Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

Editor at TechMeme. Writer at MakeUseOf.com. http://www.skepticgeek.com
This #BrazilVsGermany carnage just proves soccer analysts are as bad or worse than tech analysts predicting the next iDevice.
If there are 'competing standards', they are not 'standards'.
RT @arjunram: Anyone know of a good social media agency in NYC? Looking for folks urgently. Pls RT. Thx
RT @mediagazer: New York Times shutting down India Ink, its first country specific blog (@chrisjoshea) http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbow... http://mediagazer.com/140701...
RT @harrymccracken: I'm very excited to announce that I'm joining Fast Company as technology editor. More details: http://www.technologizer.com/2014...
Happy sixth birthday, @medianama :) Huge congrats to @nixxin and the team for such a fabulous performance with such dedication!
RT @ngkabra: "Resolve to be sympathetic with the striving and tolerant with the wrong" -2500 year old advice for (startup) mentors from Gautam Buddha
One of those rare times the tech folks I follow here are watching the same sports game I am #USAvsGermany
RT @punetech: The founders of @Helpshift (see latest @PuneTech post) are active on Twitter. Follow them at @abinashtripathy & @ghoseb
Top 10 cities worldwide attracting LinkedIn members with tech skills http://blog.linkedin.com/2014... /B'lore 1st, Pune 2nd!
"Journalism isn't an industry but newspapers are" ~ @binarybits http://www.vox.com/2014...
What a well-written, courageous article! "We Need To Talk About Depression" http://t.co/Y6KBa26zjT /bravo to @CatherineShu
Wal-Mart to launch e-commerce marketplace in India in July http://in.reuters.com/article...
RT @Nithin: First time I am seeing @ScepticGeek give a video interview - http://lighthouseinsights.in/mahendr...
"The best blog post I have seen in a long, long, time. You write wonderfully. I was compelled to express "I wish I could write like you", where I stopped for a moment, and realized, what I really meant was "I wish I could think like you". That, I think, is one of the greatest compliments from me." - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Indian telecom operators want government help in killing net neutrality - MediaNama http://www.medianama.com/2014...
IDC: India smartphone market grew by a whopping 186% year-on-year in 1Q 2014 http://www.idc.com/getdoc...
RT @gaberivera: When you're not scanning emails for ad targeting anymore http://www.techmeme.com/140430... you might as well promote encryption: http://www.techmeme.com/140603...
Apple: Leave room for “the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels,” wouldja? /via @scottros http://www.wordyard.com/2014...
Part I of a video interview of me (30min), where I discuss my early days, challenges, excitement, during the '80s http://lighthouseinsights.in/mahendr...
IDC: India tablet market shipments for Q1 2014 at 0.78m, a y-o-y drop of -32.8% over Q1 2013 http://www.idc.com/getdoc...