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An old monk
By Sidin Vadukut
And not just because you can always get away with a nice iPad story or two. (You can. Somehow, people lap them up faster than you can churn them out. “Dog bites man" was never a good story. “Man bites dog" is barely better. “Man bites iPad-using dog" is the way to go these days.)
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Fry without fear, it’s not that bad
By Madhu Menon
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A midlife crisis
By Joel Harrison
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Poor rich footballers
By Shashank Khare
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Posh Apps
By Sidin Vadukut
Pull yourself together, man! Arm your smartphone with a range of essential apps for the indulgent man’s lifestyle. And don’t ever let things get out of hand.
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The Automaton: Yesterday’s Hottest Tech
By Sidin Vadukut
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All gadgets great and small
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Connoisseur’s Choice
My favourite gadget:
Though some gadgets I use on a daily basis won’t affect my life adversely should they suddenly disappear, a good number of them do improve my quality of life, both in and out of the office. One such gadget that I never needed but now I can’t live without (because of its obvious bearing and value addition to the quality of my life) is the iPad2. It’s a supremely convenient device that helps me check my emails, surf the Web, read books or get any work done via the Internet, adding productivity, portability and convenience to the way I live or conduct business.
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The luxury conundrum
By Sidin Vadukut
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Luxury’s new address: Knightsbridge
By Sidin Vadukut
Everything starts from the client. To do a hotel…everything is tailor-made. You just can’t imagine anything isolated from the brand, the owner and the cityitself. And then you need a story. So you start talking to the client. You need to figure out the client’s vision. And then you need to create your own vision. And you keep populating elements of the hotel’s story. So in this case…one of the elements of the vision was to use silver. From the Bulgari collection.England has an important tradition of working with silver. And, mos importantly, Bulgari has a tradition of working with silver.
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Gone in 10 seconds
By Sidin Vadukut
This means that organizers not only have to deal with a plethora of sporting facilities and equipment, but also a mind-boggling array of technology to keep track of times and scores. Today, the Olympics run on a sophisticated interplay of hardware and software that track times, tabulate them and then display them in the stadium and beam them to thousands of TV channels and Internet websites. All within seconds.
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Peter Hürzeler | We are 20 years ahead of the federations
What are the major improvements you have made in terms of timing systems for this Olympics?
Our goal is always simple. To provide 100% service to the Games. And to make no mistakes and give the right results. Exactly what we do for any other event. We do nothing special for the Olympics. In fact,we more or less use the same technology we use for any other sporting event. This creates comfort for the athletes. And one of our jobs is also to keep the athletes happy.
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Tesla Model S: the make or break car
By Pradip Kumar Saha
The company got low-cost US government loans in 2009 worth $465 million to fund a US plant to make the Model S and engineer future electric cars. Tesla will start repaying the loans, with interest rates of 0.9-3.4%, late this year, making it imperative that the rollout of the Model S goes smoothly.
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