Category Archives: Technology

Joost – Internet TV for Real

Posted on May 27, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

I got an invite for Joost and tried it out yesterday. It rocked. Joost, for those who haven’t heard about it yet, is basically internet TV. Full screen, high(er) quality, mainstream TV content streamed to your computer over broad band. … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Products, Technology | 11 Comments

Don’t Believe Everything You Read

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

On May 16, Engadget, a blog on consumer electronics, posted breaking news that Apple’s iPhone and Leopard OS were going to be delayed. This was based upon an internal Apple email that they had been able to lay their hands … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, Information Products, Technology | 7 Comments

Notes from the CRV conference

Posted on April 29, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

Spent a couple of days last week at the Charles River Ventures conference. (CRV is the lead investor in Gridstone). The attraction of the conference to me was to meet other entrepreneurs and to meet a great roster of speakers. … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Startups, Technology | 3 Comments

Users in India should have opt-in rights

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

Last year I posted on “Indian websites haven’t earned my trust“. What had annoyed me enough to write that piece was moneycontrol.com. Once it got hold of my email, it started sending me an email a day with an inane … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, India, Technology | 9 Comments

Open Letter to the Bollywood Music Industry

Posted on March 12, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

Dear Mr./Ms. Music Executive, First of all, let me compliment you on your pricing strategy so far. You have aced the test on how to price information products. Information products like music are tricky – the content is all in … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Culture, India, Information Products, Technology | 21 Comments

Apple and the Music Industry

Posted on March 4, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

Last week’s post on YouTube and Viacom got some great comments. If you get a moment go read them. Ram Medury brings up the case of VAS content providers in India, who get a small fraction of the revenues. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Information Products, Technology | 11 Comments

A Tale of Two Techies

Posted on February 4, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

Taking up from where I left off last week. Based upon the analysis it appears that the dramatic growth in the IT Services industry in India is the primary force in shaping the Indian techie. The Indian techie is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Offshore Services, Technology | 19 Comments

Where are All the Senior Developers in India?

Posted on January 28, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

I hope you got a chance to play around with the spreadsheet that I posted last week. I finally got the embedded spreadsheet to work, so you can make changes and see the outcomes right there on the blog post. … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, India, Offshore Services, Technology | 19 Comments

Indian startups making a mark

Posted on October 15, 2006 by Basab Pradhan

Last week’s post on IndiaPost raised quite a storm of comments. Some of them were supportive of my central thesis that for Indian citizens to get better public services the issue of labour flexibility within public service organizations is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, India, Startups, Technology | 8 Comments

Web 2.0 – Dotcom Redux?

Posted on September 24, 2006 by Basab Pradhan

TechCrunch recently posted a link to GoToWeb20.net, a self-proclaimed complete directory of Web 2.0. (I would recommend you try the link only if you have broadband) It is quite a nifty AJAX web-site with a logo-listing of a whole bunch … Continue reading →

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