How Technology Has Shaped Our Lives

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seems like only yesterday that only a few people in the neighborhood

had the privilege of owning a landline phone. Today, mobile phones

are commodity items,and everyone in the family has one and

professionals use them for productivity on the move. PCs used to cost

lacs of rupees, and were therefore affordable to only a few large

enterprises. Today, we're talking about entering the post-PC era,

with the onslaught of so many mobile devices. It wasn't long ago that

Internet browsing was done from a black and white command line

interface by geeks, and today, everybody and their cousins are on

Facebook, Twitter, etc, creating a huge market worth tapping.








Not long ago, two wheelers
were booked well in advance, and delivered several years later if you

were lucky. Today, you can get a 3D view of a vehicle online, compare

multiple brands, and simply walk up to any showroom to pick up what

you like. The same goes for any product or service.






Technology has improved
production cycles, reduced cost, and enhanced customer experience,

all without compromising on quality. It has indeed brought a sea of

change to our lives. So much so that it's difficult to imagine how we

ever managed without it!









PCQuest has played a
catalyst's role in enabling professionals, organizations, and

consumers alike in understanding how to leverage ICT better. We would

like to thank all our readers in supporting us throughout this

journey and making it so successful.









As we complete
25 years of PCQuest, we take a nostalgic look at how the PC story

started with those ugly yet path-setting machines of the past, and

gradually evolved into products and tech that define modern-age

computing.









We also look at
the journey of the now ubiquitous Internet and the people and

companies that put on years of research and sweat into making those

lovely IT gadgets buzz around us.









Also,
presented is the history of of IT's evolution in India as narrated

by the pioneers and veterans of Indian IT industry who've seen and

driven it all around themselves. We capture the past, present and the

future outlook for the IT industry in India.