India has 137 million and US 244 million internet users. The internet penetration of the two countries are far apart - India 11%, US 78%. The size of internet economy of India and US would be poles apart. The latest report from Mary Meeker, the Internet analyst suggests, There are about 2.4 billion Internet users worldwide, a gain of 8 percent … [Read more] about Broadband connections March 2013: India 15m, US 83m
India’s first private ISP Sify to stop home internet service
A few days ago I received a call late-night to share my thoughts about Sify stopping their internet service for homes (retail). Frankly, I wasn't aware they were still providing that service.Today that article was published in ET "Sify to stop supporting lower-speed customers, shift focus to enterprises services". Few highlights from the … [Read more] about India’s first private ISP Sify to stop home internet service
Articles you must read about Yahoo’s acquisition of Tumblr
Yesterday Yahoo announced the acquisition of New York-based blogging platform Tumblr, a microblogging platform and social networking website. These days deals don't come cheap - Yahoo is acquiring Tumblr for $1.1 billion, all-cash deal. Sweet! The Founder & CEO David Karp is just 26 years old. Other famous billion dollar acquisitions - … [Read more] about Articles you must read about Yahoo’s acquisition of Tumblr
2012-13: 50% rise in Facebook users in India
Yesterday's report from Facebook suggests that there has been an impressive increase in user base of Facebook users in India - 50% over a year. Some highlights, Facebook has 1.11 billion Monthly Active Users (MAU) across the world. A whopping 751 million users access Facebook via their mobile device. MAU's in India increased by 50% to 78 … [Read more] about 2012-13: 50% rise in Facebook users in India
Internet world thinks India is still ruled by the British
Internet penetration in India is not as high as the western world and countries like South Korea. Agreed. But is it that low that the outside world is not aware of a .co.in TLD [what is]? Last week when I registered on two sites I was given a mild warning - did I mean to enter .co.uk and not .co.in TLD. I don't know the exact reason for … [Read more] about Internet world thinks India is still ruled by the British