Jerry stole a piece of cheese from down under the nose of Tom! There is a monster behind Scooby Doo and Shaggy, and the Powerpuff girls are trying to save the world. Johnny Bravo is yet again trying his luck on some chicks with his James Dean looks and Elvis Presley’s voice. Yep, now Indians can catch all their cartoon superstars on their mobile phones. read more...
The big brands have had offices in India for many years and a cycle is emerging of services companies striking out on their own from home offices, not unlike the shanzhai in Shenzen. read more...
India has over 400 companies which have the word ‘Reliance’ as part of their company name. It’s the name of India’s largest private sector enterprise. According to a recent report, India loses Rs 1,208 million per annum (approx USD 26 million) due to piracy and the country has 60 Nike, 65 Rolex and 217 Intel fake brands. India has a huge market for counterfeit and pirated products and the Googlle institute is yet another company which tried to get noticed by using a brand’s name. Read more...
Shenzhen based telephone equipment manufacture, Huawei Technologies is planning to invest USD 500 million over the next five years in manufacturing and research and development in India. This development comes right after shanzhaimobile manufacturers' planned to invest USD 1.47 million in building manufacturing units in India. Read more...
Here is a positive development, which will benefit the shanzhai manufacturers as well as shanzhai mobile users in India. Shenzhen Mobile Communication Association (SZMCA) and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), according to which, shanzhai mobile manufacturers will jointly invest USD 1.47 million to build shanzhai mobile manufacturing units in India. Read more....
Barrack Obama once said "Say no to Bangalore and yes to Buffalo" and he introduced a lot of anti-Bangalore policies to discourage outsourcing. But India is no longer a country of snake charmers, and neither is it a low level service provider, nor just a call center’s hub. Bangalore has graduated to become the largest resource of well trained and educated techies in the world. Once known as a pensioner’s paradise, it is now the sub continent’s answer to Silicon Valley, thanks to the abundance of multinationals all over the city. Read more...
It seems that the green computing revolution is gaining momentum all over the world and with major IT giants taking the initiative. IT leader IBM, in association with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Delhi and Roorkee, have come forward to jointly promote research on green technology, energy efficient computing and data mining.- read more.
If you think that all the telecom companies are just revenue oriented, here is a story that may change your mind. India based GSM telecom operator Aircel has recently merged with Delhi based NGO Helpage India, to give mobile handsets to senior citizens throughout the country. Sounds impressive! Read more...
It was a big surprise to see ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour O7’ listed among the top 10 mobile games on an Indian gaming website. Considering the fact that golf is considered a rich man’s game, confined to metro cities, perhaps the ace golfer’s infamous transgressions drove people to try the game?! Read more...
Although political relations between India and China are not exactly pleasant, technical relations between the two countries seem to be growing healthier. India’s leading CDMA telecom operator, Tata Tele Services (TTSL), has announced that the company will lay fibre optic cable between India and China in partnership with China Telecom. Read more...
Chinese manufacturers boast hundreds of Android based devices, from smartphones to MIDs. Sadly, India still lacks its own Android based device. Unlike China, India is dominated by foreign firms in its PC hardware segment. The scenario is expected to change soon as the Hyderabad based company Notion Ink is set to unveil India’s first Android based touchscreeen tablet in 2010. Read more...
