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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…

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has unveiled India’s supercomputer built in the labs of Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, Thiruvananthapuram. Computer named SAGA-220 is capable of a theoretical peak performance of 220 TeraFLOPS…

It is just unbelievable the speed at which Social Media spreads news. Till now “news spread like wild-fire” was a phrase generally used – but now, I guess, experts will have to come up with a new phrase to define the speed at which Social…

I just came across an interesting presentation prepared by folks at Bartle Bogle Hegarty. Although, we have covered many of the stats given in the presentation individually (like monthly Indian Mobile Subscriber additions), this…

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…

Android has been surpassing everyone’s expectation in terms of growth – Although a few people are still sceptical, there is no doubt in my mind that Android will rule the market (if not already) in years to come. Distimo, who offer…

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…

Mobile Internet is growing in India and that too at a very hectic pace – Given the sheer volume of Mobile Subscribers in India, its no surprise that consumers accessing Internet over the mobile far outnumber those accessing through regular…

Wipro fired its joint CEOs because its lagging behind peers, Infosys shares are down because of below expectation profits. Why are the Indian IT companies who were on an unstoppable growth march till yesterday are suddenly hitting…

I happen to fall on a web page that had this mathematical formula to describe aptitude of an individual in social media. When social media is all about relationships, it seemed funny to read relationships aptitude described as a…

Nasscom, the IT/ITES industry association has said that, Of the general pool of graduates across all streams only 25 per cent have employable skills. When we look specifically at tech graduates then only 35-40 per cent are readily…

This is a prime example of the power of Social Media. Till date, Anna Hazare has gone on “Fast unto death” campaign many times previously in his life, but the reach, publicity and fame that the Jan Lokpal Bill against corruption has got…

The rules of marketing are changing rapidly – Social Media is now becoming  an important aspect of marketing for every small & large business – Be it offline or online. Take a look at this following presentation created by…

Now, this is a seriously good April fool joke by Google – I mean seriously. I am sure many will be taken for a ride. For a techie though, it is clear that this is a April Fool prank that Google has played on us. Google has launched a beta…

See the two demo ads by Google – Which ad are you more likely to click on given an option in the same screen?  (Provided you know Hindi) Google India has started displaying Hindi, Tamil, Telegu, Malyalam and other regional…

After working in domain of digital media for some time now, friends do ask me what am I actually doing! According to some people around me, “Social Media is a fad and a hyped terminology”. My suggestion to them is rather than asking whether…

Reliance Communications has always been forefront offering cheap rates, be it bundled phones or voice / internet tariffs. In yet another announcement, Reliance plans to have largest roll-out of affordable wireless internet service in over…

I recently came face to face with some realities of India as a market. Having started an R&D hub of our business in India, a large part of our India business looks at online software-as-a-service (SAAS) products. Part of this process…

“Indian Culture says NO to porn sites” according to senior official at ministry of IT; however cyber laws were never strong enough to restrict porn from Indian users. It’s unfair to even try restrict people from porn; no matter what the…

Live life step-by-step before you move higher up the ladder; if you skip a step in between, there is every probability that you might jumble-up at the end of it all. That’s a basic preaching of life passed on to us by our ancestors. But,…