Internet in India
Today I was at a hotel in Bangalore waiting for a meeting scheduled to start at 10:30 am. I reached the hotel a little early and decided to check out the bookstore in that hotel. For a Saturday 10:15 am can be considered early hours! I was strolling around the bookstore and I could not take my eyes off what the store manager was browsing - a Hindi … [Read more] about The growing influence of Facebook in India, it is for real
The recent North East exodus in India has been very painful for most (if not all) residents of India. In my city of Bangalore we have many who have migrated from North Eastern India, which is the most ignored part of India. China for sure is waiting for the opportunity to grab all of North East India [read China's audacity]. During the first few … [Read more] about Adgully: Bulk SMS banned; Govt could have used discretion
Today's Economic Times carried an article about the big hits in Bollywood, the ones that cross a minimum of Rs 100 crore ($188 m). These days, crossing Rs 100 crore collection within 2 weeks has become a habit for a few Bollywood stars. This article had one interesting piece: who gets how much from the movie ticket you buy. These days, many … [Read more] about Who gets how much when you buy a movie ticket in India?
During the 3rd week of every month, we get a report card of our traffic performance from ComScore. We know our traffic numbers from Google Analytics but third-party reports are used by advertisers to judge the performance of various sites. Recently ComScore held a webinar "The Rise of India’s Digital Consumer and What it Means for the Future". The … [Read more] about Oneindia.in gets 9.6% of visitors for News in India
According to a report from Nokia Siemens Network mobile internet traffic has grown by 50% in the first half of 2012. Other important points from the report are, 54% increase in mobile data traffic in India between December 2011 and June 2012. Data traffic generated by 3G services has increased by 78% while that of 2G services has increased by … [Read more] about India has enormous appetite for consuming mobile data services on the go