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Blackberry sets up its server in Mumbai
After nearly 2 years, Blackberry has finally agreed to setup its server in Mumbai, India. This controversy has had quite a effect on Blackberry’s business in India. According to the latest report by convergence catalyst, Blackberry…
5 iPhone apps to better familiarize foreigners with India
It's only natural that when foreign nationals visit India either for business or for leisure, they're going to arm themselves with utility oriented information that they need to travel within the country. This would include apps for finding…
Times launches TWEEK – India’s first tablet magazine
Times Internet Ltd. (TIL) announced launch of India’s first weekly magazine purely for tablet computers on Wednesday. This Weekly magazine - TWEEK - has been developed by TIL in partnership with GENWI, a cloud based mobile publishing…
Indian Smartphone Market Overview – Android to dominate
Globally, Smartphone Market grew 61% in 2011 with total shipment volumes reaching 491.4 million units in 2011, a whopping increase of over 304.7 million units in 2010! Smartphones are replacing features phones at much faster rate than…
A primer on Apple’s Trademark Infringements!
Apple has its share of trademark infringements. Apple has grown into such a big organization that any trademarks or names, would be attributed to Apple first. Anything with an i in front, would be Apple’s. Such is the popularity. When Apple…
How Social Media is Revolutionizing the Agriculture Sector
Recently farmers in Maharashtra have found an unusual ally in Facebook. The turmeric farmers there were facing a challenge as over supply had reduced the prices drastically. So they struck on an innovative solution. They formed a group on…
Developers offered Free Blackberry Playbook to convert Android Apps to BB apps!
Here is a golden chance for Indian mobile developers to lap up a shiny new 16 GB BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet. We are slightly late in reporting this as there are only 4 more days to go, but I guess it is still worth all the effort! Alec…
Smartphone Market grows 61% in 2011 [Market Share Stats]
IDC recently released stats on Worldwide Smartphone market and its growth has beaten analysts expectations as well. According to the the IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, Smartphone manufacturers shipped 157.8 million units in 4Q11…
Android apps for Indian Entrepreneurs & Small businesses!
There are more than a thousand great productivity apps available for smartphones, some Android ones which we have covered previously but this post is going to be of particular interest because we're going to talk about great Android apps…
Naukri.com launches Android, iPhone & BB Apps – Introduces HTML 5 site
Naukri has finally launched dedicated mobile apps for its Job search engine. Being the biggest Job site in India, they should have come up with these apps earlier - However, its better late than never :). From the looks of the apps they…
E-Tutor Tablet: A Rs. 7500 Cloud Based Tablet for students! [Image, Specs]
Looks like we now have an elite cousin of Aakash coming up - It is called “E-Tutor Tablet”. Many mainstream media newspaper including Times wrote about it saying it was yet another Government initiative. However, this initiative is anything…
5 incredibly useful iPhone apps for Indians!
We've already covered 10 Indian Android apps earlier so now it's time to offer something to Indian iPhone users. Here are 5 India centric iPhone apps that will arm you will all the necessary information you need while you're in the country.…
5 Indian Banks having their own iPhone/Android Apps!
Apps of most Indian banks are still in an evolving stage. While some are compatible on Android, many are not yet geared for the iPhone platform and many major nationalized Indian banks still haven't come out with mobile banking applications…
RIM, Nokia and Apple provide Backdoor access to Indian Govt. for exchange of Indian market presence!
This looks like precisely the reason why Government has been so silent on matters pertaining to access of data from biggies like Nokia, RIM, Apple and others. They made a big hue & cry about it earlier last year, but everything went…
Now, Itemised Billing for Prepaid customers too! [TRAI directive]
It’s almost a year now, that the mobile number portability has become a part of the Great Indian Telecom Tamasha. However, the new regulation received a cold shoulder from the telecom subscribers, if statistical history is anything to go…
UC Mobile Browser: The new kid on the block giving tough times to Opera & other mobile browsers
Mobile Browsers are now becoming as important as our traditional web browsers - Thanks to rise in mobile internet. Infact, Google India head - Rajan Anandan, recently quoted that 40% of all Google searches in India are done using mobile…
10 Indian Mobile Operators ordered not to increase SMS rates for festivals!
When are maximum SMSes sent out? In most cases it is during festivals like Diwali, Christmas, New year etc. wishing your family, friends and loved ones. Infact, in many cases the SMSes we send out during these 5-6 festivals combined are…
10 Most Popular Smartphones with Indians in 2011!
The best part of the Smartphone market in India going berserk is that customers have been at the receiving end of all the benefits. Features, versions of operating systems and performance statistics are being notched up by the day, bringing…
Vodafone decides to disconnect mobiles inactive for 60 days!
According to reports appearing in media, Vodafone, the 2nd largest Telecom Operator has decided to go ahead and disconnect the services of mobile users who have not used their cellphones to make or receive calls for over 60 days. This is…
Tablets & Smartphones – Good, Bad & Ugly [2011 recap]
The headline once read: ‘Tablets made news and changed the game in 2011, and they are here to stay’. With the tablet market almost doubling itself in the last year or so, I have tried to determine a few good, bad & ugly things of some…