Monthly Archives: October 2005

Google map are dangerous (2)

Posted on October 18, 2005 by ruchit

Three months back I blogged about my concerns for google enabling masses to view some highly sensitive building/infrastructure through their tool Google Earth Good to see that government is waking and President has expressed his concerns as well. Interesting to … Continue reading →

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Mainstream applications (2)

Posted on October 18, 2005 by ruchit

I blogged previously about Mom-test and when an application can be termed as mainstream application. Just to addup, a service become mainstream-service when people name their kids on the name of service. Sounds different, it is….. Dr. Walid Elias Kai … Continue reading →

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We need make-shift Malls..

Posted on October 17, 2005 by ruchit

Concept of five star commercial malls came into existence when marketer wanted to serve enjoyable shopping experience. Before malls, shopping was nothing more than dull tiring buying & selling. Success of malls soon led to large-super-large plush counters selling lifestyles. … Continue reading →

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And the award goes to…….. MobileTV

Posted on October 17, 2005 by ruchit

MIPCOM a global forum to network and achieve commercial success in the TV and audio-visual content industry has announced nomitations for MobileTV Screening & Awards. Sponsored by leading mobile operator Orange and European broadcaster Arte, the Mobile TV Screenings & … Continue reading →

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Mega memory phones….

Posted on October 17, 2005 by ruchit

Almost 10 years ago when I bought my first PC, it has a 2GB hard-disk with 16 MB RAM running on windows 95. Now Nokia & Samsung have launched multi-gigabyte cellphones. Samsung’s SPH-V7900 can hold up to 3GB of data … Continue reading →

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Google Search is confusing…make your own

Posted on October 15, 2005 by ruchit

Lately its been very confusing for users to find exact information when they try to search in engine’s like Google. This information labyrinth is getting complex as they are indexing more pages day by day. Its an art to find … Continue reading →

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Animated web collaboration…

Posted on October 15, 2005 by ruchit

I just got time to look into what Rajat is serving at Web 2.0, its BunchBall and its fabulous. I have created my account as ‘ruchit’ but I have yet to explore all of its feature. Not sure why they … Continue reading →

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mobile TV race is ON

Posted on October 15, 2005 by ruchit

We saw some recent development in MobileTV but seems race for providing video on small screen is heating up. Steve announced video-iPod. Sony’s PSP is another small screen gadget Microsoft’s Portable Media Center….

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Internet United

Posted on October 14, 2005 by ruchit

Just saw Microsoft joining hands with Yahoo to provide common IM network. For an end-user it means that soon they can choose Yahoo Messenger or on MSN messenger and reach to users on any of the two clients. Some see … Continue reading →

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Scarcity of Talents

Posted on October 14, 2005 by ruchit

McKinsey has recently completed a survey and came out with surprising report. One of the major concerns for companies who are headquartered in India is Talent. …surprisingly for a country(read India) with one of the world’s largest labor pools, they … Continue reading →

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