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Government 2.0 is a Feasible & Irreversible Process [Thermodynamics]

Government 2.0 is a Feasible & Irreversible Process [Thermodynamics]

The Book ‘Theory of Everything’ by Stephen W. Hawking is one book with rich deposits of scientific fundamentals which can reign in on one’s thought-train forever. The emeritus scientist Hawking delves in to direction of  time, expansion of universe at … Read More »

   

Pluggd.in goes Thailand, discovers Twitter doing its rounds.

Pluggd.in goes Thailand, discovers Twitter doing its rounds.

Recently, we visited Bangkok, Thailand in a mood to relax and massage ourselves down to sweetness. And guess what caught our eyes at the parlour: Twitter!. The startup (is it really a startup anymore?), it seems has truly penetrated all … Read More »

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What will we talk for the next 15 days?

We started the concept of weekly themes, 2 weeks back and realized that a week is too short a span to get into the depth of any topic. Infact, couple of you mailed us suggesting that we make it 15 … Read More »

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Rajeev Motwani, the Legendary Stanford Professor

Rajeev Motwani, the Legendary Stanford Professor

Rajeev Motwani, an IIT K alumni (1983 batch) and known for his investment in Google passed away today in a home accident. He was well known for his research in Theoretical Computer Science and was a winner of the Godel … Read More »

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World map of social network – Facebook leads the way

World map of social network - Facebook leads the way

ValleyWag has done an interesting representation of world map of social nets,using data from Alexa. Here are a few excerpts: Orkut leads in the Indian subcontinent, as well as Brazil; Facebook is stronger, internationally, than Myspace, with surprising strongholds in … Read More »

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Flickr – Porn filters and the censorship

Flickr - Porn filters and the censorship

Another day and another riot. This time, Flickr users from Germany, Singapore, Korea and Hing Kong have started a riot and have even created a anti-censorship group called “Against Censorship“. What’s the story? Flickr added “Safe search” filters few months … Read More »

   

what do people search on their mobile?

what do people search on their mobile?

porn, celebrities, games and of course, sex! Mobile search company, JumpTap has released an interesting stats about what people are searching on their mobile and here is the list: eminem 50 cent sean paul shakira sex metallica family guy porn … Read More »

   

GMail – Lawyer’s Delight while Google fights?

GMail - Lawyer's Delight while Google fights?

While Gmail may not have a stand alone monetization model of it’s own, looks like lawyers are having a great time minting the product. Ever since the product was launched, expansion across geographies has been an issue for Google. The … Read More »

   

Digg gets Dugg by Yahoo! and Dell

Digg gets Dugg by Yahoo! and Dell

So what does it take to copy Digg? Ability to submit story?Voting Buttons? Yellow, curved-corner? Pastel voting icons? Ask folks at Yahoo and Dell – they will scream YES! It’s not that these companies are the first ones to copy … Read More »