Web 2.0 is at a fairly nascent stage in India. There are a bunch of India centric Web 2.0 products (or applications) that currently exist but that bunch is steadily growing. So, now you have a, not too insignificant number [See the full post…]

About Manish Chandra: Manish Chandra arrived in Silicon Valley in 1989. His passion for growing small ideas took shape very early when he left Intel to join a small start-up called Sybase (with less than 80 people) while the valley [See the full post…]

About Amit Ranjan: Amit Ranjan is a techie turned marketer turned entrepreneur. He heads the Delhi office of Uzanto (a Silicon Valley user experience startup), where he drives the company’s product development team. He tracks emerging trends in the Indian [See the full post…]

About Vickram: Vickram Crishna, a graduate of IIT Delhi and IIM Calcutta, has worked in and around the Indian technology sector for three decades, including ten years spent in mainstream media. His stint as deputy editor at the fortnightly Business [See the full post…]

BOSTON, September 8, 2006 (PodTech News) — After the 9/11 attacks, there was talk of a cyber Pearl Harbor, in which trained terrorist groups would use computers and the Internet to attack critical infrastructure in the United States. Five years [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 8, 2006 (PodTech News) — Amazon officially entered the movie download space with Thursday night’s unveiling of Unbox. The new service offers television shows, films and other videos for download from more than 30 studios and TV [See the full post…]

MENLO PARK, September 8, 2006 (PodTech News) — Nintendo has received its first batch of CPU’s for the Wii gaming console. Named “Broadway,” the chips are manufactured by IBM and are key to Wii’s architecture. IDC Senior Industry Analyst IdaRose [See the full post…]

Do you find filing a daily challenge? ShortCuts email expert Alan Lepofsky shows how to automate your email archive. This week’s link: Alan’s blog, IBM Lotus Notes/Domino Hints and Tips, dishes out handy tips for getting the most out of [See the full post…]

After Napster, Sean Fanning founded SNOCAP, in hopes of promoting peer-to-peer networking, but the company has since evolved into a provider of digital licensing and copyright management services for artists exploring the new digital music marketplace. Rusty Rueff is the [See the full post…]

About Amit Agarwal: Amit Agarwal is a professional blogger based in Agra, the city of The Taj Mahal. He writes for Digital Inspiration and also provides one-to-one professional consulting to both companies and professionals. Amit’s professional interests include technical writing, [See the full post…]

MENLO PARK, September 7, 2006 (PodTech News) — Intel Corporation director Will Swope said today that his company’s new vPro technology package will make life for IT managers a whole lot easier. Swope, who directs Intel’s digital enterprise management division, [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 7, 2006 (PodTech News) — In a sure sign of things to come, television and movie studios are starting to create original short-form programming for broadband and wireless devices. Warner Brothers Television Group just announced the creation [See the full post…]

MENLO PARK, September 6, 2006 (PodTech News) — AOL and the Associated Press this week released a survey on online video usage. The survey, conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs, polled about 3000 adults, almost half of whom were online video [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 6, 2006 (PodTech News) — For the second time in as many weeks, SpiralFrog, the new ad-supported online music service debuting in beta in December, announced an agreement with a major music label. This time, it’s with [See the full post…]

The release of Sony’s next-gen gaming console, Playstation 3, has been pushed back to March 2007 in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa and Australasia. The PS3 was previously scheduled to launch worldwide in November. PodTech’s Rio Pesino talked with [See the full post…]

Many corporations working with older business models and an outmoded vocabulary are being challenged and changed by new technologies. In Part 2 of his conversation with PodTech founder John Furrier, Intel’s Chris Thomas discusses an important change taking place in [See the full post…]

Who’s looking in when you send an instant message? ShortCuts web etiquette expert Penny Scharfman explains when, where and how IM can be seen and searched by others – and offers some tips on smart IM usage. This week’s links: [See the full post…]

Federal laws governing licensing fees still have to catch up with the reality of internet technology, according to Mark Lam, CEO of Live365.com, which streams music and more — from local football and neighborhood churches to the likes of music [See the full post…]

Mobile device companies are lining up for their take on mobile music players. PodTech’s Michael Johnson reports on some of the contenders.

MENLO PARK, September 5, 2006 (PodTech News) — An announcement today that Apple will be holding an invitation-only press event in San Francisco on September 12th is providing plenty of grist for the rumor mill, with the fringes dreaming of [See the full post…]

Welcome to the Adobe Systems Incorporated podcasting channel powered by PodTech. Adobe is the world’s leading provider of software solutions to create, manage and deliver high-impact, reliable digital content. This entertaining and informative series of podcasts which is powered by [See the full post…]

Research analyst firm Wedbush Morgan Securities released a report predicting modest growth in video game sales. The company also raised its expectations for the Nintendo Wii and downgraded its prediction for the Sony Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable. WMS’s Michael [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 5, 2006 (PodTech News) — It’s estimated that 80 percent of all U.S. households own a DVD player, and while DVD sales are expected to grow more than 3 percent this year, it’s a far cry from [See the full post…]

What’s next for the average computer user experience? Lili Cheng is in charge of user interface for Microsoft’s Vista team. Coming to the Vista project via Microsoft’s research division, she’s thought a lot about how we’ll relate to our various [See the full post…]

Robert Scoble is the September 4, 2006 interview on Marketing Voices and his passion for blogging is infectious! Scoble delves into the power of word of mouth, links, the world of Google and all the ways that a corporation can [See the full post…]