Is your Toddler Using your iPad Touch?
Posted: July 11, 2012 Filed under: technology | Tags: apps for infants, infants, ipad touch, toddlers 2 Comments »In a recent feature, Bits NYTimes illustrated how toddlers were taking to Apps on the iPhone, iPad and other touch devices. Labs with toy makers Fisher-Price and LeapFrog are covered extensively in the article. The numbers published are astounding considering they want to reach out to the very young starting as early as 6 month-old’s. Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn applications have been downloaded over 3 million times!
I’ve observed my son to be pretty hands-on with my laptop’s touchpad when watching his favorite youtube videos. I’d love to learn more about your own experience – do you have a toddler who’s warmed up to your touch device?
Applications include – story books, learning counting, singing along,
Here’s a video of a 2 year old using an iPad to draw.
An update 9th September 2012. A study found that enhanced ebooks were distracting and children lost the narrative thread. Read more about it on the Guardian.
An update on my blog
Posted: August 14, 2011 Filed under: building ventures, india, original fiction, programming, reflection, technology Comments OffIf you are wondering what’s going on here, this is where I write. I have had a live blog on the web for a really long time now. If you’ll look to your right, you’ll see streamlined post categories including ventures, technology, reflection, india, programming and fiction. These are really the things I write passionately about.
Netbooks at $99 from AT&T
Posted: April 4, 2009 Filed under: india, technology | Tags: 3G, AirTel, gadgets, india, infrastructure, japan, mobile computing, netbooks, networks, technology, trends, USA, wireless 1 Comment »This piece of news is exciting enough to merit a blog post.
This year, at least one wireless phone company in the United States will probably offer netbooks free with paid data plans, copying similar programs in Japan, according to industry experts.
But this revolution is not just about falling prices. Personal computers — and the companies that make their crucial components — are about to go through their biggest upheaval since the rise of the laptop. By the end of the year, consumers are likely to see laptops the size of thin paperback books that can run all day on a single charge and are equipped with touch screens or slide-out keyboards.
How long before we have the intersection of 3G and Netbooks in India? I see this as a positive trend for Web services and the Internet economy.
Nurturing the Pune Startup Eco-System through Open Communities
Posted: March 19, 2008 Filed under: building ventures, india, technology | Tags: entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, india, Pune, pune startups, startup, TiE 3 Comments »I’ve been helping the Pune OpenCoffee Club bootstrap itself here in Pune. The community is designed to help Tech. Startup Enthusiasts, Entrepreneurs, Developers, Advisors, Investors and everyone else.
Google signs deal with AirTel for GPRS users attention
Posted: December 23, 2007 Filed under: building ventures, india, technology | Tags: adsense, advertising, adwords, AirTel, google, google india, gprs, india, mobile computing, search, technology 4 Comments »Why would Google India sign a deal with AirTel to share advertising revenue for data applications?
Bharti Airtel Ltd, India’s largest mobile service provider with nearly 53 million customers, plans to tie up with leading Internet portals for sharing advertising revenue when Airtel’s subscribers visit those websites through mobile Internet.
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