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Category: Internet

Sync between iTunes?

I am trying to find a simple Sync utility that synchronizes all my music, podcasts (atleast the configuration of podcasts), videos etc across multiple iTunes instances running in different machines. Do you know if there is any? If so, please let me know. I have been looking for something like this for a while. Interestingly, [...]

Online Advertising 2.0

This post came from some random thoughts on the advertising markets. If you have some time to waste, please read on… Currently, we know that Google is the king in online advertising. There are predictions that the advertising market is going to grow drastically going forward, which I agree, and I think we are just [...]

Yahoo! + Microsoft = Death of Zimbra?

There is enough being talked about Yahoo! and Microsoft. When you get into the details, some Yahoo! acquisitions might end up no where after the merger. The best example is Zimbra which Yahoo acquired for $350 Million. If you look at Zimbra, it really is an Exchange competitor. Yahoo probably bought it to build a [...]

Television 2.0

Over the last few years we have seen several changes in televisions with screen sizes increasing, thickness decreasing etc. I think these changes are just the beginning stages of a bigger change to the television. Over the next few years I expect some important changes to the TV like… Integrated Wireless Connectivity (this is going [...]

Can OpenID Takeoff?

I just returned from a WebGuild event (which was great BTW with around 200 attendees) thinking about an interesting discussion we had about OpenID. One of the panelists asked how many people in the audience are familiar about OpenID. It turns out that about 40% of them knew about it. But when he asked about [...]

My Take on Apple's Announcements

Now that the much awaited MacWorld is here and the announcements have been made, here is my take… MacBook Air There is no doubt that this is a stunning piece of innovation. I’d buy one if only the price is a bit lower. Will there be a price cut in few months like we saw [...]

Local Warming

Yossi Vardi coins the term ‘Local Warming’. This is a must watch video for laptop addicted men. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhy1Vp9EFjc]

Web Apps: Another helping hand for Apple?

Lately, Apple is on a roll. iPod brought Apple back as an ‘active’ player and now they found their rhythm. When you are in rhythm, everything will automatically fall into place. I think there is one unexpected factor playing a big role in apple’s latest success – The move of applications to the web. As [...]

AdBlockPlus: I hope Firefox includes it by default

AdBlockPlus is one of my favorite Firefox add-on. In fact, it is the only add-on that is present on all my FF installations. Today NY Times talks about this plugin and its impact on the Ad driven market. I recommend reading it for more details on that topic. I am not a big fan of [...]

Windows (Dell) to Mac: Thats a smooth ride

Two weeks back I was helping my cousin restore his Windows system corrupted while upgrading from IE6 to IE7 on his Dell laptop. I was able to help him out with this as there are hundreds of people with the same problem on the internet. Two hours later, my Dell laptop reminded me that it [...]