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Is tablet the next big revolution in India?

In spite of growing number of internet users, high talent pool and a big technology outsourcing industry, pc and internet penetration in India has been slow. The slow uptake is often attributed to lack of infrastructure. It is not just rural parts of India that lack infrastructure. For example, whitefield area in bangalore (which is a prime tech hub) still has only one broadband provider - BSNL. Every other provider - Airtel, Reliance, Tata - has refused to invest in laying cables in this part of bangalore. This is a very similar situation about 10 years ago when it was extremely difficult to get a landline connection and there were huge backlogs. The introduction of mobile phones at affordable price changed everything and India now boasts world's second largest number of mobile subscribers. Could the introduction of affordable tablets combined with 3G connectivity in India be the next game changer? I believe it could be and in next 10 years it could get 2 -5 times bigger than n

SMB tech spend to grow 4 fold by 2015

According to a recent article , TCS has signed up 240 customers for their cloud based offering for SMBs and planning to signup 100 channel partners across India to increase the total number of customers to 1000 in 1 year. The total tech spend is expected to grow to $48.5 billion by 2015. This presents a huge opportunity for companies offering cloud based solutions in India considering 60% of SMBs do not have any tech infrastructure. Cloud based apps, such as ours ( http://www.gromor.in ), offers a great jumpstart for SMBs to benefit from world class technology solution available at affordable pay-per-use model. It reduces upfront investment by as much as 90% and enables SMBs to focus on growing their core business without worrying about managing IT infrastructure.

Adding google apps email to ipad

I recently tried adding a google apps email account by following steps at http://goo.gl/gvr9W . However, I got an error Username or password for "imap.gmail.com" is incorrect . I was able to resolve the issue after unlocking captcha as suggested at http://goo.gl/ABDHB .