• Weekly Wrap-up: New Telecom Policy, Starbucks entry, Paypal India flip-flop & more…

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    Here is a quick wrap-up of some of the buzzing posts of last week that were published on trak.in & TGF. So here is a good news for all the coffee connoisseurs, Starbucks is finally coming to India in partnership with Tata Coffee. I am personally looking forward to

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    5 reasons we love technology!

    by Kaushambi

    Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant." - Mitchell Kapor If this quote has made you laugh, think twice about it. What would we do without technology in our daily lives? We’re so used to receiving a million search results in an

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    5 reasons we hate technology!

    by Kaushambi

    "Bill Gates is a very rich man today… and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: VERSIONs." - Dave Barry Now, this rings really true in hindsight, doesn’t it? For a second, imagine how many versions you must have changed in so many years and

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    Buy Kindle Fire & Kindle touch in India through Indiaplaza.com!

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    Indiaplaza is allowing pre-orders for new range of Kindle’s – Namely Touch & Fire tablet. The new family of Kindles which were announced by Amazon in September are going on sale in November in the US. Indiaplaza is trying to offer the same priority to Indian customers too. They

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    India to experience 4G services as early as Jan – to cost nearly as much as 3G!

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    Yes, that’s what it looks like – According to the news appearing on TMI, mobile users in Indian states of Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh may experience 4G services as early as January 2012. 3G has not taken off in India – Infact, many users (including yours truly) have moved

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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

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    Weekly Wrap-up: Aakash Tablet, Steve Jobs, Kingfisher LCC Business, Mobile Boarding Passes & more…

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    Here is a quick wrap-up of some of the buzzing posts of last week that were published on trak.in & TGF. Close to the heels of Indian Railways going mobile with their e-tickets, there may be a pleasant news for air travellers as well, with Flight Boarding Passes scheduled

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    Mobile Roaming Charges may soon become Free – Draft Telecom Policy 2011

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    The new Draft Telecom Policy 2011, which is set to replace the existing Telecom Policy has number of amendments that should make Indian consumers happy and at the same may create more anguish for Telecom Operators – who are already reeling under tremendous margin pressure to keep themselves afloat.

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    Smartphones Driving Self-Service Usage In The Airline Industry [Survey]

    by Ankit Agarwal

    Oh, the darn smartphone again! But hey, they are changing how we do things – from routine stuff like communicating to critical stuff like say booking travel tickets. Airline Industry is welcoming the growing adoption of smartphones. The airline industry is a challenging segment to operate especially when it

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    MHRD’s Aakash will cost Rs. 2276! Will be sold in Retail

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    Here is the first news that has come out – The price of the MHRD’s Aakash Tablet is going to be Rs. 2276 and it will be available in retail. It was previously thought that it will only be available to students. But that’s not the case, it will

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