Number of words: 868 When Apple announced last week that it will soon replace Intel processors with its own, I had a flashback to 1993. Morgan Stanley’s technology investment banker Frank Quattrone called me in New York: “John Sculley”—CEO of Apple—“wants to meet with you Friday,” he said. It was Thursday morning. “About what?” I … Read more
Number of words: 4,749 There are those who say this pandemic shouldn’t be politicised. That doing so is tantamount to basking in self-righteousness. Like the religious hardliner shouting it’s the wrath of God, or the populist scaremongering about the “Chinese virus”, or the trend-watcher predicting we’re finally entering a new era of love, mindfulness, and … Read more
Number of words: 686 Once upon a time the quality of work in India was described in four words: Bekar or Poor, Chalega or OK, Accha or Good and Apratim, Badiya or Excellent. And the intention has always been to move work quality towards the right, towards excellence. And we know how difficult that is … Read more
Number of words: 595 In 1975, a famous French psychoanalyst, Clotaire Rapaille, was giving a speech at a local university in Paris. As things wound down and people filtered out of the auditorium, he was approached by a Nestle associate who had sat in for the lecture. The associate had a problem unlike any Clotaire … Read more
Number of words: 3,065 Seven bikes lean against the wall of Jim Papadopoulos’s basement in Boston, Massachusetts. Their paint is scratched, their tyres flat. The handmade frame that he got as a wedding present is coated in fine dust. “I got rid of most of my research bikes when I moved,” he says. The bicycles … Read more
Number of words: 307 A Collection of superb, hard hitting, humorous comments… “In my many years I have come to a conclusion, … that one useless man is a shame, two [useless men] is a law firm and three or more [useless men] is a government.” ~John Adams “If you don’t read the newspaper you … Read more
Number of words: 184 The influx of small comets into Earth’s atmosphere may help explain the source of water needed to form noctilucent clouds. These strange and quite beautiful clouds can be seen over the polar regions during the summer months. They are thin clouds, wavy or banded, colored silver or bluish white. They form … Read more
Number of words: 114 The small comets are giant, loosely packed “snowballs” with some kind of thin shell, made perhaps of carbon, that holds them together as they travel through interstellar space. But as they approach the electrically charged Earth, the electrostatic stress on these objects causes them to break up at an altitude of … Read more
Number of words: 2,322 It all began back in 1981. On the third day of August a Delta rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying a pair of NASA satellites, both known as Dynamics Explorer, into elliptical orbits. One of these satellites circles the poles of Earth at an altitude ranging from 350 … Read more
Number of words: 2,260 Last week, Facebook announced something interesting. It rolled out a new product called ‘Shops’. Aimed at small businesses, it helps retailers upload their product catalogue on Facebook or Instagram, and will help users purchase it directly from these platforms. Facebook has launched this in partnership with a bunch of other players, … Read more
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