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Opera, the makers of popular Mobile browser, Opera Mini, have released an infographic which offers quite an interesting insight on “Mobile only” generation. Did you know that 49% of all Indians who access internet, either never or only…

This was expected to happen – Paypal has informed their Indian users that, to receive payments in their Bank accounts from paypal, they will now have to furnish a Purpose code along with PAN (Permanent Account Number) and Bank Account…

This article presents a new model of the role and relevance of marketing in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This will present you with ways to tackle the key marketing challenges, revealed in recent statistics and my own…

Yesterday Facebook released some interesting statistics about the growth of Facebook users world-wide and it looks like Facebook is on the over-drive, especially in India. Facebook Users Growth Facebook now has over 675 Million users…

Cognizant seems to slowly gaining the aura which Infosys has had for past decade or so – The consistency with which Cognizant has churned out high growth numbers over past few years, quarter on quarter, has been just amazing! Even though…

What first comes to your mind when you are in a traffic jam? Probably a statement cursing yourself to why at all you took this route! This happens to majority of office goers in metro cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai. Tier 2…

Its Jobs galore in India right now – With economy picking up in last few quarters – these are happy times for Job hunters. Infact, according to the survey conducted by Ma Foi Randstad, employees in India show the greatest intent to change…

RBI Hikes Key Policy Rates Like Air India pilots, even equity shares seem to have gone on strike against RBI’s move to hike key policy rates by 50 bps today. Benchmark BSE Sensex corrected a whopping 463 points indicating its disliking…

The management at Maruti is not only getting saner with time but also wiser. With a recent tie up with Google, they have decided to spend more on digital advertisements and social media as they now understand where their buyers for tomorrow…

Designing a new product based on certain standards and launching it successfully are altogether two different aspects to be taken care of in a new product offering. This is where most of the new products, especially engineering products,…

According to the latest report (March 2011) released by TRAI – India now has a total of 846.32 Million Telecom subscribers, comprising of of 811.59 Mobile subscribers & 34.73 wireline subscribers. The Indian Tele-density now stands at…

Frankly, I am not-so-active on the social networking site Facebook, as much I am on Twitter (@viralsss). But, that by no means undermine the value of much popular Facebook in my eyes, as I actually realize that it is a more complete social…

Despite fraught with multiple corruption charges within the political party, one thing for sure - the reformist movement at the UPA government has reigned over the lethargically-motivated bureaucratic red-tapism. This Congress-led…

While flipping pages of OPEN magazine, I found this advertisement of Harley Davidson; a bike which every guy wants to ride once in his life. This was probably the first ad I have ever seen in print  for Harley Davidson in India. In the…

Do you have a cassette player / Walkman at home? What was the last time you bought a CD / DVD / Blue ray for music? Well, it’s not difficult to assume your answers simply because the way we have been consuming music is changing very…

The Ministry of Information Technology have come out with Fresh Guidelines and Amendments for Cyber Cafe’s in India – And it seems that Govt. is getting quite severe with what and how the data is consumed in Cyber Cafe’s. In last couple…

Around 2006, when I was working for naukri.com, they came out with a revolutionary recruitment product called “Insta-hire”. This product extended online recruiting with cell phones and was an instant hit. I loved this product because it…

The back page advertisement in Times of India today caught my eye – It announced “You pay just for usage, we will pay for the phone”. In the U.S, it is a norm to offer high-end mobile phones with yearly Contracts – But in India these kind…

If you have been keeping your ears on the proverbial “tech” ground, you will know about the “gamification” buzzword. It means incorporating what we know about games into businesses, user experience and consumer design. Let me explain.…

I have probably used every phrase in the dictionary to describe Indian Mobile growth over past few years. Over 15 Million new mobile users join the telecom bandwagon every month. There is every possibility that India may reach the 1 Billion…