phone numbering plan shelved – to free up existing numbers!

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Looks like Indian Department of telecommunication has decided against the proposed 11 digit phone numbering system. The 11 digit numbering system was proposed due to meteoric rise in the mobile subscribers, that exhausted the mobile numbers in less than 5 years rather than estimated 30 years! Earlier, DoT had planned to introduce an additional …

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Paypal increases export Receiving Limit USD 3000!

by Arun Prabhudesai
Receiving Limit Raised To USD 3000 Per Transaction

Paypal has given a rare pleasant surprise to its Indian users – Close to the heels of news coming out that the transactions over USD 500 will be reversed, Paypal seems to have done a complete U turn. According to notification sent by Paypal to Indian users, Paypal has now raised the receiving limit from [...]

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New Draft National Telecom Policy 2011 Highlights!

by Ankit Agarwal

Before we get into the details, sample an interesting piece of information. The existing telecom policy framework in the telecom sector has been in place since 1999. Cut to today and the telecom sector has possibly changed completely which begs the question as to why the policy revision does not happen with the market dynamics.  [...]

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