Archive for November, 2010.
DocType HTML5 – Free 1-day conference on html5/css in Pune – Dec 4
DocType HTML5 is a one day conference on HTML5, CSS3 and related technologies. This is a free, technology-focused event aimed at helping folks get started with HTML5 as a rich application platform. DocType HTML5 will be held in Pune this Saturday, December 4, from 9am to 6pm, at COEP (College of Engineering, Pune). This is [...]
Overview of mobile products/services startup Omni-Bridge – makers of Pune’s TraffiCop system
If you’ve been paying attention, you no doubt have seen the newspaper articles about the fact that Pune Traffic Police have been using BlackBerrys to instantly look up information about traffic offenders via the internet. This project has been done by a small Pune startup called Omni-Bridge, and a few months back, PuneTech caught up [...]
Techweekend Pune – Rich Internet Apps (HTML5, Javascript, Flash, Silverlight) – 27 Nov
Techweekend is a monthly series of technical talks on latest trends in technology
Event Report: IndicThreads Conference on Mobile Application Development
(This is an event update about the IndicThreads Conference on Mobile Application Development that was held in Pune last week. We already published one article related to a couple of the the talks at that conference. This article, a more comprehensive update, was posted by Atul Nene on his blog, and is re-published here with [...]
Android/iPhone/BlackBerry/Nokia – Which platform(s) should developers target
(I attended the IndicThreads Conference on Mobile Application Development today. This article is based on presentations made there and conversations I had with some of the presenters.) The smartphones market is very fragmented. In 3Q2010, Symbian had 37% of the smartphone market, Android was second with 25% (it was at 2% 18 months ago), and [...]
Pune Traffic Police’s contest to design a Pune Traffic Portal
Update: The short-list of 5 designs in the “final round” has been announced. See our follow-up post for details of voting. Janwani and Pune Traffic Police have announced a contest for designing a traffic information portal for Pune. The last date for registering is 20th November, and the last date for submission is 30th November. [...]
SEAP/CSI Event: Big Data and High Performance Computing, by Paul Kent – Nov 19
What: Big data and High Performance Computing with Paul Kent of SAS When: Friday, 19 Nov, 10am Where: YASHADA, Baner Road Registration and Fees: This event is free for all. Register by sending a mail go deshpande@synygy.com. Abstract of the Talk – Big Data and HPC The emergence of commodity multi-core blade servers is changing [...]
TiE Pune Event: How Pune’s Businesses can Sieze Global Opportunities
TiE Pune presents a Panel Discussion with Ravi Pandit (CEO, KPIT), Pramod Chaudhari (Founder & Chairman, Praj), Pradeep Chordia (MD Chordia Foods Products Ltd), Partner, Ernst & Young (confirmation awaited). On Saturday, November 20, 2010, At Cerebrum B3, Kalyani Nagar (behind AdLabs) A few years back it would have been impossible to imagine that auto [...]
Software Careers in India – The Next Decade
(This is an article by guest author Yogesh Pathak. Yogesh is founder of Path Knowledge, a consulting, advisory, and research firm based in Pune.) The last 2 decades have been wonderful for the software industry in India, with a terrific contribution to India’s economy and aspirations of it’s middle class. This article reflects (in short) [...]
Silicon India’s Software Testing Conference – Nov 20
SiliconIndia is organizing Software Testing Conference (SofTec 2010), a leading event for the Software Test and QA Community on November 20th, 2010 (Saturday) in Pune. SofTeC 2010′s agenda reflects the challenges organizations face today in order to address different testing projects. It also explores new challenges such as Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Web 2.0 and the [...]