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Using the Jesus Tablet for the first time…so late!

April 3, 2012 by Karthik S

Last week, I got my first iPad – an iPad 2 that I ordered from eBay India. I do own a heavily-used, now-hardly-used iPod 64GB, a 4GB pink iPod mini (wife’s) and an iPod Touch – all these are hardly used now…

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Don’t like the movie’s ending? Demand an alternative from the director and download it online!

March 28, 2012 by Karthik S

Usually, if a brand removes user posts or content from a social network or a public (owned by the brand) forum, the world unites in denouncing them as suppressing users’ voices. This has happened with many brands in the past, including big…

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Bajaj Allianz, Sachin Tendulkar and retirement planning

March 17, 2012 by Karthik S

The inevitable finally happened yesterday. Yes, Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th century yesterday, against Bangladesh. While the normal world was divided between, ‘C’mon…against Bangladesh?’ vs. ‘Bangladesh or Timbuktoo – this one century doesn’t matter. The collective 100 centuries is what matters’, one…

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Thoughts and a question around one of Mahesh Murthy’s pet topics

March 14, 2012 by Karthik S

For anybody who has attended at least 3 events where Mahesh Murthy speaks, you’d know that one of his pet topics – that he articulates so well – is the comparative reach of internet vs. mainstream media. This has trickled into some…

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Poonam Pandey, All India Bakchod and possible new laws of profitable content distribution

March 9, 2012 by Karthik S

10 years ago…or, even 2 years ago, imagine what film stars in India have been doing for holi? No, not playing dirty in a Bollywood party…I’m referring to the part where they address their fans. It used to be that a leading…

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The online world as a haven for introverts and the hesitants

March 7, 2012 by Karthik S

The dictionary defines an introvert as ‘a shy person’. Or, ‘a person characterized by concern primarily with his or her own thoughts and feelings’. Park those definitions for a minute and try to recall your school days; particularly the kind of students…

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Is it time to untether ‘internal social networks’?

March 1, 2012 by Karthik S

This post is a response to two other articles published elsewhere. The first is titled, ‘Why We Use Social Media in Our Personal Lives â?? But Not for Work‘, by Tammy Erickson, and was published in Harvard Business Review on February 16,…

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