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 »
CoD (Cash on Delivery) is popular in US, where the customers pay for what they purchased through online shopping, once the items are delivered. Now, even the Indian e-commerce is also switching to Cash on Delivery to increase their customer base. According to Rediff.com, CoD is mainly introduced due to the under-developed nature of the… Read More »