Weekly Wrapup: Airtel New Logo, Tablets, Foreign studies, Facebook Mail, 2G Scam, Indian Consumers, TGF & More…

Here is the quick wrap-up of some of the buzzing posts we published on Trak.in last week!

Last week’s big news has been the new Airtel Logo and Signature Tune overhaul. The media has crusaded it and general public opinion has been quite negative. What do you think of this new Airtel Logo design?

Another news that has even managed to shake up the Government is the 2G Scam. It is estimated that Government has lost close to 1.76 Lakh crore due to wrongful allocation of 2G spectrum. It is ridiculous that even now Spectrum Raja’s continue to thrive and take general public for a ride!

Should illegally acquired 2G licenses be terminated now?

Bigg Boss has been in news last week, thanks to entry of Pamela Anderson on the show. The show is hitting high on TRP charts, but given the Vulgarity of content, should this reality popular be banned?

Suddenly there is much interest in low cost computing and cheaper tablets. Yet another device, iSlate, is in pipes, purported to be low cost computing device for masses.

USA is slowly falling off the students radar as a destination for higher studies. It is for the first time that Chinese have piped Indians in numbers for US higher Education.

Facebook has hit a fresh salvo at Google with Facebook Mail (called project Titan). With Facebook’s 500+ million subscriber base, it sure is a cause of worry for growth Google’s own webmail product Gmail.

Even after more than a year since India’s biggest corporate scam, Mahindra Satyam still looks in dumps. It is still struggling to post profits and stock price is battered. The good part is, there is only one way from here – Upwards !

Here is a great informational post taking a statistical look at Indian Consumers!

Google seems to be betting big on Indian Small and Medium sized Businesses (SMB’s). They have launched couple of new initiatives specifically targeting these Indian Businesses.

I was quite surprised when I read the recent Microsoft survey on Piracy. It says, 86 percent Indians prefer using genuine software !

Doing Business in India is touch as compared to other countries across the world. Although, we made a slight improvement in ranking, we need a big push in improving regulations and empowering entrepreneurs in India.

Finally, we have launched a new blog which will be covering gadgets – The Gadget Fan. Have a look and let us know what you feel.

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