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Category Archives: Editorials
About the smartphone category called iPhone-like
From an email exchange with a friend asking about the Nexus One (the ‘Google phone’) launch. Thoughts about the Nexus One’s prospects Does it have better hardware, a better screen, better battery life, better price, more freedom, better apps, better … Continue reading
Pieces of Blog
Joshua Schachter of Del.icio.us fame on how the different parts of a blogging system could be decoupled and run off specialized web applications: authoring by desktop apps, storage of raw posts and hosting on Amazon S3, templates by WordPress, feeds … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Editorials, Email, Ideas
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About Yahoo!'s home page redesign this week
Yahoo! just redesigned the Yahoo.com home page, its crown jewel for a decade. The big change is a bar on the left with widgets that display updates from Facebook, Gmail, New York Times and some 60 other sources. The company … Continue reading
Building a large Internet business in India (in the incumbents' face)
When it comes to the Internet in India, the low-hanging fruit has beeen picked, across sectors. Think Travel. Books. Jobs. Dating. Electronics. Money. In his post today, Rajesh Jain lists a few more: Search (dominated by Google), News (Rediff, NDTV, … Continue reading
What you need to do to be the next Google/Twitter/Facebook
Yesterday and today The Web has been through two major evolutionary stages, and we are seeing some major activity in the third evolutionary stage. The first was the “early web” – through most of the 90s and until the dot-com … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, Facebook, google, internet, Social, Trends, twitter
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Who will archive when you die?
So you blog, post comments, use Twitter, post photos on Flickr, videos on Youtube, talk with friends on half-a-dozen networking sites, and yes, send and receive tons of email. Which is all very fine. Until the day you die. What happens … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, Ideas
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What do Apple's App Store rejections mean for you users and startups?
Yesterday, Apple pulled an application named Podcaster from the iPhone App Store. With Podcaster, iPhone/iPod Touch users could “update podcasts directly on the device over wifi.” Apple rejected the application because Podcaster assists in the distribution of podcasts, it duplicates … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Apple, Editorials, google, iphone, iPodTouch, mobile, Nokia, Predictions
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Samsung needs a brand strategy to take on Nokia's smartphones
Recent smartphones from Samsung, HTC and LG indicate that Nokia’s finally got competition in the high-end space. However, it’s going to take more than engineering skills to succeed in India’s tough mobile market. Consistent phone branding, clear messaging and a … Continue reading
The Mobile Internet Lifestyle
(This post began as a reply to a comment question on my previous blog post about iPhone 3G. It’s also a complete re-write of an earlier post.) My experience with the Internet on my Nokia N82 has been more than … Continue reading
Why I won't be buying the iPhone 3G
iPhone 3G, finally, will be available in India on August 22nd through Airtel. While I’m excited about the world’s most revolutionary phone meeting the world’s fastest growing market, I’m not buying one for myself. Instead, last month I purchased a … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Editorials, iphone, Nokia
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