The Red Devil

Samsung has just posted a teaser video for an announcement they are to make at IFA in Berlin. The announcement will be made on 1st September.

The teaser displays people walking around with a device that glows. Looks like the announcement could be phone-related, because one of the actors puts the device up to his ear.

Teaser 1:

Which device do you guys think will be announced? Would you like to see an Ice Cream Sandwich device – aka Nexus Prime? Maybe a nice large 5.29-inch Super AMOLED Plus display? Maybe the 7-inch Honeycomb tablet.

Your guess is as good as mine!

For now, take a look at the teaser 2:

Speculation starts!

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Z

Seems like Star Wars up there…

Quiet, damp evening for a change. The whole city seems flooded…

One of the very rare times when one part of the sky is bright, and the other almost black!

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In some great news, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has decided to ban the use of plastic carry bags and cups within the Corporation limits. This is a fantastic move by the Hyderabad administration to preserve the environment.

The ban imposed by GHMC is on plastic bags measuring below 40 microns in thickness.

How this affects you?

• After shopping at your local grocery store,the grocer will charge you Rs 3 for each plastic bag (I am assuming they are going to supply plastic bags that measure above 40 microns).
• There are cops doing the rounds in civil clothes, who will find you using plastics and fine you Rs 500. 

Now to the bad part. This opens up a Pandora’s Box… Corruption. Instead of charging Rs 500 officially, the cops might charge Rs 100, and that goes into their pocket rather than to the Government.

Lets hope this move forces governments across India to adopt a similar model.

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Technology changes every single moment. Only the innovators survive. The feeling of being paranoid brings out the best in technological innovation.

For any company, being paranoid is a good position to be in. It brings out the need to innovate, and the hunger to succeed, in the face of fear…of perishing.

So the next time you get a kick up your back side, remember, it could be the best thing that happened to you…

Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive. — Andrew Grove

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It’s Boss’s last day at Google.

He’ll be moving to FB, to a very exciting role.

He says he reads the blog. Just wanted to thank him. A true leader…

More than creating or managing sales/processes, he has created a following, as Seth Godin puts it. He has built his tribe…

His team created a video for him:

If words could express, I’d go to war with him by my side…

Good luck and All the Best! You’r a winner…

Phil Milenge

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