IPL and blogs seem to be fated to controversy. Last year, the Fake IPL Player put all IPL players on tenterhooks with his riveting blog then walked away with a book deal and a column. This year, the IPL Girl has grabbed the limelight with a newsy and now shot-down blog, as well as a twitter account. Gabriella Pasqualotto, from South Africa, is the youngster behind the IPL Girl. More...

iYogi describes itself as a global on demand services company that provides personalized computer support for consumers and small businesses in United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.  iYogi is one of the great Indian success stories and has been featured in a number of international media including Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Techcrunch and many others. More...

Persistent Systems is a global IT company with over 6300 employees. They are focused on developing best in class solutions in four key areas: Cloud, Mobility, BI & Analytics and Collaboration. They have over 300 customers spread across North America, Europe and Asia. For more than two decades, Persistent has partnered with innovative enterprises and the largest tech brands. More...

While general social networking websites like Orkut and Facebook have the numbers in India, LinkedIn dominates the business and senior executive niche.  Many senior Indian executives can be found at LinkedIn networking and sharing their knowledge. Reid Hoffman is the founder of LinkedIn with an excellent track record of investing in other startups like Digg, Flickr, Ning and FB More...

It is an open secret that a handful of Indian IT companies and body shops have used every legal trick to use the USA visa system to their advantage.  The idea was to corner the H-1B working visas, import skilled but competitive priced Indians, and make huge profits.  In 2008, the US Govt fined iGate Mastech Inc $45,000 for online job ads asking only H-1B visa holders to apply. More...

Life at call centres is fascinating, but still a mystery to many of the outsiders. Stanford Uni educated Brinda S Narayan’s debut novel ‘Bangalore Calling’ has a narration that introduces you to a BPO, but its fiction that evaluates the social cost of it all, to the Indian as well as the non Indian faces in the multi billion dollar booming BPO sector. Techgoss speaks to Brinda. More...

The meaning of life, finding yourself and discovering God are questions that many individuals are seeking answers to. And not just monks sitting in a monastery high atop a hill. But regular people - young and old alike from different walks of life are looking for these answers. In fact, we found some IIT graduates giving up their careers in order to follow a spiritual path. More...

US-based Anita Borg Institute is one of the most successful activist organizations in the world of technology. The Anita Borg Institute seeks to increase the impact of women on all aspects of technology, and increase the positive impact of technology on the world’s women.  Its Board includes Prith Banerjee, Senior Vice President, Research, and Director, HP Labs, Hewlett Packard More...

A Master’s in Engineering Science from Oxford, a career in Science journalism in Europe with names like BBC and also a number of awards. Now a debut book ‘Geek Nation: How Indian science is taking over the world’ which is a product of almost a year through India’s geek corridors. Angela Saini’s successful book tour of India ended this month, and she is now back home in London. More...

At the tender age of 12, Sindhuja Rajaraman has achieved more than most do in a lifetime.  Sindhuja, an expert in 2-D Animation, is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest CEO ever.  Even her School has recognized her amazing abilities and given her a year off to work at her own company. Like most Indian youngsters, she credits her parents for her success. More...