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Amazon Empire - The Secret Kingdom

Amazon has been at the for front of innovation. This slide deck uncovers the unknown forts of the Amazon Empire. [slideshare id=7928875&doc=amazonwhitepaper-110511144038-phpapp01] PS: I don't own right to this slide deck. I am only sharing this

How to get products into Singapore from USA

Hi Friends, This is just a small how to guide on how to get stuff from USA or other countries into Singapore !! Step 1: Create an account on www.vpost.com.sg.   This is a subsidiary of Sing Post, the government company managing the postal operations in Singapore . So don't worry , it is not a fly by night operator. Your money and products both are safe Step 2:  Once you create your login Id, VPOST will give you a US address which will look something like this - Name  ******* Varun Mittal Address 1  17230 NE Sacramento Street Address 2  Suite ******* City  Portland State  Oregon Zip Code  97230 Tel  (503) 736 5916 Step 3:  Buy whatever you want from USA , any on line retailer - Amazon , Barnes and Nobles , Ebay ...anything which is legal to buy and import in Singapore. While you are buying put the virtual address you got in the shipping address place. PS: Remember if you buy anything with invoice >400 SGD , you have to pay duty. Any purchase up to 400 SGD is not taxed in Sin...

Google Acquires Motorola : The Sucker Punch

It has been just few minutes since the news has been broken that Google has decided to acquire Motorola Mobility for 12.5 Billion $. Why this acquisation makes so much sense ? 1) Motorola Mobility has 24500 patents awarded and pending. Such a huge patent portfolio and mainly related to telecommunication and phones will help Google defend its turf and protect Android OEM 's from patent litigations by the cabal of Apple , Microsoft , Sony and RIM . Read the press declaration when Motorola Mobility was found as an independent company which tells this patent count here 2) Motorola Mobility has some very very crucial patents which can help Google take aim at Microsoft X-Box . Microsoft has already sued Motorola ( you are reading right, keep reading) for overcharging royalties for Motorola's system critical patents being used by it in X-BOX .  Everyone saw how HTC was paying Microsoft $15 for every Android handset hold but Motorola was not. Such is the strength of these X box...

Nokia Jewels - Survivors of The Great Finnish Tragedy

What are the prized jewels Nokia still possesses ? Navteq - Nokia biggest jewel  is this American company. If you have  GPS made by Garmin , Magellan, Lowrance , or NDrive or have used Yahoo! Maps , Bing Maps or MapQuest , you have used NAVTEQ 's maps. This is the level of penetration of Navteq . No wonder Microsoft while announcing its partnership with Nokia laid a great focus on Location Based Services which will be developed by Nokia. This is also the most self sustaining unit of Nokia. For any new company which enters this field it will be long road ahead to compete with Nokia and Google.  This also makes several companies interested in Nokia so that they can lay their hands on maps licenses, technology , markets and customers which Navteq has built after so much efforts. Nokia Siemens Network -  Network infrastructure provider  Nokia Siemens has huge investments in Africa, the last frontier. Indian companies like Bharti Airtel have pioneered the concept of outsourcing all...