The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement is one of the greatest living examples of idealistic collective, voluntary effort.  While most FOSS software developers spend months and even years to provide free high quality software like Linux and Firefox to everyone in the world, a minority in the movement have different agendas. More...

Sparsh is the domestic subsidiary of Intelenet Global Services (P) Ltd.  In May, 2008 Techgoss had exclusively reported that one technology savvy rogue Agent at Sparsh BPO Goregaon, Maharashtra had frauded its client Barclays to the tune of millions of rupees. Now Sparsh has admitted publicly that it has paid huge compensation to its client. More...

It was hard enough to understand the language of love in the real world, and it becomes harder still on the internet.  A guy may present himself as Shahrukh and he may turn out to be Shakti Kapoor. In America, sites like Match.com, eHarmony, PlentyofFish and OkCupid are very popular. An online survey is showing Indian men don’t have much luck on these sites. More...

In the aftermath of the cowardly, inhuman terrorist attacks on Mumbai, the Indian Government decided to tighten the screws on Pakistan.  Soon, there was a ban on Pakistani cricketers (as well as coaches) in India. But at least five prominent Pakistani’s, including a respected super blogger, will be at the TED conference at Infosys, Mysore next month More...

Telenor Pakistan also operates in Thailand, Malaysia and Bangladesh.  A leading telecom operator with investments exceeding $2 billion, Telenor Pakistan is one of the fastest growing mobile networks in that country. It has 165 million customers world wide. But Telenor has angered the Pakistani techie bloggers by changing rules of its blog contest.
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On Sept 25, techgoss had published an article about how the highly regarded CEO Aloke Bajpai (IIT alumni) of  iXiGO had blogged about the 4 types of Venture Capitalists operating in India.  The article began with a caustic description of ‘The Time Waster’ VCs. Aloke was telling the truth,  but it is never a good idea to antagonize the money bags of the industry.  More...

Aegis is one of the leading BPO’s in India and part of the $40 Billion Essar Group. Aegis has more than 30 thousand employee’s world wide. After the recent loss of a number of respected HR managers, there is increased friction in the company. Aegis has just lost the Tata Teleservices inbound customer care processes in the North and South regions. More...

Sparsh is the domestic subsidiary of Intelenet Global Services.  It offers state of the art solutions to Vertical Industries to meet their voice and BPO needs.  In 2008, Sparsh had 5200 seats operating 24 by 7, and was telling investors that it had the potential to scale up to 20,000 seats by 2009.  But it has lost a number of key clients in the last year. More...

Even as India mastered the software of soulless computer systems, it remains a deeply spiritual place. For Indians hooked to horoscopes, Bejan Daruwalla and his GaneshaSpeaks website are familiar names ‘consistently delivering an accurate, reliable and trustworthy service’ in the field of astrology, career advice, marriage, business and personal matters. More...

Every day, thousands of frustrated Indian consumers search Google and Yahoo looking for sites where they can bring their grievances to the attention of the concerned business and the Indian Govt.  One name that keeps cropping up is the Indian Consumer Complaints Forum. Typically, complaints would be about Airtel, BSNL, Nigerian scams and the like. More...