Archive for the ‘Technology’ tag.
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 [...]
Interview with Mahendra Palsule – Editor at TechMeme
(Mahendra Palsule is one of Pune’s most well-known people in the technology news / social web space in the world today due to his role as Editor at TechMeme, which is one of the most influential technology news websites. BlogAdda has a great interview of Mahendra where they cover his blogging, his work, personal life [...]
Event Report: “Building Tech Products out of India” with Naren Gupta of Nexus Ventures
(This is a live blog of the event Nexus Venture Partners’ event “Building Global Tech Product Companies out of India” where Naren Gupta, founder of Nexus chatted with Abinash Tripathy, founder of Pune-company Infinitely Beta about the challenges faced by companies trying to build a global product. The other four partners at Nexus were also [...]
Top tech influencers of Pune (@dnene @ScepticGeek @trakin) give Google+ a Thumbs Up
For the past few weeks, every techie in Pune has probably had Google+ on his/her mind. Many have tried it. Some have dismissed is as a Facebook wannabe that will never really catch on. Others think it is a little too complicated for the common man. However, three of Pune’s top tech bloggers have weighed [...]
Event Report: Dr. Ramesh Raskar of MIT Media Lab
(This is a live blog of the talk given by Dr. Ramesh Raskar, of MIT Media Lab in Pune. Since this is a live-blog, it will not be as well structured as a regular article, and might contain more-than-normal grammatical errors.) About EyeNetra EyeNetra is a very small, cheap device (that costs less than Rs. [...]