WishTel has launched the second version of its tablet, called IRA THING 2. The main upgrades are in the operating system — which is now Android Ice Cream Sandwich, processor (1.5 GHz) and RAM (512 MB). IRA THING 2 also plays full HD (1080p) videos through its HDMI port. Display remains at 7 inches. Resolution […]
Budget in numbers: ITEM 2012 2011 Gross Tax receipts 9,32,440 crore 7,46,651 crore Non-tax revenue 1,25,435 crore 1,48,118 crore Total expenditure 12,57,729 crore 11,08,749 crore Plan expenditure 4,41,547 crore 3,73,092 crore Fiscal Deficit 4.6% (proj) 5.1% (actual) Real Revenue Deficit 1.8% (proj) 2.3% (actual) Total Gov borrowing 3.43 lakh crore 3,45,010 crore Government debt/GDP 44.2%
Lenovo, India’s No. 1 PC Vendor has launched the IdeaPad U310 and IdeaPad U410 ultrabooks across the country. Lenovo’s new U Series Ultrabooks are the first to ship with Intel’s new 22-nm Ivy Bridge processors in the Indian market. With 17-watt processors, both U310 and U410 have an extended battery life of up to 9hrs. […]
Indian fans of AMD finally have something to cheer about – the latest AMD Trinity laptops are here in India. However, only one model, from HP, seems to have been launched yet. AMD Trinity is the most advanced version of AMD’s ‘Fusion’ series of chips that combine both the CPU and a graphics core or […]
Google has launched a unique $1000-guarantee scheme for online shoppers n the United States, called ‘Google Trusted Stores’. Under the project, consumers can opt in to get up to $1,000 “lifetime purchase protection” per shopper. Google has a dedicated customer service team to resolve online shopping disputes between customers and stores that have the ‘Google […]
Crisil Research, a unit of credit rating agency CRISIL, has warned that developers are making risky bids in their effort to win solar power contracts in India. The agency pointed out that solar power developers are promising to deliver solar power for as little as Rs 8 per unit. In its opinion, solar tariffs need […]
Wikipedia, which normally seeks user donations at the end of the year, has started soliciting donations mid-year in 2012 under a ‘special fundraiser’ campaign. The website, founded by Jimmy Wales more than ten years ago, ranks number five in terms of traffic on the Internet. Despite its potential to earn millions, possibly billions of dollars […]
Two students from Bangalore and one from Lucknow are among the 15 finalists in the 2012 Google Science Fair. Including two from the United States, five out of the 15 finalists are of Indian/South Asian-origin. The finalists will be taken to Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, to present their projects to our international panel […]
The following are the highlights of the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today: Salaried taxpayers, whose tax is deducted at source by employer, will soon not be required to file a return of income (IT return) Direct Taxes Code (DTC) to be effective from April 1, 2012. Bill to be introduced in […]
ASSOCHAM has called for a big dose of political courage to halt the negativity being spread by vested global agencies and reverse the on-going decline in investor confidence. At a meeting with the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today the ASSOCHAM President Mr. Rajkumar Dhoot submitted a memorandum suggesting measures to tackle issues like high […]
Subash Chandra-owned Zee Groups’ DTH platform Dish TV has bowled a googly in the ongoing scamper for snapping up subscribers during the cable digitization wave. While the whole battle was seen as DTH operators fighting with cable operators to lure away the latter’s customers at the time of digitization, Dish TV has unveiled a new […]
Tata DoCoMo, whose 3G data rates are perhaps the highest in India, has just unveiled what has to be the cheapest 3G plan in India — 1 GB of 3G data for Rs 4. UPDATE – Most of the cheap plans introduced under its ‘3G SmartLife’ plans have been discontinued by Tata DoCoMo. As […]
Tata DOCOMO has cut the prices of its CDMA-EVDO high speed internet service to bring them in line with the reduced tariffs offered by major competitors like Airtel and Idea. It has introduced two new plans, mirroring those of its main competitors. Like Idea, users of Tata Phone Plus (+) can now get 6 GB […]
The World Bank has tied up with India’s largest industry association, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in a program to double India’s tiger numbers by 2022. Under the joint program, the World Bank group and the CII will set up an India Wildlife Business Council (IWBC). The size of the fund was not disclosed. […]
If you have always wanted to know how Google works and how you can use the world’s biggest search engine to your advantage, your chance is here. Google Inc is bringing its marketing conference, ‘Google g|days’ for the first time to India. The free conferences are aimed at both businesses and developers, with the first […]
In an attempt to plug the hole in the LPG subsidy system, the government has forced the three oil companies — Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum — to put up the exact details of cylinder allocation on their websites, for everyone to see. The three companies had initially built separate portals that enabled […]
A week after Lenovo launched India’s first Ultrabooks based on Intel’s latest generation Ivy Bridge processors, HP has followed suit by launching one of India’s cheapest thin and light notebooks. HP has launched Ultrabooks and Sleekbooks based on Intel, and possibly AMD, chips. The Sleekbooks are priced at a starting price of just around Rs […]
The budget for 2011-12 has confirmed suspicions that the government will soon have another round of spectrum auctions. The government had, earlier in the month, given out a detailed list of states where there is excess telecom and broadband spectrum in an indication that it was gearing up for another auction. It had conducted a […]
Vodafone India has roughly halved its 3G tariffs, making them cheaper than those offered by competitors such as Reliance Communications, Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular in many cases. In most cases, however, they are now the same as the rates offered by Airtel and Idea. Under the new plans, Vodafone is offering 2 GB for […]
Crisil Research has blamed high food prices and lower rupee value for consistent high inflation. It noted that even though growth seems to have moderated, inflation, which should also have come down, has not. “This reflects the higher-than-anticipated increase in food inflation, and the impact of the weak currency on imported component of inflation. Although […]
