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Is Bajaj’s new ‘car’ more than just a poor man’s cab?

By Bala Murali Krishna Sun, Jan 08, 2012 9:04PM UTC View Comments

Last week, Bajaj Auto, the company that revolutionized personal transport in India with its range of scooters, unveiled what might be the cheapest ‘car’, at $3,500. Company chief, Rahul Bajaj, declines to call the RE60 — named so for its rear engine and its emission of only 60 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer —...

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10 reasons India’s $35 tablet is destined for failure

By Bala Murali Krishna Tue, Oct 11, 2011 10:31PM UTC View Comments

Indian students pose with the supercheap 'Aakash' Tablet computers which they received during its launch in New Delhi, India earlier this month. Pic: AP.

I am rather late in writing on the $35 tablet computer but that was a deliberate decision. I didn’t think there was anything positive to write about Aakash, claimed to be the “cheapest” touch-screen tablet PC in the world. The Indian government, which commissioned the tablet’s development and manufacture, should have learnt from the performance...

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What did Steve Jobs really think of India?

By Bala Murali Krishna Thu, Oct 06, 2011 11:37PM UTC View Comments

What did Steve Jobs think of India? What we know is little – a patchwork of assorted quotes from media interviews or biographers. It would be interesting to see if Walter Isaacson’s biography of the tech and business visionary, due in November, will shed any more light. While we wait on it, here are a...

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Is 2011 the year Asia’s iPhone Nano rumours finally come true?

By Jon Russell Sun, Jul 31, 2011 11:00AM UTC View Comments

Map apps and GPS can come in handy on the road. Pic: AP.

It’s that time of the year when rumours of the latest, upcoming iPhone device and its spec begin popping up across the web. Thanks to the fact that the devices are built in the region, Asia is generally the place where information, rumours, tidbits and unofficial pics of the devices crop up. For example, last...

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India: Can Tata and Mamata bury the hatchet?

By Bala Murali Krishna Sat, May 21, 2011 6:51PM UTC View Comments

Political dealings can make for strange bedfellows, as probably does the nexus of politics and business. Still, Ratan Tata and new West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would be an odd, and improbable, duo. But that is the tantalizing possibility raised in the days after the fiery Trinamool chief won power in the communist bastion....

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