US wireless operator Sprint has just launched an application that may literally save a few lives. The application, currently launched for Sprint’s Android phones and soon to be extended to others, automatically locks the phone when it is moved at more than 10 miles per hour. Most modern phones have the ability to figure out […]
India’s biggest IT company, Tata Consultancy Services, has decided to join hands with the IT arm of Malaysia’s Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) group for its operations in the country. FELDA is a government agency that focuses on resettling farmers in newly development farm areas. It holds 49% in FELDA Holdings which in turn owns […]
The Chinese are pouring in massive amounts of money into the Tibetan region and creating huge infrastructure, some of which may be militarily used against India, noted David Brown, the US Consul General for Chengdu according to a cable released by Wikileaks. The official was describing the massive ‘overinvestment’ he saw in the Tibetan town […]
Suddenly it is raining Android-touch-screen-qwerty-candy-bar phones. Days after Motorola created ripples in the market by launching a very functional Android-touch-screen-qwerty-candy-bar Fire for Rs 9,000 ($200), LG’s followed suit with the LG Optimus Pro C660 on Letsbuy and Flipkart. The phone, priced at around Rs 10,000 by the online retailers, is very very similar to the […]
The government is aiming for a 5% increase in total food production this year to 245 million tonnes, the ministry of Agriculture said. Food grain production, mostly wheat and rice, had jumped 6.4% last year to 232 million tonnes from 218 million tonnes during the previous crop year. The increase in food grain production will […]
Indian enterprises spent a whopping $35 billion on “green IT and sustainability” initiatives last year, market research agency Gartner said. The number, comparable in size to the overall Indian domestic spending on IT itself, seems to indicate that green IT and sustainability have moved on from just being a fad or fashion. Gartner said the […]
Gartner, the World’s top IT market analysis firm, has revised downwards its predictions for the adoption of cloud-based email and collaboration services – considered one of the ‘low hanging fruits’ for the Cloud market. The firm said companies have not moved to the Cloud for email and collaboration services (such as messaging, document-creation, sharing etc.) […]
With growing complaints about Americans rejecting visa applications by Indian techies for visiting their customers there, Indian trade minister Anand Sharma’s office has issued a statement that he pressed the Americans for a more predictable visa process. At present, many Indian companies are forced to make several applications to make up for the higher than […]
However much American leaders may praise India as the World’s “largest” democracy, a 2006 diplomatic cable leaked by Wikileaks reveals that they were under no illusions about the state of governance in India. The then US ambassador to India felt that the emergence of a separate ‘corruption economy’ and ‘corruption elite’ and that the Congress […]
After Idea Cellular, it is the turn of the country’s biggest Internet Service Provider BSNL to slash 3G data rates in an effort to test demand. The state-owned company has unveiled three new 3G data plans that are cheaper than any other on offer right now, except for the unlimited @750 offer from its partner […]
