Nokia Life Tools -Education, Agri & Entertainment

After a successful pilot in Maharashtra, Nokia has launched Life Tools across India. Nokia life tools is targeted to the non urban population of India (as well as Africa). The internet penetration in rural India is dismal. On the other had the mobile phone penetration is steadily growing in urban as well as non-urban.

53,000 Employees of Satyam and Job Market in India

January 7, 2009 will definitely be remembered as one the worst day for corporate India. Talks are going on how to bring Satyam back on track. Satyam has to react to the situation immediately to retain its client base as well as employees. There is no doubt that Satyam will lose some of the clients as well as some employees.

Who is Leveraging Additional Traffic during XAT or CAT Exams?

Who gains the most during competitive exam (like CAT or XAT) season? Well the obvious answer is the test prep coaching centers like Time or Career Launcher. But with the CAT exam likely to follow the GMAT way, Online only Test Prep centers that have mushroomed recently, also leverage the eyeballs during the peak exam season.

Happy New Year 2009; Oodami Restarted

Its being a long time since I have written something for Oodami. My friends who know about this blog ask me whats up with Oodami. I always replied saying that I will be reviving it. I was really busy with my day job and I wasn’t able to continue writing at night. Apart from that I was working on a stealth blog which is going in a good way.

You can Teach India says Times of India

Here is yet another initiative which uses internet to create awareness for a social cause. Teach India is a nation wide initiative from Times of India network. Teach India is not asking for donation. Its asking to spend some time to teach underprivileged children. Over 60 NGOs, schools and corporates are supporting the initiative.

Reasons Behind the Popularity of Cash Cards in India

Cash cards are getting popular in India. The data from IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) gives good insight on the trends of e-commerce in India. This post looks into the reasons why cash cards are getting popular compared to debit and credit cards. Should the banks and transactions processing companies like VISA be worried about this trend in India?

Google’s New Robot Writes Blogs; Bloggers Cry Foul

How does the news content gets generated in the web? Journalists and Bloggers have their own source (both online and offline) for latest news. They do their own investigation or research based on the tips they get. They put their expertise on top of the research and churn out a compelling post. The new age journalist (blogger) can always research (blogs, twitter, comments etc) on what others have already said about the topic and bring unique perspective. Posts that invoke reader’s interest will have interesting discussion which is worth as the post itself.

SnapFish knows that I have Family in India

Last week I got a email from SnapFish saying that it I can send pictures to India for Rs.2.95. Well I do have an account with SnapFish.com. But I have not registered in their Indian version yet. And SnapFish needs just a email address to complete registration. In the email it is said that account details are universal. This means an account with SnapFish.com will work SnapFish.in. But how did they get to know that I am having family in India to send photo?