The Internet and global contests & polls

September 28, 2008

In an increasingly global world,the Internet is turning into a great medium to drive participation from the world over in polls, contests and the like. Over the last 72 hours,here is what three marquee names have announced : 1. The Economist is running an unique online poll. People the world over – including from the U.S. […]

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The Internet juggernaut rolls on – IV

September 26, 2008

1. The power of the Internet, good or evil, never ceases to amaze. Some news from the previous fortnight – and earlier : The Taliban is using Skype to dodge the British intelligence service MI6 in Afghanistan. Tigers are being sold illegally over the web, said a news report. Very surprisingly, the site still seems […]

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The Internet juggernaut rolls on – II

June 28, 2008

Here are some more Internet websites/ applications – that I have experienced or that have been reported in the media : 1. Medical diagnostics (path reports) online : Was at a diagnostic lab in Mumbai today morning for some routine tests. Was pleasantly surpised when I received an invoice listing the lab’s website, along with […]

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The Internet juggernaut rolls on – III

June 28, 2008

After a 75 day (or so) hiatus, am back again (no blogger likes to be off-blog for so long, and I have the same standard excuse for being away : “Was busy”). Here are two interesting Net applications recently reported in the press: 1. BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Council), the municipal council of Mumbai, the world’s […]

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The Internet & (ahem) “escort” services

April 9, 2008

A month ago, the not so honourable Elliot Spitzer resigned as Governor of New York State. A high profile politician, he had in an earlier stint as the State’s Attorney General, adopted a crusading, morally upright stance (against Wall Street and other adversaries) that had earned him the title of “Mr. Clean”. He resigned as […]

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The Internet, diamonds & the “fine things in life”

March 29, 2008

It’s almost been a month since my last post. However, I went to Mumbai’s Bar Camp 3 yesterday and am charged up sufficiently to add this one post today. In the next couple of posts, I’m going to be writing about how the Internet is making more easy some of the “finer” things in life, […]

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The Internet’s positive impact

February 28, 2008

Here are five more ways the Internet is going to positively impact our lifestyles. 1. A Website for senior citizens is planned by insurance regulator IRDA for senior citizens that will enable them to easily lodge their grievances with their health insurance providers. The background to this development : health insurance companies seem to be […]

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Teachers’ shortage & Internet’s magic wand – III

February 18, 2008

The break in writing at Marketer’s Kaleidoscope has been longer than intended, one only hopes such long breaks will not be repeated. To wit : Here is a online initiative in higher education that looks like it’s going to be larger than any other initiative to date in India and, I would argue, in the […]

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Teachers’ shortage & Internet’s magic wand – II

February 4, 2008

In post I, we covered teachers’ shortage and technology solutions in use to date. In this post (II of 3 parts), there are a couple of reflections on how technology can transform learning (higher education) ,over and above it’s use in combating the teachers shortage. 4. The Gary Hamel solution Gary Hamel, (probably still best […]

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Teachers’ shortage & Internet’s magic wand – I

February 1, 2008

This is the first of 3 posts on the above. The issues covered , with special reference to higher education, in these posts are : The teachers’ crunch How to run a successful education business The technology solution The Gary Hamel solution Benefits of an online (distance) education IITs’ NPTEL project Why the NPTEL project […]

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