• Cricket crazy nations gets a new stock exchange – for cricket

    by Sriram Vadlamani

    Building a temple is the ultimate glory in India and is the pinnacle for admiration for a person. Few celebrities and cricketers have this privilege. What should people do in a world of new found of capitalism? They will start a stock exchange. This stock exchange is not for

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    3 search engines which aren’t Google

    by Sriram Vadlamani

    The problem with search today – and we all know that – is that we’ve all figured out that if you type less keywords, you get better results. That’s crazy. – Steve Ballmer I agree with Mr. Ballmer. That is exactly the problem we have today. Part of the

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    Fake IPL Player and the future of blogging in India

    by Sriram Vadlamani

    My guess is – 95% of people reading this are also reading Fake IPL Player blog. If not, here is a what fake IPL player in 140 characters or more.   Fake IPL Player is a blog started by a (allegedly) of Kolkata Knight Riders team and is creating quite

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    Coins will revive the economy faster. If only we can get unbreakable 10 rupee coins

    by Sriram Vadlamani

    There was an interesting study done by few economists. They checked the denomination effect. Or the effect the coins have on the spending habits of the consumers. The results of the study are quite remarkable. People tend to spend the coins faster than the bills or notes. We’ve done

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    Why bother going to ATM? – To get some cash. What do you think for?

    by Sriram Vadlamani

    Not one of the most entertaining or informative ads I have seen off late. With the advent of ZooZoos most of the ads look weak and this ad is particularly weak – both for the medium and the message. Visa, the world’s largest retail electronic payments network, has launched

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    Make money by posting your resume @ ClickJobs.com

    by Sriram Vadlamani

    Clickjobs.com, part of Internet conglomerate BharatMatrimony group or Consim Info has introduced a new way of job search – both for employers and employees. It might change the way recruiting industry works, which mainly depends on how this new scheme works. In the traditional model, employers will post their

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    Airtel dials Manchester United for exclusive content

    by Sriram Vadlamani

    Between speed and perfection choose speed. – Sunil Mittal Airtel, India’s top telecom company has signed a multi-million dollar deal with Manchester United for providing exclusive Man U content on Airtel mobiles. The exact amount is not disclosed but the contract will span for 5 years. Bharti  Airtel is

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    IPL is valued at $2bn and KKR is the richest team – Are you kidding me?

    by Sriram Vadlamani

    IPL as a business proposition is valued at $2bn and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team is the richest in terms of brand value. My first reaction was WTF. Second reaction was – are you kidding me? Third reaction – let’s look at the data. The valuation is done by

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    Networking tool for software developers – from IBM

    by Sriram Vadlamani

    Well, we have seen networking tools in general and more specialized networking tools like lagipadi – a networking tool for media professionals. But, what about people who develop tools like networking tools? Now, IBM has that answer ready. It has launched a networking tool for software developers. With this

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    Can outsourcing be stopped?

    by Sriram Vadlamani

    I have been pondering on this for a while now and the Say no to Bangalore slogan by Obama forced me to find the answer a bit sooner. This will be less of an opinion and more of a conversation. I exhort all our readers to chip and drop

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