Gone in 5.2 secs (What Microsoft-Nokia phones missed)
Two contrasting stories caught my attention in the last 24 hours: First, the sad story of Microsoft and its failure with mobile phones. The second one is...
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There’s an untapped market for Personal Entertainment Devices
By Brian Pereira | Jun 23, 2015
On a recent visit to a well-known electronics store in Mumbai, I was disappointed to note the limited choices in personal entertainment devices (PEDs). In...
How to complete your Coursera course
By Brian Pereira | Jun 8, 2015
Whenever I mention Coursera (the Massive Open Online Course) to anyone, the response is usually, "Yeah, I signed up for a couple of courses....but I'm yet...
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Deploying IT has become a drag and drop affair
By Brian Pereira | Apr 21, 2015
My visit to the new Brocade development center in Bangalore on April 16, and the briefings I've had with some IT solutions providers in the last two years,...
CeBIT through the eyes of a journalist
By Brian Pereira | Mar 24, 2015
When a journalist has just four days to cover a mega event like CeBIT, it can be an extremely challenging task. CeBIT Hannover is a five-day event with...
CeBIT through the eyes of a journalist
By Brian Pereira | Mar 24, 2015
When a journalist has just four days to cover a mega event like CeBIT, it can be an extremely challenging task. CeBIT Hannover is a five-day event with...
What I learned at NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2015
By Brian Pereira | Feb 24, 2015
As a journalist, I've been attending the NASSCOM India Leadership forum (NILF) for many years. I have fond memories of the early editions with the late...
What I learned at NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2015
By Brian Pereira | Feb 24, 2015
As a journalist, I've been attending the NASSCOM India Leadership forum (NILF) for many years. I have fond memories of the early editions with the late...
The next big thing for Samsung, Sony, Apple, LG, Google….
By Brian Pereira | Jan 20, 2015
Ever since the passing away of Steve Jobs, we haven't really seen something "new and exciting" from Apple. The iPhone and the iPad got better, and we now...
Hi-resolution audio is here at last!
By Brian Pereira | Jan 20, 2015
If you are an audiophile or music enthusiast, you "listen" to the music while others merely "hear" it. That means your aural senses are tuned to carefully...