For every blockbuster tech product/service like the iPhone, Netflix or eBay, there are dozens of huge flops like the Sony Betamax, Yahoo Auctions and Blockbuster DVD mailing service. In this post, SearchIndia.com peers into the crystal ball of technology products/services and predicts some mega flops that will cost their companies a ton of money. 1. […]
In a bizarre (non)incident sending shock waves across America, no shootings were reported on campuses and no one was killed, maimed or injured at US kindergartens, schools, colleges and universities today as active and passive shooters remained AWOL. Emergency rooms at US hospitals remained as deserted as in the recent Korean corrupt doctors TV series […]
If you ask me, there’re a couple of vexing flaws at the heart of Ridley Scott’s space adventure Martian (Matt Damon, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jeff Daniels, Jessica Chastain). At its core, the movie is about a young astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) stranded on Mars and the heroic efforts mounted from Earth to rescue him. When […]
Ever since the Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson hit the jackpot (alas posthumously) for his crime trilogy, other Scandinavian writers quickly spotted an opportunity, clambered on the sex-murder bandwagon and pumped up their output. What was a novelty with Larsson and his dragon tattooed girl Lisbeth Salander has now turned into a tiresome exercise with the […]
Steve is so hugely successful and yet he treated so many people so badly. How much of an Asshole do you have to be to be successful? – Daniel Kottke (Steve’s friend and Apple technician who accompanied him to India), quoted in the new documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine As Executive Producer […]
For this fine debut novel by Fatima Bhutto, I owe much thanks to a bitch. I never had the good fortune to set my eyes on the bitch, only heard of her antics second-hand. But the bitch did me a huge favor for which I’m indebted to her. You see, back in Mera Bharat Mahaan […]