As part of Microsoft’s project Bhasha, Microsoft Office 2007 is now available in Hindi. Pankaj Ukey, product lead for Office, puts it succintly:
The need for local language software is crucial to deliver the benefits of IT at the grassroots level in a multilingual country like India
via Hindu
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Google News in Hindi
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Just a few weeks back, there were reports of 3 Indians who hacked into online US brokerage firms.
Now comes the report from the Union Home Ministry that cyber crimes in India have sharply increased in India. As per the data, 481 cases were filed under the IT Act in 2005 (yes, you read that correct […]
If you are a regular on Digg and/or TechCrunch, you must have read about the recent fracas between StatsaHolic and Amazon. StatsaHolic has become a major hit with techies and so Amazon (felt threatened ?) decided to curb its growing popularity by accusing it of leeching traffic graphs from Alexa.
I just dont get it. Just […]
March 30, 2007 – 11:37 am
Business Today has a special report (subscription only) on ten promising new startups in India.
1) Adventity:
Founded: July 2003, Launched operations Jan 2004
Market served: BPO/KPO
2) Drishtee:
Founded: 2000
Market Served: Tech services in Rural India. Also voted as fastest growing startup in India by Deloitte.
3) 24×7 Learning Solutions:
Founded: 2001
Market Served: e-learning
I think in the past few months, lots of new funding avenues have opened up for Indian startups, including angels and early stage VC’s. However, what options does one have when it comes to mentoring ? Several startups maybe looking for mentoring only. Are there any options available to them ? TIE and BoA are […]
March 29, 2007 – 12:41 pm
Indians have been getting the biggest pay hikes for the last five years - and as per various studies, the trend will continue this year as per ET. Couple this with the multitude of job openings in the Indian market - thanks to an exploding IT services and retail industry - and its clear […]
The market share for traditional travel agents will decline from 32 to 10 percent by 2008 while the online travel portals are set to triple theirs.
The story cites a comprehensive report on Indian tourism trends by Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), which in turn cites a study by PhoCusWright Inc.
Later in the story, it says:
At […]
Here’s one reason why VC funding is flooding the Indian market - last year saw a record 73 IPOs that raised a whopping Rs 23,716 crores. The amount raised is double than that in 2005-2006.
Construction firms topped the list with 5 companies raising Rs. 3053 crore. Telecom (2125 cr.), IT (1864 cr.), Finance (1965 cr.) […]
After wooing kids with Hungama, the teens with Bindaas, UTV is now out to woo the serious cinema buff with the launch of Olive TV, a world cinema channel.
As part of Olive TV, UTV brings together award winning cinema - likes of BAFTA, Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto - to the Indian audience. Depending on […]
Lawsuits and legal hassles seem to be flying left and right for Google. First, Viacom filed a $1 billion suit for shows and clips from their network. Then, it was the turn of the International Cricket Council (ICC) to issue a DMCA notice to Google on World Cup cricket clips appearing on YouTube.
Now, T-Series has […]
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