Internet

Google Maps has now raised the bar when it comes to online navigation and maps imagery. They have now Introduced Google Earth on Google Maps Online, and it is called “Earth View”. This new viewing mode brings 3D perspective to Google…

India is becoming a hotbed of Internet Security Threats, especially spam. She is now ranked 5th (from earlier 11th) as originator of all Internet Security Threats. Interestingly BRIC (India, China, Brazil & Russia) economies contribute…

Low cost internet enabled handsets, innovative data plans and introduction of 3G technology are all set to fire up the mobile internet usage in India in the near future. Not that mobile internet is not being used by people currently.…

Twitter has become a battleground of sorts – some smaller wars fought some bigger with far reaching implications. By now everyone knows (especially after today’s front page Times of India Coverage) about the bitter fight ensuing between IPL…

Doordarshan is finally entering the digital age - The Cabinet Committee on infrastructure has approved the digitalization program of Rs 1540 crore for Doordarshan (DD) and All India Radio (AIR) in the Eleventh Plan in order to enable these…

Google is God when it comes to search – more than 70% of traffic to majority of blogs / sites comes from Google. Most of you know than Google has around 200 parameters on which it ranks a particular webpage. It has now added one more…

Logistics play an important role in any economy and the growth prospects of the sector are closely linked to the economic growth and to some extent even foreign trade of the country. Gradually, small and medium enterprises in the…

We are a country of Billion People and we have measly 52 million active users according the yearly report - I-Cube - released jointly by Internet & Mobile Association of India(IAMAI) and IMRB. Overall, 71 million users accessed…

iPad is finally in the hands of users. Every one had been waiting with bated breath to get this killer device in their hands. And how does it fare against the huge expectation ? I have rarely seen such overwhelmingly positive review of any…

The business process outsourcing (BPO) market in India is estimated to grow 25% in 2010 and a bit lower at 19% in 2013, according to the Research firm Gartner. The research further provides insight that the domestic BPO services market…

Few days back, I had written about how I am completely against restrictive or no Internet access given by companies to its employees under the reason of low productivity. While writing that post, I was trying to find if there was any survey…

Although, India has one of the lowest Internet penetration in the world (less than 1%), it is forefront when it comes to online spamming. According to recently released report by Panda Security, India is ranked second among all countries…

Okay, we have been harping about pathetic Broadband speeds in India for sometime now. Although, speeds are better than what they were couple of years back, they are still very low compared to global standards. Now, Airtel seems to be…

I am not a lawyer, so do not treat this as legal advice. However, I have learnt about copyrights, patents and other intellectual property issues the hard way, and hence feel qualified to give you practical 'big picture' advice (which might…

400 million subscriber strong Facebook is moving Eastwards, and its choice of destination is Hyderabad in India. It is interesting that Facebook has chosen Hyderabad over Bangalore to open up its first office in Asia. I think one of the…

I know each one of you is expecting an IPL post here, but I believe that you will be reading this post only if- 1. You are not watching IPL or 2. You are not watching IPL over youtube :). It’s amazing how this internet industry has…

Microsoft Founder Bill Gates once said (I admit it is so clichéd to quote this), “640K ought to be enough for anybody” – Even a 64 Gigabyte Hard-Disk is now looked down upon. 30 years since that statement was made, we are now looking at…

Next time you see a cop on Bangalore’s road playing around with a Blackberry in his hand, you better be careful.He might just be checking your history of traffic violations and might hold you down for not clearing you earlier violations.…

Yahoo is more popular than Google when it comes to conversations in Social Media and Internet in general – Yes ! you heard me right, read on… I wanted to find out how popular are the 3 biggies on the Internet – Google,…

Finding water on Moon is a huge thing – More than you can imagine. Last September, Chandrayaan – I, India’s maiden Moon probe Mission vehicle gave conclusive evidence that there is water on Moon. Now, again…