Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Airtel Free Twitter Access
Airtel Offers Free Twitter Access
Realizing the increasing popularity of social networking, Airtel offers free access to Twitter for the first time in India. Airtel users can now access twitter free of cost from their mobile phones.
Realizing the increasing popularity of social networking, Airtel offers free access to Twitter for the first time in India. Airtel users can now access twitter free of cost from their mobile phones.
Online Shopping is Increase in South Asia
Online Shopping on the Increase in South Asia
There has been a steady rise in the number of online shoppers in South Asia, particularly in mainland China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand, reveals Visa eCommerce Consumer Monitor 2010.
There has been a steady rise in the number of online shoppers in South Asia, particularly in mainland China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand, reveals Visa eCommerce Consumer Monitor 2010.
Google Chrome Overtakes Firefox Globally
Google Chrome Overtakes Firefox Globally
Google Chrome launched in 2008 overtakes Firefox for the first time to become the second most popular web browser after Internet Explorer globally, reveals StatCounter, a web analytics company.
Google Chrome launched in 2008 overtakes Firefox for the first time to become the second most popular web browser after Internet Explorer globally, reveals StatCounter, a web analytics company.
Microsoft, Google and Facebookrecruiting students IIT
Global Tech Titans Hunt for IITians
Bangalore: The titans of technology, Microsoft, Google and Facebook, are recruiting students from the Indian Institutes of Technology across the country, for their headquarters, reports Times of India.
Bangalore: The titans of technology, Microsoft, Google and Facebook, are recruiting students from the Indian Institutes of Technology across the country, for their headquarters, reports Times of India.
Event of the Year
Event of the Year: Cricket World Cup 2011
Without doubt, the Cricket World Cup wins this one.
Co-hosted by India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the World Cup eclipsed every other event between the 19th of February and the 2nd of April this year. The fact that India won the Cup on home soil was the perfect icing on the cake. Images of Sachin being carried on the shoulders of the Indian team will be etched forever in the memories of this generation. As will the euphoria of that night, as revelers poured into the streets dancing, united by joy and shared nationality.
Word(s) of the Year
Word(s) of the Year: Lokpal Bil
Anna Hazare, anti-corruption and the Lokpal Bill – three words that have been synonymous with each other this past year, and three words that have been on the lips of every Indian.
The Lokpal bill targets the corruption that has permeated all ranks of government, and aims at addressing citizen grievances and protecting the interests of whistle-blowers. Literally translated, Lokpal means “protector of the people.” If passed, the bill will lead to the creation of a citizen’s ombudsman body, that is independent of existing bureaucracy, and can investigate any complaints of corruption without prior government approval.
How this story ends is yet to be seen, but we expect to hear a lot more of the Lokpal Bill in 2012.
Sportsperson of the Year
Sportsperson of the Year: Sachin Tendulkar
Is there any surprise here? Sachin might well be the sportsperson of the decade, if not the last two decades and indeed, for a better part of this millennium for India. As compatriot and starry-eyed fellow player Virat Kohli put it, for the better part of 20 years, Sachin has carried the burden of a nation's expectation on his shoulders alone.
For having inspired a nation to put aside its religious, linguistic and other like divides aside every time he picks up the willow and takes centrestage on the cricket ground, Sachin Tendulkar, teen prodigy turned the player who defines the 'gentleman' part of the gentleman's game, is this year's sportsperson of the year, his elusive 100th ton aside.
Person of the Year: Anna Hazare
Anna Hazare was to the nation what not many have been since Gandhi - a prayer, a song, a war cry, a beacon of hope and arguably, India's last chance at bringing back Gandhian ideals. Whether his movement against corruption will have the last laugh is still a question, but he's the singular exemplar that nothing is impossible in a nation of uncertainty.