Sony appears to be joining the list of tablet vendors that have gone up against the might of the Apple iPad and ended up bloodied and bruised. Not to mention the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars and loss of face. Discounts & More Discounts First, in mid-December Sony announced a $50 discount for […]
The market for PCs and laptops may be weak but tablet shipments continue to rise. Based on robust demand in the fourth quarter, market researcher IDC raised its worldwide tablet shipments forecast in 2011 to 63.3 million units, up from its previous projection of 62.5 million units. Tablet shipments into sales channels in the third […]
One of the advantages of owning an iPad is the extraordinary education we’re getting. With apps like Zite (owned by CNN) installed on the iPad, our intellectual horizons are expanding like never before. Every day, we discover important new things. 😉 And the best part is we never know what aspect of our intellect will […]
U.S. venture capital firm Accel Partners has closed a $155 million fund, Accel India III, that will make seed and early stage investments in Indian startups. This is Accel’s third India fund. Accel, which has previously invested in 34 Indian companies, said the latest fund had attracted top tier institutional investors from North America, Europe […]
by Chennai Arun (Note: SI believes that Vishal and Sameera Reddy are a stain on Indian cinema) After two successive flops in Villu and Engeyum Kaadhal, director Prabhu Deva returns with a remake of the Telugu film Souryam, which released in 2008 and went to become a hit. Vedi’s story is simple. Vishal […]
Aarakshan (Reservations) turned out to be a disappointment for us. Directed by Prakash Jha, one of India’s rare political film-makers, the much hyped movie is supposedly centered on the hot-button issue of reservations aka affirmative action that allows less qualified candidates from lower castes to get government jobs and seats in colleges via special quotas. […]