Blender manufacturers are resorting to all sorts of zany viral campaigns to make their products stick. One in the news these days is a series developed to make people sit up and take notice. Not so much for the visuals, but the idea of it all. Can marbles, wood, golf balls and even a McDonald’s …
Newsweek magazine has a lot more swerve in the way their writers do stories. Concise, creative and opinionated, they educate and inform. Not to forget, entertain. From the heartland of Egypt to the messy politics of Murdoch to China’s economic progress, most of these lay the roadmap for the uninformed reader. However one-sided it may …
I am loving the short pieces in the American edition of Entrepreneur magazine. Available at the App Store for free, you can read the past one year’s issues too. From the insightful edit to the many business stories that show more than they tell, it’s magazine journalism at it’s best. There’s so much you gain …
So said my friend when I mentioned the services offered by Seventymm in Bangalore. I don’t know Netflix, but I do know Seventymm and I am quite happy with their customer service. Their monsoon offer is unbeatable. You get DVDs at Rs 8 per day to rent. That’s about 150 DVD films in six months, …
Who is Bollywood’s No 1 actress this year? Lets look at the contenders alphabetically. There’s Aishwarya Rai Bachchan followed by the likes of Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra. Look at the graph of 2010 and you’ll realise that only two amongst these popular leading ladies have had their share of hits …
It’s surprising to see how Bollywood manages to keep all the gender bias under wraps. Talk of price tags. Not a single female actor can demand anything equivalent to their male counterparts. This is despite the fact that the female leads draw an equal amount of crowd and maybe more. Take Tees Maar Khan. Who …
You must have loved his offbeat films, but Abhay Deol goes off the beaten path in real life, too. And you don’t have to look far for it. Go to his garage and you will see his Maruti jeep with the number plate reading: 420. Yes, that’s Deol for you. Gives two hoots to an …
I love Diesel’s punchline: Be stupid for successful living. There’s so much meaning in it… It’s about dancing to your own tunes and living life your way. And I have tried to do that ever since I decided to get into journalism in 1993 by opting for a specialised course on the subject. The other …
The UPA government is telling us that it wants to get back the black indian money stashed abroad. But nothing has been done so far. Pray why? Probably, it was the government’s way to silence all opposition who all have a stake in this. It was a sort of blackmail. If you don’t support us, …
Upholding the banner of ‘trustworthiness and creativity’, Nikon’s imaging journey inspires awe When you think of cameras, and you want the best of the best, one name that pops up instantly is Nikon. This world-renowned brand, now a subsidiary of The Nikon Group, embodies everything you could possibly want from an imaging products manufacturer. Whether …
The 2G spectrum allocation controversy shows no signs of abating. But what the heck, we already have cellular operators offering 3G internet. There is Tata Docomo offering mobile speeds of over 21mbps, something unheard of earlier. But that’s nothing compared to what’s next: 4G. So what is 4G, anyway? Simply put, it is a network …
Nothing succeeds like excess, and future tech provides you a glimpse of that. You take off today and arrive yesterday. That’s the power of technology. With prototypes being developed all the time, these give glimpses of a future that could well be possible. Like the wirelessly controlled beetle which could one day be used for …
