The cricket extravaganza of IPL has begun playing out on a bigger turf that extend now well beyond the stadiums as well as print and television media.

According to industry experts, with the prices of net-enabled handsets drastically falling, the number of people who surf the Internet on their mobile handsets will only grow. An Internet-enabled mobile handset that cost at least Rs 5,000 a year ago now can be bought for as low as Rs 2,000 onward.

A comprehensive analysis and research report on surfing habits in India suggests that viewer base for sports especially cricket sites in the country has significantly grown over the last one year.

The number of users surfing the internet on desktops as welll as laptops may not have increased as fast as expected by the the industry, the projections are still very much positive, and the trend clearly up from a longer term perspective.

The world’s leading marketplace firm, Elance, has come up with a report on freelancers and relevant work skills currently in demand. The Online Talent Report has some interesting findings. Some of them are as follows: • Employers are largely interested in specific areas like IT (Open Source, Cloud Computing), Creative Design (Multimedia, Writing, and Translation), [...]