Karbonn Mobiles, one of the original Indian cell phone brands, has added five new tablets and smartphones to its range – the biggest one-time launch of products by any Indian brand in recent times. In the new line-up are tablets Karbonn Smart Tab 3 (Blade), Karbonn Smart Marvel (Marvel) and smartphones Karbonn Smart A11, A7+, […]
Can Windows 8 tablets take on Android-based models such as the Nexus anthe Galaxy, and the iPad? Going by the Dell Latitude 10 tablet, they may attract a particular group. On Tuesday, Dell introduced its first Windows 8 tablet in India, priced at Rs 42,490, and a tablet-cum-laptop convertible at Rs 90,490, as part of […]
Indian companies, which have posted nine straight quarters of declining profitability on average, are likely to see earnings rise in the coming quarters due to falling commodity prices, Crisil ratings said. “Based on an analysis of the aggregate financials of 280 large companies across 28 key sectors, CRISIL estimates that EBIDTA margins will improve by […]
If you thought DTH antennas are only for homes, think again. Dish TV has tied up with antenna-maker Gilat to install its antennas on the Maharaja Express, a luxury train in India. The special antennas continuously turn and tilt to make sure that they are pointed towards Dish TV’s satellite, ensuring that the signal is […]
It is a much debated question – Cloud computing results in enormous savings for companies, but will all that saving mean IT budgets (and the IT market) will shrink, hitting jobs everywhere? In other words, when you don’t need an army of IT engineers to install and maintain a huge array of local software in […]
Three key server segments — hyperscale data centers, hosted virtual desktop (HVD) workloads and extreme low-energy (ELE) servers — will offer opportunities for growth through 2015, according to technology research Gartner, Inc. Servers represent the control points of hardware infrastructure in data centers, where workloads and applications reside, and Gartner analysts estimate that end-user spending […]
iBall has launched the first dual-core powered and IPS-display enabled low-cost tablet in India – the PC i9702 Slide – priced at Rs 15,000. The tablet, as already noted, is the most advanced tablet ever launched by any Indian or Chinese low-cost company in India, and has a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor. It also has […]
India Inc this Diwali is severely cutting back its corporate gift budgets by a whopping 45-50 per cent as costs balloon and earnings together with profit margins shrink by the day, according to a just concluded survey by trade body ASSOCHAM. The ASSOCHAM representatives interacted with about 150 different companies with an employee strength of […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, which had called restricting the launch of TV news channels only to those firms that had assets of Rs 100 crore or more, reiterated its stand after the government said it favored Rs 15 crore as the bench-mark. In its comments on the government’s stand that the networth should […]
Google will hold an all-India ‘Doodle 4 Google’ competition for children in New Delhi in November this year. The event, open to children in the 5-16 age category, requires participants to send in their drawings of the Google logo by post by October 23. Google will also visit “a few hundred schools” in 40 cities […]
In a unique move, Milagrow HumanTech, which is more well known for its tablets, today dedicated its new human cleaning robot model to Saina Nehwal and promised to give a share of its sales from the model to the badminton star. Milagrow launched its range of household robots in January this year. The most popular […]
Kishore Biyani, the visionary businessman who founded Big Bazaar, India’s biggest supermarket chain, came out openly in support of foreign investment (FDI) in retail for the first time since it was permitted by the government a few days ago. Making his stand clear, Biyani said Indian companies would struggle to find the money required to […]
The net non-performing assets (NPAs) of the banking sector in India are increasing at an alarming rate and may cross Rs 2 lakh crore for the fiscal year ending March 2013 from Rs 1.57 lakh crore as in June, 2012, according to industry body ASSOCHAM. Besides, the continuing pressures on Indian economy may also result […]
IndianOil and Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) signed an MoU for joint participation in Exploration and Production of Gas and Oil at the global level and developing Natural Gas infrastructure projects and LNG sourcing. India is scouting for LNG to meet its growing domestic demand. It has constructed large gas transportation and distribution infrastructure, banking on […]
WishTel, famous for its IRA series of tablets, has announced what has to be the cheapest Android tablet in India with built-in 3G. The company said BSNL will launch the IRA ICON tablet, with a built-in BSNL 3G SIM, at about Rs 10,500. The specifications of the 7-inch ICON match almost exactly with those of […]
For the first time in one-and-a-half years, Ubuntu, the most popular open source operating system, will release a flavor that comes with Gnome – the most popular user interface in the open source world. Ubuntu switched Unity in April 2011 when it released the version 11.04. 18 months later, it is all set to unveil […]
The United States may be trying to isolate Iran commercially, but Assocham, one of India’s biggest trade bodies, is pushing for improvement in India’s trade with the country. The trade body has sent a 50 member delegation to the middle eastern country with the agenda of increasing Indo-Iranian trade. The delegation comprises industry heads from […]
Wikimedia, the non-profit behind Wikipedia, is holding a three-day developer camp in Bangalore from November 9. The camp is “a chance to participate and work alongside experts in development of PHP and JavaScript based internationalization and localization tools as well as mobile applications using Phonegap and LAMP technologies,” the organization said on the registration page. […]
Bharti Walmart, the joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and Walmart, has extended its training efforts to South India from its core market, Punjab. It established its first “Skill Centre” at the Peenya ITI in Bangalore, indicating the joint venture between Bharti and the World’s largest corporation is serious about its expansion plans in India. Bharti […]
Dell has launched four new models of LED-LCD monitors in India, starting from 21.5 inch to 27 inch. Dell did not mention the prices, but said the ‘S’ series monitors will soon be available on its India website for order. All four models have full HD resolution. In addition, at least three of the four […]
