Archive for the ‘internet’ Category

Will India see an Internet inflection point by 2014?

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Can his plans make Internet Entrepreneurs smile in India? YES, he can!"][/caption] For internet entrepreneurs in India a very important topic of interest is - when will India see the big growth of internet users in India? When will India truly witness the internet inflection point? Today ...

Online censorship: What is SOPA, PIPA? Should we in India be concerned?

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Two proposed bills in the US have ruffled the feathers of most internet users in the US - SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (PROTECT IP Act). There are innumerable articles on this controversial topic, I will list just few points from various articles. I have referred only to ...

What in a domainname works with a user? Keywords or Trust?

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Recently I read an article "Domain Name Matters: Searchers Pick Brand Over Quality, Study Finds" which talks about what kinds of domain name works well with a user (and possibly search engines).  Is it important to have keywords or should the brand be trustworthy to make a domainname work?

A demography of consumers in India

Sunday, December 11th, 2011

Ever wondered why retail companies abroad are very interested in entering India? As of now they cannot enter India as there are some clauses for Foreign Direct Investment in the Indian retail sector (which was recently put on "hold"). Today's Economic Times had carried an insight about Indian consumers, quoting ...

Should social networking be BLOCKED on the 6.8 million govt sponsored laptops?

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

In the recently held elections in the state of Tamil Nadu we internet companies had a lot to cheer about - major parties in the state promised to give laptops for free to students [Govt could face legal action]. So irrespective of which party would win our industry had to ...