Karnataka lately has been in the news for all wrong reasons (mining, corruption). We residents are tired of non-governance in the state. Every year parents across India eagerly look for the college rankings published by various magazines. Today I got to read the rankings published by "India Today". The rankings are disturbing. You don't get to … [Read more] about Karnataka Education: Is the quality sinking outside Bangalore?
Blackberry finally realizes the opportunity it missed, starts support for Hindi
Today I got an alert on my Blackberry for updating the Blackberry Messenger. The Release Notes of the latest version (5.0.3.22) of its messenger mentions the introduction of Hindi language support. I believe this is a very good and welcome step from Blackberry which has a good user base in India. It would be necessary for the handset to support … [Read more] about Blackberry finally realizes the opportunity it missed, starts support for Hindi
Politicians in India still don’t take internet seriously
I was reading "The IT Act of India needs to make provision for constituency websites" which talks about the lack of information of the 250,000 electoral constituencies India has (parliamentary/federal/centre, assembly/state and panchayat/local). There are hardly any note worthy websites of Indian politicians. Few have joined the Twitter and … [Read more] about Politicians in India still don’t take internet seriously
Column: Only Indian Language content can bring majority of Indians online
I was invited by Bangalore's leading newspaper Deccan Herald to write about the current status, successes, failures of Indian languages on the internet. Yesterday (June 29, 2011) it was published with the title "Growth pangs of Indian languages" [PDF scan of print] Languages are like colors, it brings beauty and life to the Indian internet … [Read more] about Column: Only Indian Language content can bring majority of Indians online
Would you shut your website and move it to Facebook?
Today when it comes to internet everyone talks only about Facebook which has a valuation of a mere $100 billion. I do see people communicating on Facebook email. If you are a content publisher on the internet, would you consider shutting your site and moving everything to Facebook? Well, a local site in Maryland, Rockville Central blog … [Read more] about Would you shut your website and move it to Facebook?