If you looked at any anti-virus company communication, it’s always about scaring customers into submission. The monster in the closet. The virus that sneaks upon you unawares and makes away with your data, your peace of mind or your bank balance. The threat levels are defined in scary red and protection is provided, either by …
[bctt tweet=”Who would pay $26000 for a knife?” username=”writo”]A lot of people would – if it was a hand made Kramer. You can’t pick it up in any shop. And you have to win a lottery to own one. That’s right. The company has such a backlog of orders that it picks five people at random every year …
If you were to ask anyone in India, there would only be one Salman Khan. Superstar, breaker of bones and hearts in equal measure on the big screen. He has had a chequered career, careening from lover boy to desperate romantic, his name linked to some of the most beautiful actresses he co-starred with. His …
They are small bit players in your life, doing their bit and vanishing into the wings. You see them and yet, you don’t. Let’s start from the home and see how many people flit across unnoticed. The newspaper man. The milkman. The security guard. The liftman. The postman. The scavenger. The cab driver. The shop …
Google began its billion dollar journey when it converted the dictionary and searches into a stock exchange with real-time bids. The Adwords model has proved to be a money-spinner that is the envy of every other media organisation on earth. The mantra in the dot-com mania was eyeballs till Google stumbled upon the way to …
Does poor spelling turn you off? Apparently, it sends a considerable number of shoppers away. Especially those who are all set to buy from you online. Charles Duncombe, who runs travel, mobile phone, and clothing websites from the UK has come up with a surprising statistic. Even a single spelling mistake can cut sales by half. That’s …
First the books, then the movies. The Harry Potter series has ended on a stratospheric note, giving JK Rowling and Warner Brothers the kind of record that will be hard to beat in the years ahead. Now that the last book, milked into 2 movies has finally run its course, there is sadness that the …
At an age when most teenagers are agonising over their pimples and awkward social relationships, a chosen few are blazing a trail of real achievement. The Google Online Science Fair has declared the winners – and girls have pipped boys to the post. The overall winner – Shree Bose will travel on a National Geographic expedition to …
It’s a cliche. Why work on something where a solution has already been found? A lid to pour liquids? Why on earth would we want something new there? But for the finicky designer of the snap-on lid, the problem of drips was all too real. Pouring out of spouts or the little ‘v’ shaped indentation …
Last evening, we went for a wedding reception. South Indian receptions are by custom, less boisterous and sedate as compared to the typical Punjabi wedding that goes on for days and has lots of drinking, dancing and singing. This one was somewhere in between. There was the customary South Indian Classical music being played ‘Live’ …
