While a number of private wealth management firms have already embraced tablet PCs, others are expected to adopt them soon.
LG is targeting a turnover of Rs. 3,000 crore in 2011 and sell 450,000 smartphone units in India this year.
The search giant is keen to pocket a hefty slice of India's online advertising market, an Rs 1,300-crore (Rs 13-billion) market in 2011 that is set to touch Rs 3,400 crore (Rs 34 billion) by 2015 according to KPMG estimates.
Bigger telecom companies are likely to get a bigger share of the 3G subscribers as they own high average revenue per user customers, who are more likely to sample premium services like 3G.
Gartner expects manufacturers like Samsung to launch a whole range of budget devices that will drive Android into mass market segments.
According to Grant Thornton's January data, IT & ITeS tracked the highest in terms of value, with the industry investing $1.2 billion in M&A over 12 deals.
Dayanand Allapur, head of human resources, Tesco HSC, said: "We will add another 2,000 employees in both IT (information technology) and non-IT processes."
Features like long battery life, ease of use and the rapid development of applications are attracting companies to tablet PCs
Hewlett-Packard (HP) chief executive Leo Apotheker on Monday told employees at its Bangalore office to watch out for "new products from the US on February 9". Apotheker, to also visit Mumbai and Delhi, is the first from HP's senior management to visit the country in 10 years.
With telecom and banking majors stepping up mobile banking services, 2011 is poised to be the year that would transform your banking habits - making payments or checking your account balance on your mobile.
World's largest chip manufacturer Intel is redrawing its strategy to tap the mobile segment. This has been an area where the company has very limited presence, competing with the likes of Texas Instruments, Qualcomm and ARM.
This year, Dell will launch new smartphone models and venture into the printers segment to cement its position as a hardware company in India.While the company believes that the biggest growth driver in 2011 will be smartphones, it is also eyeing the enterprise and small business segment with the launch of eight new printers.
"We will allow users to earn revenue by allowing relevant advertisements to be displayed with their videos. Backed with YouTube's analytics and content management tools, Indian users can target a particular demographic, monetise the views his content gets in any country and even protect his content from content pirates," said Shenaz Zack, product manager, YouTube.
Google, Yahoo, Rediff vie for market share of mobile internet users.
Prime-time viewers among the younger audience are swiftly moving to social networking sites and the internet.
A brainchild of the Nagori brothers, Pavan and Pankaj, CVADO1502 (pronounced 'see-vah-doh'), a chocolate tasting club, will open its doors for business this October.
Your idiot box is getting smarter fast. Consider this: You can now surf the web, download videos from YouTube, stream games from websites and even download news and traffic updates for a quick take on what's happening around you.
Today, bookMyShow is India's premiere online ticketing site, having sold movie tickets worth Rs 6.21 crore (Rs 62.1 million) for Avatar and Rs 9 crore (Rs 90 million) for 3 idiots early this year.
Bookmyshow and KyaZoonga go beyond movie tickets.
The move is part of the company's plans to expand its hardware, services and ICT systems integration and distribution business.
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