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  • InfoStretch Featured In Top 1000 In The Inc. 500 To 5000 List

    InfoStretch among top 1000 in the Inc.500|5000 List of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies

    Santa Clara, California – August 23, 2011 – InfoStretch Corporation, a leading provider of Mobile and QA services and solutions, announced today that it has been named to the annual Inc. 500|5000 list of America’s fastest growing private companies for the second consecutive year. InfoStretch achieved a three year sales growth of 328% to be ranked at No. 931, moving up from No. 1926 in 2010. In addition, the company earned a special distinction by being named among 20 fastest growing company in San Jose metro area and among top 100 in the IT services industry. Inc. 500|5000 list is an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies.

    “We are very proud to be recognized among the fastest growing companies in USA for two years in a row,” said Rutesh Shah, InfoStretch CEO. “Our extreme focus on innovation, quality and customer satisfaction has fueled our growth in an unpredictable economic environment. Our unique mobile services and solutions have helped us capture a greater market share in last couple of years.”

    InfoStretch was founded in 2004 and caught industry’s attention for its innovative QA and mobile solutions and services. Since then, it has been growing over a 100% year after year. InfoStretch has about 200 clients, ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. It is also the testing and certification authority for 5 of the 7 top App Stores in USA. Recently, InfoStretch was also named among the hottest companies in Silicon Valley and among 200 fastest growing private companies by Lead411.

    During the stagnant economic environment the US has experienced, median growth rate of 2011 Inc. 500|5000 companies still came in at an impressive 94 percent. The companies on this year’s list report having created 350,000 jobs in the past three years, and aggregate revenue among the honorees reached $366 billion, up 14 percent from last year.

    To view the complete InfoStretch profile, please visit http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/infostretch

    Methodology

    The 2011 Inc. 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2007 through 2010. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2007. Additionally, they had to be based in the United States, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2010.

    About InfoStretch Corporation

    InfoStretch is a global leader in Mobile Application Development, Testing, Distribution and Certification Services. InfoStretch also specializes in Enterprise Application Testing, QA and Test Automation Services with an emphasis on Enterprise 2.0 and Cloud Infrastructure-based SaaS applications. InfoStretch delivers high-quality, reliable and cost-effective services to clients throughout the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The company specializes in delivering business solutions that command deep technology knowledge, process proficiency and domain expertise. For more information, visit http://www.infostretch.com/

    About Inc. Magazine

    Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures LLC, Inc. (www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 710,106, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology. Visit us online at www.inc.com.

  • Logo : Aditya Karania

  • Vintage Car Museum – Auto World, Ahmedabad

    One more landmark of Ahmedabad visited today – The Auto World: The Vintage Car Museum of Shri Pranlal Bhogilal. The finest and the famous vintage cars from all across the globe find a place here!

    Aditya is crazy after cars, trains and planes – like any other boy! He loved Cars 2 – the wonderful car movie and today we decided to educate him with the Vintage Cars.

    Auto World Car Museum

    Shri Pranlal Bhogilal is a connoisseur of vintage cars. He has converted his private collection of vintage cars into a museum named Auto World Vintage Car Museum at Dastan Farm House. The Museum has a collection of more than 100 cars. The cars are amazing and lovely. One could find all the best cars of the world – Rolls Royce, Bentley, Maybach, Jaguar, Cadillacs, Austin, Chrysler, Lincoln, Ford and many many more. Each car is in a perfect driving condition. In fact, you can even drive them by paying a hefty fee – Rs 500 for 3.5 km drive in a historic car!

    The Museum showcases that time of history when an automobile was not a mere means of transport but a symbol of wealth, power & style. The Museum has all of them – the mighty ceremonial limousines, the romantic convertibles & the snappy Sports Cars; Cars specially coach built like Railway Saloons, Horse drawn carriages, Boat tailed Wooden Speedsters, Shooting Brakes; Cars built for the rich & famous; Cars to see and be seen in. They are all hand built to individual specifications of the buyer. Here are special cars like Limousines & Grand open Tourers for ceremonial Occasions, there are convertible cars for evening drives, there are station wagons like boats as well as like a horse drawn carriage especially built for the family’s evening drives.

    The Vintage cars are a part of history. I was happy to see the Ford’s Model T – the one that is discussed again and again. These cars are collected from different regions and many were with Indian Maharajas. All these cars are work of perfect craftsmanship. Each one is a beauty and the curves are indeed enticing! Many had multiple headlights. One even had a place for a gun! Our today’s cars are replicas of each other and carry no individuality or uniqueness. That is true of everything in the manufactured economy – Shirts, Cars, Shoes, and Houses!

    The Museum is well maintained. It also has a fun place for kids with fun rides. It has a good restaurant serving Gujarati Thali. The best time to visit is the daytime. Savor the history of cars, walk around and then have a heavy lunch!

    Address :
    Dastan Estate,
    Sardar Patel Ring Road,
    Kathwada,
    Ahmedabad-382430,
    Gujarat, India
    Phone: +91 79 22820699
    Fax: +91 79 22820699
    Mobile: +91 98242 76653
    Email: dasco@vsnl.com

  • Fortune’s Best New City For Business : Ahmedabad!

    Fortune‘s latest issues identifies the “next business hot spots” globally where one can find smart labor, solid infrastructure, and potential customers. Ahmedabad, India’s fastest growing city, tops the list.

    Here are the Top 15 cities:

    Ahmedabad (India)
    Austin (USA)
    Bogota (Colombia)
    Chengdu (China)
    Chongqing (China)
    Doha (Qatar)
    Gurgaon (India)
    Lagos (Nigeria)
    Melbourne (Australia)
    Salt Lake City (USA)  
    San Jose (Costa Rica)
    Santiago (Chile)
    Stockholm (Sweden)
    Vancouver (Canada)
    Warsaw (Poland) 

    Visit the Fortune’s website with a map that includes profiles of each city including an overview, fun facts, major companies, key universities and population.

  • The 25 Best Film Schools In The World !

    The Hollywood Reporter has launched its first ever rating of the best film schools in the world !

    The Hollywood Reporter has compiled the list of Top 25 schools after consulting industry insiders, execs, filmmakers and film school grads. The participants were asked to rate each program based on the following categories:
    – Alumni
    – Cost
    – Facilities
    – Industry Access
    – Strength of Faculty.

    1. American Film Institute
    2. University of Southern California
    3. Beijing Film Academy
    4. New York University Tisch School of the Arts
    5. University of California Los Angeles
    6. California Institute of the Arts
    7. The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
    8. Columbia University School of the Arts
    9. Wesleyan University
    10. The National Film and Television School
    11. La Femis
    12. University of North Carolina School of the Arts
    13. University of Texas at Austin
    14. The Polish National Film, Television and Theater School
    15. Syracuse University
    16. Stanford University
    17. Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts
    18. Emerson Visual and Media Arts School
    19. Loyola Marymount University
    20. University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee
    21. Rhode Island School of Design
    22. Chapman University Dodge College of Film & Media Arts
    23. Ringling College of Art and Design
    24. Northwestern University
    25. Colorado Film School

    Detailed Report : HERE !

  • Adobe Shuts Down Its AppStore:

    Adobe has decided to discontinue its AppStore and has decided to support other AppStores…

    Please Check The Adobe Release….

    After reviewing our efforts and based on feedback from developers, we have decided that we will deliver the most value by helping developers author and publish their apps on multiple platforms. Given this focus, we have decided to discontinue development and support of Adobe InMarket. We are going to continue to provide support for publishing to different app stores through our tooling. The recent Flash Builder 4.5 and Flash Professional CS5.5 provide support for publishing to multiple mobile platforms including Android and Apple iOS devices.

    Given this shift, we are not accepting any new applications through Adobe InMarket. If you have published applications on Intel AppUp center, Intel should send you login credentials to the Intel AppUp developer program by August 31, 2011. This should let you manage your applications and view data associated with your applications published on Intel AppUp.

    After August 31, 2011, you will not be able to login to the Adobe InMarket portal. Please download any analytics before this date including revenue reports you wish to keep for your use as all data associated with InMarket will be inaccessible to you after this date.

    Concurrent with this change to InMarket, we are also closing Adobe AIR Marketplace. When we established Adobe AIR Marketplace three years ago, there were few distribution opportunities for AIR developers. There are now several app stores on desktops, mobile devices and tablets that service AIR developers including Apple App Store, Android Market, BlackBerry App World, Intel AppUp center, Samsung Apps, and Toshiba App Place. We encourage you to use these newer popular app stores to distribute your applications.

    As before, Adobe will continue to provide the best technologies and solutions so that developers and publishers can create, distribute and monetize content.

    http://www.adobe.com/devnet/inmarket.html

    Thanks to Durgesh Kaushik for the information !

  • InfoStretch CTO Interview

    InfoStretch CTO and Co-Founder Manish Mathuria was featured in Tools Journal. Please find the link to the interesting article.

    http://www.toolsjournal.com/testing-articles/item/234-qmetry-interview-with-cto

  • Ahmedabad Film Project – 2011

    The first ever filmmaking competition of Ahmedabad is here, the “Ahmedabad Film Project”. This weekend film project will give you a chance to make your own film, but that isn’t it. The entire film will have to be completed in flat 48hours. No, we aren’t not looking for professional filmmakers to participate. We are looking for amateur people like you and us, who want just one chance to make it!

    All you need is a Camera, a Team of 3 or more than 3 people and lots of Passion to make a film!

    Competition begins – August 19th, 2011, 8:00pm
    Competition ends – August 21st, 2011, 8:00pm

    Registration closes on August 15th, 2011.

    For more information, visit us on www.freewaymotionworks.com/afp

  • Coming Soon : Gujaratilexicon On Mobile

    Today’s Times of India carries the interesting news of the GujaratiLexicon’s Mobile Plans…Here is the article…Special Thanks to Ashish Vashi….

    AHMEDABAD: A vast Gujarati language resource will soon be available on a mobile phone application. The group developing the application has already put online the Bhagawat Gomandal ( Gujarati encyclopedia) and the Gujarati Lexicon, a language compendium that has scores of tools like translator and thesaurus.

    The group will make all those services available on the mobile phone application so that they can be used on the go.

    Features like Gujarati dictionaries, proverbs, and idioms will be available on the application without any charge. “One can solve Gujarati crosswords, take quick quizzes and play games on all new-age smart phones,” said Ashok Karania, the facilitator of the Gujarati Lexicon. “The application will be helpful to the new generation, especially the NRGs. The project is now in its last phase and we will make it available in three months.”

    Karania said the application could be used on mobile devices, smart phones, tablets, and smart TVs. “The Gujarati Lexicon team has ensured that Gujarati language tools and technologies are compliant with the latest trends,” he said.

    The team faced many challenges during its mission. “The biggest challenge was to make the service compatible with all mobile devices,” Karania said. “We had to rearrange the database of the lexicon, which contains millions of words.”

    The Gujarati Lexicon team is working on other interesting projects as well. After digitizing Gujarat Vidyapith’s Sarth Dictionary and Bhagwad Gomandal, Gujarati Lexicon presented Lok Kosh – a dictionary recording popular words in current usage. The team is also working on specialized dictionaries for medical and legal disciplines.

    Gujarati Lexicon aims to preserve, popularize and develop Gujarati language through the power of information technology.

  • Great Restaurants In Ahmedabad

    Now that I keep recommending eating joints, people keep asking me about the best options to eat in Ahmedabad. Here is a ready list for your you !

    1. Swati – Gujarati, Snacks
    2. Dasprakash – South Indian
    3. Havmor – Punjabi, Fine Dining
    4. Gurmoh – Punjabi
    5. Oshwal – Fafda, Jalebis – Must Visit (Place Is Deceptive !)
    6. 7 Chef – Various
    7. Pepperazzi – Various, Fine Dining
    8. Cellad Eatery – Healthy Foods
    9. Vishalla, Rajwadu, Agashiye – Gujarati Thali, Experience – Must Visit Places
    10. Haute Peppers – Fusion
    11. Waterside Cafe – Experience
    12. Curries, Mirch Masala – Punjabi
    13. Mainland China – Chinese
    14. Little Italy – Italian
    15. Cafe Upper Crust – Continental
    16. Cafe MoMo

    Patang can be added to the list as another experience. It is Ahmedabad’s rotating restaurant.

    Ahmedabad River Front will add more restaurants to the above list !