Idea Cellular begins Android Wars with Low Cost 3G SmartPhones
Idea Cellular in India has began a new era with the introduction of low cost Android 3G Smartphones with most essential features such as Video calling, Facebook, e-mail, Online Banking, etc
Idea’s Phones are availavle in two versions Idea Blade 3G Smartphone and Idea ID-280 SmartPhone.
Now with India having the second largest mobile subscriber base in the world with over 800 Mn Wireless Connections, Can Android be the default choice for Indians ?
Google Adsense Check + BlueDart – Worst Example of IT Systems Deployment
If you are an Adsense Publisher in India, then you will know that Google’s Internal System and Mechanism to track the Adsense Check is one of the Worst Systems. Adding to the woos of publishers is a Courier company known as Bluedart which has tied up with DHL, knocking the global brand name of the latter.
Google distributes check but never updates the tracking number in the system. BlueDart with highest labor turnover fail to discover the address of the AdSense Publisher and hence returns the check as undelivered. Complaints to Google go un-answered.
Google should probably go for Electronic Funds Transfer rather than this tedious process of mailing the checks or go with Indian Government SpeedPost which comes at fraction of the cost of BlueDart and delivery is assured as well.
Credit Defaults & Waivers in India
The spate of Credit Defaults on Credit Cards and Persona Loans began with Banks like ICICI and other aggressively managed one sending pre-approved and activated Credit Cards to consumers in 2004-2007. Things were good until the Economy kept booming and when the world came crashing down, banks cried foul and reported consumers are defaulters on highly unreasonable APRs of 36% P.A
Consumers started writing their grievances to RBI. However, in a detailed analysis carred on by India’s Leading Credit Card Company – Cardbhai, it is now almost certain that RBI and the Banks are in no mood to let borrowers off the hook without paying the amount they owe. You can fight Credit Card / Personal Loan frauds in India as per Guidelines of CardBhai.
So the question remains who is to be blamed ? The ir-responsible consumer or the Greedy Banks which offered Money in the hands of these consumers ? So get your CIBIL Credit Report Now and see how your Credit History looks like ?
Indigo International Ladies Club – Racket
Just like the friendship network racket which is nothing but a money making scam here is another one Indigo International Ladies Club that came in South India’s leading daily news paper – Deccan Herald. [I wonder how much the advertiser must have piad the press, to put such an Ad]
This is nothing but a pure scam. They are looking for males less than 35 years and who would want to earn Rs 20K/ P.M
Call Raj 09604931199
Neha – 09552928303
When you call they will ask you to deposit money in their ICICI bank A/C promising Contacts of rich females who will pay you for service. Ya Right!! AS if this is ever going to happen Punish the Scamsters.
Y S Rajashekar Reddy – King of Corruption
Use Komli / Doubleclick to bypass Adsense Policies
Google’s AdSense Policy is very strict towards individuals, really especially with Ad Placements of AdSense Code in Pop-ups or Pop-Unders.
Indian FREE SMS Provider 160by2.com is Violating the AdSense policy and yet Google hasn’t taken any action. What 160by2.com has done is, it hasn’t directly signed-up with Google AdSense, instead it has signed up with Komli.com through which it gets Google’s Ad Inventory. What is surprising is inspite of such dirty practices being on for over a month, Google hasn’t suspended the account Google’s differential policy for Publishers – Adsense Vs Doublelick.
Here is the proof of it,
Adsense Violation without being caught
So the next time you sign-up for Adsense, do it through Ad Brokers like Komli so that you can misuse AdSense Policy 
Update:
160by2 in a comment clarifies that DoubleClick offers Pop-Up/Under Advertising and it is not against TOS. So it was wrong on my part to assume AdSense and Doubleclik had the same Policies [Blindly] assuming Google was a No Evil Company but skeptical now.
3G + BWA Auction Policies Announced
The Ministry of Communications and DoT have opened the Pandora’s Box on auction of 3G Mobile Spectrum. The reserved prices of the spectrum has doubled since TRAI’s first recommendation in 2006. Now the reserve price is Rs 2,020 crore for PAN India 3G license. However, around 5 licensees are expected to operate and thus the Government is looking forward to get revenues of Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000 crore.
Broadband Wireless Access Policy: The government failed to listen to smaller ISPs and has tied the reserve price to 3G. Can India really achieve broader and increased pentration of broadband services as it has happened in mobile services ? Not until BSNL opens its Copper network is my take.
CREDAI Bangalore Exhibition- A Bogus Threat to Property Buyers
The Confederation of Real Estate Developer’s Associations of India – CREDAI Bangalore wing is conducting a property Exhibition to sell their distress assets as property prices are falling and speculators were the first to exit. With Indian economy under pressure and interest rates set to rise, CREDAI Bangalore is creating a fear in consumers that Property Prices will still go Higher.
However, CREDAI mostly run by Black money people are wrong and in a hurry to cheat consumers by selling assets at higher marked up prices. Here is an excellent research conducted by Dalal Street Business Blog showing how property prices have fallen by more than 18% in Delhi NCR Region. Also note that India’s largest Housing financiers – HDFC and ICICI Bank Home Loans division have stated that their hosing loan disbursement is falling QoQ implying consumers are willing to wait for the interest rates to soften. Realtors will have no choice but to UNLOAD their assets for future projects. Be patient and boycott, the CREDAI exhibition in Bangalore.
