Naresh Goyal, who heads India’s largest airline was in Silicon Valley a couple of weeks to attend and speak at the TiECon event. I understand that this was his first trip to Silicon Valley after a gap of over 25 years. If you missed reading it, Jet Airway is set to launch its its service [...]
Archive for May, 2008
By Kamla Bhatt • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Ideas, India, Planes and Automobiles
By Kamla Bhatt • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, Living In America, People
Should I or you be worried by the rising costs of many essential items in the USA? (I don’t know about other countries, but I suspect the trend is the same.) Consumers have been hit very hard here in recent months and that monthly paycheck is fast disappearing. Here in Silicon Valley I am [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • May 28th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, People
Guess who is the latest Bollywood blogger? Salman Khan aka the “Shirtless Wonder.” He started blogging recently at DusKadum.
All of a sudden it seems like blogging is quite the rage in Bollywood and I wonder who is helping or advising these Bollywood starts on their social media strategy? I am curious to know why instead [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • May 27th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, People, YouTube Videos
Oscar winning Hollywood director, producer and actor Sydney Pollack passed away. He was 73 years old and was suffering from cancer.
Pollack, a gifted diretor, made films like Tootsie, Out of Afric, The Firm and Sabrina among others. As a producer his films include Recount, Michael Clayton, The Quiet American, The Talented Mr. Ripley (The film [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • May 27th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Chennai/Madras, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, Start-ups, Technology, User Generated Content
Local search is the new battle ground for startups and VCs in India. “But, local search is an oxymoron,” says Deepak Srinivasan, Internet marketing guru. “There is no such user experience called local search. It is a local directory business,” he adds. “Local search is often used as a proxy for local points [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • May 27th, 2008 • Category: Bangalore, Diaspora, Ideas, India, Podcast, Technology, Web 2.0
Mr. Arun Sarin is stepping down as CEO of Vodafone, headquartered in London,which is the world’s largest mobile operator by revenue writes FT. Mr. Sarin has confirmed that he will be stepping down on July 29th, 2008.Vittorio Colao, who is number two at Vodafone will succeed Mr. Sarin as the head of Vodafone.
The news of [...]