Archive for the ‘Technology’ tag.
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. [...]
Talk by Ramesh Raskar, MIT Media Lab – 6th July
Mark your calendars. This is an event you cannot miss. Ramesh Raskar, Associate Professor at MIT Media Lab (that’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology, not Pune’s MIT), considered one of the top young innovators in the world, is in town, and we’re taking this opportunity to have him give a talk. The talk is at 5:45pm [...]
Free web-development courses by Ozran Academy, Pune
Ozran is a small web development company in Kondhwa, Pune. This European company founded by Andor Admiraal and Rajesh Shet has some very unique policies and a different outlook from most other IT firms. One of their unique initiatives is that they offer completely free web courses to IT, Arts and Maths freshers. They even [...]
Apple iCloud – Hype Cycle or Tipping Point for Cloud Computing?
(This article by Amit Naik, an architect at BMC Software, tries to separate out the facts from the hype regarding Apple’s recently announced iCloud offering for the benefit of readers) Any Apple announcement from new products/services to the Worldwide Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) is often hotly anticipated by the media and the Apple faithful alike. [...]
Event Report: TechSparks Pune 2011
(This is a live-blog of the TechSparks 2011 event in Pune. Since it is being written as the event happens, please excuse the typos, and the general low quality of the writing. Hopefully the quality of the speakers and the content will make up for that.) Some interesting statistics. The event is at Dewang Mehta [...]
Two tech events for Mobile Developers this Saturday in Pune
Mobile apps are the next big thing. There is no question about that. So now is the time to learn Android or iPhone development, or if you already are an Android developer, then to meet other developers and exchange ideas. First for Android developers – The folks behind the Pune Android Developers List have started [...]
The Basics of Game Development – for programmers
(This is a live-blog of a talk Girish Dhakephalkar of http://ShoonyaGames.com gave at TechWeekend #9 on Game Development.) This talk is an overview of what exactly is involved in game development – from the point of view of a programmer. These are the major components of game development. Game Platform A game platform is the [...]