Kamla's Blog posts on ‘Wi-Fi’

By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: Events, Ideas, Life, People, Technology, Wi-Fi

I will be attending the annual BlogHer 2008 conference at the Westin Hotel in San Francisco from July 18-19th, 2008. This year the conference organizers are also hosting a pre-launch mixer for first timers and I hope to make it the mixer since this is my first time attending BlogHer.
The conference appears to be a […]



By Kamla Bhatt • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Diaspora, Electronic gadgets, People, San Francisco, Technology, Wi-Fi

If there one thing that defines and sets Silicon Valley apart from the rest of the world I would guess it is our addiction to the Internet and various devices like laptop, blackberries and iPhones. You could say it is an occupation hazard of living in the valley. There are nay sayers who don’t […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Nov 2nd, 2007 • Category: Bangalore, Business, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, Internet and Telecom India, Technology, Web 2.0, Wi-Fi

Here is a podcast interview with John Chambers, CEO and Chamber of Cisco, who was in Bangalore earlier this week. It would be an understatement to say that Cisco is bullish on India.
Technorati tags: cisco, john chambers, bangalore, india



By Kamla Bhatt • Oct 30th, 2007 • Category: Bangalore, Business, Events, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, Internet and Telecom India, Technology, Web 2.0, Wi-Fi

Earlier today, Cisco’s (CSCO) new campus on Outer Ring Road in Bangalore was inaugurated by President APJ Kalam and John Chambers, Cisco Chairman and CEO. This is a state-of-the art, green campus that is home to Cisco’s Globalization Center East that is currently headed by Wim Elfrink.
A couple of key announcements were made by John […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Oct 29th, 2007 • Category: Bangalore, Business, Events, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, Internet and Telecom India, Mobile, Technology, Web 2.0, Wi-Fi

For the next two days it is Cisco time in Bangalore when John Chambers and his people will be in town to inaugurate Cisco’s new globalization center campus and I guess outline Cisco’s new plans for India. Mr. Chambers is bullish about Web 2.0 and collaboration in general and about the wireless opportunity in India.  Just a […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Oct 22nd, 2007 • Category: Chennai/Madras, Electronic gadgets, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, Internet and Telecom India, Start-ups, Technology, Wi-Fi, YouTube Videos

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Prof. Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is a low-cost computer that is now available to different parts of the world. Originally priced at $100 the price of OLPC has almost doubled. India’s Anil Ambani group of companies, ADAG, recently joined the OLPC initiative in India and a pilot project is already underway in the state […]