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Facebook is the top social networking site in India, topples orkut

By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 26 August, 2010, 1:07 pm

Inspite of the umpteen number of controversies surrounding it, FB continues to spiral its way to the top. … However, in July 2010, FB received 20.87 million unique visitors from India versus about 19.87 million unique visitors from India for orkut, thus becoming the top social networking site in the country…Here is what alexa has to say about top sites in India..

Jobs in Indian Railways: 2 lakh posts to be filled thru railway recruitment board exam soon

By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 26 August, 2010, 8:44 am

After a multi-crore job scam derailed its recruitment process, the railways is now preparing to launch a massive recruitment drive to fill around two lakh vacancies, including around 90,000 safety-related posts.

Free calls to US and Canada: Google launching calling facility through gtalk

By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 26 August, 2010, 8:35 am

making a call through its service works like a normal phone in that a user could click on the “call phone” option in their chat buddy list in Gmail and type in the number or enter a contact’s name. Calls that cost money will be charged from an online account that users can top up with a credit card.

IBM is the second largest IT company in INDIA!!

By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 18 August, 2010, 7:57 pm

It is known to all that TCS is the largest IT employer and also largest private sector employer with more than 1.6 lakh employees on board and still counting as is the season now. But whats surprising is the second slot in this list. While all were expecting Infosys, the second largest company to be [...]

Mercedes Benz Cabriolet on Indian roads now – just Rs. 65 lakh – would you buy ?

By Manoj Govindassamy at 18 August, 2010, 1:40 pm

And, the latest one added to the list is Cabriolet… the latest four seater and soft topped car model has just arrived and priced at Rs. 65 lakh. … The above Mercedes Benz sports model SLS AMG, was launched last month in India with a price tag of Rs 2 crore. …BMW 650i Convertible which are priced at Rs.80 lakh to Rs. 90 lakh and launched couples of months ago, has already sold descent numbers on the indian roads…

BlackBerry MAY be banned in India!!

By Poonam Singhal at 12 August, 2010, 3:07 pm

The Indian government may decide to ban BlackBerry services in India. The security agencies in India have been demanding access to data sent over BlackBerry phones. From quite some time now, there is a tussle going on between the two parties over security concerns. Research In Motion, (RIM) has a high level of encryption and [...]

Tata Indicom slashes STD calls to 30 paisa/min – Who dares to take on this pricing war ?

By Manoj Govindassamy at 12 August, 2010, 1:13 pm

CDMA arm of Tata Teleservices, Tata Indicom has unveiled an aggressive pricing scheme for its prepaid customers, by which STD calls are billed at 30 paisa per minute across all network for 600 minutes in a month. With an aim to popularize STD calling among its subscribers, Tata Indicom has priced the STD calls at way lesser compared to the market price from other telecom operators and even lesser than local call tariffs of some operators…

Goli Vada Pav: From a desi vada pav outlet to a fast-food chain

By Poonam Singhal at 9 August, 2010, 5:04 pm

Goli Vada Pav is a vada-pav chain, very famous and prominent in Maharashtra. While vada-pav is something that every Mumbaikar is fond of and can find it anywhere, in every street, what is special about Goli Vada Pav is that it is made at a fully automated HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) certified hands-free [...]

3 idiots business mantra for success

By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 6 August, 2010, 2:29 pm

We spoke here about the way Indian movies marketing mantra is changing and how movie making has become more of a business. It is indeed becoming more and more professional way of money making. From being an art now it has become a business. One film which is a striking example of the same, about [...]

Maruti Suzuki launches new 1000cc Alto, to take on competitors

By Poonam Singhal at 6 August, 2010, 11:24 am

Maruti Suzuki has launched a new version of Alto, with a more powerful engine compared to its existing model. The new version has a 998cc engine, compared to 800cc earlier. It is suppose to provide the highest fuel efficiency among petrol cars in the A2 segment, 20km per litre. On the exteriors, it has been [...]