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Apr 92 min read
The Consultant's Conundrum: Balancing Advice and Execution
I'm starting to conclude that a consultant shouldn't be an execution partner. I have, for most of my career been a consultant, also...
Sep 17, 20222 min read
10 Years of Apple Maps - A Mega Success
Though the title of the article sounds insane and probably is insane, all deductive reasoning points me to the same conclusion - Apple...
May 3, 20202 min read
Profits in Modular Value Chains
In previous post, we looked at the difference between integrated and modular players and why integrated players are well positioned to...
Apr 30, 20205 min read
Product Development - Modular and Integrated Players
There are broadly two ways of putting a product together – Modular and Integrated. Modular players like Compaq / HP / Dell in PC industry...
Apr 11, 20203 min read
Apple, Google Coming Together to Fight COVID-19
If there is ever a time for Apple and Google to come together on a common purpose, it is now. It is amazing to see Apple and Google...
Sep 26, 20192 min read
Why is Apple Arcade a big deal?
Apple announced Apple Arcade a gaming subscription service that allows users to download and play games by shelling out $4.99 a month...
Feb 23, 20194 min read
Aggregation in Publishing – Challenges
Aggregation is the new business model. While this is not hot new, it still is hot. Many companies that have multi-billion valuation play...
Nov 28, 20182 min read
Function Over Form
Design is not just how it looks like or feels like. Design is how it works. – Steve Jobs We have read this quote, seen this and...
Sep 15, 20183 min read
The iPhone and Apple’s Marketing Ploy
On September 12, 2018, Tim Cook walked onto the stage to announce three new iPhones – iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max and iPhone XR. These...
Mar 2, 20184 min read
The State of Software at Apple.
Imagine a big ship with thousands of people on board. The captain is driving it full speed to stay ahead of the competition and reach the...
Feb 24, 20182 min read
Google Will Soon Start Blocking Ads.
While the title seems outrageous and click-baity, yes. You read that right. CNN Tech: The move comes more than eight months after the...
Jan 9, 20173 min read
The iPhone Phenomenon.
Same day 10 years ago a blockbuster phenomenon called iPhone happened and the phones are never the same. When Steve Jobs introduced...
Nov 4, 20164 min read
The Macbook Pro Crisis.
By now I got used to the fact that people on Internet will try to prove themselves how much smarter they are than Apple by criticizing...
Sep 7, 20164 min read
End of the Dear Headphone Jack.
Look at the port closely. This is the standard for audio from time immemorial. This is the port that Sony and htc tried to kill...
Aug 13, 20163 min read
Yahoo, Google and the Industry.
To include Yahoo and Google under one bracket is one risky title to start with considering Verizon’s recent buyout of Yahoo and Google’s...
Jun 19, 20163 min read
Differential Privacy – What the heck is it?
Artificial Intelligence has developed leaps and bounds in recent years. Automation has taken over the world and is doing many things...
Dec 13, 20152 min read
Social Networks and the Echo Chamber.
Social Networking which never existed 10 years ago has seen the penetration faster than any other service in the world. While there are...
Dec 6, 20154 min read
Li-Fi – The next Big thing to look for?
Li-fi (Light Fidelity) is being seen as the next paradigm shift in the field of wireless networks. While there are many upsides of...
Dec 4, 20152 min read
If you don’t understand Tradeoffs, You can’t understand Apple.
Its about deciding between having higher mega pixel lens with a smaller pixel size or a lower mega pixel with a larger pixel size that...
Nov 12, 20154 min read
Google Services – A Faustian Bargain?
Faust is the protagonist of classic German legend. He is a scholar who is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life. This leads...
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