Archive for September, 2010

Cellphones Causes Distraction Death

Cell phones used by youth as a fashion statement have gradually shown a rise in accidents and unplanned deaths. The traffic deaths are mostly due to talking on home while driving or walking on road. Also texting while you are driving is another distraction on road.
From timesofindia.indiatimes.com:

Drivers distracted by talking or texting on cellphones killed [...]

India has its say in top 10 Asian small-cap funds

Indian funds have been able to grab 7 out of the top 10 spots in the league table of leading small-cap funds across Asia because of some canny stock-picking in the middle of improving investor appetite for cheap stocks with the potential of delivering multi-bagger returns.
DSP BlackRock Micro Cap Fund leads the charge by delivering [...]

Diaspora-The New Social Site

After Facebook, its Diaspora which is now entering into the social networking business. Developed by New York students, this site challenges to be more users friendly and features are nearly the same as facebook. The youth are now asking for something new.
From NDTV.com:

Diaspora is the result of four New York University students who became frustrated [...]

Microsoft executive appointed as CEO of Nokia

A new software-savvy chief executive from Microsoft has been appointed by the world’s largest mobile phone maker Nokia in an attempt to battle out against slumping profits and an eroding market share in the smartphone segment.
Stephen Elop will be replacing Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo by the Finnish telecommunications equipment giant after Kallasvuo was sharply criticized for failing [...]

Mark Hurd joins Oracle

Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Mark Hurd has been hired by Oracle to help lead the database software maker.
Oracle founder appreciated tenure of Hurd at HP and said no other executive had more relevant experience.
From Guardian.co.uk:

Oracle and HP are longtime partners, but Hurd’s appointment as co-president of Oracle underscores the growing fissure between the Silicon Valley [...]

Tail lights and your dream drive

Tail lights have always been considered to add a new look to your car, SUV, or truck and rightly so. The fact that tail lights, especially the Euro tail lights, are affordable and capable of replacing the entire tail light housing means that you can expect nothing but admiring glares whenever seen by fellow vehicle [...]

Redefine online marketing with Tom Leung

In this YouTube video on online marketing, Tom Leung, Business Product Manager for Google Website Optimizer, speaks about how internet marketing is moving from clicks to conversions. Leung discusses how online marketers can make use of controlled online experiments for increasing conversion rates and shares case studies with the assistance of of WiderFunnel, a [...]