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Android apps for Indian Entrepreneurs & Small businesses!
There are more than a thousand great productivity apps available for smartphones, some Android ones which we have covered previously but this post is going to be of particular interest because we're going to talk about great Android apps…
Naukri.com launches Android, iPhone & BB Apps – Introduces HTML 5 site
Naukri has finally launched dedicated mobile apps for its Job search engine. Being the biggest Job site in India, they should have come up with these apps earlier - However, its better late than never :). From the looks of the apps they…
E-Tutor Tablet: A Rs. 7500 Cloud Based Tablet for students! [Image, Specs]
Looks like we now have an elite cousin of Aakash coming up - It is called “E-Tutor Tablet”. Many mainstream media newspaper including Times wrote about it saying it was yet another Government initiative. However, this initiative is anything…
5 incredibly useful iPhone apps for Indians!
We've already covered 10 Indian Android apps earlier so now it's time to offer something to Indian iPhone users. Here are 5 India centric iPhone apps that will arm you will all the necessary information you need while you're in the country.…
TRAI’s new guidelines to Telecom Companies – How to publish Tariff Plans!
From an Indian mobile consumer point of view, last few months have been great. TRAI has been coming up quite a few directives that are pro-consumers. At the same time, for telecom companies, it is a nightmarish period - these new TRAI…
5 Indian Banks having their own iPhone/Android Apps!
Apps of most Indian banks are still in an evolving stage. While some are compatible on Android, many are not yet geared for the iPhone platform and many major nationalized Indian banks still haven't come out with mobile banking applications…
Weekly Wrap-up: Auto Expo, Govt. secret memo, Single Brand Retail FDI, Telecom growth &…
Lets take a look at popular posts that were published on trak.in and on The Gadget Fan last week. Indian Auto Expo 2012 unveiled some great Cars which are expected to come in 2012 - We have made a list of what we thought were the best of…
Indian Govt. to soon float another Tender for Millions of Aakash Tablets!
There have been talks that Ultra Cheap Aakash tablets may be shelved over the quality of 30,000 tablets provided by Datawind in the first batch. The general feedback from users, who have had a chance to use Aakash Tablet is that, it…
RIM, Nokia and Apple provide Backdoor access to Indian Govt. for exchange of Indian market presence!
This looks like precisely the reason why Government has been so silent on matters pertaining to access of data from biggies like Nokia, RIM, Apple and others. They made a big hue & cry about it earlier last year, but everything went…
Now, Itemised Billing for Prepaid customers too! [TRAI directive]
It’s almost a year now, that the mobile number portability has become a part of the Great Indian Telecom Tamasha. However, the new regulation received a cold shoulder from the telecom subscribers, if statistical history is anything to go…
TRAI directs Telecom Operators to provide Web Based Complaint Monitoring System to users!
An excellent directive from consumer perspective for sure - TRAI yesterday came out with a directive that stating Every service provider shall, within forty-five days of coming into force of these regulations, establish a…
UC Mobile Browser: The new kid on the block giving tough times to Opera & other mobile browsers
Mobile Browsers are now becoming as important as our traditional web browsers - Thanks to rise in mobile internet. Infact, Google India head - Rajan Anandan, recently quoted that 40% of all Google searches in India are done using mobile…
10 Indian Mobile Operators ordered not to increase SMS rates for festivals!
When are maximum SMSes sent out? In most cases it is during festivals like Diwali, Christmas, New year etc. wishing your family, friends and loved ones. Infact, in many cases the SMSes we send out during these 5-6 festivals combined are…
10 Most Popular Smartphones with Indians in 2011!
The best part of the Smartphone market in India going berserk is that customers have been at the receiving end of all the benefits. Features, versions of operating systems and performance statistics are being notched up by the day, bringing…
Vodafone decides to disconnect mobiles inactive for 60 days!
According to reports appearing in media, Vodafone, the 2nd largest Telecom Operator has decided to go ahead and disconnect the services of mobile users who have not used their cellphones to make or receive calls for over 60 days. This is…
Tablets & Smartphones – Good, Bad & Ugly [2011 recap]
The headline once read: ‘Tablets made news and changed the game in 2011, and they are here to stay’. With the tablet market almost doubling itself in the last year or so, I have tried to determine a few good, bad & ugly things of some…
Nokia Money Mobile Wallet launched Pan-India!
Mobile Banking is the future of financial transactions going forward - With over 800 million Indian users carrying mobile phones, it becomes an ubiquitous platform to push financial inclusion across the masses. It is expected that Mobile…
Airtel’s new innovative “Call me Back” SMS Service can be boon in tough times!
I am sure you have heard this phrase often - “Arre yaar mujhe missed call de de sirf” - Missed call phenomenon is rampant in India and it is for a reason. It helps millions of people in India communicate for free. It is also something…
Govt. to provide incentives to setup Electronic Mfg. Clusters (EMCs), Preference to home-grown…
Draft National Policy on Electronics was released on October 3rd and it promises to bring about changes that will bring about a major fillip to the Electronic sector in India. Electronics Industry is one of the fastest growing in the world…
Kolaveri Di notches 2.1 lakh downloads on Airtel Alone! [Airtel Mobitude 2011 stats]
Airtel has released its annual customer preferences survey - Airtel Mobitude 2011 - of over 170 Million of its mobile subscribers. Except for Kolaveri Di unexpected success, most of the findings are pretty much in line with general mobile…