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Ideas that are meant for the digital world, but do not exist anywhere yet
2021 has seen a stark increase in transaction fees on popular crypto networks, none so more than Ethereum, where user-facing fees have regularly crossed $100 for long periods of time. The idea is that every platform, centralized or decentralized, worth its salt should provide the “ability to let users schedule a transaction when the associated … Read more
As the UPI payment ecosystem in India has grown by leaps & bounds in the past few years, one of the challenges that users are facing is the finality of transactions, or what one would call, the irreversibility of transactions for the sender. This has led to an uptick in online scams, primarily driven by … Read more
It is no secret that the media industry is in trouble. Human beings have moved away from scheduled consumption of content, whether it’s television or print media, to a world where news is live and everything happens in real-time. The advent of the Internet and the proliferation of mass media consumption that happens through our … Read more
Most people who use personal laptops stay signed in to their email & social media accounts, and Big Tech firms like Google encourage & enable this behaviour – for instance, Chrome asks you to ‘sign in’ to your browser by using your Google account credentials. That allows Google to keep all your content & browsing … Read more
We can all agree that road conditions all around the world (most cities in most countries) could do with a lot of improvement. The problem gets exacerbated in overcrowded cities with poor road quality (e.g. India and other developing nations). We all use Google Maps most of the time, not just to navigate, but also … Read more
We all know how Linkedin works – people have their own profiles, which they update with their work experience, and over time, build a set of recommendations from other Linkedin users with whom they have worked. Since all the information people save in their profile is uploaded directly by them, the one important way to … Read more
IMDb has been around since 1990 and has been able to surpass our expectations of what a movie database should possess. Not only does IMDb allow for movies to be rated on a scale of 1 to 10 which help viewers decide which movies to watch – but it has now become the largest global … Read more
Over the past 15 years, I’ve used almost every browser that has come along – starting with Internet Explorer, then Netscape Navigator, then Opera, then Mozilla Firefox and then finally Google Chrome. IE was always too bulky and slow, and it amazes me that it is still the leading browser in use around the world. … Read more
Some of the Indian travel websites like cleartrip.com, makemytrip.com and yatra.com now offer search for India-RestoftheWorld-India travel – the prices, depending on the deals these sites have made, are aggressive for certain airlines, routes and dates. Similarly, you have global websites that allow for international travel search like travelocity.com, expedia.com and orbitz.com. A quick search … Read more
Making resumes is an iterative process. A long, arduous one – depending on your proclivity towards the same. Which, unless you’re a resume-maker by profession, is probably close to zero. You ask someone who has a keen eye for detail, an OCD for accuracy, unwillingness to haphazardly copy-paste something together, patience to give every word … Read more