Just when we thought the space is already crowded, this shows up US-based venture capital companies Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sherpalo Ventures have invested in Cleartrip.com as the Indian online travel market starts showing signs of getting crowded. Though financial details weren’t available, media reports earlier this year indicated that Cleartrip.com is to […]
As expected, Barcamp Bangalore was a blast! Some of the guys presented very cool ideas/products. My day started off with a neat presentaion on podshaala. I think podcasting lectures over the internet has great potential. Not sure how many people (read teachers) will agree to tape their lectures. IMO, its a great tool to take […]
Lazy sunday afternoon surfing to understand this web2.0 business. Interesting trail : Webfalls, a gateway to cool and interesting sites > Web20generator, generate web 2.0 templates and play around with color schemes that make your eyes vomit, withespace galore and big-ass dorky fonts > Web 2.0 Validator, The definition of web 2.0 changes on a daily basis. Now you […]
Some of these things really p*** me off. Why is everyone harping about low cost healthcare for the world?? Now even our prime minister. What are we, the “low cost everything” capital of the world. Please. How about something orginal. How about “Best healthcare system” in the world, how about creating a healthcare system like […]
Genetic disorders on the rise .:. NewKerala – India’s Top Online Newspaper says Genetic Disorders are “enormous” in rural India and proper therapy for genetic problems is the need of the hour, Dr L Singh, Director of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, said. Inaugurating a one-day Indo-Australian symposim on “Pharmacogenomics” here today,he said […]
Everything about collaborative content online seems to be hot. The latest fad is news aggregation and collaborative filtering aka www.reddit.com it is a great concept, linked with custom feeds based on my clicks or recommendations i can read my own customized newspaper. I dont know enough of the technology behind this, but maybe a catchy […]
Airline Category: Other Location: Overall rating: 3 out of 5 Service rating: 3 out of 5 Value rating: 5 out of 5 If you ever take an air deccan flight make sure you have no meetings to make in the next few hours after landing. Actually make it the whole day. Dont plan anything for […]
Is there a niche for open source tools in Clinical Data Management. Till date, this field has been monopolised by the likes of Oracle and Phase Forward or custom software. With stringent regulatory framework, and a highly closed industry, there are very few open source packages which have made any kind of inroads into this […]
Inviting all coders for four weekends of coding jamboree in Bangalore! Meet interesting people, create open source software, help your communities and win exciting prizes! Well, maybe you can do three out of the four. A bunch of my friends and ex-colleagues are going to get together for the next four weekends to “jam” and […]