Google’s product rationalization and consolidation drive continues to be on. Just about ten days after the Hangout application replaced Talk on Google Play, the Internet company has put a formal deadline for Buzz shutdown.A Google mail today has notified Buzz users,...
It’s just been a week when Google announced that its Hangout application would be available as an upgrade from Gmail Chat. And the good thing is that the offering is already being pushed out to Gmail users in India as well (as an option, of course). Well, the...
Just as charity should begin at home, there seems to be a reason to suggest that corporate sustainability could begin at the office.It is no longer a stray thought that the internal communication processes at modern-day offices have become unsustainable. Studies have...
Given the general consensus among stakeholders in the telecom industry that the next phase of business growth would ride on the back of data services, the meager availability of 3G spectrum remains a cause of concern.For comparison sake, telcos in the more developed...
Who other than corporations themselves can make corporate sustainability a success? The governments, isn’t it?While it is the corporations aka the businesses that need to make it work, governments can greatly discourage or help—by way of the policies and regulations...
China is established as the world’s manufacturing floor in no small measure. This position has been created by the marrying of global market forces and a sovereign’s intent. At least either of the two must shake for an upset to happen. If another force could at all...
The BlackBerry has been “Re-designed. Re-engineered. Re-invented,” RIM has said. The makers are leaving no stone unturned to ensure a “Re-turn” too, so much so that the RIM name has been retired in favor of the stronger brand—BlackBerry.For the last few years, RIM...
In the next few hours the most awaited tech launch of CY2013 would happen—the BB10 mobile OS and at likely one ‘cool’ Blackberry device running it.The buzz is that RIM would have finally got it right this time, if the rally in the recent weeks for the RIM stocks were...
Tabitors can serve as signage and public kiosks—and as cloud-based access and computing devicesThe year gone by was quite encouraging for the hybrid segment, which got spicier with the continued success of phablets, led by Samsung’s Note—and the reasonably fair buzz...
end of ultra-competition gives telcos room to test higher voice prices but data could pose a new war turf Before we set out to see what 2013 holds in store for the telecom industry, let us first look at the some of the defining events in 2012, which in turn would...
In line with the telecom subscription outlook presented by BusinessandMarket in an October2012 release, the telecom subscription data released by TRAI for the month of November 2012 captured a significant decline.According to data released by Telecom Regulatory...
What is the significance of Videocon Telecommunications’ recent announcement that it would be using the recently won spectrum to offer 4G/LTE services in 2013?Well, let’s first see how spectrum has historically been regarded. Spectrum has not only been a scarce...