I was glad to read the article "Is there life after Vernacular Journalism" in Mint today. The article clearly shows the depth of knowledge Mrinal Pande has about media + Indian languages. Some excerpts, Interestingly, the corporate world, having realized the market potential of the vernacular media as a vehicle for reaching the consumers in … [Read more] about Importance of language in Indian media
Browser wars – is it party time?
Mozilla will be releasing the new version of its browser - Firefox 3.0 sometime in June 2008. Mozilla is not leaving any stone unturned to make the launch of Firefox 3.0 a success. So where does the browser war stand now? As of May 2008, the market share is as follows, It is interesting to learn that 50% of ReadWriteWeb's readers use … [Read more] about Browser wars – is it party time?
Latest India Online survey shows languages are the way to go
The latest results from JuxtConsult India Online 2008 are interesting [PR: English, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu], 'All internet users' (occasional+regular users) at 49 million – 40 million urban, 9 million rural. A very encouraging number from the rural sector. 33% growth in all urban users over 2007. 35 million ‘regular’ users – … [Read more] about Latest India Online survey shows languages are the way to go
Indian ISPs analyzed
Some excerpts from a long and not very user-friendly (regarding navigation) article from Network World. The article doesn't rate the ISPs in India as the title suggests but has analyzed their strong and weak points: Overall Cable Internet DSL Business Users Wireless Internet … [Read more] about Indian ISPs analyzed
Online stock trading in India: Few numbers
Few interesting numbers from an article in Mint today: Online trade volumes in India is about 20% of total trades. Sharekhan derives 60% of its brokerage revenue from online trading. In 2003, online trading accounted for just about 10% of total volume in Indian stock markets. In 2003 there were only 10-15 brokers empanelled for Internet … [Read more] about Online stock trading in India: Few numbers