Pune – first Indian city to roll out 3G

That, I didn’t see coming.
As per reports, starting TODAY, 2,000 ‘high value’ customers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited will be able to access 3G services at select areas of the city.
No idea what you need to do to qualify as High Value. I thought bearing BSNL’s slow and pathetic services, customer and otherwise, suffice.
Within [...]

Atheism is a religion in the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby.

There’s no better way to put it. Period.
Being agnostic and an atheist in India is tough. I dont have anything against religion or faith or belief, it’s religious fanaticism and extremism that I despise.
I don’t believe in ‘No God’. I just don’t believe that God exists. Big difference.
Amit Varma at the India Uncut blog nails [...]

Internet TV, not so far now?

Just heard that Yahoo and Intel are planning to launch a special channel, which could turn out to be the first real mainstream Internet TV venture that ’sticks’.
WATBlog reports:
“Yahoo, using its Yahoo widgets engine, is attempting to launch a TV channel based on Yahoo Widgets. It won’t be a usual TV channel, ofcourse, but a [...]

It’s the theatre’s fault..

Next time when you see someone get thrown out for monkeying around during a movie, remember it’s the people throwing them out who are at fault..
So says Tim Harford…
Could be very useful if you were the one monkeying around in the first place. But do keep in mind that most Indians are not [...]

Get the iPhone 3G for Rs 31,000 from Vodaphone.. or not..

That’s the price for the 8 GB model, and for only the hardware.
That’s what the e-mail from Vodafone to Amit at Digital Inspiration says.
They’ve priced the 8GB model for Rs 31,000 ($710) and the 16GB one for Rs 36,100 ($820) respectively.
For the 3G Voice and Data plans:
“Vodafone offers no “unlimited data” plan for iPhone users. [...]

Anti-spam Email

Background: I have been receiving “offers” from sysplextech via Naukri.com.
The same e-mail, sent from different sysplextech IDs, over 10 times atleast.
Just another spam, but this time I decided to reply; pasting my complete rant below…
“Dear Aasiya/Nahid,
I request you to please read this article on Permission Marketing by Seth Godin.
Looks like your company really needs [...]