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India

Biased Google searches – nay bigoted – are a reality!

Google searches are the world’s window to knowledge and information. If that window is tinted in a certain color and prejudice then the world will be judged and seen differently. Khilji example – Biased Google Searches or outright bigotry? I recently wrote an article on Alauddin Khilji [https://www.drishtikone.

Desh Kapoor

17 May 20 4 min read

Technology

What if all your data files on Internet were simply lost one day?

Did you know that your data on the social media and other audio, image or video sharing sites is vulnerable? Today, April 2, Google is shutting down Google Plus. It seems there was a security vulnerability in it and Google figured that it was best to shut it down than

Desh Kapoor

02 Apr 19 3 min read

Environment

When everything fails on Earth…

The planet’s largest companies today are the technology companies. Everything is based on technology and networks. From your banks to education to jobs to even basic food being delivered now. In fact, the Internet of Things is making everything web-based and driven via internet actions. Everything – and everyone (at

Desh Kapoor

11 Sep 15 3 min read

Spirituality

Religious Brouhaha over Yoga Day and Ray of Hope from the Indian Orthodox Church

The hallucinating “greatness” of belief, any belief, is just a stone’s throw away from complete oblivion. For, a belief is only as long as your memory is. A hit by a stone on your head can take away the belief, the god, the prophet, and god’s kith and

Desh Kapoor

15 Jun 15 3 min read

Technology

My Smartphone Journey: From Donut to Lollipop!

Way back late in 2007 I had this excellent Nokia phone – the Nokia Classic 3110. It was a black phone with the QWERTY keyboard and a nice bright screen. The two features I loved were – the camera and the music functionality. In those small cell phones of yonder, these were

Desh Kapoor

17 Mar 15 2 min read

Business

Femina, India’s Women Mag, makes Publishing history with first Fully Crowd-sourced issue

Femina’s Crowd-sourced IssuePublishing in India is undergoing a lot of change. Of all the publications, Femina has made an interesting foray into “CrowdSourcing”. It’s first Crowdsourced issues has hit the stands as we speak. The content has been completely contributed by the readers themselves. Their credo was – If

Desh Kapoor

17 Apr 13 2 min read

Health & Medicine

I am Deaf, but not Dumb! – Daily fight of 18 mn deaf people in India that is mentally stone deaf

India has 18 million deaf people but only 250 practicing sign language interpreters! There are no TTY (Text Telephone) in the country, of course no deaf news, no closed captioning, and no Government recognition for ISL yet. What can the society do to engage with and make space for the

Desh Kapoor

14 Apr 13 1 min read

India

Google Play movies now available in India; but pricing sucks!

You can now rent movies in Indian and Mexico via Google Play. Either through web or through your smartphone. Interestingly, this coincides with the launch of Nexus 7 [http://mashable.com/2013/03/28/google-play-movies-india-mexico/] in India. > Google has started selling [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324789504578384111477142162.html] its Nexus

Desh Kapoor

28 Mar 13 2 min read

Motivation and Personal Development

What are the top 10 things about Life that we ought to be informed about

If you wanted to know just 10 most important things to lead a better life, what would they be? Here are attempts of some folks. Very interesting. 1. Realize that nobody cares, and if they do, you shouldn’t care that they care. Got a new car? Nobody cares. You’

Desh Kapoor

27 Mar 13 5 min read

Technology

Google Glass, Apple’s iWatch and a future of Augmented Reality

Are we headed to a completely virtual age? An age of augmented reality? Well, the way the tech giants are coming out with their new gear, it surely seems so! Google’s coming out with its glasses – “Google Glass.” Apple’s revving its “iWatch.” Skiers are already getting text messages

Desh Kapoor

01 Mar 13 3 min read

Technology

Microsoft Office 365 could derail Google Apps in India, specifically for SMEs

It seems that Office 365 suite, which includes Exchange, SharePoint and Lync, coupled with Office applications as a cloud service, is becoming a hit with the SMEs in India. Although a late entrant, it is giving Google a real run for its money on the Google Apps. Businesses adopting Microsoft’

Desh Kapoor

14 Feb 13 1 min read

Business

Google to earn $5 billion from its ads on Tablets!

This confirms what we have been discussing earlier. How Google works and what its strategy is pointing to in terms of revenue earning. > Google [http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2013/google]‘s ads are everywhere [http://www.fastcompany.com/1805995/google-goes-after-your-local-small-business] , but new data [http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/

Desh Kapoor

14 Feb 13 2 min read

Technology

How to get your Start-up featured on Top Tech Blogs like Techcrunch and Mashable

Many blog owners would die to be featured on sites like top blogs such as Techcrunch, Mashable etc. Here is some great insights from an expert! Read Quote of Robert Scoble’s answer to Social Media: What are some tips for getting your startup featured on TechCrunch, Mashable, and other

Desh Kapoor

23 Jan 13 1 min read

Technology

How I reduced Bounce Rate from >70% to under 20% by simply changing my theme

On the weekend of November 16-17th, we changed the theme at Drishtikone. We moved to a “Responsive WordPress theme” (Brennuis theme [http://themeforest.net/item/brennuis-wordpress-magazineblog/3312836?ref=deshkapoor] from Themeforest). We used to be on Studiopress’ Genesis framework based News Theme, which personally I loved. The result as you

Desh Kapoor

19 Jan 13 3 min read

Health & Medicine

Universe is like a Giant Brain

A news study says that Universe is a giant brain. > According to a study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports, the universe may be growing in the same way as a giant brain – with the electrical firing between brain cells ‘mirrored’ by the shape of expanding galaxies. > The results of

Desh Kapoor

18 Jan 13 2 min read

India

Air Travellers in India can use Soft Copy of Tickets and Boarding Passes

Something that is bound to make the regular air-hoppers in India excited.. and also could pose some threats if not handled properly and with adequate security. Now Air travellers in India can board a flight using the soft copy of their boarding passes instead of a printed copy. The soft

Desh Kapoor

02 Jan 13 2 min read

Technology

Google hiring Developers for iOS apps, upping the ante for Google Apps on Apple’s platform

As the battle between Apple and Google rages, Google is engaged in a strategy that is strange, effective and very profitable (Now, why the heck did Google make iPhone the Best Smartphone on Planet by releasing the Maps?? [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/google-make-iphone-best-smartphone/]). It is trying to own

Desh Kapoor

29 Dec 12 3 min read

Business

Cognizant replaces Apple in the Top 10 Happiest Companies in the US

BusinessWire has come out with a list of 100 “Happiest Companies in America” after thousands of independent employee reviews and analysis of hundreds of companies. These companies are dedicated to creating a happy work environment with many of them making use of things like conflict management [https://development-academy.co.uk/

Desh Kapoor

25 Dec 12 2 min read

Technology

Now, why the heck did Google make iPhone the Best Smartphone on Planet by releasing the Maps??

We all know that Google Maps are back on iPhone. With a bang. Here is the issue. Google just bought Motorola to get a footprint in the mobile phones market. It has Android as its spearhead OS. Google’s direct competitor is Apple and iPhone. The main drawback with iPhone

Desh Kapoor

14 Dec 12 2 min read

Technology

Windows real share of Total Computing OS is only 20%!

Thank you! Thanks, Goldman Sachs for saying something that I have been saying for long. Computing has to be viewed by including smartphones as well! Because you know what?Tomorrow’ Computers will be based on Today’s Smartphones and NOT on today’s PC! The sooner the hardware and software

Desh Kapoor

13 Dec 12 3 min read

Technology

Google Maps on iPhone: A Hit, savior of Aussies stuck in sand or just “directionless”?

Finally, iPhone gets Google Maps as native app and not a web wrap-around. These maps now have all the necessary features like traffic, turn-by-turn navigation, transit directions, walking directions, satellite view, street view, indoor photos, Zagat restaurant reviews and even some integration with your Google Profile. Obviously, the Apple maps

Desh Kapoor

13 Dec 12 3 min read

India

Sunny Leone and “Ek tha Tiger” top People and Movies Google searches for India in 2012

What was the world searching for in 2012 on Google [http://google.com]? Well, the results for India [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=28.6133333333,77.2083333333&spn=10.0,10.0&q=28.6133333333,77.2083333333 (India)&t=h] are the most fascinating. What surprised me was that

Desh Kapoor

12 Dec 12 2 min read

Business

Google brings the Great Online Shopping Festival to India

Google [http://google.com] has partnered with more than 50 retailers (Including Flipkart [http://www.flipkart.com] and snapdeal) to plan for an online shopping [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_shopping] bonanza called “The Great Online Shopping Festival [http://www.gosf.in/]“. It is the Indian equivalent of Cybermonday

Desh Kapoor

07 Dec 12 2 min read

Motivation and Personal Development

How one small decision can change your entire life

We often make random decisions, that look very ordinary things and even mundane. Yet some of those simple decisions can change our lives unprecedentedly. When we take an action or say something we may never know what ramifications it can have on us and those who are these in our

Desh Kapoor

06 Dec 12 1 min read

Technology

Is Social Media really worth the money for businesses?

JC Kendall makes an interesting point [http://socialmediatoday.com/jc-kendall/1047376/facebook-waste-time-most-advertisers] in his article on the impact of Social Media on sales of the businesses. He says the impact is negligible. > On this recent 2012 Black Friday, Online Sales grew 20.7% from last year. Online Sales on Cyber

Desh Kapoor

03 Dec 12 3 min read

Technology

Google acquires BufferBox to consolidate its Retail Offerings

Google is now consolidating in the shopping and retail market in a big way. After combining everything – digital and physical products – within the Google Play platform, now its getting the other pieces in place. One of the startups that is going to set up Google’s future of retail in

Desh Kapoor

02 Dec 12 1 min read

Technology

Is Google already testing its Android 5.0 version Key Lime Pie?

Google’s 4.2 version of Android Jelly Beans has just become official, and it is already getting ready to unveil its next version – 5.0 Key Lime Pie. In fact the rumor is that [http://www.androidauthority.com/android-5-0-0-key-lime-pie-running-sony-lt30i-apparently-spotted-nenamark-benchmarks-132570/] one device may be testing it as we speak: Sony

Desh Kapoor

28 Nov 12 1 min read

Technology

Floor plans can now be added to Google Maps; several thousands already loaded

Google Maps now has indoor maps. There are 10,000 floor plans of major buildings in the US, UK, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan, Canada and Denmark. These include London’s Wembley Stadium and Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris. There is also an ability for people to create and upload

Desh Kapoor

25 Nov 12 1 min read

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