A new survey released today by Kaiser Family Foundation offers more depressing health care news – six out of ten respondents said their family has delayed or skipped medical care in the past year due to cost reasons. The survey finds that the most common actions taken by people because of the cost constraints are substituting home […]
In a few hours, Apple will reach an extraordinary milestone – the download of the one billionth application from its App Store that feeds millions of hungry iPhones and iPod touch multimedia devices. Launched in early July 2008, the App Store has been a phenomenal success with 35,000 applications and a billion downloads. As we write […]
Folks, here comes yet another edition of Amazing America. * 17-year-old girls in the U.S. who screw without contraceptives don’t have to worry anymore about getting a swollen belly because they can get the Plan B morning after birth control pill without a prescription and without permission from their parents. Yes, the U.S. Food and […]
Future historians will most certainly describe Pakistan’s craven surrender to the Taliban pigs in the Swat region as a Himalayan blunder. Emboldened by the surrender of Swat Valley, the Taliban has already ushered in Sharia (Islamic law) in parts of Swat and taken over the neighboring Buner district as well. How far from Buner to […]
Can you imagine a top information technology executive in the U.S. with a name like Jack Callahan or Margaret Weinberger. No, sir. No. The name’s got to be a Ramasamy or Padmasree. OK, at least a Chopra or Kundra. Top IT Dogs Any surprise then that the top IT dogs in President Obama’s administration are […]
There must be massive personal Internet use in Indian offices and of course, the accompanying massive loss in productivity. What other explanation is possible? You see, Internet cafes are no longer as ubiquitous in India as they once