There were two features that helped navigation device makers withstand the competition from cellular map software makers like Google — turn-by-turn voice directions and the device’s ability to work even where there is no cellphone signal. While the second factor — offline function — was addressed by Google for its Android map application few weeks […]
Is it better to invest through a mutual fund or simply invest directly in popular stocks such as Infosys and Reliance? According to the latest S&P Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) scorecard, the ‘professional’ fund managers may not be any better at guessing which stocks will go up and which will go down compared to […]
One of the aspects of the open-source software model is that disagreements over a course of action can lead to a split in the community of volunteers who develop a particular product, ultimately leading to the birth of a new project, called a ‘fork’. Many, especially outside the open-source field, see this as a disadvantage […]
In a coup of sorts to Chennai-based cloud-solutions provider Ramco Systems, Dell has agreed to offer Ramco’s ERP cloud solution to its mid-market clients. ERP or enterprise resource planning helps big organizations and companies manage their resources and assets by tabulating and generally keeping track of assets, people and inventories. It helps companies figure out […]
The biggest industry association in India, the Confederation of Indian Industry, has called for urgent announcements to boost ‘sentiment’ in the Indian economy and reverse the downward slide in the indices. The CII’s statement came after the latest numbers showed that industrial production growth rate slowed to just 0.1% cent in July due to poor […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority has extended the deadline to have separate phone numbers for tele-marketers by three weeks. It extended the deadline to March 21 due to delays by the Department of Telecom in alloting a new number series to landline companies. “The number series for fixed network are still not allocated by DoT. The […]
It is the final frontier in India’s ongoing e-commerce revolution – delivering the daily bread. E-commerce in India, as elsewhere, started with easily ‘digitizable’ goods such as plane tickets, about six years ago. Over the last two years, it has expanded to involve nearly every category of branded goods such as watches, electronics, books, clothes […]
‘Paintball’ was the most searched recreational word searched on Google Maps this summer in the U.S., while Death Valley National Park, located in California & Nevada, was the most popular holiday destination. The numbers also indicate that Americans and Canadians seem to prefer to go to national parks and other ‘nature’ spots during the summer, […]
The iBall Andi 5c is a curious mixture of affordability and high-end technology, and comes in as the latest addition to the category of cheap 5-inch Android models launched by Indian brands in the last two months. It competes with the Spice Stellar Horizon, the Micromax A100 and the Mercury magiQ. The Spice Stellar Horizon […]
Industry has expressed its disappointment at the Reserve Bank of India’s decision to keep key interest rates unchanged, calling the move “deeply disappointing.” The Assocham, which represents several big basic industries and manufacturers, said RBI should have made more money available for companies so that they could produce more, and bring down prices. “The only […]
World’s biggest social network Facebook has started telling users in India that they have to switch to Timeline, a new kind of profile page, by August 13. There had been various reports, dating back to February 2012, of an impending forced switchover to Timeline, but users had so far been given the option of retaining […]
Nearly 55 per cent of young workforce engaged in India’s IT and ITES sector are stricken with lifestyle disorders due to unhealthy eating habits, hectic work schedules, tight deadlines, irregular and associated stress, according to a survey by industry association ASSOCHAM. The survey was carried out at Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Noida and Pune between […]
Worldwide spending for IT outsourcing (ITO) services is on pace to reach $251.7 billion in 2012, a 2.1 percent increase from 2011 spending of $246.6 billion, according to the latest outlook by Gartner, Inc. India’s share of the total global outsourcing market (including BPO services) is estimated at about $88 billion, according to Nasscom. The […]
The following is the full text of Arvind Kejriwal’s letter to the followers of India Against Corruption and Anna Hazare in which he tries to answer those who have opposed Anna’s move to enter the political arena. Dear friends, There are mixed reactions at the end of Anshan. The general populace has welcomed our initiative […]
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom firm, has cross the 20 crore (200 million) subscriber mark in a single country (India), one of a handful of companies in the world to do so. It has also become the fourth largest telecom firm in the World in terms of the number of subscribers. The 200 million customer […]
U.S. retail e-commerce sales rose for the eleventh consecutive quarter in April-June, online market tracker comScore, Inc. said, but added that it was cautious about the second half of the year. Online retail spending jumped 15 percent in the second quarter of 2012 to $43.2 billion, comScore said, registering the seventh consecutive quarter of double-digit […]
Its death sparked widespread outrage and cries for an alternative ‘life support’ system to keep it alive. Now, a year after it was supposed to be ‘moved on’ from, Gnome 2 is back on the latest edition of a (more or less) mainstream Linux distribution, Rosa. In a rather surprising move, the Russian company behind […]
The National Alliance of People’s Movements, the biggest umbrella organization of NGOs in India, has seized the opportunity of the government fixing new 2G spectrum rates to hit back at the detractors of India’s Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). In a statement released on Sunday, the NAPM, which includes activists like Medha Patkar and Saraswati […]
After two months of respite, India’s import bill has again started going up, partly due to high crude prices and the restarting of refineries under repair. Exports, however, continued their 30% year on year growth in January, though they slipped by around $2 billion compared to December. Oil imports bounced back from $6.9 billion in […]
Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached 419 million units in the second quarter of 2012, a 2.3 percent decline from the second quarter of 2011, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales accounted for 36.7 percent of total mobile phone sales and grew 42.7 percent in the second quarter of 2012. “Demand slowed […]
