2016-03-19 18:53
Its just out! now you can pull mails from other accounts to your Gmail. There's a catch though - you can use these features only with POP mail accounts.According to Google: Now Gmail can che… Read More
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Rants and Rumblings of a Desi (Indian) with extensive work and travel experience and interest in China. Skewed views on Business, Economy, Politics, People, Culture, Bollywood, Hollywood, Technology, Telecom, and lot of other controversial stuff.
2016-03-19 18:53
I dug something interesting today. I was trying get some info from Baidu via BabelFish. And I bumped into a goldmine of statistics. It is similar to Google Zeitgeist; but the statistics ar… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The acquistion guru Lakshmi Mittal has done it again! But it may not be going be easy this time, because the company he is trying to gobble up is none other than his rival Arcelor, world's s… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
This will surprise even those who are familiar with the extra-ordinary ways in which Middle Kingdom is trying to conquer the world! If you believe a news story carried in Xinhua, then you mi… Read More
2006-01-17 11:42
As everyone was wondering about sudden decision of Searchfox to shut shop, there seems to be some hope for their technology. In a recent post, TechCrunch syas that Yahoo is acquiring the ass… Read More
2006-01-11 12:25
So here comes the first casualty (that I witnessed) of the Web 2.0 bubble !! SearchFox has announced that it's closing down. The services will be stopped on January 25. Here's the excerpt f… Read More
2006-01-10 12:19
Here's a ncie piece of advice from Michael Arrington of TechCrunch about how not to blow up your beta. Certainly there is no set recipe for success (or failure). But there are a number of ea… Read More
2006-01-04 13:34
Have you heard of "retrievr" ? I am sure most you haven't; so did I til a few moments ago. But once I discovered it, I am not able to take my hands off it! Its so addctive.. Ok..I will tell… Read More
2006-01-04 09:12
China continues to attract thousands of businessmen from across the world. Everyone is lured by its cheap labor and vast market. But it’s not all that rosy if you look at some of the b… Read More
2005-12-30 05:41
An interesting article on the rise of U$ dollar: Why the Dollar Is Rising . . . Again Read More
2005-12-23 08:22
We've heard it all. Its the usual thing. There's some "stealth" company trying to build the the biggest killer-app; it starts talking to VCs; VCs are gung-ho about the "paradigm shift" thats… Read More
2005-12-23 07:37
They say traits of person can be spotted at an early age. Does this hold good for startups as well? Is there way to identify an "ideal startup"? It may not be possible to define and ideal st… Read More
2005-09-09 09:20
Wouldn’t it be equity market analyst’s dream come true if numero uno information retrieval company joins hands with world’s largest financial and news info-base? Well, if w… Read More
2005-09-09 09:11
Here’s the latest salvo from Mozilla to gain an upper hand in the brutal browser war. Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 has just been released. Some of the new features in Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 inclu… Read More
2005-08-24 07:47
The world media nad blogs are busy writing stories about the launch of an Instant Messaging software by Google. It will be interesting to see what lies in it for Google! Read More
2005-06-10 10:50
The past few weeks have seen an increased debate over the media and freedom of expression in China. While the leading dailies across the world are busy publishing stories that criticize the… Read More
2005-06-10 03:56
Xinhua reports that Huawei has accused its cross-town rival ZTE of unfair competition. It says: China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. had accused ZTE Corp. of unfair competition… Read More
2005-05-13 09:00
Just when things are hotting up in the IPTV market, in a rather interesting move, Alcatel has decided to stop the further development of its IPTV middleware product, the Open Media Platform… Read More
2005-05-12 08:02
When I tried posting (at around 10 AM local time), Blogger was down for maintenance. I wanted to capture such a rare moment! So took a screenshot of the message posted by Blogger. So… Read More
2005-05-09 10:56
Came across this interesting article in Indian Express. It throws light on how India’s image is tarnished by none other than Indians themselves. Here are some of the observations in th… Read More
2005-05-08 08:10
After a week long vacation I am back to work today. Although it is Sunday, we are working today to compensate for the extra day off that we got during the vacation. Although I had prepared m… Read More
2005-04-28 07:01
These are the views of the road from my office window. I know it looks pretty mundane. Window to the world The first pic shows the IIPC (an IBM joint venture) and GreatWall Technology, tw… Read More
2005-04-28 02:59
Yes!! I will be on vacation starting tomorrow. Welcome distraction indeed!! We have a week-long “Labor Day Holiday” starting from May 1st. Since workload is “relatively&rdq&hell…Read More
2005-04-27 07:48
I never thought transferring videos from handycam to computer could be so frustrating; definitely not after having done it successfully just 2 days ago. Last night I was trying to transfe… Read More
2005-04-26 04:55
I am almost ecstatic! After a long time I feel I am on a high without having resort to grass or alcohol! The reason behind my current blissful state is my discovery of a unique way to post c… Read More
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