Archive for the ‘Technology’ tag.
What NVidia is up to – NVidia Tech Week Open House in Pune
(This report of an demo/event organized by NVidia in February 2012 was written by Abhijit Athavale, and was originally published on PuneChips.com, a PuneTech sister organization that focuses on semiconductor, eda, embedded design and VLSI technology in Pune. It is reproduced here for the benefit for PuneTech readers.) I was invited to visit the Nvidia [...]
QuickOffice Launches ‘Connect’ – Frontend Developed in Pune
QuickOffice, the mobile office/documents software company, has recently launched Connect by QuickOffice, which is an ambitious platform which allows users to synchronize their documents across all their devices (multiple mobiles), clouds (Dropbox, Google Docs, Microsoft SkyDrive), and computers (office computer, laptop, home desktop). QuickOffice has an offshore development center in Pune (in Pune-based Synerzip), and [...]
Event Report: “Innovate or Die” – Suhas Kelkar, CTO-APAC, BMC Software
(This is a live blog of Suhas Kelkar’s talk at the SEAP Breakfast Meet. Suhas talked about his experience of building an incubator at BMC Software.) Background Suhas joined BMC Pune and was given the job of creating an innovation incubator within the company. This was the second attempt at creating an incubator in BMC. [...]
Advantage Pune Panel Discussion: Opportunities for Pune to become an Innovation Hub
These are a few quick ‘n dirty notes captured during a Panel Discussion that was held as a part of the “Global Conclave: Advantage Pune” event held in Pune yesterday, organized by Zinnov and Software Exporters Association of Pune (SEAP). The panel discussion was on the topic “Opportunities and Challenges for Pune to become an [...]
PuneConnect 2011 – Event Overview and Results
PuneConnect 2011, held on 5th November, was the event where Pune’s top tech communities (SEAP and PuneTech) and startup communities (POCC and TiEPune) came together to organize an event to let Pune’s startups mix with Pune’s established companies. 12 Pune technology startups were chosen from about 30 applicants to showcase their products at PuneConnect 2011. [...]
Pune’s Ayojak integrates Cash-On-Delivery payment option in its ticketing service
Ayojak, a Pune-based company that offers a suite of technology solutions & services for online event ticket selling, conference registrations, payment processing, event promotion, and event logistics, has become one of the first such services to integrate COD (cash-on-delivery) as a payment option for their online event ticket sales service. As anybody familiar with the [...]
Early-stage investment up to Rs. 25L available from Venture Center, Pune
The Venture Center, a Pune-based Government of India Initiative that helps technology innovators and startups, has instituted a Rs. 1 crore seed fund that they plan on investing in early stage technology startups (or even innovators with just a science & technology idea). Investment proposals are being accepted upto 30 November 2011. Here are more [...]
Python, Django, Git, Virtualization and more at Fedora Activity Day 1 – Sept 24
A Fedora Activity Day (FAD) is scheduled for Saturday, September 24, 2011, 1000 IST onwards at Red Hat office in Pune. The objective of this FAD is to get any beginner, particularly students, introduced to Open Source and Linux in general, and involved in Fedora in particular, in preparation of FUDCon, Pune. Agenda Since this [...]
MCUG Event: Understanding all the technology underlying a hyperlink click
The MIT Computer Users Group presents a talk by Anirudh Tomer and Toshish Jawale on what happens under the covers when you do something simple like clicking a hyperlink. The talk is at 1:30pm on Saturday, 20th August, in room A203, E&TC Dept. MIT, Kothrud. About the Seminar: To see this post you must have [...]
GizmoMeet: An event for all gadget fans in Pune
Annkur writes: Organized across India by OnlyGizmos.com, GizmoMeet is one of its kind meetup for gadget lovers. Over 250 technology enthusiasts have attended our meetups in Delhi and Mumbai. Coming saturday We look forward to meet you over some coffee at Cafe 1730, Koregaon Park (5.30OM-8:30PM). So here we give you a sneak peek in [...]