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My goal with this article is to help the readers understand how to do HTTP debugging of a mobile app using an actual mobile phone or a tablet and making use of proxies like mitmproxy and Charles. I will also try to cover Wireshark (you can also read my earlier articles on Wireshark where i [...]

Mobile Internet is growing in India at an unbelievable rate and a report from Internet and Mobile Association of India (IMAI) and IMRB (Indian Market Research Bureau), a market research firm predicts that millions of users access the internet when they are move!  The mobile users in metros and Mini metros of the country connect [...]

The Telecom regulatory Report Authority of India (TRAI) is out with the latest report on July 7, 2011. Here’s a brief report on Telecom subscription in India as of May 31, 2011. Important Highlights Mobile Number Portability requests increase to 105.70 lakh subscribers at the end of May 2011. Broadband subscription reaches 12.12 million in [...]

You read an interesting article or story on the web and then you share it with your network of people –family, friends, colleagues etc; sometimes you create bookmarks for that site with some description so that you can easily pick it up for later reference. Social bookmarking is just that- it’s a technique that helps [...]

Indian Mobile phone market is once again on the high. Yes, the country has seen a growth of 15% in the mobile phone market compared to last year. According to the reports TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India), India has seen a consistent growth in the mobile market, adding Wireless phone subscribers every month. Indeed, [...]

PayPal – the world leader (which apparently has become meaningless in India after its recent move) in Payments has acquired FigCard for an undisclosed amount. With this acquisition, Max Metral and Hasty Granbery (the founders of FigCard) will join Paypal. Fig Card developed an extremely easy way for merchants to accept mobile payments in ...

Micromax M2 is a sleek phone which sports a Dual SIM interface and is priced at Rs.4210 in India. This article will walk you through the key specifications and features offered by Micromax M2. 1. Micromax M2 sports a QVGA display and the screen size is 2 inches. 2. It also sports a 2MP camera [...]