Aakash manufacturer, assembler split over production woes

13 Apr, 2012, 6:27 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets 2 Comments

India’s ambitious dream of imparting quality education to the have-nots at low costs has reportedly hit a roadblock, ... More

Aakash 2 to get the ICS flavour

11 Apr, 2012, 4:50 pm IST tech2 News Staff Tablets 1 Comments

India’s very own Aakash 2 tablet, which is scheduled to go on sale in a couple of weeks time from now will be ... More

Datawind blames IIT-Rajasthan for Aakash's failure

05 Apr, 2012, 1:23 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets

The Aakash tablet project has been one of the most ambitious projects picked up by the Ministry of Human ... More

India's $35 tablet dream finds takers in the U.S

03 Apr, 2012, 10:25 am IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets 3 Comments

Even as several enthusiasts in the country continue to queue up in a bid to realize India's maiden dream of low-cost ... More

Government allots Rs.765 crore for Aakash 2 in Budget 2012

22 Mar, 2012, 11:08 am IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets 6 Comments

The nation's most ambitious mission to deliver quality education to the have-nots in the country, reportedly ... More

Aakash 2 to launch next month; same price

15 Mar, 2012, 12:49 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets 13 Comments

Aakash tablet enthusiasts would be thrilled to know that the upgraded version of the world's most affordable tablet, ... More

Next from Sibal: Mobile user tracking in latitudes and longitudes

16 Feb, 2012, 3:50 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General 7 Comments

If you're still seething over social media censorship, you may just have to brace yourself for something more.... More

Government introduces new policy for telcos

16 Feb, 2012, 11:52 am IST Naina Khedekar General

After an array of changes enforced upon telcos, the government has finally announced new telecom policy (NTP) ... More

Google, Yahoo! suspected of forex violation

15 Feb, 2012, 5:16 pm IST Team Tech2 Web services

The Indian government is investigating whether local units of U.S. Internet giants Google Inc and Yahoo Inc ... More

Nepal takes a liking to UbiSlate 7+, books 20,000 units

31 Jan, 2012, 12:07 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Web services 5 Comments

Today is the last day of the ongoing, 5-day, CAN Info-Tech 2012 Conference in Nepal, and among the many things, ... More

25,000 Aakash tablets booked by Mumbai University

30 Jan, 2012, 10:37 am IST Anuradha Shetty Web services

After almost a week of distress, things seem to be looking up for India's maiden attempt at low-cost computing. More

Andhra Pradesh to order 10,000 Aakash tablets to promote e-learning

30 Jan, 2012, 10:13 am IST Naina Khedekar Web services

The Aakash has been getting mixed reactions lately. Although, there are a few alternatives to the Aakash available in the market as we suggested earlier, no tablet can beat the price... More

Technology in 2012 - What lies ahead

31 Dec, 2011, 4:47 pm IST Team Tech2 Web services 3 Comments

Looking back at 2011, one cannot help but notice that the year was full of contrasts, lots of hits and misses ... More

Aakash tablet delayed, to start shipping in January 2012

27 Dec, 2011, 11:14 am IST Naina Khedekar Web services 10 Comments

Those who’ve recently booked the Aakash tablet earlier this month will have to wait until next year to lay their hands on it... More

FIR lodged against Facebook and user over anti-Gita content

26 Dec, 2011, 11:18 am IST Padmini Harchandrai Social Networking 4 Comments

The Bhagavad Gita has been a source of contention since the Russian court has been trying to ban the text, calling it "extremist literature". Now, a Facebook More

Govt. begins open talks with Facebook, Twitter and Google

16 Dec, 2011, 10:34 am IST Anuradha Shetty Social Networking 1 Comments

In a bid to work out a middle ground with the social networking platforms over the issue of monitoring and filtering ... More

What Sibal's censorship means for us

09 Dec, 2011, 6:37 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai, Naina Khedekar Social Networking 10 Comments

Earlier this week, Kapil Sibal, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology expressed his ... More

Commercial version of Aakash delayed until late January 2012

06 Dec, 2011, 11:51 am IST Naina Khedekar Social Networking 6 Comments

If you are among the 3 lakh people who pre-ordered the commercial version of Aakash then you’ll have to wait until next year... More

Upgraded version of Aakash tab expected in February 2012, same price

03 Nov, 2011, 5:59 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Social Networking 36 Comments

Last month, the world's most affordable tablet was unveiled in India amidst a lot of fanfare, as it brought along a promise of improving ... More

Spam messages and calls have come back to haunt you

19 Oct, 2011, 4:35 pm IST Karan Shah Mobile services

Missing those 1254 spam new message notifications you got everyday? Well, they’re back to bring that much needed joy to your life! It’s been More