tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-212068872012-01-05T18:53:19.493+05:30Keeping track of the Information Technology revolution that has India in its grips, its profound visible and invisible effects on the Indian society, culture, ethos, the thinking of the citizen. The blog keeps a pulse on the evolution of IT in India &amp; elsewhere and analyzes the reverberations of these developments as felt in India.Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.comBlogger320125http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/21/1453/640/bg_hdr_bot_green-2.jpgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-65340044771004630142012-01-05T18:48:00.002+05:302012-01-05T18:53:19.505+05:302012-01-05T18:53:19.505+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12.9715987 77.594562712.724026199999999 77.2787057 13.2191712 77.91041969999999The Facebook effect seems to have rubbed onto our politicians too. UP babus have taken to Facebook campaigning to woo voters to side with them in the upcoming elections. With elections scheduled in February  2012, Times of India reports on 3 netas...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2012/01/vote-for-me-facebooking-indian-politics.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-21418880927868369692011-12-23T07:00:00.000+05:302011-12-23T13:55:27.410+05:302011-12-23T13:55:27.410+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0Newspapers and online reports have been see-sawing when it came to concluding on whether mobile radiation is harmful to the human body or not. Every successive report concluded contrary to the previous one. However now with the Indian...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/12/cell-phones-sar-tag-india.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-29815763105880546562011-12-22T13:13:00.000+05:302011-12-22T15:45:35.581+05:302011-12-22T15:45:35.581+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12.9715987 77.594562712.724026199999999 77.2787057 13.2191712 77.91041969999999Arranging for a school reunion can be an uphill task. However with technology, a lot of it has been simplified. Everyone is on Facebook and getting the message across is quick and simple. Publishing an event on Facebook and creating an event...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/12/skype-comes-with-facebook-integration.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-61574203900087655352011-12-22T13:11:00.001+05:302011-12-23T12:16:45.178+05:302011-12-23T12:16:45.178+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12.9715987 77.594562712.724026199999999 77.2787057 13.2191712 77.91041969999999Google has decided to unite Blogger and Google+ profiles. When I logged into my Blogger profile today, I had a message at the top of the page asking me if I wish to combine my Blogger profile with Google+. This would enable Google+ to automatically...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/12/blogger-and-google-unite.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-83118014625208566772011-12-01T15:26:00.001+05:302011-12-22T15:47:03.981+05:302011-12-22T15:47:03.981+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0Bangalore12.9715987 77.594562712.7239782 77.2787057 13.2192192 77.91041969999999In a first in India, Karnataka CM Mr. Sadananda Gowda has installed cameras at both his office and home workplace which will stream live video to the web viewable from this link. The facility would be extended to the offices of ministers in a...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/12/karnataka-cm-goes-live.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-58702647887722895372011-11-30T15:22:00.000+05:302011-12-01T18:36:45.778+05:302011-12-01T18:36:45.778+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12.9715987 77.594562712.724026199999999 77.2787057 13.2191712 77.91041969999999With Bengaluru getting the Namma Metro service enabled and luxury Volvo buses riding the streets, smart apps for the smart devices carried by Bangaloreans are opening up. Programmers and free lance coders are busy churning out  Apple/Android...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/11/smart-cities-have-smart-apps-following.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-71282157084737544012011-11-23T14:43:00.001+05:302011-11-23T14:45:58.159+05:302011-11-23T14:45:58.159+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12.9715987 77.594562712.724026199999999 77.2787057 13.2191712 77.91041969999999Today’s Hindu had a news item that amazed me. The mobile revolution has engulfed everybody in its throes. So much so that even people in the slums of big cities have felt the transforming power of a mobile phone touch them. However, what they...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/11/todays-hindu-had-news-item-that-amazed_23.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-5527998262721818452011-11-04T14:49:00.001+05:302012-01-05T18:33:48.789+05:302012-01-05T18:33:48.789+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0Choose your ".in" domain name, create your website using easy self help online tools and get the website hosted - all for free upto 1 year - A Google initiative to get the SMB segment in India carve out an online presence too. All an entrepreneur...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/11/online-presence-for-smbs-click-away.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-37761329262825792011-10-18T21:29:00.001+05:302011-10-18T21:29:00.523+05:302011-10-18T21:29:00.523+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12.9715987 77.5945626999999812.7518902 77.34282119999999 13.191307199999999 77.84630419999998Aadhar mass enrollment drive is in full swing at pockets across the country. Associated with it is also a whole set of myths and rumors that are doing the rounds leading to chaos at the enrollment centers. The last I heard from my native in central...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/10/aadhar-uidai-project-clearing-myths.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-10494717437204529632011-10-18T18:28:00.000+05:302011-10-18T18:28:37.240+05:302011-10-18T18:28:37.240+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12.9715987 77.5945626999999812.7518902 77.34282119999999 13.191307199999999 77.84630419999998Aakash an Android-based tablet designed and developed by DataWind has been unveiled by the Indian government as a low cost but full functioning device in order to attempt to bridge the digital divide. Manufactured in India, Aakash is primarily to...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/10/blue-sky-thinking-aakash-tablet.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-77145382947318552472011-10-17T21:06:00.001+05:302011-10-17T21:06:00.396+05:302011-10-17T21:06:00.396+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12.9715987 77.5945626999999812.7518902 77.34282119999999 13.191307199999999 77.84630419999998Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries today announced plans to launch a 4G based highspeed braodband wireless services across the country in 2012. Now you may be wondering what 4G is all about. We had 2G for a long time, then 3G was promised for a...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/10/4g-rollout-on-heels-of-3g.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-7993409322939862852011-10-10T20:49:00.002+05:302011-10-10T20:49:00.406+05:302011-10-10T20:49:00.406+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12.9715987 77.5945626999999812.7518902 77.34282119999999 13.191307199999999 77.84630419999998Come January and you might be able to Enjoy same rate calling across the country.....Roaming charges will be dead. You will be able to retain the same mobile number across the country i.e MNP will be made possible across telecom circles and not...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/10/one-nation-one-number-one-rate.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-41718413896162248282011-10-10T18:43:00.001+05:302011-10-10T19:20:19.554+05:302011-10-10T19:20:19.554+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12.9715987 77.5945626999999812.7518902 77.34282119999999 13.191307199999999 77.84630419999998My blogs have seen no updates for the last 1 month. Don't worry...I am not shutting them down yet. Not anywhere in the near future. I have shifted my base from Chennai to Bangalore and hence the lack of updates in the midst of my transit and...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/10/moving-back-into-silicon-city-of-india.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-36574666929830106572011-09-03T06:42:00.001+05:302011-09-03T06:42:50.271+05:302011-09-03T06:42:50.271+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0A not so usual piece of news caught  my eye over the weekend. A report that stated that the Indian government had initiated lessons to the parliament members on how to use tablets computers to increase productivity. It said, “Each of the 790...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/09/tech-upgrade-for-indian-politicians.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-72012088525878985542011-08-26T10:59:00.001+05:302011-08-26T10:59:30.600+05:302011-08-26T10:59:30.600+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0I was waiting for some game around the Anna Hazare led protests to make a splash. What came out was beyond even my imagination. An Angry Birds inspired Angry Anna Game…Conceptualized by Geek Mentors, a Noida based gaming group, the game has 4...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/08/angry-anna-fights-corruption.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-565063442062406082011-08-24T06:14:00.000+05:302011-08-24T06:14:00.485+05:302011-08-24T06:14:00.485+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com1I was a little perplexed when an odd looking ad jumped at me while browsing the Times of India website. It was a Google ad where an online retailer InkFruit was promoting a brand of T-shirt by latching onto the frenzy generated by the Anti...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/08/commercialism-piggybacking-on-anti.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-3767420128956822602011-08-23T16:27:00.001+05:302011-08-23T16:27:45.866+05:302011-08-23T16:27:45.866+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0College of Engineering, Pune and Wikipedia announced recently that they are entering into a partnership where 843 students from the college would be trained by the Wikipedia India team and would in turn contribute to the crowd sourced encyclopedia...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/08/college-students-turn-wikipedia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-19786655847397956202011-08-11T13:36:00.001+05:302011-08-11T13:37:00.520+05:302011-08-11T13:37:00.520+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0Mark Dean, the Chief Technology Officer for IBM’s Middle East and Africa operations writes a piece that beautifully captures some succinct points that also serve as handy lessons that would augur well for the IT/ITES companies in India Be Decisive...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/08/ibms-lessons-indian-it-majors.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-48463832700663294422011-08-10T14:45:00.004+05:302011-08-11T15:58:10.677+05:302011-08-11T15:58:10.677+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0Google Chrome is my personal favorite displacing Firefox since August of last year. While the slick minimalistic interface was a turn on, what really has got me tied down is the Google Chrome WebStore. The apps available for productivity benefits,...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/08/6-top-google-chrome-apps-kids.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-19343084403933755522011-08-09T13:02:00.001+05:302011-08-09T13:02:08.611+05:302011-08-09T13:02:08.611+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0A chance stumbling of an interesting piece of non-fiction from a Indian origin British author Angela Saini got me interested. Titled “Geek Nation – How Indian Science is Taking Over The World”, the book focuses on theme of India on the path to...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/08/indiaa-geek-nation-unfurling.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-87949973815173780312011-08-08T14:45:00.001+05:302011-08-08T14:45:07.079+05:302011-08-08T14:45:07.079+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com2Quite a debate provoking question I should say, given the passion with which a few colleagues of mine were enlisting points supporting both sides. One thing is certain, It is an epochal event that will have a say on all aspects that adorn the...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/08/can-indian-itites-digest-us-govt-credit.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-42587952395655320512011-08-05T12:48:00.001+05:302011-08-05T12:50:49.014+05:302011-08-05T12:50:49.014+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0  An interesting service thatI came across from an Indian company Ideophone that allows long distance train travellers to seek a call on their phones to remind them to get off at their stations. With Indian railways running close to 11,000 trains...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/08/missed-alighting-at-your-train-station.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-13726008866541939442011-08-03T15:50:00.001+05:302011-08-03T15:52:26.829+05:302011-08-03T15:52:26.829+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0  It was a pleasant surprise since my article covering the rising popularity of Angry Birds in India, to find that Angry Birds is one of the corporate sports events where employees from top corporate houses across Chennai will vie with each other...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/08/angry-birds-finds-place-in-chennais.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-55076084676465402102011-07-26T16:17:00.001+05:302011-07-26T16:17:12.239+05:302011-07-26T16:17:12.239+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0My routine scan of technology related headlines today threw two pieces of reportage that pronounced diametrically opposite end states for the Indian IT Services industry. One was quoting Narayana Murthy, founder and former chairman of Infosys...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/07/indian-it-servicesgrow-or-shrink.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21206887.post-64093322107390933912011-07-17T11:17:00.001+05:302011-07-17T11:17:50.554+05:302011-07-17T11:17:50.554+05:30Vijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038202563239489053noreply@blogger.com0I was browsing Google Earth. Happened to be hovering over New York. I was reminded of the 3D terrain viewing that was possible through Google Earth. I did so and went around New York's skyscrapers in 3D mode. Man, it was just amazing the way Google...<br/> <br/> Read the rest of this entry >>http://india-it-pulse.blogspot.com/2011/07/google-creating-virtual-world-akin.html