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  • Book Review – Night of January 16th

    Book Review – Night of January 16th

    Night of January 16th is a murder mystery where audience plays the Jury.

    Night of January 16th is actually a play and is inspired by the death of the “Match King”, Ivar Kreuger. It takes place entirely in a court room and is centered on a murder trial. The most interesting part is that the play was designed to let audience decide the outcome of the trial. Thus the ending of the play is not certain. It depends on the audience (reader) and their perceptions and thinking and their ideals.

    The members of the audience are picked to take on the role of jury members in each act. The play does not directly portray the events; instead the “jury” must rely on character testimony and vote on whether the “defendant” is guilty or not guilty. The play has different endings depending on the verdict. Ayn Rand’s own verdict was “not guilty”.

    Another Amazing Work by Ayn Rand !

  • Hidden Radio : Cool Design, Great Concept !

    Hidden Radio : Cool Design, Great Concept !

    Hidden Radio is an uber-cool portable Bluetooth speaker and AM/FM radio with revolutionary yet elegant design. Check it out !

  • The Two Minute Phd Thesis Contest

    PhDComics has created an interesting online contest – The Two Minute Phd Thesis Contest

    Visit the site and get ready to listen to some of the most interesting research topics. Amazing to know that people are passionate about so many things – you might get your Phd Research Topic inspiration !

  • InfoStretch Recognized as One of the Top 5 Businesses of the West for 2012 by Business Leader

    Santa Clara, August, 13th, 2012– InfoStretch, a leading provider of enterprise QA and mobile solutions is named as one of the top 5 businesses of the West for 2012 by Business Leader. Previously, InfoStretch has been recognized among the top 75 workplaces in the Silicon Valley by the Bay Area News Group, was among the hottest companies in Silicon Valley named by 411, was among top 20 fastest growing companies awarded by Silicon Valley Fast Private, and was named as top 1000 in the Inc. 500|5000 list of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies.

    InfoStretch has seen some phenomenal growth in the last couple of years, both in terms of client acquisition and organic growth within the company. Very recently, InfoStretch signed up its 100th customer, a milestone which came out of dedicated efforts from various teams and company’s vision and leadership.

    “We want to take InfoStretch to the next level, and getting this award from Business Leader is a step in that direction,” says Rutesh Shah, President and CEO at InfoStretch Corporation. “Innovation is key to making a difference, to find out what your customers really need, and make that great product or provide that superlative service which would change the way we live and work,” he added.

    The top 5 business of the west for 2012 awards recognize and honor the top small businesses in the West based on their performance, innovation and community involvement. The award winners are ranked both in their region as well as in their local market. InfoStretch and all other winners have already been recognized and honored at awards dinners in their local markets. They will also be highlighted in the upcoming digital issue of Business Leader that will be available by the end of August.

    Visit InfoStretch awards page to learn about our success, our careers page to see the current job openings, our news releases page to read news, and our clients’ page to see what they’re saying about us.

    About InfoStretch

    InfoStretch is a leading provider of mobile and enterprise QA services and solutions. Our offerings range from enterprise QA, mobile application development, testing, and automation to certification and sustenance. We’ve been providing expert solutions and services to various large and strategic players in the mobile ecosystem including enterprises, carriers, app stores, VAS, and ISV’s to actualize their mobile and QA strategy very successfully.

    We offer the most cost effective, secure, and scalable models to service our clients across various verticals such as banking, healthcare, education, and entertainment to name a few. Our innovations have allowed us to provide an SLA of 24hours and the ability to scale and test over 2,000 apps a day.

  • MIT AITI India Summer 2012 Program

    MIT AITI India Summer 2012 Program

    MIT AITI (Accelerating Information Technology Innovation) conducted its Mobile Technology based Incubator platform in India in July 2012. The MIT AITI India Summer 2012 program was held in association with Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

    As a part of the Speaker Series, I had the honor of interaction with the creative young entrepreneurs. They had identified interesting needs and conceived strong product offerings. I was happy to share my enterprise mobility and sales experiences and insights with the young turks.

    AITI is a multidisciplinary group of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that promotes development in emerging regions by cultivating young technology entrepreneurs. AITI develops curriculum materials, software technologies, platforms, and networks that enable undergraduate students to innovate in the area of information and communication technologies (ICTs).

    Interesting Stats of AITI:
    • Founded in 2000
    • 31 programs in 6 countries
    • Over 1800 students instructed
    • Over 120 MIT instructors participated
    • Multiple startups founded by student groups
    • Extension courses in Kenya and Rwanda

    At India Summer 2012 Program, it was very heartening to note that the passion and enthusiasm of the energetic entrepreneurs was being channelized into value propositions by MIT AITI Team. More Power To Them !

  • InfoStretch Announces MobiXpert

    InfoStretch Announces MobiXpertTM – an On Demand Mobile Testing Solution as a Secure and Cost Effective Alternative to Crowd Sourced Mobile Testing

    Santa Clara, July 30th, 2012– InfoStretch, a leading provider of enterprise QA and mobile solutions announced MobiXpertTM, an on demand, secure, easy to use mobile testing service for enterprise developers. MobiXpertTM will test any application in a few easy steps. All users would need to do is to choose the type of test, the devices across various platforms such as Android, iOS, Windows, BlackBerry, and submit the app for testing.

    InfoStretch has designed this solution to mitigate risks which usually occur during engagements with crowdsourcers and mobile cloud platform providers. “Our value proposition with this service is to provide 100% secure testing on real devices at an affordable price”, says Rutesh Shah, President and CEO at InfoStretch. “We solved the device testing problem for Enterprise customers with MobiXpertTM – our test labs have more than 3,000 pre and post market devices, and we have successfully tested more than 100,000 apps on them for app stores. And now, we are bringing the benefits of the same to other Enterprises,” he added.

    MobiXpertTM beats the Android fragmentation with its real device testing, and offers short cycle times, multiple language support, access to a team of certified mobile experts, and a very simple and secure interface.

    “Our newest solution MobiXpertTM is to help small and medium enterprises who are thinking about mobility. We will leverage our lab equipped with real devices and our mobile testing expertise to help solve the device fragmentation problem during testing”, says Manish Mistry, VP of Mobile Services at InfoStretch. “This solution will disrupt the mobile testing marketplace no doubt, mainly because it provides a secured and cost effective alternative to crowdsourcing, and can offer managed testing as part of SDLC”, he added.

    For more information on what is MobiXpertTM and how it works please click here. If you would like submit your app to MobiXpertTM, visit our MobiXpert portal

  • Nasscom Enterprise Mobility Initiative – Webinar Video

  • Tie Smashup! @ Ahmedabad

    Tie Smashup! @ Ahmedabad

    TiE Ahmedabad is pleased to introduce Smashup! in association with Institute of Management, Nirma University and Mobile Monday Ahmedabad. It will be held on 
04 August 2012 @ Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.

    Smashup! is an un-conference of the Startups, for the Startups and by the Startups

    Details On Website.

  • The Essential Sunday Reading !

    The Essential Sunday Reading !

    The Sunday Reading is a joy that is second to none! I really cherish the couple of hours that I spend on reading. It is a big challenge to protect the reading time with all other Sunday demands – a 4 year old energy tsunami, weekend social commitments, office email backlog, unforeseen work etc. A good workaround is to start early morning or use the lazy afternoon time.

    The Essential Sunday Reading for me includes:
    The Sunday Express + Eye
    The Times Of India – The CREST Edition
    The Speaking Tree
    The Economic Times Magazine
    The Screen Weekly
    Fortune / Forbes

    I also try to ensure that I read one to two books in a month. The last read was The Night Of January Sixteenth by Ayn Rand.

  • Best Young Writers in Gujarati

    The Sunday Express’ Eye carries the cover story on India’s Best Young Writers. It is a good idea and features the new talents in different languages.

    The Gujarati world features Kajal Oza Vaidya and Shishir Ramavat. They are both are profiled by Tarak Mehta, the renowned writer and humorist.

    Read Full Story on The Sunday Express Eye