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The cheap $35 tablet released by MHRD (Indian Govt.) was probably the most talked about news last month. We were one of the first blogs to bring in that news and then it got covered wildly in online and offline media. Till now the whole…

By now I am sure you know how to use the New Rupee Symbol in your Word documents. (If not just download and install this font and press the key above ‘tab’ button and you are set). However, using the Rupee symbol ( Rs. ) to show up on…

Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg, recently blogged when the site crossed the 500 million users, “I could have never imagined all the ways people would use Facebook when we were getting started six years ago”. Indeed, we all know the…

I often claim to be a technology aficionado keeping my self abreast with latest gadgets, tech news et al and trying to see what is the upcoming buzz and how it can be used in India. However, I was disheartened by the low usage of computers…

Currently Internet operates on IPv4 (Internet Protocol Version 4) which has a pool of about 4 Billion IP addresses, out of which only 232 million addresses are currently remaining. Thanks to surge in Internet on various devices ranging…

Last weeks biggest news undoubtedly was the launch of low-cost $35 tablet by the Indian Government for Educational purposes. Trak.in saw huge surge of traffic as we managed to bring out this news before anyone else and also procured some…

This is big news – Finally a low-cost computing-cum-access device has been unveiled by HRD minister Shri. Kapil Sibal. The price is this device is expected to be around $35. However, HR ministry is aiming at bringing down the cost of this…

Nasscom recently announced the 50 emerging companies in India called NASSCOM EMERGE 50. I am actually surprised to see a few entries, as they have been around for quite a while and are pretty big in size. For me Emerging companies are…

The biggest news of last week undoubtedly was the finalization of new Indian Rupee Symbol. India has now joined the ranks of Elite countries who boast a unique currency symbol of their own. Although, we have a new symbol now, the process in…

Let me take you back by 6 years, when I took a plunge into stock markets - Infosys was a marquee name for me then and, may be, even now. And, at that time I was not even aware that TCS was a bigger company than Infosys (Oops! my ignorance).…

I am sure most car owners have faced this one time or the other – waiting in queue of very slow moving cars at a toll booth. I drive quite frequently from Pune to Mumbai and back – and one of the things that I seriously hate is seeing long…

One thing that is constantly in demand and will probably be never ending in today’s world – Internet Bandwidth. Infact, if we have cheaper and larger Internet Bandwidth at our disposal, it would make huge positive difference on how we…

Social Networking turned a new leaf with the launch of Facebook. Facebook caused a paradigm shift in how Social networking sites were perceived and took the idea further to bring lots of sticky additions to its platform. From sticky games…

On a global scale Apple recently left behind Microsoft to become the most Valuable Technology company in the world with a market capitalization of over $234 billion. However, what about the most valuable technology companies in India?…

Fifa world cup just 2 days away.. So what's new for the TV viewers this year? - Its 3D ! For the first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup, the action on the field at this year's tournament will be broadcast using the…

We all use e-mails at work,home and we have our personal choices when it comes to using the email clients. Some like to access emails the old fashioned way via the website in the browser and we also tend to use a lot of specific email…

IT Services Outsourcing Industry witnessed a rather dull year in 2009 majorly due to the slowdown of the global economy which led to organizations freezing their IT budgets. Banking and Manufacturing, which are the biggest customers for the…

iPad has been a sensation to say the least – Even with sub-par features, iPad sales have surprised everyone. Back in 2007, the original iPhone took 73 days to cross the million mark. The iPad managed the same feat in just 28 days, about 2½…

Android is creating waves when it comes to Smartphone market share, Every week I hear about the launch of new Android based phones. I have always maintained that in next 12 – 24 months Android will be number 1 Mobile Operating system.…

Love it or Hate it, but you can’t deny it. Apple does what no other company can and in fact does it time and again.What exactly are we talking about? DISRUPTION Before getting into the kind of disruption I intend to talk about, lets take…