innovation

When was the last time a day went by without someone mentioning the word “Innovation”? It is everywhere! Any business or educational article, blog, magazine seems incomplete without (at least) once mentioning the word. While keying in…

Social media learning, which is a significant component of the e-learning industry, is gradually being adopted in the Indian academia and corporate in a big way. 2012 will only see more inclusion of social media in e-learning systems across…

After last week’s article on ‘Why some starts up survive while most fail’, some of you had written to me to elaborate on point number 5, i.e:- Innovative promotional strategies used. Well it is difficult to capture all this in an article…

Its amazing how technology changes our lives - The life we lived 10 years back and the life we live today is completely different, thanks the advent in Technology. Just think how Mobiles have changed our lives, think how internet has made…

Recently I stumbled upon a talk by Professor Anil Gupta on ted.com . He was talking about how to locate, identify and harness India’s innovative talent, residing deep inside India, far from the bustling cities. In absence of a strong…

Tata DOCOMO has always been in the forefront of innovation - They have had many firsts to their name till now. According to latest press release sent to us Tata DOCOMO has now announced the launch of a unique VAS service called Video…

I had the opportunity to survey (in person, one-on-one) about 60+ entrepreneurs in India, who were founders and chief executives at leading eCommerce companies at the BVP cocktails & drinks last week at Delhi. I asked them to identify…

Imagine, if you can use your Smartphone to get your eyes tested within less than 30 seconds. That’s exactly the innovation created by researchers (led by Dr. Ramesh Raskar) at MIT Labs. EyeNetra is a very small, cheap device (that costs…

With top-selling gadgets like the iPad, iPhone and iPod, Apple has widened the gap between itself and Microsoft. A year back, Apple with a market cap of US $ 208 billion was still pretty much behind Microsoft who was at US $ 261 billion.…

Hotmail was my first Email ID that I created about 14 years back. Back then, using email for communication itself was new and exciting. However, now email has become an integral part of one’s daily lives. Hotmail was really hot back then…