Officially, iPhone may not be available in the Indian market for another few months. But are Indians really looking out for iPhone? I don’t think so. Have a look at the trend data: Max. searches are emanating from Singapore, Greece and HongKong, All said and done, Indians aren’t the innovator/early adopters, but I hope they [...]
ValleyWag has done an interesting representation of world map of social nets,using data from Alexa. Here are a few excerpts: Orkut leads in the Indian subcontinent, as well as Brazil; Facebook is stronger, internationally, than Myspace, with surprising strongholds in the Middle East; hi5.com is the most international of all the social networks, leading in [...]
OnYoMo and iXiGo have partnered to provide the lowest airline price search service, a service which enables you to search for the lowest airticket price for a given journey. Here is how it works: To receive the entire SMS format, sms “fly” to 8558. In order to use the service, use “fly FROM TO DATE“, [...]
Morning roundup of latest buzz in the Indian Internet market. Office Hours Peak Time For Watching Online Videos – Nautanki.tv Study In India, 85 percent of online video consumption happens from offices. 76 percent of all video consumption happens from the top seven metros / mini metros. Mumbai contributes to 14 percent of the consumption, [...]
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd. (Sasken) and IDG Ventures India, a $150 million technology venture capital fund, today announced the launch of ConnectM Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd (ConnectM) for providing Machine 2 Machine (M2M) enabled solutions to global markets. ConnectM is a niche player in the growing remote diagnostic and monitoring market and is well positioned [...]
Quite a happening day in the Indian Internet space – we had three launches but at the same time I am quite skeptical of these products, so treat this post as a FYI. SecondShaadi.com Started by Desimartini guys, secondshaadi is an attempt to provide a platform for individuals seeking remarriage. Though the idea has a [...]
RouteGuru has done an out of box thinking by defining the driving directions using landmarks. Impressed by this, I did a podcast with Avinash Agrawal, founder of RouteGuru. In this podcast, Avinash & I talk about founder’s background, journey of RouteGuru (after winning the techtribe contest), product future direction etc. Listen to the podcast. In [...]
The retail story in India has just started. While Big Bazaars and Food Worlds are expanding in tier-II cities, biggies like Wal Mart are entering the Indian retail market with a big bang. AT Kearney’s GRDI (Global Retail Development Index) ranks India the #1 spot for retail investments (India scored 92/100, while Russia and China [...]
With the empowerment of web, and India being the hub to generate servicing revenues, I wonder why isn’t enough attention paid to improve the academic value system?. I don’t mean IITs/IIMs which are well known for outsourcing best resources elsewhere – in reality India produces about 6,00,000 engineers a year.When you look into academic value [...]
Just a day after I covered how mapunity is utilizing the mobile logs to improve the traffic situation in Bangalore, I came across Shareideas.org, a site developed in joint collaboration with Nokia and Vodaphpone. Shareideas.org is a global wiki community to share experiences in using mobile communication/ technology for the benefit of society. The idea [...]
