The cloud makes it possible for tiny organizations in the poor countries to access bite-size slices of tech and talent. Perhaps the developing world’s affinity for the cloud is also a threat to established firms (and an opportunity for new ones), argues one A-list blogger. Read more »
The road to optimal productivity and happiness at the lowest cost is paved with pallet racks, the internet, yoga and local organic leafy green salads, according to Freeman Murray, the co-founder of Jaaga, which is pretty much the coolest co-working space you’ll find out there. Read more »
Confirming earlier reports, T-Mobile USA will be the first carrier to sell a Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Windows Phone in the U.S. — a key market for… Read more at paidContent »
Imagine you want to use your cell phone to, say, order take-out food but you don’t want to pay for making the call, or a text message. The answer to that ultra-low cost question is India’s fascinating growth of the “missed call” ecosystem. Read more »
Check out the wild jerry-rigged grid action going on in some of the areas of Old Delhi. Now that is some craziness. Check out my little photo essay of Old Delhi’s “grid gone wild:” Read more »
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is taking its new device strategy up one more notch: today, it started to ship the second of its first two Windows Phone d… Read more at paidContent »
If there’s one thing that is acting as the pulse behind the growing entrepreneurial spirit in India’s cities, it’s the rise of the Indian middle class. I head off on a 2-week trip to Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore to capture the heart of this movement. Read more »
Vineeth Vijayaraghavan is the founder and editor of a site focused on cleantech in India, Panchabuta, and here’s what he’s been watching, reading, and writing about this week. Read more »
Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and Orange have long been rivals in mobile phone markets in Europe, but as growth slows down in the region, the two are… Read more at paidContent »
India is enjoying great love from solar companies as a result of its solar incentive programs. But rule changes to its national solar program also gives some companies a big advantage — namely First Solar. Read more »
Netflix will launch in the U.K. and Ireland early next year, but where is it going after that? A recent job offer revealed a number of candidates, including countries like Korea, Germany, Russia and France. Now all Netflix needs is profits to make those plans happen. Read more »
Power companies in India are funding both solar and wind as a way to add more power generation, as many areas in India are facing blackouts. Vineeth Vijayaraghavan watches cleantech in India closely, and here’s what he’s been reading this week. Read more »
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) unveiled four new Symbian S40 handsets designed to appeal to upwardly-mobile youngsters in emerging-markets with smartphon… Read more at paidContent »
In contrast to the politicization of solar in the U.S., India is quickly moving to install 20 GW of solar by 2022. Vineeth Vijayaraghavan is the founder of Panchabuta, a site focused on Indian cleantech. Here’s what he’s been watching, reading, and writing about this week. Read more »
Times Of India’s online division is getting mobile and internet highlights of English soccer’s Premier League, after cutting a deal with onl… Read more at paidContent »
It looks like YouTube Box Office is working pretty well for Google India. Read more at paidContent »
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) thrives on scale for its business model. But when it comes to launching new products, the company has often taken a caut… Read more at paidContent »
With newspaper revenues in a downward spiral in the U.S., it’s easy to forget that there’s one area where daily tabloids and broadsheets are… Read more at paidContent »
With a lot of the focus in the mobile universe on Android, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and what is happening in the smartphone segment, it’s easy to… Read more at paidContent »
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Amazon could have two sizes of tablet in mind for a launch: a seven-inch mod… Read more at paidContent »
In late 2007, Evergreen Solar hit an all-time high with a $9.8 billion market cap. Less than four years later, it has filed for bankruptcy, with its secured debtors trying to recoup $165 million in notes from an asset fire sale. Its unsecured debtors, meanwhile, pray ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Apple and five warning signs to watch for at the company in the next stage o… Read more at paidContent »
Blyk, the once-groundbreaking mobile ad company that offered young users free mobile services in exchange for getting ads on their devices,… Read more at paidContent »
First Solar posts a huge slide in earnings Tuesday but promises to do better for the remainder of the year. The solar panel maker and project developer is counting on India and North America to become its main markets. Read more »
When it comes to broadband, it seems Indians will increasingly use 3G wireless connections to access the Internet. At the end of the first quarter of 2011 there were 11.5 million wired broadband subscribers in India, a pittance versus the explosive growth in 3G connections. Read more »
IBM will help Indian cellular giant Bharti network its 32,000 cell towers for more efficient energy use. Think of it as a smarter way to link lots of little data centers, on a vast, distributed scale. Read more »
Today on the Net: U.S. consumers really like their Redbox rentals, but they’ll also soon be able to try out Netflix without any physical DVD rentals. Also, online TV troublemaker Ivi just submitted another legal filing. Read more »
New, private 3G networks in India combined with mobile adoption and Google’s march towards powering inexpensive smartphones in the Asia-Pacific region could bring half a billion more people to the mobile web in India by 2014. Is this the perfect storm for small, upstart handset makers? Read more »
After extracting a deal from Research In Motion that appears to give state authorities the ability to monitor messages sent over the company’s BlackBerry network, India has said it may go after both Google and Skype in an attempt to get similar kinds of security concessions. Read more »
India will have 150 million 3G connections by 2014, according to Wireless Intelligence. India just concluded a 3G auction (marked by bureaucratic delays) that raised about $11 billion, a big price tag which will ensure that the 3G rollouts are slow and 3G access expensive. Read more »
