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Vishal Gondal’s GoQii Is The Perfect Blend Of Fitness Tech & Human Coach

With smartphones making it big, the latest buzz is now wearable tech. Fitness bands like Nike Fuelband, Jawbone UP or Fitbit Flex have made quite a name for themselves. India, an emerging mobile first market, is here with its own wearable device. GoQii (pronounced as Go-Key) is a new fitness device that goes a little beyond which involves having real human interaction as well!

Vishal Gondal, the…

India Post Brings It’s First Savings Bank ATM In Chennai

It was a historical moment for the 154 year old India Posts as it opened India’s first Post Office Savings Bank ATM in Chennai yesterday. This is certainly a big leap in technology for the postal department, as it faces immense challenge from the Internet and Mobile as means of communication is fast changing.

We had reported in 2011 that India Posts is planning to offer banking servicesas it had…

Smartphone Sales In India Triple In 2013; Shipments Cross 4.4 Cr Units

India is experiencing unprecedented growth in smartphones sales as Indians bought 44 million or 4.4 crore smartphones in the year 2013. In the year 2012, total of 16.2 million smartphones were sold. These figures were revealed in a recent report by International Data Corporation (IDC) which monitors sale and purchase of various entities all over the globe.

The report said, “India was one of the…

4 Reasons Why It’s Good That Facebook bought Whatsapp

Since the acquisition of Whatsapp by Facebook, there have been various anecdotes that are roaming around in the world. Many people are considering it the end of Whatsapp as we know it while others are getting apprehensive about the data that is transferred.

Surprisingly, I have yet to hear anyone calling it a good thing.

Maybe it is not, but I still feel there are many positives that come out of…

High Salaried Indians Pay Much More Taxes Than Most In Developed Nations

When it comes to income tax in India, the salaried individuals, especially the ones who earn over 10 Lakh a year have to pay much higher taxes. Infact, the taxes are so high that they fork out some of the highest taxes in percentage terms.

According to recently released surveyby PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the take home salary (net salary after income tax and other deductions) of an high…

Outernet: Free Internet to the World Via Satellites!

At the canteen of IIM-A is a board which reads TANSTAAFL meaning ‘There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.’ But life is full of pleasant surprises and this is one: A New York based non-profit organization called Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) has announced its intention to build an “Outernet”—a global network of cube satellitesbroadcasting Internet data to virtually any person on the…

Confirmed! Snapdeal Raises $133.77 Million Round 4 Funding From eBay & Others

Last year, we had reported that Snapdeal may get fresh round of funding from eBay. The news has been confirmed now as eBay led investors have infused fresh capital of $133.77 million into Snapdeal in a fresh round of funding into this ecommerce portal.

This is 4th round of funding, previous being:

Round 1:In January 2011, Snapdeal received a funding of $12 million from Nexus Venture Partners and…

Idea & Vodafone Offer Opera Web Pass To Simplify Mobile Data Plan Pricing

If you are like me, I am sure you have gone through the frustration of choosing the mobile data plan that best suits you. Most of these plans are volume based (fixed mb usage) plan with fixed duration, and you never know when your usage will be high or low. Add to that the different variations on offer, and selecting the right plan becomes a real headache sometimes.

To resolve this problem,…

Sandisk Introduces World’s First 128 GB microSD Card

Imagine saying to someone 15 years ago that you can hold a million books or 16 hours of HD video/ 7500 songs or 3000 photos on your finger nail, he would have laughed his heart out. But not anymore as SanDisk has made it possible now.

SanDisk has introduced world’s first 128 GB microSD memory card, which can easily store any one of these above mentioned data quantity quite easily. This can be…

3G Data Plans Comparison 2014: Idea vs Vodafone vs Airtel vs Reliance Vs Tata Docomo Vs Aircel

If you have been following us over past few years, you would know that we have been covering 3G data plans, since 2012 when 3G actually started in most part of the countries. Here is our previous coverage for 2012 and 2013.

As rates have tumbled down further, we take a quick look at the 3G data plan rates as they stand today.

Note:We have compared standard plans and not taken into consideration…

7th Grader Makes Braille Printer From Lego!

With 90% of the visually impaired worldwide living in the developing countries, a braille printer that costs one sixth of a traditional one, is definitely an invention that will surely going to positively impact a lot of lives.

Subham Banerjee, a seventh grader who lives in Santa Clara, California, has come up with an innovative braille printer made with Lego Mindstorms EV3 kit that costs $349…

Whatsapp To Soon Offer Voice Calls Too

I don’t think Whatsapp needs any introduction anymore. It is the $19 billion app that has over 400 million users and all this for doing a simple job- sending a message to someone using the same app.

However, that was yesterday. Tomorrow, the app will also provide its user the ability to have voice conversations.

At the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2014, Jan Koum, the founder and chief executive…

Reliance Jio Will Launch 4G Services In Delhi & Mumbai By Sept 2014: Sources

Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) has announced plans to launch their highly awaited 4G services by September 2014, according to sources inside the company.

A source within the company was quoted as saying, “Reliance Jio is engaged in building up team for telecom services which is almost done. Telecom services are likely to be launched in third quarter of 2014 i.e.…

Is Pune Really The 2nd Best Emerging Tech Hub In The World?

In a recent analysis of the most promising and emerging tech hubs all over the world, TransferWise listed Pune as the 2nd placed city among 8 of them, that included, Hong Kong, Nicosia (Cyprus), Dublin, Raleigh, Tel Aviv, Malmo (Sweden) among others.

Does this mean that Pune is the next Silicon Valley of India?

Pune is a vibrant city located just 75 kms away from India’s economic capital:…

IRCTC Website Brings Super Lightweight Version For Tatkal Bookings!

The hardships we have in regards to Tatkal bookings on IRCTC website are part of folklore now. Every person has experienced it one or the other time and if you have not, trust me you are a rare breed.

Looks like finally the cries for help have reached IRCTC’s ears. Although they have not brought about an earth-shattering change, it will definitely help users to do their Tatkal bookings much…

Tech News Digest: InfiBeam Acquires ODigMa, Gaana Introduces API, Target Launches Accelerator In India

Infibeam Strengthens Its Digital Marketing Services With ODigMa Acquisition

India’s leading ecommerce company Infibeam has acquired Bangalore based ODigMa. The deal is rumored to be in the range of USD 5 million and is part stock and part cash deal.

ODigMa has been providing strategy, digital marketing, and technical services to hundreds of companies across major retail and services sector since…

Looking For WhatsApp Alternatives? Here Are A Few You Should Consider

Go for Telegram. Now.

Don’t even bother to read anymore. Or do so, if you must consider more options.

It’s been a while after the Facebook-Whatsapp deal materialized. Reading along the buzz, some interesting thoughts about what FB might do with WhatsApp were encountered by me. One such crazy idea is what the author names “stalker alert”. So this feature would show you who is on your chat window…