The Internet is global – this we all know. How global? Well, you can send emails, talk through it, and buy a product – all online and instantaneously from any corner of the globe. If there ever has been any liberty that allows you to ‘fly’ from one corner of the world to another sitting […]
Microfinance your way to online profit
Looking for decent profits for your money online? Try microfinance. Before elaborating further let me take you to my post, Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank that dealt on how the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Prof Yunus and Grameen Bank for their path-breaking service to help the poor and needy of Bangladesh through […]
Net audio ads. The what?
Imagine an audio ad streaming from your computer speakers the moment you come upon a website unannounced and unknown to you. Will you be startled? I was, when recently I chanced onto Net Audio Ads’ blog. Maybe it was because I had my head-phone plugged to my ears that almost made me jump on my […]
Knol, the contender of Wikipedia
Who knew a day would come when an obscure half-word such as ‘knol’ would shot into prominence so fast that in just 2 days at least 182,000 web pages would be written about it. Thanks to Google, this is what has happened. Ever since Udi Manber, the VP Engineering of Google, announced the launch of […]
The stratospheric Google
It is interesting watching Google perching atop the pole that keep increasing in height in tandem with the search giant’s performance every month. The rest simply watches the spectacle from varying levels on the way down, transfixed, wide-eyed, open-mouthed. For those stranded at the base level Google appears as a faint outline, seen with palms […]
CitiPals, the site for the gennext
I shifted on the bed and then woke up. It was wee hours in the morning. The mobile clock showed 3-41. I tried figuring if there was anything that stole my sleep. And then I got it. An elongated streak of light fell on the bed that came from the room at the far end […]
Boom of medical tourism
On a recent trip to a prestigious city hospital to visit an acquaintance undergoing treatment, I came across 2 persons from Nigeria, looking around to exchange their dollars. Their relative was admitted for kidney ailment and would perhaps undergo surgery the next day. The Nigerians were among a steady stream of visitors from abroad, who […]
Teach your way to fortune
Does teaching online make you richer beyond your dreams? The answer is both ‘No’ and ‘Yes’. I’ll take the ‘No’ first in Scenario 1, and then ‘Yes’ at Scenario 2. Do let me know your comments. Scenario 1 Some 4 months back I wrote about TutorVista, the online tutoring site promoted by Krishnan Ganesh. Ganesh […]
The sub 10K laptop
Ever since the city-based upstart, Xenitis Infotech, launched laptops in the range of Rs.20,000, the cat is finally out among the pigeons. The scramble to cut down prices of laptops is becoming intense with each passing day. Intel, the chip major, is believed to be in talks with the PC makers, and it seems the […]
Riding with Chris Pirillo
Founder of Lockergnome, the blog on technology news, the erstwhile TechTV host, a software tester, and engaged with so many more things, Chris Pirillo is also a passionate video presenter. Searching Chris Pirillo on YouTube brings no less than about 500 results, and though not all of them are his or Lockergnome’s, an overwhelming majority […]