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Apple's strategy is simple. They want to retain control over their customers; at the same time, force the developers into relying entirely on Apple as a middle man so that they can…

Might be possible on less dense cities. Conjusted cities like Bangalore and reeling under bad city planning. Adding a self-driving vehicle is not going to be of much help. The govt…

In the article, they say that it's not self-driving 2 wheelers, but rather, assistance. Couple that with 3 people sitting on the bike (quite common in India), I doubt this will wor…

Add country to the equation, and you can easily add another 20-50 years into the already 20+ you mention. Take India, for example. -- The infrastructure is poor. -- Drivers ignore …

SEO Benefits. The latter is a keyword domain that might rank well when people search for a generic term.

My company is going API first. We want to sip products in an agile way by getting constant feedback. However, since these are APIs and do not have UI, I am not sure how to get feed…

I wrote about why you should not move to medium sometime back citing the example of Basecamp. https://medium.com/@adarsh_thampy/basecamp-moved-their-blog-... And basecamp is moving…

Curious to know why you decided to take a pay cut. And you mentioned that you lied during the interview regarding your salary. In India, companies usually ask for 3 months salary s…

I am a product manager and I have been at both ends of the spectrum. Case #1: Only product manager for the entire company. Spend all day trying to understand what's the most import…

Google simply wants to build a walled garden which it controls. The whole point of AMP was to speed up sites on slow networks. Increasingly, I am seeing AMP even on extremely fast …

I have been a hands-on marketer who has handled multi-million dollar campaigns every month. Apart from the post being slightly self-promotional (a pitch to hire the author as a con…

Phone calls need to be in real time while Whatsapp chat can be read when you are free. Group SMS does not work because I am not aware of such functionality in Android. During group…

I deleted my Facebook account more than 2 years ago. Installed Instagram to test what the fuss was about. But uninstalled it in a day. The thing that's still Facebook and major par…

One of the pioneers of Robo Investing, Hedgeable, shut down recently. WorthFM and some more robo advisors shut down a while back. Do you invest in low-cost index ETFs or do you inv…

I have no idea why businesses think that it's a good idea to let third-party sites control their primary website pages. I have written at length here about this issue >> https://ww…

You are using Adblockers to circumvent the primary means of making money on YouTube while enjoying the services for free. Sooner or later, they will block you from using the applic…

As usual, few companies will be invited for the face to face interview. Some will be rejected without any explanation. Business as usual.

I find the heart rate peak of 164 surprising for a near-death experience. I am 27 and while working out, I typically hit 170-180 at it's peak. American heart association website sa…

For me, I use Scripbox for my mutual fund investments. There is no customized portfolio like betterment or wealthfront. Scripbox believes in a one-set-of-funds approach coupled wit…