Brazil has overtaken India as the second biggest country on Facebook, SocialBakers reports. According to the social media analytics firm, the country now has over 46m Facebook users, a 22% increase over the last three months: (via Brazil Now the Second Biggest Country on Facebook)
Chris Gayle rushed to the hospital to visit Tia Bhatia who got hit by his six and Cadbury 5 Star did not want to lose the opportunity to think creatively.
![Tees for geeky Indians at wyo.in (by WYO Tees)
We all know it. Lets now deny it. We all know about the presence of this WOH in our relationship. The sex not that great anymore? Its not that exciting anymore. Atleast not as exciting as the discovery of that new picture on Facebook… Right? […] Do you remember sneaking up on your alone time, quietly to your laptop or phone or pad or pod (or whatever gadget you own, you geek), drooling over it and enjoying whatever bit/byte of information you can get on it?](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2dhopmVor1r8dxvuo1_250.jpg)
Tees for geeky Indians at wyo.in (by WYO Tees)
We all know it. Lets now deny it. We all know about the presence of this WOH in our relationship. The sex not that great anymore? Its not that exciting anymore. Atleast not as exciting as the discovery of that new picture on Facebook… Right? […] Do you remember sneaking up on your alone time, quietly to your laptop or phone or pad or pod (or whatever gadget you own, you geek), drooling over it and enjoying whatever bit/byte of information you can get on it?
Tanjore - The web is what you make of it
Inspired by the real story of G. Rajendran, an artist from Tamil Nadu (Southern India) who used the web to bring the dying art of “Tanjore” paintings back to life and became a successful businessman in the process. The art is supposed to have originated in 1600 A.D and is an important part of the local social and cultural heritage.
A survey, commissioned by Norton, has found that Indians spend more time on social networking sites than on checking e-mails.
…Indian spends 9.7 hours a week on social networking sites like Facebook and chatting on other applets, while the same for email stands at a poor 6.1 applets. […] A whopping eight out of ten surveyed said they cannot do without the internet for more than 24 hours.
Obviously, a great news that engineers with BTech degrees will find it easier to seek jobs and opportunities for higher education abroad from 2013.
Engineers with undergraduate degrees will find it easier to seek jobs and opportunities for higher studies abroad from 2013, if India’s bid to join the elite Washington Accord for international accreditation is accepted. […] The National Board of Accreditation, under the aegis of All India Council for Technical Education, plans to bid to become a permanent member of the Washington Accord in June 2013. […] India is yet to invite the Washington Accord to audit its accreditation system, a crucial process for becoming a full member, despite the country being granted a provisional status in 2007.
Kapil Sibal is a lawyer and an Indian politician. He is currently the Minister of Communications and Information Technology.
SPARSH (स्पर्श) - Touch to Copy, Touch to Paste
SPARSH lets you conceptually transfer media from one digital device to your body and pass it to the other digital device by simple touch gestures. Our digital world – laptop, TV, smart phone, e-book reader and all are now relying upon the cloud, the cloud of information. SPARSH explores a novel interaction method to seamlessly transfer something between these devices in a real fun way using the underlying cloud. Here it goes. Touch whatever you want to copy. Now it is saved conceptually in you. Next, touch the device you want to paste/pass the saved content. SPARSH uses touch based interactions as just indication for what to copy, from where and where to pass it. Technically, the actual magic (transfer of media) happens on the cloud.
India Peace: Beautiful Cover Art Illustrations by John Malloy
The New Bottom Billion - ‘Where do the poor live?’
New IDS research shows that the global poverty ‘problem’ is changing. There is a new ‘bottom billion’ of 960m poor people or 72 per cent of the world’s poor who live not in poor countries but in middle-income countries (MICs). This is a dramatic change from just two decades ago, when 93 per cent of poor people lived in low-income countries (LICs).
Social Media, in India, is evolving rapidly. Facebook is becoming more like Google. But it’s no longer new. What’s new and interesting is that the dominating competitive force of social media is evolving even among India’s not-so-typical users: farmers!!
“Community concept has always been prevalent in villages,” says Asheesh Raina, analyst at technology research firm Gartner India. “Earlier, a village sarpanch would sit under a tree and discuss certain issues with villagers before taking a final call. Facebook and Twitter are an extension of this concept.” Farmer bodies are quick to point out the advantages of social media. […] And it’s catching on. Small tea growers in West Bengal will launch a website this month and link it with Facebook and Twitter so that growers can interact with international buyers directly, says BG Chakroborty, Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers Association. Farmers involved in dairy, horticulture and floriculture are increasingly using social networking sites, adds K Prabhakar Reddy of the Consortium of Indian Farmers Association.
If you’ve been looking for reasons to broaden your horizons and see more of the world we’ve got a good one to add to your list: awesome robot fortune-tellers in India!
“Indians have long since been passionate about predicting the future. Horoscopes are created with the help of an astrologer on the very day a child is born and these documents are consulted from time to time during major milestones of a person’s life. Especially when a match is made as a part of an arranged marriage, an astrologer is duly consulted to make sure the horoscopes of the bride and groom are compatible with each other.
While all this may seem very strange to an outsider, for Indians it’s a part of normal and natural life. In fact, progress in terms of fortune-telling technology has been made too. In several homes, local astrologers have been replaced by computer software that serves the same purpose. One simply needs to enter their name and time/date of birth to receive a complete report of their past, present and future.
At fairs, festivals and even parks, it is common to find astrologers who read palms and have parrots that predict the future. Of course, several of them could be charlatans. Interestingly, technology seems to be taking over here too – with robots replacing the parrots. These robot fortune tellers are painted in bright colors and come in various shapes and sizes. The most popular design has flashing LED lights and an analog clock display on the front. Apparently, these creations serve the dual purpose of telling time as well as the future!
Should you choose to have your fortune revealed to you by one of these robots, all you need is a mere 5 Rupees (that’s less than a Dollar). In exchange for this small token, the robot’s guardian will allow you to put on a pair of headphones connected to its underpants and listen to a pre-recorded message of the future. Unfortunately, the messages aren’t available in English, but only in Indian languages – Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu.”
Photos by Paul Keller and Jitendra Prakash respectively
[via Oddity Central]
