India to set up public private partnership group to tackle cyber attacks, initiates 4 pilot projects Cyber security has become a prime concern of the government in the last few months. More than 130 government websites were hacked in the first three months this year. The websites of India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), ruling Congress party and those of prominent business men have also been taken down by hackers in the recent past. Read more |
Web Storage HTML5 API: Cookies are so 1994 [Tech Treats] If there is one area where native apps definitely outrule web applications, it is persistent local storage. For native applications, the OS provisions for application-specific data like preferences or running state. This info may be stored in the registry, .ini files, or any other format or place per the operating system convention. If the native client needs massive data beyond ... Read more |
Online Music Industry in India: A look at Past, Present and Future In India, the idea of online music started gaining a foothold around 2006-07, when music companies such as Saregama HMV, T Series and Sony BMG started digitizing their tracks, the online music market also started growing. Read more |
Newsreel [Oct 15th]: Felix Baumgartner’s jump from the edge of space sets a new record on YouTube Felix Baumgartner’s 128K feet jump from the edge of space broke a record for the “live stream with the most concurrent views ever on YouTube”. The Raspberry Pi got even better now. Apple’s iPad Mini is doing rounds on a onsumer electronics retail inventory system. YouTube has announced that it’s adjusting the ranking of videos in YouTube search. Amazon is in “advanced negotiations” to buy Texas Instruments’ mobile chip business. Read more |
Karbonn launches new devices in time for Diwali, $70 smartphone tomorrow? Indian device manufacturer Karbonn is quickly churning out new devices in time for Diwali, the festival when sales of electronic and consumer goods skyrocket in India. The company is also planning to launch something big tomorrow. It's been secretive about the launch, but our guess is that its a $ 70 smart phone. Read more |
Startups, UnPluggd Nomination Form is Live The next edition of UnPluggd is scheduled for December 1st in Bangalore and the nomination form is live now! Read more |
Startup MocDoc brings Chennai based doctors online For doctors, MocDoc offers a platform to manage appointments using which the doctors can integrate the public appointments ( made using MocDoc) and private ( made offline by the doctor) into a single solution. Read more |
Consumer market in India & China to triple to reach $ 10 trillion in 2020: BCG If you have not already bought into the Indian consumer story, here's some persuasive stuff. The Boston Consulting Group is calling India and China a $ 10 trillion prize. The consumer market in India and China will triple over the current decade and amount to $ 10 trillion annually by the year 2020, says BCG. [caption id="attachment_103873" align="aligncenter" width="650" ... Read more |
E &Y survey: Indian's on 3G postpaid networks spend $43 a month A majority of Internet enabled phone users in India prefer unlimited Internet data plans to usage based plans. 54% of Indian respondents prefer unlimited mobile data for a fixed price per month. For mobile apps 33% prefer free trial of limited content and option of payment for complete version. Read more |
Karnataka installs biometric weighing cum POS machine at ration shops The Karnataka government has undertaken a massive project to repair the public distribution system in the state. The Hindu reports that the southern State has plans to install networked, biometric, touch screen based weighing machines in more than 21,000 ration shops in the state at a cost of nearly Rs 100 cr over the next six months. But will it be enough? Read more |
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