Category Archives: media

Renewing Photon + Prepaid connection

Posted on July 29, 2010 by admin

You can renew your Tata Indicom Photon+ connection online at their website tataindicom.com . But unlike online most payment options, you can only renew by payment through Netbanking or Paymate. They do not accept credit card, debit card payments. Though … Continue reading →

Posted in internet, media | Leave a comment

Crowdsourcing / Workers on demand website

Posted on July 16, 2010 by admin

One of big advantages of the internet is the ability to work from anywhere.  A number of  websites  offer crowdsourcing  / workers on demand .   Some of these websites are: Amazon Mechanical turk – mturk.com – the oldest, you can … Continue reading →

Posted in business, internet, media, technical | Tagged | Leave a comment

Torrents and free downloads

Posted on March 30, 2010 by admin

As some one who does not use the internet for downloading movies and songs, bit torrent and desi torrent were a great mystery to me .   This article on  Torrents and Free Downloads  explains how it works and why it … Continue reading →

Posted in internet, law, media | Leave a comment

India’s online economy.

Posted on March 18, 2010 by admin

From http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/jaimonjoseph/326/61644/has-paypal-given-you-problems-yet.html One lakh seventy thousand Indians regularly receive or send money abroad, through the online banking website PayPal. Actually, about 1.6 million Indians are signed up for the service, though not all of them are regular users. That’s according … Continue reading →

Posted in business, government, internet, media | 1 Comment

ISP selling Internet surfing history

Posted on December 16, 2009 by admin

Interesting information on how ISPs selling the surfing history of their consumers. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040304052.html http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2007/03/your-isp-may-be-selling-your-web-clicks.ars http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/03/does_your_isp_s/ In USA, an ISP makes $5 per month per user.  Recently  I have received emails and other information related to the websites I surf.  I … Continue reading →

Posted in business, cyberlaw, internet, media | Leave a comment

Journalism for sale

Posted on December 16, 2009 by admin

From http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?263241 Indian media doesn’t do introspection. We recommend it to others—MPs, political parties, militants, judges, scientists…. They are all advised to look deep inside their own trade and clean up the rot. Meanwhile, the rot creeping into the fourth … Continue reading →

Posted in business, media | Leave a comment