Considering the growing popularity of smartphones, tablets and notebooks in India, it&rsquo;s no surprise that the digital medium is going to be the next battle ground for companies this cricket season.

Clean sweep for cricket across digital platforms

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The Apple iPad can be hammered into a content creation device &ndash; but not without hitches like it cannot open multiple windows while working &ndash; but where it really shines is as a content consumption device.

It ain't an iPad till its got the right apps

India has a population of 360 million in the 5-19 year age group. Out of this, only 230 million are enrolled in schools.

KIT:  Schools in India

    Which experience during the 26/11 attack in Mumbai has been made into a case study at Harvard Business School? Also name the management concept being related to it.

The Strategist Quiz (#189)

    In cricket it&rsquo;s a term used to describe a delivery that reaches the batsman without bouncing on the pitch.

Answers to last week&#39s quiz (#188)

Europe&rsquo;s largest car maker Volkswagen AG is gearing up to launch the latest version of the Passat sedan by the end of March or early April, in an effort to capitalise on the growing demand for premium executive sedans in India.

VW seeks to turn the tide with Passat sedan

A wannabe student-politician enters the college canteen with his followers only to find it empty. The mystery is solved soon: all the students now hang out in KFC.

Easy on the purse

In June 2009, when elections were being held in Iran, the US State Department had contacted Twitter asking it to delay a planned upgrade to cut daytime service to Iranians who were on the streets protesting against the election results.

Telcos, social media sites get a conscience call

Cloud computing has become the most sought after technology offering. Yahoo! Inc, one of the largest private cloud computing platform providers and adopters, sees it as fundamental to creating a richer experience for its users. One of the largest contributors to Hadoop &ndash; an Apache project being built and used by a global community of contributors, using the Java programming language &ndash; Yahoo! has committed to open-sourcing all of its cloud infrastructure.

Q&A: Todd Papaioanno, Vice-President, Cloud Architecture, Yahoo! Inc

Osian&rsquo;s Neville Tuli is making a quiet comeback after his art fund ran aground. He talks to Gargi Gupta about the lessons he has learnt from the failure and his plans for the future.

Redemption?

Vinay Bharat-Ram chronicles the twists and turns in DCM&rsquo;s journey. Excerpts from his memoirs.

Breaking point

Two books chronicle Pakistan&rsquo;s descent into chaos, one set in the 1970s, the other after Benazir Bhutto&rsquo;s death.

The monster they reared

The cuisine of North India&rsquo;s Kayasth community, hard to find outside homes, is a unique amalgam of Muslim and Hindu cultures.

Hidden delicacies

Wine is a western habit we Indians are taking to quite rapidly, but people rarely order (or drink) wines when having Indian food &mdash; something that just has to change. Part of the reason why few people drink wines with Indian food is that it is tough to pair them.

A tough match to make

The Motoring team previews the key cars from the Geneva Motor Show which kicks off next week.

Swiss Cheese!

Rolls-Royce has confirmed that it will display its first-ever electric concept (or experimental, as they say) car at Geneva. Named the 102EX, the car is the fully electric version of the ultra-luxurious Phantom and will serve as a test bed for future alternative-powerplant research. Shocking.

PIT STOP

I had bought a Maruti Suzuki Ritz VXi in November 2009. The rising petrol price is making me think of buying a diesel car, though. My car won't be used daily, but when it is used, it'll be for a long drive. The petrol Ritz has already clocked 20,000 km in one year.

Take me to the Ritz

Despite having to live in Satyajit Ray&rsquo;s shadow, Sandip Ray has carved an identity of his own as a film maker.

A new Ray legacy

Despite the meagreness of the amounts, descendants of Awadh nobility continue to collect wasiqa from the state in lieu of the money their ancestors gave to East India Company as loans.

A Rs 1.01 link to Awadh royalty

This year&rsquo;s edition of Jahan-e-Khusrau will feature a Toronto-based singer who once lost her voice. Festival director Muzaffar Ali saw the light in her.

Setting the tone

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