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TechStar Interview: David Blumberg

Bill_Robinson | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Digital Media, Venture Capital, Ny, Berlin, Blumberg Capital, Hootsuite, Sonar, Harvard, Mobile, Apax. T. Rowe Price, Social Media, Israel, Stanford, David Blumberg, Sf, Barcelona, Bangalore, Insead, Nutanix, Doubleverify, Technology News
Bill_Robinson

When you first meet David Blumberg his smile is what you notice. But shortly thereafter, you notice how smart he is; later, you begin to see this man's true level of intelligence.

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Why Is This Man Smiling?

AP | By TOM ODULA | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: India, Video, Al-Shabab, Suicide Bombers, Kenya, Bangalore, Monday Morning, Terrorism, Yazmany Arboleda, Somalia, Japan, Balloons, Yamaguchi, Nairobi, Impact News

By TOM ODULA, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya -- A U.S. artist handed out thousands of yellow balloons to Nairobi's blue-collar commuters Monday, ign...

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The Magic Red Carpets of India

Michael Martin | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Corruption, India, Mumbai, Tata Motors, Manmohan Singh, Bangalore, New Delhi, Bric, World News
Michael Martin

Corruption is everywhere -- even in the U.S. -- but happens at such a high level it doesn't directly affect the average U.S. citizen. In India, corruption starts at home.

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Buffett's Berkshire Makes Big Bet On Lubricants Company

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Elephant Gun, Lubrizol Corp, Acquisition, Bangalore, Warren Buffett, 9 Billion, Chemicals, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Business News

BANGALORE: Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc agreed to buy lubricants maker Lubrizol Corp for $9 billion to tap rising demand fo...

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Finding Bliss Through Meditation

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Life-Transforming, Yoga, Martyn Williams, Bliss Through Meditation, Paramahamsa Nithyanda, Meditation, India, Mt. Everest, Life Bliss Foundation, North and South Poles, Amma-the-Hugging-Saint, Bangalore, Dheera, Healthy Living News
Margie Goldsmith

Martyn Williams was the first person to lead expeditions to the top of Mt. Everest and to the North and South Poles. Now, he takes followers on an adventure that takes place in the mind.

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I Shot That! Street Art Photographers Capturing Ephemera

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Isreal, UK, Brooklyn Street Art, Know Hope, Bangalore, Becki Fuller, San Diego, Dolk, Brazil, Brooklyn, Street Art, Iran, Italy, A1one, c215, Vhils, London, Paris, Banksy, Conor Harrington, Jaime Rojo, New York, Os Gemeos, Ancomo, Steven P. Harrington, Nyc, NY Culture, Stefan Kloo, Luna Park, Erica Il Cane, Berlin, Arts News
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

The unprecedented growth of the global grassroots art movement can be directly traced to digital photography and the people behind the camera.

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Walking the Slum Side of Bangalore (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brinda Adige, India, Bangalore, Social Entrepreneurship, Activism, Radio, Community, Development, Christopher Lydon, Brown University, Domestic Violence, Slum, Human Trafficking, World News
Christopher Lydon

BANGALORE -- Brinda Adige, a self-starting social activist, in yellow sari, is our guide to the slum side of Bangalore and the virtual canyon betw...

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Real India: At Koshy's Cafe, The Talk of Bangalore (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Koshy's, Politics, India, Bangalore, Chris Lydon, Christopher-Lydon, Cafe Culture, Casablanca, Real India, Christopher Lydon, Multinational Corporations, Poverty, Pakistan, Economy, Information Technology, Urbanism, Industry, Entrepreneurship, India Pakistan Relations, Rural Development, Politics News
Christopher Lydon

"... And our nation, though it has no drinking water, electricity, sewage system, public transportation, sense of hygiene, discipline, courtesy or ...

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Real India: A Land Soon Without Tigers, and Maybe Orchids (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Suprabha Seshan, Bangalore, Chris Lydon, Radio, Kerala, Green, Environment, Conservation, Forests, Brown University, World News
Christopher Lydon

The "New India" has delivered itself into a deadly trap of consumerism, pollution, ruined forests and rivers, a "virtual" prosperity but a profoundly un-natural India.

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Libraries: Investing In The Kids

Forbes | Nilofer D'Souza | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Developing Nations, Literacy, Child Development, Children, Books, Libraries, Reading, Hippocampus, Ngo, Bangalore, Books News

A little over a decade ago, if anyone had told Vimala and Umesh Malhotra that their mission in life would be to set up libraries for children, they wo...

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The New India: Social Entrepreneurship as a Family Affair

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Radio Open Source, Christopher Lydon, Bangalore, Social Entrepreneurship, Family, World News
Christopher Lydon

Today, Neelam Chhiber and her husband Jacob Mathew are giving me one family's story of the improvisational networking and social entrepreneurship that are all the rage in digital India.

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Taco Bell Storms India

GlobalPost | Saritha Rai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Bangalore, Fast Food Chains, Taco Bell, India Food, Taco Bell Expansion, Fast Food Industry, Taco Bell India, World News

BANGALORE, India -- Praful Desai celebrated his 65th birthday last weekend by doing something special with his family....

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Sex Tape Swami Announces Retirement (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hindu, Hinduism, India, Paramhamsa Nityananda, Swami Sex Tape, Nityananda Sex Tape, Nityananda, Bangalore, Swami, India Sex Tape, Sex Tapes, Nithyananda Misson, Ashram, Hindu Ashram, World News, Video, World News

Paramhamsa Nityananda, the popular Indian Swami who faced protests after a local television played a video that appeared to show him in bed with two w...

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India Holy Man Sex Scandal Protest

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prostitution, India, Religion, Sex Scandal, Holy Man, Swami, Protest, Nithyananda Swami, South India, Karnataka, Bangalore, Religion News

"He is a high-flying Swamiji doing fraud on innocent people, he should not be spared," said Kumaraswami, a local villager. ...

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Swami 'Sex Tape' Rocks India (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hindu, India, Hinduism, Paramhamsa Nityananda, Nityananda, Bangalore, Swami Sex Tape, Nityananda Sex Tape, Swami, India Sex Tape, Nithyananda Misson, Ashram, Hindu Ashram, Sex Tapes, Video, World News

Nine people have been arrested after ransacking the headquarters of one of India's most famous Hindu holy men, Paramhamsa Nityananda, after a local te...

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Carlton Towers fire: 9 dead in Bangalore's

ibnlive.in.com | CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carlton Towers Fire, Natural Disasters, Carlton Towers, Bangalore, Fire, Tgif Bangalore, Bangalore News, Bangalore Fire, Fire in Carlton Tower Bangalore, World News

Bangalore: At least nine people are feared dead and 60 others injured, many of them seriously, after a major fire broke out on Tuesday evening at the...

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Places To Visit This Decade (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff and Adam Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rio, Thailand, Belfast, Antarctica, Montenegro, Bangalore, Slidepoll, Places to Visit, Travel, Rio Olympics, Koh Kut, Holiday Destinations, Koh Kood, Chongqing, Bangalore India, Colombia, Rio De Janeiro, Arbil, Slideshow, Iraq, Copenhagen, Cuba, China, World News

Buenos Aires, Krakow, Cambodia, Croatia -- these are just a few of the places that emerged as trendy, must-visit travel destinations during the first ...

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Wine, Music, and the Terroiriste Threat

Alex Henry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Merlot, Roger Dion, New Zealand, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Michel Rolland, Music, Bach, Schubert, Bordeaux, America, Moscow Conservatory, France, Terroir, Jonathan Nossiter, Lang Lang, Jean-Robert Pitte, Burgundy, Wine, Sorbonne, Greece, Bangalore, Sviatoslav Richter, Saint-Emilion, Mondovino, Languedoc, Style News
Alex Henry

Bordeaux/Burgundy: A Vintage Rivalry, is an excellent short book by Jean-Robert Pitte, who says that terroir, that principle sacred to French winemakers, isn't everything.

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India: Overhaul Abusive, Failing Police System (VIDEO)

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Police Violence, Bangalore, Video, Human Rights Watch, India Police, India Police Violence, World News
Human Rights Watch

By Brad Adams (Bangalore) - The Indian government should take major steps to overhaul a policing system that facilitates and even encourages human ri...

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Traveling as Press vs. NGO Head: Same Adventure

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Europe, Lome, United Nations Department of Public Information, Hong Kong, Guatemala City, Sri Lanka, Galle, Air France, South America, Asia, Ngo, Guyana, Chennai, Dallas, Paris, Singapore, Peru, Indonesia, Port-Au-Prince, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Miami, Dominican Republic, Aceh, Dubai, Swine Flu, Mexico City, Journalist, Africa, Ghana, San Salvador, Central America, International Development, Santo Domingo, Mexico, Colombia, New York, Haiti, Refugee Camps, Frankfurt, Jakarta, Tamil, Tsunami, Hurricane Jeanne, Togo, Post 9/11, India, Orphans International Worldwide, Huffington Post, JFK Airport, Bangalore, Gonaives, Bucharest, Media News
Jim Luce

I have flown from Haiti to Peru to Guyana in the Americas, Hong Kong to Indonesia to Sri Lanka in Asia, and Togo to Ghana in Africa.

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Man Detained After Supporting Bush Shoe-Thrower

The Times of India | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, India, Bangalore, Bush Shoe, Shoe Bush, Iraq, India Man Detained Bush Shoe Thrower, Muntadar Al-Zeid, India Bush Shoe Thrower Support, Shoe Thrower, World News

BANGALORE: The `booting' of George W Bush in Baghdad might have thrown up an entirely new terror angle in Bangalore. A MICO employee, Jameel, who w...

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