There are a bunch of technology blogs from India which I read regularly. Not because I like the editorial content – which is almost always rehashed from foreign tech blogs like Engadget and Gizmodo – but because they are the easiest way to find press releases from consumer electronics and computer companies which helps me in finding new products in the local market and information about any new deals.
The two popular tech blogs are tech2 and techtree. Most of the time the content on these sites are rehashed 2 day old stories from Engadget. Original content, if any, are always poorly researched and badly written. Here is a sample of the standards of blogging:
Engadget recently published a story about Macbook Micro – a student hobby project where someone created a tiny Macbook out of salvaged parts. Here is the original Engadget post. Read the Tech2 rehash here. Yes folks, that’s the state of current tech journalism in this country. These people also run a TV show on a popular news channel.
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Sorry state indeed Jagannath. But way better than what used to be the scene 15 years back. I remember that people used to dial into Compuserve’s Hong Kong servers at exorbitant ISD rates to get info that was hard to come. It all depends on the size of the market and penetration of technology in our market. I expect these “uninspiring” (for now) sites will evolve and become much more dynamic in the years to come.
- Venki