Archive for January, 2008
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
The Indian mobile user base is growing at a very impressive rate.
Few basics,
All latest Handsets "manufactured for" India have atleast 2 local languages enabled
Number of wireless subscribers has reached 217.14 million (Oct 2007)
Number of wireless subscribers being added every month is around 8 million
Opportunities in the Tier II cities are ...
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
While we were growing up as kids, I never recall we wishing each other "Happy Republic Day" or "Happy Independence Day". It is very good to see the euphoria of these two holidays. Since morning there have been so many emails wishing everyone a "Happy Republic Day". I received this ...
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Recently British Prime Minister Gordon Brown [Video] suggested that Sachin Tendulkar might soon be honoured with knighthood, making him the first Indian player to receive the title. That very night all TV channels went gungho about calling India's favorite cricketer "Sir Sachin Tendulkar". One of the topics of discussion was ...
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Yesterday I was reading about Bill Clinton running for President in 2008. The banner on that page was..hmm..you decide - funny/ok/offending/tasteless.
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
I was notified by Kamla Bhatt about a program being aired on NDTV's "We The People", the topic was "Should Blogs Be Regulated?" [Video]. I made sure I saw the entire program but I must admit it was a total let down :-(
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
I was reading "Why Call Centers & Live Chat Are Killing Paid Search Conversions" today. I agree with the contents of that blog post, it applies to India for sure.
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
The Sydney Test match has been (un)eventful. Unfortunately for the Aussies in this TV age everyone could see how unfair they were and also the umpiring. To beat it all the third umpire was also blind. Was it necessary for the Umpires to be as desperate as Ricky "Integrity" Ponting ...
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Bangaloreans recently got yet another newspaper - Mint. I must say it is refreshing. The size of the newspaper is good and thankfully it has a white background. The newspaper is unbiased and you don't get the feeling of article s being 'sponsored' by the corporate world.
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