Archive for the “General” category
Is Android gaining market share because of carriers?
by Raju Vegesna on May 15, 2011
Last week at Google IO, Google announced some improvements to Android Market. The video of the session ‘Android Market for Developers‘ is now available here. One thing that caught my attention in the video is Android installations by country. Here (…)
Control Swing
by Raju Vegesna on January 11, 2011
In 2007, Apple took the control from the carriers and put it in the hands of device makers when it launched the original iPhone. Here is an excerpt from a Wired article. For decades, wireless carriers have treated manufacturers like (…)
Presence for Mobile Phones?
by Raju Vegesna on August 28, 2010
How often do we see mobile phones ringing/vibrating in a meeting? I see this in almost every meeting. We have an option to set our online presence to ‘Busy’ to avoid any IMs, Skype calls etc. But sadly, we don’t (…)
Google: Web is about People
by Raju Vegesna on August 6, 2010
Today Google officially announced Slide acquisition. That’s not news. But I thought the blog post relatively revealing. Here is a quote (highlights mine). For Google, the web is about people, and we’re working to develop open, transparent and interesting (and (…)
What’s the next casualty after Google Wave?
by Raju Vegesna on August 5, 2010
When Google announced that it is going to kill Wave, my first reaction was – wait, what will happen to Google Wave in Google Apps? So I looked for a post on Google Enterprise Blog. The post basically echoed what (…)
Time Machine
by Raju Vegesna on July 22, 2010
Who says it is not possible to go back in time. For the past couple of days I was playing with a fairly new BlackBerry device and oh boy, it is like going back in time. The experience, interface, using (…)
Impact of Touch on WebApps
by Raju Vegesna on February 21, 2010
For the past 20+ years, we are used to using intermediate devices like Mouse and Keyboard for input. Their replacements are Touch and Voice. While we are not there today for Voice, we are certainly are getting there on Touch (…)
Do we need openness for our toaster?
by Raju Vegesna on February 12, 2010
There has been some interesting discussion about Apple and iPad being closed. In many cases for Apple, I’d buy this argument, but regarding iPad being closed, I have to disagree. As I talked earlier, iPad is a gadget for non-techies. (…)
Google’s Disruption Leads to Commoditization
by Raju Vegesna on November 4, 2009
This is a post I wrote for CloudAve. I am including the entire post below. Bill Gurly wrote up a great piece on Google’s disruption in the navigation market. It is a great read to understand the impact Google’s new (…)
Connected car
by Raju Vegesna on October 3, 2009
I have long been waiting for a connected car – one that is connected to internet all the time (3G or EVDO or Wifi). Ideally it should include a Solid State Drive (Hard drives fail frequently due to motion) to (…)