BBC World Service via Internet Radio
17 Feb 2012 12:00am GMT One of the services I find myself using a lot on the 3G activated phone now is the audio version of BBC World Service. (I guess given that it is audio, it would probably work quite well on 2.5G also.) I grew up listening to a lot of BBC, and listening once again to the [...]
Activated 3G
16 Feb 2012 12:00am GMT I finally got around to activating 3G on Vodafone. I had tried the demo last year and was disappointed. But now that all the network issues seem to have been resolved, I decided to give it another try. So far, so good. For the first month, I decided to try the Rs 850 for 3GB [...]
ad:tech Panel on Mobile Marketing
15 Feb 2012 12:00am GMT I will be moderating a panel on Mobile Marketing at ad:tech in Delhi on Feb 24. The panelists are: Dippak Khurana, Co-Founder & CEO, Vserv.mobi Dr. Nickhil Jakatdar, CEO and Co-Founder, Vuclip Abdul Khan, Senior Vice President & National Head of Business Marketing, Tata Teleservices Kiran Gopinath, Founder & CEO, Ozone Media Solutions What are the kind of questions you’d [...]
Continuous Road Work
14 Feb 2012 12:00am GMT With BMC elections a couple days away, perhaps the new corporators will consider why arterial roads have to be repeatedly dug up. Look at the road stretch from Worli to Haji Ali. One part of it is almost at a 45-degree angle now! Every few months, some part of is under construction. Nepean Sea Road [...]
A Real Winter in Mumbai
13 Feb 2012 12:00am GMT It has been one amazing winter, especially the past week. In general, Mumbai is one of those places where the only weather one has is: hot and humid, and more hot and more humid. This year has been an exception. With temperatures dropping to sub-10 degrees Celsius, it has been an absolute delight to feel [...]