Internet in India
As per McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), India's consumer markets will witness exponential growth during the period 2005-2025. India is expected to be the 5th largest consumer market globally by 2025. Advertising Spend in 2014 Advertising spends in 2014 grew by 10% (print, TV, online). The ad spend in 2014 (Jan-Dec) was … [Read more] about Online advertising in India to touch $1.6 billion in 2019
Google India has taken the initiative of working with various stake holders of the internet eco system in India to grow Indian Languages on the internet. Through this effort, India is expected to from the internet user base from the current 250 million to 500 million by 2017, a majority of whom will be from mobile internet users. Indian Language … [Read more] about Indian Language Internet Alliance to build Indic internet
Mobile app-driven service providers (Ola, Uber), which aggregate taxis instead of owning them (Meru, Mega Cabs) are forcing radio taxis to tweak their business model. According to an article in Economic Times (Oct 26 - Nov 1, 2014), Taxis with aggregation startups (Ola, Uber): 30,000 Number of Radio cabs: 35,000 Total number of … [Read more] about 2014: India’s taxi rental market is worth $7 billion
iOS 8 upgrade hasn't been very smooth. Many have complained about it being slow and sucking the battery life. I upgraded iOS on iPad Mini & Apple TV. I was unable to make the Airplay Mirroring feature work with Apple TV. Too many on the net have been complaining about Airplay mirroring not working. I was pointed to this thread on Apple … [Read more] about Making Airplay mirroring work with iOS 8
I had been to watch "Finding Fanny" in Garuda Mall in Bangalore with friends & family. The movie was different, it had its moments but very slow. Many stores in Garuda Mall were getting renovated that late night. I saw the sign board from Allen Solly and spotted a typo. I double checked with my folks if the spelling was … [Read more] about Allen Solly prepones Christmas to Dasara