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.XXX TLD approved for Porn sites by ICANN… but why?
Since the birth of Internet, Adult & Porn sites have attracted maximum traffic. Infact, it has been the only evergreen vertical on the internet, no bubble burst’s here. Its has always been boom-time for porn sites. There have been…
Broadband Subscribers in India – Maharashtra Leads!
Although, the growth in Mobile telephony has been stupendous in India over past 5-6 years, same cannot be said about broadband. The growth in broadband subscribers has been at snail’s pace. Mobile telephony spread across length and breadth…
Indian Government’s Internet Kill Switch – how much is it justified?
Internet is usually perceived as a virtual world, but sometimes its output is more than real. Internet has not only broken the shackles of geographical boundaries, but also revolutionized the speed of information and data sharing…
iPad2 India launch date to be announced in 2 weeks! [hearsay]
India has been a dumping ground (this phrase has become such a cliché) for Apple – Whether it was iPhone’s or iPad’s. Indians have officially received these much sought after gadgets when the world was close to getting their next…
Vodafone MiFi – Perfect device for all your internet needs!
The Indian mobile operators have slowly but surely started their 3G services across various cities of the country. Airtel was one of the most recent ones to launch them. Reliance is also rolling out their 3G services across various cities…
Google Doodle dedicated to Alam Ara – First Indian movie with Sound!
Google does some wonderful things, and one that I am a big fan of, are their Google Doodles. The pictorial Doodle’s that are mostly dedications to significant events of the past or some form of current celebrations. Today’s Google Doodle…
Bharti Airtel to roll-out Internet TV : Your Computer can now tune into Television!
Yes, now you can watch Television on your Computer without using TV-Tuner card and a cable connection to empower it. Even as I start writing this article, what is actually running on the back of my mind is that I may miss the live…
E-Post Office – Ecommerce Portal of India Post Launched!
It has been heartening to see Government of India adopting Internet to bring various services to consumers. In another such initiative, Indian Post office has come up with an interesting and user friendly e-commerce portal – E-Post Office –…
A new Laser which could revolutionise data management!
In today’s world, the most important thing on everyone’s mind is data. Whether it is collection of data, aggregation of data or sharing of data, everyone is running behind this buzzword. But, why is data so important? Whether it is…
Voice-based Browsing coming soon to India!
Are you one of those who have still to be part of the internet age? Do you long to be on the social networking sites? Do you long to send that elusive email which you always dreamt of? If the answer to any of the above questions is a yes,…
World’s Top Piracy Markets!
Technology has two sides to it – positive and negative. And, in whichever industry it is applied, the boon and the bane of the technology oozes out, creating sizzles across the sector. While the media and entertainment industry has…
Confirmed – Google Voice works in India !
Yes, I just made phone calls to USA using Google Voice and it worked very well (so well, that I was floored by the quality). Probably, I am one of the random lucky user for whom the Google Voice got enabled. Let me tell who how I did it.…
Movie rental in India falls flat before even taking off? [Media Monday]
That’s a question I have been asking people for quite sometime, not before I asked it on Quora (How Indian Movie rental services are doing? Subscription numbers for services like bigflix.com and seventymm.com?) and it was Sidharth’s answer…
Can cloning seeds solve India’s food problems?
Cloning has for long been there in the west in some way or the other whether for humans or for crops. The result has been a large variety of genetically modified foods (GM Foods) which have flooded the Western market over the years.…
Social Media ROI – Can you measure it fully?
Most of the businesses realize the Social Media Benefits, however how much to spend and its trade-off with money is debatable. Infact, finding return on investment (ROI) itself is a tough job. Let us look at it a little closer.
Worried…
What makes Apple the most valuable tech company on the planet?
With top-selling gadgets like the iPad, iPhone and iPod, Apple has widened the gap between itself and Microsoft. A year back, Apple with a market cap of US $ 208 billion was still pretty much behind Microsoft who was at US $ 261 billion.…
Twitter – “not for sale”…
Internet is buzz with reports that Twitter may be acquired by Google. However, Dick Costolo, Twitter Chief Executive dismissed the talk of $10 Billion deal with Google as “Rumor” during his keynote speech at Mobile World Congress. But he…
Machines Vs Humans – Machine wins!
I am sure “Machine always wins” phrase must have surely offended the humans amongst us. I am also sure that you can rattle off 100s of examples where machines don’t stand a chance compared to human brains... and there is always that one…
India witnesses fierce Mobile Internet growth!
More than a decade ago, owning a mobile phone was a luxury. Not any more, though! In fact, now we expect every known person to own a cell phone as a basic necessity of life. This is called revolution – the cellular services have rendered…
DTH+3G: Can it bring the next big revolution? [Media Monday]
These days I’m in Mumbai, and as I entered here while coming from Delhi I found almost every slum house on the way fitted with Airtel DTH. That’s some awesome thing, isn’t? DTH subscribers are over 20 Million now and guess what? It added 10…