Woman recieves world's first bionic eye

Healthcare is indeed making great advancements with the help of technology. And these are the real disruptive ideas.

Woman recieves world's first bionic eye: Comments

Google kills weather API - apps go down

Lesson for developers - don't use private APIs to develop public apps unless it is your own private API.

Google kills weather API - apps go down: Comments

Advice for Non-Technical Founders: Stop Learning To Code

Cannot agree more !!!

Advice for Non-Technical Founders: Stop Learning To Code: Comments

The Top TED talks for startups

Really good ones.

The Top TED talks for startups: Comments

Twitter opens up interest-based ad feature after successful beta test

Now, let's watch the ad wars !!!

Twitter opens up interest-based ad feature after successful beta test:

Napkin - A Rapid Web Prototyping Tool

Not yet there, but looks promising.

Napkin - A Rapid Web Prototyping Tool: Comments

NoSQL Job Trends – August 2012

So, Mongo DB rules, at least for now !!!

NoSQL Job Trends – August 2012:

Why the U.S. Wants To End the Link Between Time and Sun

The reason for change request is indeed valid. Its better not to reference Earth or other objects in universe for calculating time. Lets make 1 year = 365 days, 1 day = 24 hrs, 1 hr = 60 secs as constants. Will simplify life.

Why the U.S. Wants To End the Link Between Time and Sun: Comments

Twitter Launches “Twitter Certified Products”

Are we going to see Facebook certified and Foursquare certified products as well?

Twitter Launches “Twitter Certified Products”: Comments

Market Cap {Google, Microsoft, Facebook,Amazon} = Market Cap {Apple}

Apple's Market cap exceeds the combined market cap of Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon.
But with a low P/E, Apple is still technically a good buy. The problem is the current price itself is not affordable.

Time for Apple to split shares?

Apple now bigger by market cap than Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Facebook combined

The Future: Polyglot Programmers

The era of Java/.Net/Ruby/... programmers is fast ending and the era of mix and match programming is well becoming the norm.

The Future: Polyglot Programmers:

Polyglot Programming on the Web:

Scala + JRuby = Scuby

Scuby !!! Integrating Scala and JRuby

Static or Dynamic Typing? Why not both? from Mario Camou Riveroll

First week's statistics

I started readshares.com exactly a week back and thought of looking at the stats. It was better than expected with 2000+ weekly page views. But I am really surprised to find the browser stats for my blog. IE just contributed less than 100 page views out of 2000 plus total page views. And, looks like my readers mainly login from their Mac !!!

Performance test: Groovy 2.0 vs. Java

Groovy 2.0's performance and impact of @CompileStatic

Performance test: Groovy 2.0 vs. Java:

The 11th Principle of Good Design

Good design is a work in progress. A design that is considered good today may not be so two years later.

The 11th Principle of Good Design: Comments

Password Encryption -- Short Answer: Don't.

My first thought: Bad advice
My Second thought: This guy has a point.

Password Encryption -- Short Answer: Don't.:

PG: The Art of Funding a Startup is now free on Amazon

Go, grab it !!!

PG: The Art of Funding a Startup is now free on Amazon: Comments

IBM patents runtime code replacement in web applications

Runtime code replacement of Javascript to recreate the objects at client side. Wow !!!

IBM patents runtime code replacement in web applications: Comments

WAMP - WebSocket Application Messaging Protocol

Both RPC and PubSub in one protocol !!!

WAMP - WebSocket Application Messaging Protocol: Comments

Government Initiative to Create a Startup Ecosystem in India

Good to see Government of India thinking of startups at least now !!!

Creating a vibrant Entrepreneurial ecosystem in India from Alok Mittal

How Much Information Should you Give VCs for Due Diligence?

Interesting and useful article.

How Much Information Should you Give VCs for Due Diligence?: Comments

How many bean bags should you buy from your investor’s money?

In the early stages of a startup, money saved is indeed money earned.
How many bean bags should you buy from your investor’s money?:

I'm Doing It Wrong

Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa

I'm Doing It Wrong: Comments

JPQL - Pagination on Oracle Database with Hibernate

Oops Hibernate implementation gone wrong !!!

JPQL - Pagination on Oracle Database with Hibernate:

5 Tips to Network Effectively at Events

Very valid points for all who attend business networking events.

5 Tips to Network Effectively at Events:

Revenue Effect of Putting your App on Sale

Some interesting statistics.


Revenue Effect of Putting your App on Sale: Comments

Ask.com buys About.com for $300M

You need to ask ASK about ABOUT now ...

Ask.com buys About.com for $300M: Comments

The Pixate Project: Bringing CSS to Native Apps

If this project is successful, then it will deftly reduce the entry barrier for web developers enter the mobile app world ...

The Pixate Project: Bringing CSS to Native Apps: Comments

Why It’s Important to Sketch Before You Wireframe

One simple difference between Sketch and Wireframe is, Sketch is for you to understand the UX better, and wireframes are for communicating that understanding to other stakeholders.

Why It’s Important to Sketch Before You Wireframe:

Surprise! VMware will join OpenStack

Wow !!! Openstack is truly the biggest cloud initiative by industry !!!

Surprise! VMware will join OpenStack:

Does Object-Oriented Programming really suck?

Its a fashion these days to bash OOP for valid and not so valid reasons. I appreciate the author of the blog for bringing some sanity into the debate.

Does Object-Oriented Programming really suck?: Comments

Do Plants Think?

Interesting article.

Do Plants Think?: Comments

Pricing Your Product: it Doesn’t Have to Be so Complicated

Pricing is indeed very tricky. One reason why its good to speak to your potential customers as early as you can !!!

Pricing Your Product: it Doesn’t Have to Be so Complicated: Comments

Counterintuitive: Did Samsung emerge a winner?

Yes, every coin has two sides ...

Counterintuitive: Did Samsung emerge a winner?:

Mr.Neil Armstrong dead at age 82

Thank you Neil Armstrong. Go In Peace

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/neil-armstrong-dead-at-age-82-report/story-e6frf7k6-1226458176249

About branchout and app life in Facebook

Most of the Facebook apps appear to be doing spamming.

Facebook needs to rethink their third party app strategy and why the life of Facebook apps are so short. Zynga, Branchout, ... the list goes on. Watch out Glassdoor  !!!

http://platformed.info/how-not-to-go-viral-social-spamming/

A Ruby on Rails clone for Node.js

Will this make Node.js more popular?

https://github.com/popee/nails