Nikesh Arora is search giant Google’s new worldwide sales and business development chief and the top ranking desi at the company. Nikesh, who was previously chief of Google’s International Operations, replaces Omid Kordestani who has taken on a new role as Senior Advisor, Office of the CEO and Founders. Google said today that in his new […]
Folks, next time you order Domino’s Pizza just think of all the nice ingredients that have gone into your pizza and all the loving care and effort that your pizza maker puts into the job. Here, watch the three videos in this link. And you thought
Nokia released its first quarter results today. And the key metrics are all down. Here are some interesting down, down, down statistics from Nokia’s First Quarter results: * Nokia Operating Profits Down 96% year-over-year * Nokia Sales Down 27% * Nokia Earnings Per Share Down 91% * Nokia Mobile Device Volumes Down 19% * Nokia […]
Folks, here comes the 22nd instalment of Incredible India, with those only-in-India stories. * This one is straight out of the Ripley’s Believe it or Not book and we were tongue-tied when we first heard this. Mahesh, a follower of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, cut his tongue at a Hindu temple as a […]
First it was the H1B software coolies that began screwing American workers (thanks to greedy U.S. corporations). Now, the down-on-their-luck American workers are being bitch slapped by other things Indian. The New York Times has an interesting article today on how Indian steel pipes are being used in an oil pipeline project in Granite City, […]
Worldwide PC shipments (desktops and notebooks) in the first quarter of 2009 were down 7.1% year over year to 63.46 million units, according to the number crunchers at IDC. IDC said there was a sizable decline in PC shipments in India but did not disclose details. The U.S. market was down 3.1% to 14.96 million units. […]