E-commerce is the system where various products and services are purchased and sold over the Internet. E-tailing or e-retailing is the integral part of e-commerce. It includes the sale of retail goods on the Internet. There has been an increase in the number of active Internet users in India. With this, there has been a… Read More »
To measure the interest in mobile phones through online, ViziSense, carried out a study over various e-commerce sites for the period January-April 2011. The study shows that users who went to e-commerce sites were spending more time seeking out Blackberry handsets than any other smart phones. According to the study, 29% of searches were made… Read More »
Google, the popular search engine launched its popular yet controversial mapping service ‘Street View’ in Bangalore. With the help of Street View, users can view pedestrian level photos of streets and houses. Four years ago, Google launched Street View technology in the US. This feature is used through Goggle Maps and Google Earth to explore… Read More »
Freedom House, a US based organization monitoring democratic changes, human rights and freedom of speech, has released its latest report in state of Internet. In this report, it has given ranks to 37 countries that were assessed on the basis of free and unrestricted access to the web. According to this report, India is ranked… Read More »
Online travel industry includes purchasing online traveling services such as domestic and international air tickets, bus tickets, hotel bookings, tour package and traveling etc. In India, the online travel industry has a market share of about 76% and dominates the country’s e-commerce. The average growth rate of the online travel industry is nearly 60% annually.… Read More »
India is in the 4th place in terms of Internet users today. According to the Internet World Stats, as of 2010, China ranked 1st in the number of internet users (42 crores) followed by the United States (23.9 crores), Japan (9.9 crores), and India (8.1 crores). The growing popularity of cybercafes has been playing a… Read More »
Though Internet penetration rate In India is very low compared to other developed countries, Internet has been in use for enabling various businesses including online traveling, e-tailing, financial services, digital downloads other online services. Different modes of communication like emailing, social networking and so on are also in practice in India. E-commerce is growing and… Read More »