India has an urban Internet user base of 90 million and the Boston Consulting Group’s recent report titled ‘Buzz to Bucks: Capitalizing on India’s Digitally Influenced Consumers’ says that around 40% of this user base is significantly influenced to buy products based on digital activities like product research and price comparison. The study also predicts that the Indian internet user count...

We reported yesterday about the State of the Internet Report from Akamai which said that global internet speeds had increased considerably in the ending months of 2012. The global average peak connection speed rose by 35% as compared to the previous quarter. The average connection speed also showed an increase of 25%.  South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong were some prominent names when it came to increase...

Indian cloud startup, ShepHertz has announced that it has raised funding from 3 venture capital firms, namely, Kae Capital, Mumbai Angels and Blume Ventures. No financial information regarding the deal was disclosed. The startup has announced that it will be using the fresh funds to boost marketing, product development and hiring talent. ShepHertz is a one stop cloud, Backend and API  solution for...

According to the latest State of the Internet report from Akamai Technologies,  internet speeds (specifically broadband speeds) across the globe seem to be going up in a marked manner. The global average peak connection speed rose by 35% during the ending months of 2012. The State of the Internet report covers the last three months of 2012. Global highlights: 1. The global average connection speed...

Analytics and research firm, Gartner has announced that the Indian mobile services market will touch Rs.1.2 trillion this year. This represents an 8% growth from last year’s figure of Rs.1.1 trillion. The report from Gartner further states that this statistic will only account for 2% of the global mobile services market. The firm also notes that there are quite a bit of challenges for the telecom...

Okay, let us admit it – We spend a lot of time these days in front of the computer! A whole lot of professions require the use of the Internet these days. Students are using the Internet to study and explore information (at least, that is what they say!).  We can all agree that the Internet has made communication across geographical boundaries easier with the introduction of video chat and VOIP.   Most...

The Maharana Pratap Inter-Sate Bus terminus (ISBT) will now be enabled by high-speed free Wi-Fi connectivity. The terminus, which operates bus services from Delhi and seven other neighbouring states will get free secured Wi-fi facility from Internet Service Provider Tikona Digital Networks. Commuters at the terminus can browse Internet for free with their laptops, smartphones or tablets for the first...

While a lot has been said about the helpful role that the Internet plays in our lives, we are now seeing questions being asked about how healthy the Internet is for young children. Does it play a positive role or is it hampering their progress towards maturity? The Internet has changed the way we do things for sure. While many say that it has unnecessarily virtualized the things and processes that...

Mozilla’s new mobile operating system Mozilla OS is not coming to India, at least not in 2013. The Mozilla OS has been touted as the challenger to Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS operating systems. It has been positioned as the platform that will take more than two billion people on the planet online on smartphones. Plus, what’s surprising is that India has more than 860 million...

Times Internet has announced that it is getting another popular global content property to India after partnering with Gawker Media recently. This time it is the popular business and tech publication, Business Insider. Many of you may be aware of the publication’s in depth coverage of consumer tech companies. Times Internet has announced that it will be entering into a strategic agreement which will...