March 12, 2018

How Amazon uses video and music to win the e-commerce battle

We all know that Amazon is a leading e-commerce website. But little do people know that Amazon is becoming a force to reckon with in the music industry. Last week, Amazon announced its newest service, […]
February 19, 2018

Futuristic technology to result in seamless international travel

As I write this, I’m sitting in Auckland after going through a tiring 25-hours of travel hopping from Chennai to Kuala Lumpur to Gold Coast in Australia and finally to Auckland, New Zealand. During this […]
February 16, 2018

Assurance of the expected and joy of the unexpected: what Sterling promises

Stering Holidays MD Ramesh Ramanathan explains the logo and the process of deciding the new strategy In the second part of the conversation with Stering Holidays’ MD Ramesh Ramanathan, Kiruba Shankar speaks to him about […]
February 12, 2018

Showcase of real time technology at the winter Olympics

The 23rd Winter Olympics is currently under way at Pyeongchang in South Korea. In addition to the Olympic spirit, what is being celebrated is the role of technology in the latest edition of the games. […]
February 6, 2018

Technology to help capture your family history for posterity

As I write this week’s column, my mind is quite pre-occupied with authoring a book that captures the life story of my grandfather and his two brothers. Chennai: Doing this project has been on my […]
January 29, 2018

Social Network: Making sense of WhatsApp Business

When Facebook bought WhatsApp for an insane one lakh eighteen thousand crore rupees (US$19 Billion), I wondered how they will make money out of it. Well, there seems to be some indications of where the […]
January 27, 2018

The time was right: Ramesh Ramanathan

Ramesh Ramanathan on reviving Sterling Holidays Kiruba Shankar spoke to Stering Holidays’ MD Ramesh Ramanathan about the company’s rebranding and the change it has undergone in the past few years. Some excerpts: On rebranding The […]
November 1, 2017

Taking a giant leap of faith

Prakash Iyer, a man of many talents, decided to become an entrepreneur after 30 years in the corporate world Prakash Iyer, best-selling author of three books, a leadership coach for CEOs and a professional speaker, […]
October 5, 2017

Coping with constant change

Ilya Grezkowitz, a professional speaker, has spent many years studying the nuances of change It is said that change is the only constant and these days, if organisations aren’t constantly changing, it could be detrimental […]
September 20, 2017

‘The trick is to find things in your journey that make it worthwhile’

How a Singaporean mountaineer made a comeback despite being partially disabled in both legs David Lim is a Singaporean mountaineer, who led the first Mt Everest expedition from his country. Unfortunately, he didn’t make the […]