Archive for the ‘mobile’ Category

Its time to pay more attention to women in India, I mean for the mobile apps

Friday, May 11th, 2012

Analytics these days has become very crucial for every industry. And when it comes to men vs women everybody notices it with great interest. Nielsen's recent report "Smartphones in India: Web Browsing is for Men, Texts are For Women" has highlighted the smartphone usage of men and women in India. ...

Mobile advertising spend in India: $35.4 million for 2011

Friday, April 13th, 2012

Mobile ventures are the hottest topic in India today, it might get hotter after the acquisition of Instagram by Facebook for $1b. While the mobile internet usage (WAP & App) has been growing well in India the monetization has been a challenge on the mobile.

4G auction by end of 2012, language users shouldn’t be at a disadvantage: Minister Sachin Pilot

Monday, March 26th, 2012

I recently attended the conference on "Mobile Web Initiative in India - Indic in Digital Universe" conducted by IAMAI and W3C India. I rarely come across events which have a focus on Indian languages on the internet, I was excited to see such a niche topic - Indian languages on ...

Mobile web use will overtake desktop by 2015, India has 15% of world’s mobile users

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

The recent global mobile trends show the bullish growth of mobile across the world. Mobile usage has been growing rampantly in every country. But what is the usage trend across the world of mobile users? [caption id="attachment_2606" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Mobile usage across the world"][/caption]

Will Tablet sales in India push the sales of Murse, men purse?

Saturday, February 18th, 2012

I will get to the actual topic of Murse (read: man-purse) a bit later. Let us go over the background of mobile, tablet usage in India. The reducing cost of smartphones, tablets has been helping the internet trickle down to the masses, but we all wait to see the hockey stick ...