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Lately, I’ve been following the advent of the Smart TV phenomenon. At first glance, connected TVs (with or without a net-top box) do seem like the future of home entertainment where you can stream your own content, subscribe to original series instead of the whole channel, watch movies on demand and enjoy YouTube from your couch. But there are challenges. Challenges to mass adoption 1. Market is fragmented Apple TV, Roku, Google TV, Boxee (now part of Samsung) and dozen others (find full list here) are currently trying to break into the market. While smaller startups will eventually be merged with bigger players, the market is currently too fragmented and nascent. Consumers are particularly worried about the fact that their choice of vendor might suddenly be acquired and shut down. (see Boxee). Although, there is enough room for smart new entrants and nimble incumbents, the space will finally be ruled by bigger companies who has clout and influence. Why? This brings us to challenge two: content. ...
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How about a wearable computer (maybe a wrist band) that tracks your location and not only send out SOS notifications to pre-defined end points (relatives, patrolling police, nearest police stations etc) but also sends out alerts to nearby sister/affiliated devices? In layman terms: a smart wrist band that tracks your location & on one panic button press, it notifies the whole neighborhood of wrist band warriors + your relatives + police. ...
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Recently one of my friends shifted to a new apartment. It’s a nice windy place on the 7th floor of a tall building with a spacious balcony. There was only one problem: two pigeons. On the other side of the frosted window slides of the bathroom were two pigeons. When we tried to scare them away, one flew to a safe distance while the other would just ‘coo’ and shiver. On closer inspection, we realized that the ‘coo’- ing one was hurt on its head. But the wound was not fresh and there were no visible signs that it was hurt in its wings. My friend noticed that the unhurt pigeon would fetch food for the other bird. ...
Ten news/articles worth reading this week. 13 Critically Important Lessons from Over 50 Growth Hackers http://t.co/4IqONRZjPi The Future Of Technology Isn’t Mobile, It’s Contextual http://t.co/tMZHTRTA2j What Steve Jobs And Bill Gates Really Thought About Each Other http://t.co/oKZGJqPV3K [List] India’s most prolific angel investors http://t.co/5sROJT6L4q Principles of Flat Design http://t.co/AqoCkyLBmx Opera launches Next, the Chromium-based browser for Windows & Mac http://t.co/NY0El6PKcb Anatomy of a hack: even your ‘complicated’ password is easy to crack http://t.co/n3lpbrWtoU Accelerator Tandem will start funding mobile startups in India http://t.co/1EQdHkQ72G ...