Steve Jobs the Genius

What do you call a man who is?

1. Co-founder of Apple, the most valuable technology company in the world. Apple is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad.

2. Founder of NeXT. NeXT was an American computer company headquartered in Redwood City, California, that developed and manufactured a series of computer workstations intended for the higher education and business markets. NeXT was founded by Steve Jobs in 1985 after he resigned from Apple. NeXT introduced the first NeXT Computer in 1988, and the smaller NeXTstation in 1990.

3. Person who turned around Pixar. Pixar began in 1979 as the Graphics Group, part of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm before it was acquired by Steve Jobs in 1986. Jobs paid $5 million to George Lucas and put $5 million as capital into the company. The Walt Disney Company bought Pixar in 2006 at a valuation of $7.4 billion; the transaction made Jobs the largest shareholder in Disney.

4. Jobs is listed as either primary inventor or co-inventor in 338 US patents or patent applications related to a range of technologies from actual computer and portable devices to user interfaces

A GENIUS!

Books that might interest you

1. The Steve Jobs way
2. Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
3. Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs

One Click and Amazon

One-Click (1-click) allows customers to make online purchases with a single click. Instead of manually inputting billing and shipping information for a purchase, a user can use one-click buying to use a predefined address and credit card number to purchase one or more items. This ease of use reduces the friction for buying products. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a patent for this technique to Amazon.com in September 1999. Details of the patent:

Patent: US 5960411 (A) - Method and system for placing a purchase order via a communications network

Date: 1999-09-28

Inventors: HARTMAN PERI, BEZOS JEFFREY P, KAPHAN SHEL, SPIEGEL JOEL

Applicant: Amazon.com

Amazon.com though has lost an appeal to be granted a patent for its "one-click" ordering system, with the European Patent Office (EPO) ruling that the method was too obvious and not inventive. Amazon argued that one-click ordering increases the security of the system since customers do not have to re-enter sensitive data and that it also reduces the number of steps that would normally be involved in completing a purchase. But the EPO rejected those points. According to EPO ruling "In view of the indexing function of cookies, the skilled person would have realized that any sensitive data traditionally requiring a login could be accessed by cookies. The obvious trade-off between the two processes, namely security vs. simplicity, cannot establish an inventive technical contribution."

The European Patent Convention states that methods of business cannot be patented unless they solve a technical rather than administrative problem, but the EPO said that whilst the system may involve a technical solution it was too obvious to patent.The EPO also ruled to reject Amazon's patent claims on a time-interval system the company had devised for "one-click" purchases. The system allows customers to compile multiple single product orders made for the purposes of receiving only one delivery as long as the single orders are made within a certain period of time.

On October 9, 2007, the USPTO issued an office action in the reexamination which confirmed the patentability of claims 6 to 10 of the patent. The patent examiner, however, rejected claims 1 to 5 and 11 to 26.

Related books:

1. Amazon.com for dummies

2. Amazon.com Mashups

3. Jeff Bezos: King of Amazon

The TCS Story - Ramadorai

Established in 1968, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has grown to its current position as the largest IT services firm in Asia on the basis of its outstanding service record, collaborative partnerships, innovation and corporate responsibility. TCS is one of the largest private sector employers in India with a core strength of roughly 2 lakh individuals. TCS has turned into the second-largest employer among listed companies after Coal India Limited.

It began as the "Tata Computer Centre", for the company Tata Group whose main business was to provide computer services to other group companies. F C Kohli was the first general manager. J. R. D. Tata was the first chairman, followed by Pankaj Roy. TCS established the first software research center in India, the Tata Research Development and Design Center, in Pune, India in 1981. TRDDC undertakes research in Software engineering,Process engineering and Systems Research.

The TCS story is one of modern India’s great success stories. In this fascinating book, S. Ramadorai, one of the country’s most respected business leaders, recounts the steps to that extraordinary success. The inside story of one of India’s premier corporate institutions, this is also in part a history of the rapidly developing IT software and services industry in India, told from the perspective of an industry leader.

"The TCS Story" is not a retired executive’s self-congratulatory autobiography based on selective amnesia. Rather, this is [a book] about a remarkable company that has been led by a remarkable team of executives who learned from their achievements and failures—so that success accelerated over time. Far more than an interesting story, this is a blueprint for how to build a successful company -- Clayton Christensen, Professor, Harvard Business School

Ramadorai played an integral role in the international development of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). His efforts have helped make TCS one of the world's largest global software and services companies with more than 143,000 consultants working in 42 countries, operating out of over 151 offices worldwide, and with revenues over US$ 6.0 billion . Ramadorai retired as CEO& MD of Tata Consultancy Services in 2009, after serving the company for thirty-nine years.

Related titles:

1. Leadership @ infosys

2. A Better India a Better World

anna hazare movement and chetan Bhagat

Chetan Bhagat tweeted 'I wonder how lunchtime would be in Tihar. A Raja, Suresh Kalmadi filling their plates while they watch Anna fasting because of them'. Best-selling novelist Chetan Bhagat praised social activist Anna Hazare for launching a campaign for Lokpal Bill. Bhagat has termed Hazare as a "youth icon" and said age was immaterial in his cause. As per Bhagat Hazare was very honest, and had a strong will-power; his campaign for Lokpal Bill certainly inspired the youth. Chetan was at his comical best when he tweeted 'Govt working last minute, under pressure. Reminds me of engg hostel. Do nothing in time but nightout before exams.'

While the entire country is inspired by Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement, Chetan Bhagat's upcoming work "Revolution 2020" is creating a buzz in recent days.

"Revolution 2020" is about two childhood friends Gopal, Raghav and their female friend Aarti, who are struggling to get success and love in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi. However, it is not easy task to achive success and love in a fair manner in an unfair society where corruption dwells in the grass root. But Love and Success allure everyone. While Gopal is moving forward for these two and gives in to the corrupt system, another friend Raghav fights the corruption. The book will reveal who will win at last?

The dilemma of two friends is that they both love the same girl. Even though, two boys are intelligent, one uses it to make money and another uses the intelligence to create a revolution. "Revolution 2020" has also created a huge buzz on the web amid a debate on the Jan Lokpal Bill and corruption raised by Anna Hazare team and the statesmen.

Other books by Chetan:

1. One night @ call center

2. three mistakes of my life

3. Two States

Leader who had no title - Robin Sharma (80% off)

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From the author (Robin Sharma)!

Thank you for the opportunity to share a little about The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life. First, the book is the result of the 15 years I've spent as a leadership advisor to many of the FORTUNE 500 companies, including FedEx, Nike, Microsoft, GE, IBM, and organizations like Yale University and Young Presidents Organization--as well as to many über successful entrepreneurs. I mention that so that you know the book is built around real-world insights, lessons and tactics that the best quietly use to win in business (and within their personal lives). If you're at a point where you are ready for extraordinary performance, exceptional leadership and to play full out with your life, this book will be highly helpful to you.

Second, the book is written as a story-with a group of unforgettable characters that bring the whole Lead Without a Title process to life. The goal was to write a book that not only is full of powerful success tactics to become your leadership best but also one that entertains and deeply inspires. In this way, all the learning is sticky--and therefore valuable to you.

Finally, this book is really about not only the opportunity every human being has to show leadership (regardless of whether they have a title or not) but the responsibility we all have to work at our best potential--and make a difference in the lives of everyone around us in the process. Because the ultimate end-game of leadership isn't just positively influencing other people. It's transformation.

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Title: The Leader Who Had No Title

Publisher: Jaico

Author: Robin Sharma

Edition: Paperback

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Other books by Robin Sharma that might interest you

1. The monk who sold his ferrari

2. Who will cry when you die

3. Discover your destiny

4. The Greatness Guide

The Google Guys: Big discount (75%)

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The Google Guys: Inside The Brilliant Minds Of Google Founders Larry Page And Sergey Brin skips past the general Google story and focuses on what really drives the company's founders. Larry is the main strategist, with business acumen and practical drive, while Sergey is the primary technologist and idealist, with brilliant ideas and strong moral positions. But they work closely together, almost like complementary halves of a single brain.

Richard L. Brandt is an award-winning journalist who has written about Silicon Valley for two decades, including fourteen years as a technology correspondent for BusinessWeek. He is also a consultant to entrepreneurial companies and the author of the blog Entrepreneur Watch. He shows the company as the brainchild of two brilliant individuals and looks at Google's business decisions in light of its founders' ambition and beliefs. Through interviews with current and former employees, competitors, partners, and senior Google management, plus conversations with the founders themselves, Brandt demystifies the company while clarifying a number of misconceptions.

Details of the book:

Title: The Google Guys: Inside the Brilliant Minds of Google Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Publisher: Portfolio/Penguin

Author: Richard L Brandt

Edition: Paperback

ISBN: 1591844126

EAN: 9781591844129

No. of Pages: 255

Binding: Paperback

Other books that might interest you:

1. Capital Instincts

2. Sergey Brin And Larry Page: The Founders Of Google

3. Google Hacks

4. Planet Google

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Prepare yourself for success

By being in the right place at the right time, you can dramatically increase your chances for success in any endeavor. Just like in a race or game of chess, you must position yourself to make the right move."

There are many times in our lives when the path ahead is unclear or when we're not quite sure of which direction we should choose. Often, merely the process of preparation the activity itself will provide clarity and certainty to our plans. Following are some points to enhance your preparedness:

Health & Vitality: You can't get-up-and-go if you don't have a reserve of energy and god health. You know what to do eat right, get adequate rest, and take good care of your body.

Education & Skills: What you know and what you can do in terms of skills is a big part of your positioning. It will not only increase your preparation quotient, but will also keep you feeling stimulated even young.

Contacts: The people you know and the relationship you've developed over the years can be a virtual gold mine to you. It's imperative you cultivate and build your associations in order to obtain help and round up talent for your projects.

Self-Image and Self-Esteem: How you feel about yourself comes across to others. There is no status quo. We either build or tear down our self-esteem. Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

Finances and Credit: Most opportunities involve an investment of money as well as time and energy. Having money in the bank can go a long way in your favor. Pay off those debts and create some savings.

Attitude: People with good attitudes not only attract opportunity but also the people who can help them.

It's not easy, but remembers, as Coach Bear Bryant said, "Is not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference."

Life is Beautiful

Enjoy It!

Internet in rural India

The Asia Paific region had 484 million users (Sept 2009), which represents a 22% growth from the year-ago period. India had 35.8 million Internet users (excluding visits from net cafes and handhelds), up 17% year-on-year while China registered a 31% growth during the period and now has 220 million Internet users. Although most of the Internet users in India are familiar with more than one language, it is only that users in smaller cities are avid users of applications and services offered in local language. One of the primary reasons of low levels of adoption in rural India is due to

1. Large percentage of people in rural India are not familiar to English. There are 22 constitutionally approved languages spoken in India and over 1600 regional dialects. Out of the total literate population in India, 37% are English literate in urban areas and 17% in rural. The remaining (i.e. 63% in urban areas and 83% in rural) are not familiar with English.
2. Lack of localization.

China, Japan and Korea are the most matured markets in terms of localisation. These countries have been very active in their efforts towards standardized localisation. The result of this is that most of the software is already localized in these languages and now these countries are moving towards localizing cutting edge technology applications such as OCR and Text to Speech.

There has also been a good penetration of internet in South America that include countries like Peru, Central Amazon and Andean regions.

An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth

'The Story of My Experiments with Truth' an autobiography by Mahatma Gandhi would be a challenging read for readers not familiar with the Indian history. Moreover, readers who want to read about life of Gandhi will also find this book incomplete since it was published in 1927 and he continued to live for over two decades after that. Most of his more important work was done after 1927. Nonetheless, this is a good insight into Gandhi, the man rather than Gandhi, the public figure.

The book gives you a greater insight into the life passage of a greatest man of the century. Gandhi has written in an uninhibited style and flavour. He has never shyed away from letting the user know his entire life history describing each and every minute happenings in his life. A great read for anyone!

Books on Criminology

A crime is an act that violates the basic values and beliefs of society. Those values and beliefs are manifested as laws that society agrees upon. Criminology is the study of the nature, causes, extent and control of criminal behavior in society. The term "criminology" was coined in 1885 by Italian law professor Raffaele Garofalo as criminologia. In the mid-18th century, criminology arose as social philosophers gave thought to crime and concepts of law. Over time, several schools of thought have developed namely Classical, Positivst, Italian and many more. Theoretical perspectives used in criminology include psychoanalysis, functionalism, interactionism, Marxism, econometrics, systems theory, postmodernism, etc. Areas of study in Criminology include Criminal Behavior, Domestic Violence, Crime Prevention, Juvenile Delinquency and many more. Comparative criminology is the study of the social phenomenon of crime across cultures, to identify differences and similarities in crime patterns. Some good books on Criminology include The Oxford Handbook of Criminology. It is the most comprehensive and authoritative single volume text on the subject.

We don't always see what we think we see.

If your brain works normally this is neat. This is another example of an amazing illusion!!! The last sentence is so true.

If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, the dots will remain only one color, pink.

However if you stare at the black " +" in the centre, the moving dot turns to green.
Now, concentrate on the black " + " in the centre of the picture. After a short period, all the pink dots will slowly disappear, and you will only see only a single green dot rotating.
It's amazing how our brain works. There really is no green dot , and the pink ones really don't disappear. This should be proof enough, we don't always see what we think we see.

Google search: Tip to search better on Google

Search on google is pretty simple: just type whatever comes to your mind & hit Enter or click on the Google Search button and you more than often find exactly what you were looking for. However the following tips can help you refine your technique to make the most of your searches:

1. Put quotes around phrases that must be searched together. If you put quotes around "electric curtains," Google won't waste your time finding one set of Web pages containing the word "electric" and another set containing the word "curtains."

2. Similarly, put a hyphen right before any word you want screened out. If you're looking up dolphins, for example, you'll have to wade through a million Miami Dolphins pages unless you search for "dolphins - Miami ."

3. Google is a calculator. Type in an equation ("32+2345*3- 234=").

4. Google is a package tracker. Type a FedEx or UPS package number (just the digits); when you click Search, Google offers a link to its tracking information.

5. Google is a global White Pages and Yellow Pages. Search for "phonebook:home depot norwalk , ct," Google instantly produces the address and phone number of the Norwalk Home Depot. This works with names ("phonebook: robert jones las vegas , NV") as well as businesses. Don't put any space after "phonebook."

6. Google is an atlas. Type in an area code, like 212, to see a Mapquest map of the area.

7. Google is a units-of-measurement converter. Type "teaspoons in a gallon," for example, or "centimeters in a foot."

8. Google is a stock ticker. Type in AMZN or GOOG, for example, to see a link to the current Amazon or Google stock price, graphs, financial news and so on.

9. Google is Wal-Mart's computer. Type in a UPC bar code number, such as "12345250015, " to see the description of the product you've just "scanned in." (Thanks to the Google Blog, http://google. blogspace. com , for this tip and the next couple.)

10. Google is an aviation buff. Type in a flight number like "United 22" for a link to a map of that flight's progress in the air. Or type in the tail number you see on an airplane for the full registration form for that plane.

11. Google is the Department of Motor Vehicles. Type in a VIN (vehicle identification number, which is etched onto a plate, usually on the door frame, of every car), like "VJ3SE1157MT001832, " to find out the car's year, make and model.

12 . Google is a curreny convertor. Type USD to INR to get the current x-change rate.

Amazon vs Walmart: Price war?

Is the value of a good book immeasurable? Think again! Walmart and Amazon have a feeling that it hovers somewhere under 10 bucks. The two online giants have begun a deep-discount war that is more reminiscent of neighboring delis or much like the fight between the Ambani's of India. It all started with Walmart's promotion offering of their top 10 pre-ordered books (including Sarah Palin’s memoir and new books from Stephen King, James Patterson, John Grisham, and Michael Crichton) for only a sawbuck — including free shipping. Amazon responded by matching their price, but as of this morning, both deals had slipped down another notch to a staggering $9 per popular new hardcover.

Due to the costs of producing; warehousing; shipping; selling; and marketing books, hardcovers cost way more than $9 to get onto the store shelves. Paperbacks are cheaper to produce, but a lot of costs were absorbed in hardcover publication. Besides, American reviewers still don’t take paperback originals seriously, and review attention is a major part of publicity for a book (as radio is for music). The economics behind book publishing is very tight, and margins for all involved (aside from a few big name authors) are very slim.

Although it might spell better deals for the common man, it’s hardly an auspicious sign for the vitality of the industry. It’s even worse news for independent booksellers who aren’t able to compete at anything near the level of Sam Walton’s little corner store.

nofollow and pagerank sculpting in seo

what is page rank?

PageRank is a link analysis algorithm that assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked set of documents, such as the World Wide Web, with the purpose of "measuring" its relative importance within the set. It is named after Larry Page and is used by the Google Internet search engine.

what is nofollow?

"nofollow" is an HTML attribute value used to instruct some search engines that a hyperlink should not influence the link target's ranking (i.e. show not pass on page rank) in the search engine's index. It is intended to reduce the effectiveness of certain types of search engine spam, thereby improving the quality of search engine results and preventing spamdexing from occurring. In common mans words "nofollow" is method (introduced in 2005 and supported by multiple search engines) to annotate a link to tell search engines “I can’t or don’t want to vouch for this link.” In Google, nofollow links don’t pass PageRank and don’t pass anchor text.

what has changed?
According to Matt Cutts (Google) offers a simplified description of the PageRank process, where a page's value flows out to the various pages it links to equally. When the nofollow attribute originally came on the scene, Google would just remove those links from the equation, according to Cutts. So if a page with 10 "PageRank points" to share had ten links on it, and five were nofollowed, each regular link would pass two PageRank points.

Cutts today said that Google changed this practice more than a year ago to keep the nofollowed links in the equation, but not passing any PageRank points. So in that same example, the regular links would each pass 1 PageRank point, and the nofollowed links would still "use up" their allotted points, even though they did not pass those points on. You can read the full article here...

find out of print books

Out of Print Books are hard to find. But here is a list of places that you can look for on the internet!

1. Amazon - partners with Bibliofind so that it will automatically check for used copies of any title which includes out of print books.

2. ebay - the largest marketplace for books infact any item for that matter

3. lulu : - they do print on demand. You might be able to print some of the our of print books.

4. infibeam - partners with retail book outlets which sell old/used copies of books.

5. Old Children's Books

6. Better World Books . A good place to shop for books because it sells libraries' unneeded books and splits the profits of the sales between the libraries and organizations promoting literacy worldwide.

7. Abebooks
Claims to be "the world's largest online marketplace for used, rare, and out-of-print books." Note there are also Abebooks sites in France, Germany and the UK. It is a subsidiary of Amazon.

8 Biblio: Used Books, Rare Books, and Out of Print Books http://biblio.com/

9 Bookfinder -- another meta-search engine for used book catalogs.

10 Main Book Shop -- claims to be "the largest selection of publisher's overstocks and remainder books in the world."