When you think of wine in California then the two places that instantly come to mind are Napa and Sonoma located north of San Francisco. Instead, if you drove down south of San Francisco into Silicon Valley area and a little beyond into the towns of Gilroy and Morgan Hill you will discover a wonderful wine trail of family-owned… Continue Reading
Dalip Singh Saund was the first Indian-Ameican elected to the US Congress in the 1950s. Originally from Punjab Saund came to the USA in 1920 to study mathematics and got a PhD from University of California at Berkeley. Instead of entering the world of academia, Saund switched directions and worked as a farmer in Southern… Continue Reading
Ash Kalra (D) grew up in San Jose, the third largest city in California. In 2008 after spending over 10 years at San Jose’s Public Attorney’s office, Kalra decided to run for city elections. He was elected in 2008, the same year Barack Obama won the Presidential elections on his platform of “Yes, We Can… Continue Reading
Every week we bring you interesting interviews and conversations. Take a peek to see some of the new interviews we have in store, and the ones that you may missed watching on our YouTube channel. And if you like what you see, it will be awesome if you subscribed to it. Every week on Thursday and… Continue Reading
Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket,” is a film about America’s involvement in the Vietnam war. Released in 1987 the film follows a Marine group during the war. It took about 2 years to complete the shooting of the film. During the making of the film Mathew Modine maintained a dairy, which he later on published… Continue Reading
Belkin is a well-known consumer electronics company. You probably have seen or used their products. The company recently introduced a couple of smart new home appliances that uses “WeMo” their Home Automation Solution. Using your smart phone, you can easily operate these smart home appliances. For example, you can turn operate a smart lightbulb or coffee… Continue Reading
Mountain View-based startup CollegeFeed matches recent graduates with prospective employers. Think of it as social networking site is how Aman Khanna, co-founder of the startup puts it. Founded in 2013 by Sanjeev Agarwal and Khanna, the startup raised $1.8 million in funding led by Accel Partners. We sat down to talk to Khanna about Collegefeed and what… Continue Reading
Filmmaker Paul Lazarus has a new documentary Dean Kamen, a prolific, enterprising innovator and inventor. Kamen created the Segway. But, that is just one of his inventions, he has many more inventions in the medical and other field. All Kamen does day in and day out is dream of new inventions, prototype, tweak, tweak, tweak and then introduce… Continue Reading
Filmmaker Paul Lazarus’s new documentary “Slingshot” made its global premier at this year’s Cinequest Film Festival. The film was a clear success with the audience judging from the standing ovation it received. I caught up with Lazarus to find out how and why he made this film and why water? How does Kamen do what he… Continue Reading
“Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz,‘ is a documentary by Brian Kannpenberger. The film traces the story of Swartz, a programming prodigy and social/political activist from his childhood to adulthood and why he took his own life on Jan 11, 2013. He was 26 years old. Swartz was surrounded by computers and the… Continue Reading
HBO’s new show “Silicon Valley,” is at the end of its first season and has found a strong fan base. I was skeptical and unconvinced when I saw the first episode called “Minimum Viable Product.” It had lots of of hype and did paint a very flattering picture of this “cradle of innovation” and startup culture.… Continue Reading
It had to happen, right? A driverless car? A self driving car with no steering wheels and just an on/off button? All you do is hop into the car, sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. Yesterday Mountain View-based Google introduced its self driving car at the inaugural Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes in… Continue Reading
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge was a bridge that many thought could not be built. Can you imagine what it would be like if that beautiful and iconic bridge in that International Orange color was not built? The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the first things folks want to see when they visit San… Continue Reading
Meet Silicon Valley startup LUMOback Tech’s Charles Wong. Trained as a medical doctor, Charles decided to take that fork in the road and go the tech route. He got his MBA from Stanford, and went on to co-found LUMOBack Tech. They raised money both through the traditional Venture Capital round and via Kickstarter, the crowd… Continue Reading
The Kamla Show airs on various TV channels in San Francisco bay area. Every week we bring you interviews with entrepreneurs, technologists, filmmakers and other newsmakers from in and around the bay area. We just completed our 50th episode Here is a quick peek that highlights some of our upcoming shows along with interviews you… Continue Reading
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