http://www.karmkhanna.com A scientific method of achieving a practical purpose Tue, 06 May 2008 18:32:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Alright, this was too good to pass up.  I have been extremely busy lately but all this buzz was enough for me to come out of my hiatus and throw my 2 cents in.  Here's where we are: - Microsoft pulled offer this weekend - Yahoo! is still pursuing Google and ... http://www.karmkhanna.com/2008/05/06/yahoo-microsoft-who-hit-the-reset-button/ Apple has opened up the iPhone API for third-party developers.  In Facebook/Bay Partners fashion, Kleiner Perkins announced a $100 million fund for app development.  They are calling it......wait for it......the iFund.  Cute! So it is only a matter of time that you can install the "Vampires" application on your iPhone.  ... http://www.karmkhanna.com/2008/03/06/vampires-and-food-fight-coming-to-your-iphone/ Like flies on crap, there is way too much buzzing around this pile.  A quick recap of what's happened in the past 72 hours: Microsoft put out an unsolicited bid for Yahoo, price tag...$42billion Rumors build that News Corp wants to jump in with their own bid Google starts screaming foul play Microsoft ... http://www.karmkhanna.com/2008/02/03/my-yahoo-butterfly-redux/ Yes, every blog has one. Yes, it is Day 11 in the New Year and this is not perfectly timed. So, I will keep it short and concise. My top 5 predictions for the year are: #5 - Online Advertising will boom The online advertising sector will continue ... http://www.karmkhanna.com/2008/01/11/yet-another-2008-predictions-list/ On my morning ritual of reading TechCrunch, I was reading the NYTimes.com post on how their traffic is through the roof ever since they broke down their subscription based content model. Although I subscribe to the Sunday NYTimes (in print), I had not been to their "new and improved" free ... http://www.karmkhanna.com/2007/12/10/i-love-my-epaper/