One of the bottlenecks for the growth of Indian economy is infrastructure and in particular roads.Some facts and estimates that help us see the urgent need for infra development: According to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), highways form a tiny 2% of the entire road network but carry more than 40% of traffic. The annual road-transport market is gauged to be worth about US$95 million, but could increase to more than $125 million if road conditions improve, says the transport industry.

With the huge popularity of Google maps, it is but obvious that google will try to leverage it to other services. Here they come up with the first ancillary service Google Ride Finder. It helps one to find out the nearest cab and the phone number of the cab operator.

Mark Cuban has a fascinating post on The Sport of business . Its afterall the “edge” that counts for the success of any individual in the world of business

Dr Gershenfeld of MIT has invented a technology called “fab labs” which will enable manufacturing to reach large masses who lack formal education and resources to manufacture stuff. Is this a scenario of plumbing services being made available in the Long Tail ? Looks like it.

One of the bottlenecks for the growth of Indian economy is infrastructure and in particular roads.Some facts and estimates that help us see the urgent need for infra development: According to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), highways form a tiny 2% of the entire road network but carry more than 40% of traffic. The annual road-transport market is gauged to be worth about US$95 million, but could increase to more than $125 million if road conditions improve, says the transport industry.