Indian Newspapers’ Love Affair with iPad Will Prove Costly, Very Costly Ultimately

What do Indian newspapers like Times of India, Indian Express, Deccan Chronicle, Business Standard, Economic Times, India West, Udayavani, IBNLive, NDTV and Network18 (last three are TV channels) have in common. Over the last few months, all these media publications have put out iPad versions of their content. We love our iPad and are addicted […]

Screw the Kindle, iPad Tops U.S. Kids Wish List

For the second holiday season in a row, American kids 6-12 are lusting for the iPad more than any other product, according to a Nielsen survey. For the 2011 holiday season, the iPad has increased its appeal with this age-group. Nearly half (44%) want an iPad this year compared to 31% last year. The second […]

A Better Life Review – Absorbing Portrait

It’s one of the depressing aspects of movies that a disproportionate number of them focus on insignificant piffle. Like romance, for instance. Try as we might, we can’t get a handle on how generations of moviegoers can watch the same boy-girl love story on the screen for decades just because they bear different titles. Well, […]

Rockstar – Fails to Rock but OK by Indian Standards

The best we can say about Rockstar is that we didn’t throw up and sully the movie hall as we usually do after watching a Bollywood film (like Bodyguard or Dum Maro Dum, for instance). As is to be expected of 99.9% of Indian films, Rockstar too is a romance. But this one comes covered […]

Apple Juggernaut Rolls On, $6.62b Profit in 4Q; Sells 17.07m iPhones, 11.12m iPads, 4.89m Macs

Apple today announced record fiscal fourth quarter results, the company’s first earnings announcement after its iconic co-founder Steve Jobs died earlier this month. For the three months ended September 24, 2011, Apple reported a profit of $6.62 billion (7.05 cents per share) on revenues of $28.27 billion. During the same period last year, Apple’s net […]

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