1. Is GVMC really logged on to Vizag’s problems?

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    This site (gvmc.gov.in) appears to be made more for the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) rather than for the public for whom the corporation exists. GVMC collects taxes from us and is supposed to serve the citizens of Vizag. Its website should therefore be informative and designed to help the public. While...
  2. AP websites under attack

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    After 21 Andhra Pradesh government websites were hacked last week, more attempts were made to hack more websites over the weekend. The IT ministry says these attempts were made from Jakarta, Algeria and Turkey.  Fortunately, not much damage was done in the second wave of attempted hacking and many of...
  3. Meter podu in the south

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    Wonder if the notorious autorickshaw drivers will fleece you less but atleast you will be aware they are fleecing you. Meterpodu is a crowdsourcing tool to get approximate auto-rickshaw fares for cities like Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Coimbatore and Mysore. Log on to the site, punch in your details of start and...
  4. Rajinikanth is online, while offline

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    Taking the adage that Rajinikanth can do just about everything, a website has decided to do precisely that. http://www.desimartini.com/allaboutrajni.htm is a site that will run only if you disconnect your internet connection.  How is it? !! 
  5. Shoutout with Rajini

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    And now Rajinikanth is going to be the star of what claims to be India’s first animated web comic : www.shoutout.co.in The website is due to be launched in February 2012. Shoutout is a Bangalore-based startup focusing on the area of consumer activism in India. The company’s plan is to launch...
  6. And now, India gets a kuppathotti !

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    After `Kolaveri’ non-Tamilians now could learn another Tamizh word : `Kuppathotti’ which literally translates to dustbin. www.kuppathotti.com is a website which will take care of your junk material at home – be it old newspapers and magazines, plastic, iron, aluminium etc. You need a plumber or electrician, just send your...

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