This article on ET points out that while Mobile is actually growing in India, PC & Broadband penetration isn’t catching up to the trend. I am discussing any Data here but the reasons why this may be happening. The Choice of Mobile Vs PC This is the choice dilemma that customer face when they think [...]
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The Great Indian Blogs List
Last updated sep 5, 08: This list is powered by you and feel free to suggest me the blogs that you read. The qualifier is that they need to be from India or related to India and should be active in last 30 days with safe, clean and sparkling content. This list is however completely [...]
Jai Hind – Indian Independence Day
Salute to India More on Indian Independence Day Special on MSN India Share and Enjoy:
How personal is your personal information.
This MSN India article points to a research by Seclore Technology that 80 per cent of consumers’ personal information lies in unprotected files A year ago, Nimesh Shah, owner of a social media group, bought a car and got free insurance cover. Last month, another insurance company called him for a renewal. "They know my [...]
How not to make regressive ads.
Pond’s Ad is a classic example of taking Saas Bahu regression into advertising. They have Saif, Neha Dhupia and Priyanka and all that they have to say is how skin colour can bring back the love. I am just wondering if Ekta Kapoor has started some ad agency. Fashion Bazaar – Talk about pricing and [...]
Imran Khan Rocks MSN India Home Page
Catch Imran Khan knocking your desktop screen on MSN India home page. Share and Enjoy:
Internet Growth in India
Net savvy: India surges by 27%, 28mn surf net India way above Taiwan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore. Indian net user base increased by 27 pc this year nearing over 28 million users. Asia overall had a growth of 14% closing around 319 million users. In Asia Pacific the top 5 countries are China, [...]
Should India switch to presidential system?
Should India switch to presidential system? : A very relevant message board topic on MSN India: Yes, Why we should have a presidential system in India Elections in India are pretty expensive and people make use of money and muscle both to win the elections. No one can change the coalition game now, no party [...]
India Internet Usage Trend : JuxtConsult
Cerius Shah writes about JuxtConsult’s report on India Internet Usage Trends.I was trying to know what it would mean from a product manager’s point of view. My observations are not limited to this report but how one should interpret such report and how to make sense for you own products. These reports are highly useful [...]
Diversity In Unity Of India
Animal Welfare Board of India discovered puppy in Vodaphone Ad, may be someone at AWBI started doing Ramdev Baba’s kapalbhati and had a instant niravana and the indriyas started working after 10 years of latency. These puppy is the most telecom friendly puppy I have seen, see the extreme loyalty he carries – must be [...]
Kenya Sings Indian National Anthem
Imagine! Kenya sings for India Share and Enjoy:
Barcamp Bangalore – Free Camps Without Free Beer
Barcamp Bangalore 6 is happening on 19th and 20th April at IIMB. Visit the website and checkout how you can contribute – by attending, by volunteering or simply by blogging about it. Such camps are collective and democratic effort. Come here, share your experiences, learn from others or just mix and connect with some like [...]
Indian Blogosphere – Open request for suggestions, tips and recommendation
Dear Indian Blogosphere friends, since I was handling my own products most of the time, my learning and observations were limited to the scope of work that I was doing and my deadlines . Would really like to understand from you if you have spotted some wonderful stuff in the Indian Internet Market for the [...]
What does Indian Youth Do Online
Times : From MTV Insight Studio’s book, The State of Cool: Only 1 pc of young visitors of UGC sites actually upload any fresh or orginal. 90 pc are passive participators and 10 pc participate (in any form ) and leave comments There have been previous study in the past which had the same observations [...]
Web 2.0 & The Change Agents
Beware of the Grandma . It’s really touching to know how a Malaysian granny is using web 2.0 in politics to spread the awareness and the message. Cyndy Aleo-Carreira on Profy has the details. Examples like these actually makes you happy how people have taken the internet to the grass-roots levels and how they are [...]
Mobile VAS Growth Expectation in India
Some interesting facts on ET about mobile VAS in India : – By 2010 India will have 500 million mobile users and 7% share will be of mobile VAS. – Currently 60% of all VAS revenues comes from music downloads and caller-back ringtones – 70% of handsets sold in India are GPRS enabled – VAS [...]
E-panchayat
Delhi-based Digital Empowerment Foundation is running a pilot project in rural India called Digital Panchayats. Through this pilot the villagers will be taught the usage of internet and express their needs and problem through their self made websites. DEF founder Osama Manzar on this project: “We are trying to introduce and execute the concept of [...]
OLPC in India
Just saw a OLPC coverage on TV recently and it seems that first pilot is already few months old and running in Khairat village near Mumbai.. OLPC means one laptop per child and meant to be distributed in developing countries around the world to provide access to computers, gain & spread knowledge, explore and experient. [...]
Tata Nano’s online marketing
Abhishek throws some light on Tata Nano’s online marketing: Tata has launched a website named www.tatanano.com to direct to an intrinsically social media driven website for the Tata Nano hosted on Tata Motors subdomain. The website features a blog and a forum which already has 12000 members and a dream car configurator which allows you [...]
Planning to buy your first car ?
If you are newbie like me and planning to buy your first car, then you should have a look at this Indian Automobile special on MSN India. It’s a quick reference site for knowing the details on new car models and various other things like maintenance, expected launches, etc. I was wondering which should be [...]
My name is Santosh Maharshi, an ex-bollywood child artiste & now an Internet & Media professional from last 12 years. I have worked with