Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued a strict advisory to number of TV channels telecasting programmes that encourage superstition and blind belief. According to the Advisory, many TV channels beam (so called) religious content and discourses from self-proclaimed Babas and Gurus who promote services and products that mislead the consumers. The ministry has ... The post Ministry Issues Strict Advisory To TV Channels Showing Astrology, Vaastu & Religious Content! appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

Last few days seems to have been quite hectic at Facebook quarters – Their users are noticing quite a few new features on their timelines and are excitedly talking about it. So, we decided to do a quick round-up of what Facebook has added newly to their uber-popular social media platform. Photos in Comments Comments ... The post New Facebook Features: Photos in Comments & #Hashtags Make Conversations Lively appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

TCS has come out with their yearly Gen-Y survey, that reflects the digital habits of school students in India. The survey conducted over 14 Indian cities and 17478 students aged between 12-18 years shows that Smartphones are now becoming the principal and the most popular device for Indian Teenagers. Gadget Ownership & Usage Mobile Phones ... The post What Gadgets Do Indian School Students Like? [Report] appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

China has the fastest Supercomputer in the world according to latest 41st edition of TOP500 list of the fastest supercomputers in the World. Called Tianhe-2, the fastest supercomputer is developed by China’s National University of Defense Technology with a performance of 33.86 petaflops. If you do not understand how much a petaflop is – here ... The post 4 Indian Supercomputers Make It World’s Fastest 100 appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

When Google launches some new service, product or feature most netizens are happy as more often than not, it comes to them free of cost. However, with every new launch that Google makes, there are bunch online businesses that start becoming redundant (It also works exactly opposite when Google closes down some of its features ... The post Should Price Aggregation Sites Be Worried About Google Product Listing Ads? appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

It has been going on for some time now that soon there would be no roaming in India. The idea sounds great for the people who travel a lot as it is difficult to keep different sim cards for different areas. Also, it would mean excellent for people who have relocated as they can keep ... The post TRAI Reduces National Roaming Ceiling, Permits Customized Tariffs appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

Do you remember the days when there were no satellite TVs? Most of the channels that used to air on the TV were from your local cable TV operator. There was one aspect that the local Cable TV operator offered that we do not get on satellite TV today – the free movie channel/s. Most ... The post Airtel Digital TV Launches Free Ad-Based Pay Per View! appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

Inarguably, the biggest deal in the media circles over the weekend, as far as the Indian Startup Ecosystem is concerned, was the news of redBus being acquired. For those of you who still haven’t heard the news (most probably because you’ve been living in a cave for the past 3 days), the Bangalore based Internet ... The post RedBus Acquisition: 9 Lessons & Repercussions On The Indian Startup Ecosystem appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

Gaana seems to be aggressively capturing the online & mobile music streaming market. Last week they announced launch of an interesting online Karaoke app called SingAlong, and now they have updated their Android App to Version 2.0, which brings in new more intuitive interface along with host of new premium features. The new Android version ... The post Gaana Updates Android App, Brings Paid Features Like Offline Listening, 320kbps Downloads appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

Now that Kindle is here in all its glory (high end models), books and back-end technology, it is time to consider whether people should shift to Kindle to read their books or not. I have maintained that there is a shift towards e-books and this shift is only increasing with time. There is of course ... The post Whispersync – The Reason To Shift To Kindle… appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

This news is quite significant – Indian Government has directed all telecom operators in the country to make location of all mobile users across the country available as part of Call Data Records (CDR) by 2014 according to a DoT directive obtained by First Post. Currently Location tracking and monitoring of a mobile user happens ... The post By 2014, Every Mobile User’s Location Details Will Be Captured And Monitored! appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

My Mother is an avid gardener. Even in a small place around our house she plants all sorts of things, flowers, veggies, etc. There are seasonal plants and then there are perennial plants that have been in the garden forever. These perennial plants typically are the ones that grow tall and wide. I have always ... The post Leadership and the Art of Pruning appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

All eyes will be on America’s highest ranking diplomat John Kerry when he lands in India on the 24th of June. He plans to conduct the 4th Indo-US Strategic Dialog, which is aimed at working out ways for greater cooperation in wide ranging fields that concern both countries – civilian nuclear cooperation, education, science and ... The post New US Immigration Bill Threatens To Disrupt Indian IT Business Model [Analysis] appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

It’s Monday morning and time for a quick wrap-up of some of the articles we published on Trak.in last week. And, also, I hope all our readers are enjoying the Monsoon rains, which has probably set a record for June  in most parts of India! So much has been talked about US security agency NSA ... The post Weekly Wrap-up: Kindle Devices in India, IRCTC SMS Ticket Bookings, Apple iOS7 & More… appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

Finally, the much awaited Microsoft Office app is available to iPhone users. Microsoft today announced launch of “Office Mobile” that will enable iPhone users to access, view, and edit their Office documents on the go. But, it is not made available free for everyone – Only the users who have Office 365 Home Premium and ... The post MS Office Launches iPhone App, Makes It Free to Office 365 Subscribers appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

Here on this platform we have discussed many times about how technology is impacting various parts of our lives and how it is growing in itself to become a huge industry. We have also discussed how the internet users are growing by the day and the broadband speeds are improving while getting more affordable at ... The post A Visible Impact Of Mobile Internet On Ground Level appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

In the Railway Budget 2013-14, one of the points made by Railways Minister was that, Railways will start offering ticket bookings via mobile phones. In last couple of days, few media outlets have reported that Indian Railways is quite close to offering a service that will enable passengers to do train ticket bookings via SMS. ... The post Soon, IRCTC To Offer Train Ticket Bookings on SMS appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

Gaana.com today announced launch of very interesting feature – Online Karaoke – on its music streaming portal. Called SingAlong, this interactive feature allows users to sing their favourite songs with scrolling lyrics and music. However, the aspect that makes SingAlong really awesome is the scoring system that it has. Everytime a user sings a song ... The post Gaana.com Launches Awesome SingAlong Karaoke App! appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

Samsung has launched another phone in the market. I know, I know.. Yawn! What’s new in that? But Wait! This time it’s different. This time, it is a – wait for it…- A Camera! This is what went in my mind when I heard the news about Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom. For those not knowing ... The post Galaxy S4 Zoom Camera: What is Samsung trying here? appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

Wow! that was quick. In less than 10 days of launch of their Indian dedicated site, Amazon has gone ahead and listed Kindle devices as well as much needed ebooks on their India site. If you visit Amazon.in site right now, you will be greeted with featured Kindle devices listed on the homepage. Currently the ... The post Kindle Devices & eBooks Now Available On Amazon.in, But… appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

DeliveryHero, a leading network of food delivery sites in the world has made a strategic investment in Pune based Food Delivery Site Tastykhana. DeliveryHero themselves have raised around USD 100 million in funding over four rounds. Their latest Series D investment of USD 50 million came around August of last year. Tastykhana.in, a Pune based ... The post DeliveryHero Makes USD 5 Million Strategic Investment in Pune Based Food Delivery Site TastyKhana appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

Emerging Markets are seeing a huge surge in smart connected devices, especially Smartphones & Tablets, with roughly 1 Billion units expected to be shipped out by 2014 according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Smart Connected Device Tracker. Among all the emerging countries, the BRIC nation (China, India, Brazil & Russia) alone account for nearly 60 percent ... The post Smart Connected Devices To Surpass 1 Billion Shipments In Emerging Markets By 2014: IDC appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

Google is one of the best Mapping companies in the world (probably the best but let’s not get into that argument) and with the recent updates presented in Google I/O we see that the service is getting a lot better. Maps has been one of the services by Google that has grown exponentially and since ... The post Google Buys Waze, In No Mood To Relinquish Its Superior Mapping Abilities appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets

In January this year, Snapeal.com became the first Indian e-commerce site to start selling vehicles online in partnership with Auto manufacturers. Mahindra & Mahindra was the first company to come on-board. While the idea of buying vehicles online may sound outrageous to a few, Snapdeal has been quite successful with it. Though we do not ... The post Snapdeal.com Starts Offering HERO Electric Bikes Online! appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz. ----------------- Amazon.in Widgets