India’s notoriously corrupt Congress-led government today thwarted anti-corruption protests by arresting Gandhian and national icon Anna Hazare. Anna’s arrest has triggered protests across the country. The 73-year-old Gandhian leader has been leading a valiant fight for a strong Lok Pal Bill to tackle corruption, the scourge of the nation. Anticipating his arrest, Anna asked Indians […]
Google’s proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility throws up the big question …. Why? * First and foremost, buying cellphone, set-top boxes and tablet vendor Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion (a 63% premium over Friday’s closing price) is a tacit admission by Google that ultimately Apple’s closed model of controlling all aspects of the […]
It’s already August 15 in India and the country is ‘celebrating’ its 64th Independence day. Here’s SI’s tribute to Incredible India on this momentous occasion: * 64 Years after Independence, nearly 650 million Indians have no toilets and are forced to bare their backsides to the world’s gaze every morning. * 64 Years after Independence, […]
In the age of $1 DVD rentals (for one-day) at RedBox and Blockbuster kiosks and unlimited $7.99-a-month streaming at Netflix, the stooopid, greedy SOBs at Walmart have launched a $2 rental (for 2-days) for the iPad via its Vudu streaming service. Notwithstanding what the junk e-mail in your inbox might say, Size does not matter […]
Some companies just won’t get the message, at least not until they hear the swoosh sound of the whip falling on their exposed backside. People don’t want to buy just any tablet. They want only the Apple iPad. How hard can that be to understand. But some folks just won’t listen and keep rolling cheap […]
Over the last few days, we watched a couple of films. Neither of the movies were path-breaking or landmarks but by any measure they were decent enough. * Given our recently developed fondness for Korean films, one of the movies was not surprisingly the 2010 film Housemaid featuring the lovely Jeon Do-yeon and directed by […]