Suddenly it is raining Android-touch-screen-qwerty-candy-bar phones. Days after Motorola created ripples in the market by launching a very functional Android-touch-screen-qwerty-candy-bar Fire for Rs 9,000 ($200), LG’s followed suit with the LG Optimus Pro C660 on Letsbuy and Flipkart. The phone, priced at around Rs 10,000 by the online retailers, is very very similar to the […]
Indian enterprises spent a whopping $35 billion on “green IT and sustainability” initiatives last year, market research agency Gartner said. The number, comparable in size to the overall Indian domestic spending on IT itself, seems to indicate that green IT and sustainability have moved on from just being a fad or fashion. Gartner said the […]
Gartner, the World’s top IT market analysis firm, has revised downwards its predictions for the adoption of cloud-based email and collaboration services – considered one of the ‘low hanging fruits’ for the Cloud market. The firm said companies have not moved to the Cloud for email and collaboration services (such as messaging, document-creation, sharing etc.) […]
After Idea Cellular, it is the turn of the country’s biggest Internet Service Provider BSNL to slash 3G data rates in an effort to test demand. The state-owned company has unveiled three new 3G data plans that are cheaper than any other on offer right now, except for the unlimited @750 offer from its partner […]
Gurgaon-based Canaan Partners, known for its early stage investments into tech and related sectors, has pumped in $4.4 million (Rs 20 crore) into Loylty Rewardz, a “loyalty and relationship management company.” Established in 2006, Loyltly helps “conceptualize, develop and operate loyalty programs — such as discounts, rewards, contests etc.. “Loylty Rewardz helps brands achieve successful […]
Vodafone has become the first operator to crack the whip on telemarketers under India’s tough new anti-spamming laws. According to India’s telecom regulator, the TRAI, the Indian operation of the UK-based service provider became the first to deposit fine money collected to violators of the code that became effective this month. “Vodafone penalized the first […]
