Internet in India
I regularly buy movie tickets online. Bangaloreans have many choices but primarily the ones that come to my mind are - Fame Cinemas, PVR Cinemas and INOX. It must be noted that these three movie theatre chains are big guys. Spending a few lacs of Rupees to improve their portal will not even cause a dent in their balance sheets. What few of them … [Read more] about Site Review: Online Movie Ticketing Sites
Bangalore recently got another bookshop, Odyssey, on 100 feet road Indiranagar. It was inaugurated on November 11, 2008 (shut in 2013). Nothing special about a bookshop being inaugurated (other than the fact that such a big one was being opened during the slowdown times). They came up with a neat way of advertising door to door about this … [Read more] about Rangoli: Low cost, alternate advertising in India
With the world economic slowdown every business seems to be hit in some form or the other. Media is no exception. Few interesting reports, US Online ad spending will climb by 8.9% in 2009 (reduced from the earlier projection of 14%), from $23.6 billion to $25.7 billion according to eMarketer. The growth is expected to be 10.9% in 2010 and 13.5% … [Read more] about Online Ad Spend Forecast 2009 – various projections
Obama in his weekly radio/web address on Dec 6, 2008 said he would make broadband accessible to every child in the US. As we renew our schools and highways, we’ll also renew our information superhighway. It is unacceptable that the United States ranks 15th in the world in broadband adoption. Here, in the country that invented the internet, every … [Read more] about Obama vows broadband expansion, when will the Indian govt follow suit?
Ajit Balakrishnan's comment "Let us not assume users want Indian languages" got me to think why people think Indian languages are not "wanted" on the internet. I wasn't at that conference, so I don't know what was exactly said. My thoughts and reactions are completely based on Medianama's post. It is wrong to assume Indian languages are not a … [Read more] about How to determine if Indian languages are wanted on the internet?