Kamla's Blog posts on ‘Ideas’

By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 15th, 2008 • Category: Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, People, Technology

I just found that the Kamla Bhatt Show got the best design award for the online radio category in the PC World Web Award 2008. Here is a list of the jury members.
This comes as a pleasant surprise since I was not really aware of these awards and have no idea how I made it […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 13th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Electronic gadgets, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, Living In America, Technology

Distracted: The Erosion of Attention And The Coming of Dark Age is the name of a new book written by Maggie Johnson of Boston Globe. The title of the book sounds rather bleak and foreboding and is telling  us what we might already know - we need to slow down and perhaps lead a gentler […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Merger & Acquisition, YouTube Videos

Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo has acquired a majority stake in Ranbaxy, India’s largest drug making firm.  Under the agreement Daiichi will acquire the Singh family’s 34.8% stake at 737 rupees ($17.19) each writes The Wall Street Journal.
About 90 percent of Ranbaxy’s sales come from its generic drugs and Daiichi is looking to expand its presence […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 10th, 2008 • Category: Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Interviews, Social Media, YouTube Videos

RockYou, a social widget maker located in San Mateo received $35 million as part of its Series C funding.  DCM  led the funding for this latest round and previous investors of RockYou include Sequoia and LightSpeed.
RockyYou’s array of social widget offerings include SuperWall,  Horoscope, SlideShow and many more. Their widgets can be found on Facebook, […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 6th, 2008 • Category: Electronic gadgets, Ideas, India, San Francisco, Technology, Video, YouTube Videos

Earlier today, well actually yesterday since  I just noticed it is pushing 2 PM. Anyway earlier today I was at Microsoft’s Office in Mountain View. This is the first time I visited their campus here and did not realize how big it is. I was there to meet and interview Paul Murphy, Director of Innovation […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: Americas, Bangalore, Ideas, India, Technology