when you think about Motorola as brand, what comes to your mind? A commodity phone maker or a fashion designer? Well, if you are like me, you will think of Motorola as a phone maker appealing to the mass market, at least with reasonably priced phones. Never crossed my mind in the league of Tag Heuer Meridiist. (BTW, Tag Heuer Meridiist is the maker of $6000 phones).
Motorola’s new product, Aura, priced at $2000 hits the market tomorrow. Don’t get me wrong, it is a cool phone, which looks like a …

Have you heard about “Tivo Guilty“? Probably not, but you may be suffering from it if you are  a Tivo subscriber. What is Tivo Guilty? Basically it is the guilty feeling a person has after recording shows and never getting around to watch them.
Is this a new phenomena or epidemic outbreak? Apparently not, a quick googling of “Tivo Guilty” brings about half-a-million search results, dating back to 2006.
Is this “Tivo Guilty” epidemic a bad thing? May be for consumers with Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCDs) and people with pack-rat mentality. But …

Who wouldn’t want a deal these days, especially with the economy tanking and personal savings twindling? Enter Amex’s Wishlist program. Basically, you list your wish list and AMEX will make the dream come true. For example, you can get a Dell Laptop at deep discounts; gotta love it. Apparently lots of vendors have signed up for this program.
Does this model, credit card company owning the end customer, make web sites like Amazon irrelevant? Not necessarily, but would certainly have an impact on their profit margins. This is especially true for …

This morning we decided to get some images for our new website, to be powered by myGPSID’s Address IDs. Upon googling, we ended up with Getty Images. Don’t get me wrong, their images were polished and good. So I took time to register; only then you will get the price of each photo!! Anyhow, after registering, you have to go through this painful process of price estimation, answering tons of questions. When, where, how, what of the image usage. You will also need to list the countries where the images …

Is it the CEO, CTO, COO, CIO, CMO, CSO?

This is a loaded question. One  must understand the responsibilities of each of these roles first. Do you know the  difference between a CIO & CTO, Sales & marketing?
Your comments (or see the following poll) are welcome on this topic, I will publish my thoughts in a week (OR whenever I find some free time and not working on myGPSID!!!)
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