PC growth in India
Monday, October 27th, 2008The cost of the PC is one of the reasons for the low penetration of internet. Note, you don't hear about the cost of software being a hurdle for obvious reasons.
Archive for the ‘internet’ Category
The cost of the PC is one of the reasons for the low penetration of internet. Note, you don't hear about the cost of software being a hurdle for obvious reasons.
For Media, Small-Town India is Rocking
Thursday, September 4th, 2008A very interesting article written by Vanita Kohli-Khandekar about the potential of small towns in India. The article talks about the growth in advertising spend in small-town India. The advertising spend has increased for the simple reason - small-town is consuming media (print, internet, DTH). Some highlights of the article,
Google Chrome released on Ganesh Chaturthi
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008On September 2, 2008 [Tuesday] every techie blog carried the news about the release of Google's new browser Chrome. In India usually people don't release/start anything on a Tuesday as it is considered inauspicious.
The Growing Importance of Tier-II cities in India
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008I had read the report from Ernst & Young "The Dhoni Effect: Rise of Small Town India" a while ago. I came across a very nice article on Wharton, An Increasingly Affluent Middle India Is Harder to Ignore, which talks more about what you could infer from that article.
Browser wars - is it party time?
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Mozilla will be releasing the new version of its browser - Firefox 3.0 sometime in June 2008. Mozilla is not leaving any stone unturned to make the launch of Firefox 3.0 a success.
Latest India Online survey shows languages are the way to go
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008The latest results from JuxtConsult India Online 2008 are interesting [PR: English, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu],
Indian ISPs analyzed
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008Some excerpts from a long and not very user-friendly (when it comes to navigation) article from Network World. The article doesn't rate the ISPs in India as the title suggests but has analyzed their strong and weak points:
Is the lack of Indian language on net hindering the growth of Internet in India?
Sunday, March 16th, 2008Last Friday (March 14, 2008) exchange4Media held a conclave in Bangalore. The theme was "Digital 2.0".
Will the Mobile replace the PC in India?
Monday, November 12th, 2007India is in the midst of a mobile revolution. Every month India signs up 8.5 million new mobile users. No wonder all foreign telcos are drooling.
