Harshil Karia

I try and maximize my learnings and this is my humble attempt at sharing a part of whatever little i tend to observe. Welcome to a space that i hope will be at least a partial extension of me!

Why Are Indian Companies So Keen on Looking Outside? A Look at some Strengths and Weaknesses of the Mobile Operators in India

Through this post, we can possibly try and deal with some of the issues plaguing Mobile Operators in India, possibly get an insight into why they are looking to go Global. This may also lend some ideas as to why Mobile VAS providers are not getting what they think should be more than their fair [...]

India Post Also Wants to Keep Some of Your Data, Is That Such a Big Problem?

Saw a relatively sensational Title on LiveMint today – “Mapping Your Life”. Found it quite interesting but it basically spoke about the fact that the Indian Post is developing a directory that maps where you live, who you live with, how long you’ve been living there, what car you drive and your last five addresses.

“Mapping your [...]

A Sneak Peak At Windows 7, The Future of Computers, and Windows vs Mac

Microsoft previewed Windows 7 a couple of days back Bill Gates says it’s the beginning of an era of computing based on a new hierarchy of input systems. Today the machine is really set up for one person to sit at a keyboard. “We’re at an interesting junction,” he says. “In the next few years, the roles [...]

Govt. Policy on IPTV and HITS Likely to be Announced Next Week. An Overview of the IPTV Industry.

This is a Guest Post by Raghav Soni - one of our regular readers.

News Based Sources tells us that the government is likely to announce its policies on two advanced technologies i.e IPTV and HITS by next week.

The government had earlier proposed a Convergence law to address issues related to overlapping of Telecom and Broadcasting [...]

Social Media Marketing: Are We Killing the Goose That Lays the Golden Egg?

Every advertising professional that you speak to today, is trying to uncover something or the other about Social Media Marketing. For a while now, it has been touted as the ‘next big thing’ in marketing. People have praised it endlessly because of its ability to ‘engage’. It also seems to appear more non intrusive and [...]

A Brief Introduction to Blogging

A Few Days Back I Wrote a ‘Brief Introduction to Blogging’. This is in Beta Stage and is supposed to go out to a couple of Media Students (freshers). I’ve tried not to make it too ‘technical’. Need to send this out soon so your additions would be invaluable.

If you’re one of those 35 [...]

Orkut Officially Introduces Themes

The guys at TechBuzz logged in to Orkut yesterday to find themes. This is not a javascript hack or Orkut app and according to him, only a limited number of users have access to this feature. As of now, you can choose between four different themes. More will be on the way. I tried logging into Orkut, [...]

Reliance Invests in US Social Networking Portal Whrrl.com – Looking Strongly at Location Based Services

Reliance Technology Ventures Ltd. has invested in a US Based Social Network, which specializes in location based aggregation and services. What does this investment mean strategically? How does this coincide with the launch of Big Maps? Will Yatra, another RTVL Venture be tied in? We try and put the pieces together and get some stuff from the guys at RTVL.

Educomp to Raise Up to $500 Million

This is a guest post by Abhinandan Nardekar. He is a student at BITS Pilani.

Educomp Solutions Ltd on Monday said that the members of the company have passed the resolution to raise up to $500 million. The resources will be raised through ADR, GDR, FCCB, or QIP, with requisite majority. This announcement comes almost immediately after [...]

Dhoom 2.5 To be Out Soon via WATGame.com. More on Bollywood and ‘Engagement’

It’s bad enough that we had to be subject to that trash called Dhoom 2 in the theatres, that fine people from FXLabs (notorious for the pathetic Agni) have decided to torture us with their 3-D rendition of what claims to be Dhoom 2.5 for the PC.
While Yash Raj studios signed a deal with FXLabs [...]

Google Beefs Up Top Management via WATJob.com

Google has made some key senior management appointments for its India operations. Sridhar Seshadri has been appointed Business Head-Financial Services, Parminder Singh is Business Head-Technology, while Narasimha Jayakumar has been brought in as Business Head-Travel & Local for its advertising and monetisation business.

According to Google India, the appointment of Sridhar Seshadri, Parminder Singh and Narasimha [...]

Mohit Gupta Joins MakeMyTrip as CMO via WATJob

Mohit Gupta has joined online travel agency MakeMyTrip.com as chief marketing officer.

Earlier, Gupta was vice-president, marketing, flavours, at PepsiCo International.

Commenting on his move from offline to online marketing, Gupta says, “The intention is to participate and contribute in those areas of marketing which are showing a higher growth.”

He adds, “At MakeMyTrip.com, I will look after marketing strategy, [...]

What mobifusion-mcgrawhill education means for the Indian Education Sector

This is a guest post by Raghav Soni – one of our readers.

According to a press release:- Mobifusion, a top provider of Indian mobile content products and services, announced a partnership with McGraw-Hill Education (MHE) in India, a leader in educational services and publishing, to develop mobile learning products adapted from its best- selling titles. mcgraw [...]

All About The Great Indian Developer Summit

‘The Great Indian Developer Summit’ held at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, saw large scale participation from the Bangalore IT Developer community. On the 19th of May, 1200 developers attended the two day Bleeding-edge.NET conference.

The Great Indian Developer summit is an effort to bring together the world’s leading software giants, technology innovators, creators, [...]

The Power of Viral Marketing – Why Marketing By Word of Mouth is Good for Your Business

On Saturday evening I had gone for my music rehearsals (yes, we’re recording – hopefully I can use the Internet to leverage my music), when a personal experience manifested itself in the form of a beautiful insight.

I own a MacBook and whenever I use it in Public – in India it generates some [...]