Guy Kaswasaki writes about his experience in building and launching [http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/06/by_the_numbers_.html] – Truemors [http://truemors.com/], an online social media site, at a cost of 12k, without any VC backing. And eventually the site receives 260k page views on the first day.…
The elusive Apple iPhone [http://www.apple.com/iphone/] will hit US retail stores within a month, but manufacturing contracts have already been signed for iPhone 2. Its reported that a Taiwanese manufacturer, Quanta, had secured contracts to start producing the iPhone’s successor from September. Quanta – the world’s…
When Intel asked designers to build a better laptop, its instructions were simple. The machine has to be fashionable, able to connect to all manner of wireless networks, and full of the latest, fastest computing capabilities. The result, code-named Intel mobile Metro notebook, is less than 0.7 inches thick…
The Indian Human Resources Ministry is seriously attempting to manufacture laptops at almost half the price of the cheapest mobile – for $10 or just Rs 420. If the target is achieved, it plans to churn out close to a million laptops, catering to e-governance initiatives and school children. In terms…
Alright, its got nothing to do with Ornithology (which, as I just learned, is the study of birds), but the golden bird has just become a trillion-dollar economy [http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=cb43db0e-5b6e-4463-9157-d68383cb9cb2&MatchID1=4457&TeamID1=8&TeamID2=1&MatchType1=2&…
Every consultant would have faced a client like this atleast once in their career. 12 Breeds of Client and How to Work with Them [http://freelanceswitch.com/clients/12-breeds-of-client-and-how-to-work-with-them/] is an interesting read!…
News breaks that eBay is acquiring StumbleUpon [http://www.stumbleupon.com/] for $40ish million, and on the same day Google announces that they are building strikingly similar functionality (i.e. serendipitous website discovery) into their Toolbar. Given the timing, Om Malik says this is Google lashing out at StumbleUpon and…
I came across this great article about “money management”, and it made me ponder. All of us earn money, but how many of us know how to spend (and save) it. I know of so many people, who have grown financially but they still know zero about money management. Earning…