Internet

Ok, don't get all too excited with that 37 mbps Jargon, I just said that it capable of delivering that kind of speeds  - Whether it gives even fraction of that needs to be seen. Unlike many countries, we have by-passed the…

Since its launch I have been trying to figure out ‘Buzz’. That may be because of my own ‘free’ marketing needs, but even after reading multiple Tech Crunch reviews and Mashable techniques I found it difficult to…

India is ranked fourth in the world when it comes to Illegal downloads, behind US, UK and Canada. This is the finding of the survey conducted by Motion Picture Distributors Association (MPDA) in conjunction with Envisional and DtecNet, two…

Yeah, that’s right, Google has announced a trial program called Google Fiber for Communities that's planning to launch an extremely fast, experimental broadband network that will deliver speeds up to 1Gb per second. That is freaking 1000…

It really struck me at the first time, but then when the whole world is online and e-commerce is entering our homes, what stops donations  going online too. Yes, we are talking about temple donations which to my knowledge amounts to a lot…

This is a actually a bit of surprise. I always thought that Mobile Internet usage was more tilted in favor of Micro-blogging and email. However, recent Nielsen report suggests that the Mobile Internet usage by consumers mirrors the general…

Nasscom (National Association of Software and Services Companies) is going to launch a dedicated job portal that will facilitate recruitment for persons with disability by creating a repository of applicants, available skill-sets and…

The way we communicate online has gone through a sea-change over last few years – Infact, majority of netizens spend most of their time on social Media / Networking sites. Even though India Software companies are lagging behind in…

I met Vishal Gondal (of Indiagames) yesterday at Proto conference, and he mentioned about his post on Nasscom  blog, where he ripped apart Indian IT services companies for their ignorance towards social Media – and few who have…

Are complaints to your mobile company going on deaf ears? Worry not – soon TRAI will be launching an online complaint management system where dissatisfied Indian Mobile users can directly file a complaint about their telecom service…

Content Delivery over the Web is getting bigger and everyone is jumping into it - Literally every week couple of announcements related to it. The latest is the list is Bharti Airtel who have announced their entry into Content Delivery (CDN)…

Twitter growth is slowing down and that too quite drastically – that is the finding of “State of Twittersphere” released today by HubSpot. However, the average Follower and following count of users is increased a lot – A lot more…

I still remember the days (nearly 10 years back) when I was first applying for my H1B visa, it still gives me creeps to think of the whole process - from filling up the form to going for an interview at the Consulate for that one small…

Hadoop, is an open-source project of Apache, for distributed computing over large data sets. One of the methods it uses is the famous MapReduce paradigm for distributed computing over large data sets that Google is believed to have…

High Speed Internet Connectivity in India might as well be called an Oxymoron.Despite the larger than life claims from the Service providers, the broadband speeds have been rather sub standard or even if they deliver on the speed , the…

We have now at the fag end of the year. You will be seeing quite a few “popular” , “top”,  “trends” kind of list in coming days through out the web. We will also be publishing some of the interesting lists that would make…

Its high time our IT service providers moved into Product development (especially for Web & Mobile) and creating IP for themselves rather than just servicing clients. These are the companies best suited to take the risk creating cutting…

I have always believed that the Indian IT services ran a close ship with analogies to the traditional manufacturing industries. I actually wrote a satire post distinctly relating the IT industry concepts with the Supply Chain Management.…

Google has recently announced its own Public DNS system that will allow internet users the ability to bypass the ISP’s DNS servers and contact the Google’s Public DNS servers for resolving all DNs queries. First some background…

Bangalore, the next Silicon Valley? Now, the community has always been divided on this one. With its early mover advantage and it being home to probably the highest technology companies in India , some say Bangalore is ‘the’…