Owners of high-end Nokia phones (N8, E7, C7 and C6-01) can upgrade their existing operating system to the next version of Symbian — the Anna — free of charge by the end of August, Nokia India said today. The Anna is likely to be the last big upgrade to the venerable Symbian operating system before […]
Despite keeping most of its opinion and suggestions private, the main opposition party, the BJP, seems to be on the side of popular anti-corruption campaigners on the only topic on which it has spoken so far. “It has kept the appointment process under its control.. It has kept the complete majority of the appointment panel,” […]
Motorola has just launched its flagship tablet — the Motorola Xoom in India for Rs 38,999. It is the first tablet to offer any real competition to the iPad2 and the first high-end, big screen Android tablet to hit India as well. However, if you are in the market for a great Android tablet that […]
It’s something we always knew, but just in case you wanted confirmation — mobile browser firm Opera has just delivered it — Facebook is the new Orkut for Indians. Orkut, which unexpectedly became a hit in India (and Brazil) has found its going tough of late, particularly as users are spending more and more time […]
Government of India has indicated a softer stand on the demands of the Civil Society activists on Lokpal. Home minister P Chidambaram, attended a press conference on Lokpal today, said he did not consider a fast by Anna Hazare after August 15 as an inevitability. “Why do you consider it as inevitable?.. We will present […]
The Motorola Xoom, the best challenger to Applie iPad2, has been launched in India for a price of Rs 39,000 (Rs 38,999) by Letsbuy.com. The Xoom is the only 10 inch tablet other than the iPad available in India and has features very similar to the iPad, though in some technical ways, Xoom is more […]
A study of 27 paints from India, Bangladesh and Nepal has shown dangerously high levels of lead, according to a report by Toxics Link, the NGO specializing in pollution abatement. The tests were conducted on all the major paint brands in India (and the other two countries). “Overall 63% of the paint samples studied were […]
Google, which has a track-record of coming out with innovative ways to promote itself, has launched an ad-campaign with a twist in India. The online web search engine, which dwarfs most of the brick-and-mortar companies of the World with its $35 billion revenue, has based its biggest TV campaign in India on real life stories. […]
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NDA leader and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has denied that the BJP-led opposition at the centre is playing dirty politics on the issue of the Lokpal bill. He denied the Congress’ accusation that the BJP led National Democratic Alliance is opposed to the strict anti-corruption law proposed by the campaigners led by Anna Hazare. […]
In a huge relief to ordinary mobile customers suffering from unwanted “value added services,” the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has made a written request from the consumer mandatory for the starting of value added services. Value added services (VAS) are those which are in addition to the normal SMS and voice calling facility. […]
G’Five, the biggest Chinese brand of mobile phones, has emerged as the fastest growing top-10 mobile brand in India last year, followed by Blackberry maker Research In Motion or RIM. The numbers, released by the Voice & Data magazine, also points to local brand Micromax as having held on to its position as Number 3 […]
In a sign of increasing business confidence, Gartner Inc, the market research agency, has raised its growth forecast for 2011 for the third time due to a stronger-than-expected bounce-back in the IT market. It’s first guidance, made last year, was for a 3.5% increase in IT spending this year. It hiked the forecast to 5.1% […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has suggested a new colour-coding scheme for recharge coupons as well as forcing telecom operators to offer “itemized billing” to prepaid customers as well. According to the suggestions, made in two draft laws put up for consultation today, the TRAI has suggested that there should be only three […]
Senior Congress leader and water resources minister Salman Khushid has urged the state government in Uttar Pradesh to allow people to carry on a peaceful protest and not violate their “democratic right” to do so. Khurshid’s comment came in the wake of the UP Government imposing section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code of India […]
Gartner Inc, the World’s leading IT research firm, has revealed that cloud computing or Internet based software already accounts for 10% of the global enterprise market. The service, known also known as Software as a Service or SaaS, requires the user to log into his or her application through the Internet and is located at […]
Long term foreign investors seem to be regaining confidence in India, according to the latest FDI or foreign investment numbers. After falling by a drastic 32% during the first three months of 2011, foreign direct investment (which excludes stock market) has risen 77% in the first two months of the financial year. FDI is considered […]
Last year, consumers spent $2 trillion (out of a global GDP of $70 trillion) on communication and entertainment services and products, according to market research firm Gartner Inc. The biggest chunk, $1.2 trillion was spent on “paying the bills” — phone bills, broadband bills, cable bills etc.. while only $600 billion was spent on buying […]
Union human resources (education) and telecom minister Kapil Sibal has denied media reports that the Home ministry, in charge of India’s security, has objected the Indian Institute of Science’s agreement with a Chinese telecom company to develop testing standards. Sibal, who brought the Intelligence Bureau (IB) head to a press conference, denied that India’s security […]
The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) has started a meeting on the Telengana developments. The Committee is the “executive” committee within the Cabinet in charge of taking sensitive political decisions and is headed by the Prime Minister of India. Besides the PM Manmohan Singh, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, defence minister A K Antony, home […]
