LG Electronics will launch its new G3 premium smartphone on May 27 and 28 at events in New York, San Francisco, London, Seoul, Singapore and Istanbul. But the big question on many minds is whether G3 will move the needle on LG’s marketshare in the smartphone arena. Can the G3 help LG turn into a […]
Was it just yesterday that we were all fiddling with our flip phones and slider phones? Gosh, now even my Luddite friends in New Jersey and Gujju acquaintances in Philadelphia have gone the smartphone way, all of them sporting iPhones. When Gujju behns at Dunkin Donuts start to embrace smartphones, you know the end is […]
(Compiled by SI Blog reader What_If based on messages from friends & family in his WhatsApp App) To those who think WhatsApp exists merely to send innocuous texts to friends and family about passing an exam, getting a job or the birth of a baby, you couldn’t be more wrong. SI Blog reader What_If has […]
Indians are mighty big on Chilli Chicken (a spicy Indian-Chinese delight that comes in dry and gravy formats, served as appetizer or entree and great with fried rice, noodles and Naan bread). Although American Sweet Chili Chicken seemed like a far cry from the famed Indian Chilli Chicken, I readily jumped at the opportunity when […]
Each time a new report on smartphones or tablets comes out, it must be another humiliating, embarrassing moment for the microserfs toiling away at Microsoft on the Sisyphean task of growing marketshare for their unwanted, little-loved, mostly ignored mobile devices. A new smartphone report out today from Kantar Worldpanel offers little comfort to Microsoft. Android […]
I want to make it abundantly clear that I abhor violence of any kind, most especially against women. – Indian-American entrepreneur Gurbaksh Chahal, who’s just been kicked out as CEO and Chairman of RadiumOne for assaulting his girlfriend 117 times. * I did not hit my girlfriend 117 times, injure her or cause any […]