God of Cricket – Sachin Tendulkar – has come on twitter . His debut on twitter has not even completed 24 hrs and his Twitter follower count is literally on fire
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Sachin Tendulkar on Twitter – Big bump-up for Indian twitter traffic ?
Just a couple of weeks back I was contemplating to write about the journey of Indian stock markets with Sensex crossing 18000 levels. But, to my surprise, I am finding myself writing over here about journey of Sensex from 18000 to 17000 points, a steal of 1000 points from the recent peaks. Without any doubt it can be pointed out that the contagion risks of Greek crisis are now spreading to other weaker European countries such as Portugal, Spain, Italy and now even Hungary; regarding their susceptibility of exiting the vicious debt traps.
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Indian Stock Markets: From 18k to 17k in no time !
You can’t stop Google can you ? It is astounding to see how Google, even after becoming such a behemoth, keeps getting bigger and better. Just look at the recent spate of acquisitions that it has done – I think it is a record for any company till date.
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Google Chrome Browser Market share increasing rapidly!
3G Auction prices are touching dizzying heights now, Day 20th of 3G auction saw swell in the frontrunners bid prices. The auction which started on 19th April, saw pan-India license price balloon over to Rs.10,347.67 crore, up close to 200% of the expected price of 3,500 crores. 3G Auction pricing – Day 20 The government’s provisional revenue from the sale stood at Rs.41,765.66 crore, much more than what it expected.
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Telecom Tuesday: 3G Auction prices swell further
Yes, it is pathetic to say the least – India has to improve its broadband speeds…Yes, we are riding high on the mobile revolution, but it is imperative that broadband Internet access reaches nook & corner of India for it to really be in the forefront on Information Highway. How pathetic is India’s Internet situation is aptly pointed out by recent report released by “ Akamai – State of the Internet ” Here are some of the highlight of the report: India ranked #114 for average connections speed, at 849 kbps. Think about it, a country which is supposedly an IT hub is ranked nearly at the bottom.
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State of Internet in India – Pathetic !
How often have your call been disconnected while on a move, only to discover that your cell phone has run out of power? Worry not… This time around it is Physics field of sciences, rather than technology, which has provided a kind of solution to this long pending problem of battery running out of power, be it related to your mobile, MP3 Player or iPod
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Recharge your devices without batteries, while walking !
Here you have a selection of April’s best articles on cloud computing. Enjoy! – Cloud exposes the true cost of IT (06 April 2010, CIO) – The Look of Post-Cloud IT (05 April 2010, CIO) – IT Operations: Beware the Cloud Boomerang (06 April 2010, CIO) – Cloud Computing Shakes Up Traditional IT Outsourcing (12 April 2010, CIO) – Die Gründe gegen Cloud Computing (09 April 2010, CIO) – Where is Your Cloud
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Best of April IT Press – cloud computing
There are many recent examples in far west which proves that no leading company can be a leader forever- innovation and focus has the capability to make any small startup reach the top and challenge any existing biggie in the industry. IBM was overshadowed by Microsoft, then came Google which became a headache for Microsoft and recently Apple’s sudden release of i-(Products) one after another is challenging whole of hardware/software industry
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Focus- how it effects any startup?
Now this is sure to make your jump and take notice – Datawind Ltd., a leading developer of wireless web access products and services has announces ultra – cheap UbiSurfer Netbook in Indian market . The Cost of this Netbook?
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WOW ! A Windows Netbook for Rs. 7999 only !
What fate did those investors meet who shunned the shares of the Infosys during 2007-08, at a time when the Rupee had inched higher around 40s against the Dollar on the back of robust inflows into the country? Infosys is currently quoting at all time highs even as Indian benchmark Sensex is still way off from its peak levels. In fact, this stellar performance has notched even as rupee is back on an upward march , currently around 44.6, having recovered from its recessionary lows of 50 against the dollar.
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Finance Friday: Why Investors Should Buy Bharti Airtel stock ?
Staying connected is increasingly becoming important in this busy world. After a revolution in the telecom communication , is it time for the watch industry to gear up for the bigger cause? Japanese watchmaker Citizen seems to be bang-on with this mandate of communication revolution.
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Now, A Wrist Watch that can Read your SMS
– Carbon Reduction Commitment angers IT industry (12 April 2010, Computing) – How to get IT spend moving again – Gartner (12 April 2010, Business and Leadership) – Could open source overtake the iPhone? (14 April 2010, (InfoWorld) – Where is Your Cloud?
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Press review week 16/2010
– Global outsourcing contracts set to climb in 2010 (22 March 2010, Outsourcing Russia) – What happens when your cloud bursts? (25 March 2010, Computing) – Outsourcing is up, but businesses are sourcing local IT staff (26 March 2010, Computing) – Why Crowdsourcing Isn’t Always Wise (26 March 2010, CIO) – IT making way for infrastructure in India (26 March 2010, CIOL) – UK outsourcing market continues to thrive (26 March 2010, V3) – Euro-Zone beschließt Notfallplan für Athen (25 März 2010, Handelsblatt) – Studie: Technologiebranche mit mehr Zuversicht für 2010 (17 März 2010, Monitor) – Schweden ist weltweit die Nummer eins bei der Nutzung der Informationstechnologie (26 März 2010, ComputerWoche) – Flexible Software: Interesse an Pay-Per-Use-Modellen wächst (26 März 2010, ComputerWoche) – Business Process Management: Unternehmen beschreiben Prozesse nicht (25 März 2010, CIO) – Zeichen für Inkompetenz: ITler halten nichts von Soft Skills (25 März 2010, CIO) – Weltweite Marktzahlen für den Zeitraum von 2008 bis 2013 IDC: Packaged-Software-Budgets wachsen wieder (24 März 2010, IT Business) – “Enterprise 2.0″-Konzepte sollen Firmenwissen bündeln (24 März 2010, Heise Online) – Jeder dritte Deutsche ein digitaler Außenseiter (23 März 2010, CIO) – Marktforscher sagen Dominanz von Smartphones mit WLAN voraus (23 März 2010, ZD Net) – IT-News: Europarat befasst sich mit Cloud Computing und Cybercrime (23 März 2010, Heise Online) Elaborate your Offshore project with the European leader in Offshore Outsourcing!
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Press review week 13/2010
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 sometimes go against what a lawyer might tell you legally).
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Copyrights, Patents & Intellectual Property Rights: An Overview
TV has been in news these days. We hear some good and bad news everyday- either related to technology of TV broadcasting or content of TV shows or new regulations which come out almost every month. But amid all this fuss, my question is whether our TV industry is heading in right direction or not?
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Media Monday: is TV industry heading in wrong direction?
Once the Unique Identification (UID) scheme is implemented, don’t be surprised to know that even the foreigners could be eligible to get a UID card to be registered in their name under the scheme. The government is planning to inculcate a single data-base for all the people in the country irrespective of their citizenship
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Unique Identification (UID) to Foreigners as well !
On March 17, Edelweiss Capital has released a research report “ India 2020, Seeing Beyond’ which says that India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is likely to quadruple over a period of 10 years. It further states that India is likely to be a US $ 4.5 trillion economy over the next decade
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India’s GDP to touch 205 Trillion Rupees by 2020: Edelweiss Report
Rising inflation coupled with robust IIP data is what seems to have prompted Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to go for a pre-mature rate hike just a month before the next policy meeting scheduled on April 20. RBI has hiked the repo and reverse repo rates by 25 bps on Friday evening after the close of the market hours
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Your Home Loan EMI set to rise – RBI hikes Interest rates !
The Asian economies have come out stronger than the western countries in the face revival period witnessed over last one year after witnessing a huge impact of global recession.
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Asia’s Economic clout Post-Global Recession !
Delhi seems to be a lucky city – Some days back, it became first city in India to get remote controlled street lighting system , Now it becomes first city to get the first Public Air Purifier System . Air pollution is bad for humans, there are no two ways about it. It is one the primary reasons for development of cardiovascular diseases
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Delhi gets First Public Air Purifier System – We also want it !