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		<title>Biggest challenge Location Based Services are facing today</title>
		<link>http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/biggest-challenge-location-based-services-are-facing-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachendra Yadav</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With the technical challenges more or less resolved, I think the biggest challenge for LBS is user acceptance owing to privacy and security issues.
Location based services face distrust by users owing to the loss of personal freedom and control over the technology e.g. intrusive advertising, commercial pressure, loss of autonomy, etc. It is crucial for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has Social Media changed the rules of the game (LinkedIn Responses)</title>
		<link>http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/has-social-media-changed-the-rules-of-the-game-linkedin-responses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachendra Yadav</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post, I had argued that Social Media has changed the rules of the game. I had posted this question on LinkedIn to get a feel from people in the community and received several thought provoking and interesting insights.
I&#8217;ve segregated the responses FOR and AGAINST the topic to give you a balanced view.
Yes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Carnival of the mobilists #130</title>
		<link>http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/the-carnival-of-the-mobilists-130/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachendra Yadav</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Head over to this week’s Carnival of the Mobilists at London Calling for some of the finest in mobile blogging. The main focus this week is on Nokia&#8217;s acquisition of Symbian and making it open source.
This week&#8217;s carnival also features my post Mobile is quickly becoming a lifestyle assistant
       [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile is quickly becoming a lifestyle assistant</title>
		<link>http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/mobile-is-quickly-becoming-a-lifestyle-assistant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachendra Yadav</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Web]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[assistant]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gmail]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lifestyle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Phone]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[RSS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>

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Mobile phone is not just a mere communication tool anymore. With advancements in technology and lowering costs, new generation mobile phones are highly advanced, multi-faceted and most importantly &#8216;affordable&#8217;. The new iPhone is just $199 (with strings attached, of course). These new age devices are quickly becoming a &#8216;must have&#8217; to complement our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carnival of the Mobilists #129</title>
		<link>http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/carnival-of-the-mobilists-129/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachendra Yadav</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[LBS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[geotagging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
This week&#8217;s Carnival of the Mobilists is up at mTrends. The main focus this week is on one of my favorite topics &#8220;LBS&#8221; with almost half the posts on this topic alone, also covers mobile advertising, mobile workforce, NFC, mobile apps and mobile browser.
And what do you know, it also features my post in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Computing offers Power to the People</title>
		<link>http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/cloud-computing-offers-power-to-the-people/</link>
		<comments>http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/cloud-computing-offers-power-to-the-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachendra Yadav</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so for those of you who don&#8217;t know what it is, here&#8217;s the Wikipedia definition: The computing resources being accessed are typically owned and operated by a third-party provider on a consolidated basis in Data Center locations. Target consumers are not concerned with the underlying technologies used to achieve the increase in server capability, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Add context to your photos with Geotagging</title>
		<link>http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/add-context-to-your-photos-with-geotagging/</link>
		<comments>http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/add-context-to-your-photos-with-geotagging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachendra Yadav</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[LBS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Web]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[geotagging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[GPS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[maps]]></category>

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Geotagging lets you add geographic information, such as latitude and longitude as indicated by the integrated GPS system, to any digital content — from pictures and videos to news articles and blog posts . So when you take a picture/video or post a blog your location is also saved. Then you can overlay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What does Smartphone mean to you?</title>
		<link>http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/what-does-smartphone-mean-to-you/</link>
		<comments>http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/what-does-smartphone-mean-to-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachendra Yadav</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

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In his post Mordy Gilden asks What makes a Smartphone &#8216;Smart&#8217;. He gives a few examples of what might be construed as a Smartphone, but with a plethora of phones from different tiers having similar functionality that we may attribute to a Smartphone, how do we define what it really is.
I think &#8220;Smartphone&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The case FOR Mobile Video Calling</title>
		<link>http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/the-case-for-mobile-video-calling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachendra Yadav</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Video Call]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video calling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post I had discussed Why video calls haven&#8217;t taken off, here I&#8217;m making a case FOR Mobile Video Calling. I had posted this question on LinkedIn and IXDA forums to get some insights from people in the industry and user experience community as to why video calling didn&#8217;t take off. From the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why haven&#8217;t Video Calls (Mobile Video Telephony) taken off?</title>
		<link>http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/why-havent-video-calls-mobile-video-telephony-taken-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachendra Yadav</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[User Experience]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[failed]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IXDA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LinkedIn]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[QoS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[quality]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Video Call]]></category>

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It was supposed to be the next big thing but it seems to have fizzled out like MMS. It failed in many 3G-enabled countries that deployed it. Gartner&#8217;s consumer mobile hype cycle (July 2007) claims that wireless video calling has failed to create any excitement in the mobile industry, with no demand from [...]]]></description>
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