Google at penny

Showing 0.01 looks like a bug/glitch on yahoo finance, there were real trades at around $200! Unbelievable!

Google stock on Sep-30-2009

Next time some firm has a big financial crisis, they should consult Google to help them boost the share price That’s of course a joke, but look at what they did with Wachovia. Looks like an issue with finance.google.com since the company has been taken over by Citi, or maybe they’re just making fun of it?

Wachovia Share at 500

Ok, another update since I saw the previous problem…

Now they have fixed it to show the price at $10 (which was previous days close) with no activity. However from market open to 12pm, they show the price as $500. Someone at Google needs to go delete the bad data

Wachovia - Google still shows 500 price

I am looking forward to using this to blog during my commute to and from work. Right now I am hoping it works when I tap on publish

Recently, LongJump.com, a California based company, announced it’s Database-as-a-Service offering. This has been built using Java layer on top of MySql database that exposes REST and SOAP based APIs to store, access and manipulate data. They also provide a web based administrative console that let’s users model the data and create data access policies and validation.

From users’ point of view, this takes away the complexities associated with having a database infrastructure, DBA, monitoring and so on. This is great news for smaller firms and startups who would rather like to focus on building the core functionality and time to market instead of handling these peripheral issues.

More companies entering this field is a great news. I think once these offerings start to mature, the next big thing in SaaS model will be to create standards (something like Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), for example) that would let users change the providers without having to change code, but these technologies have to go a long way and prove that this model works before this becomes a serious issue. I don’t really think big firms are going to be interested in these products anytime soon, but they sure could be a boon for smaller firms.

What’s your view on the potential of Database-as-a-service offerings? Do you think they are here to stay?

However, as Macs get more and more popular, I think it may possibly cause some sort of problem for Apple in future.

One of the important factors why many buy Macs is their urge to be different, to not follow the crowd and so on… With so many Macs that we see around us, a Mac owner’s sense of having an unique product is going to diminish. So this may be a problem for Apple, though it’s a problem that they would like to have!

What’s your opinion on the impact of Mac’s popularity on future sales? Do you think your Mac buying decision gets affected by the fact that there are many people who own Mac around you?

However, as Macs get more and more popular, I think it may possibly cause some sort of problem for Apple in future.

One of the important factors why many buy Macs is their urge to be different, to not follow the crowd and so on… With so many Macs that we see around us, a Mac owner’s sense of having an unique product is going to diminish. So this may be a problem for Apple, though it’s a problem that they would like to have!

What’s your opinion on the impact of Mac’s popularity on future sales? Do you think your Mac buying decision gets affected by the fact that there are many people who own Mac around you?

This has been added both as a noun meaning “a popular social networking web site” and a verb that means to search someone’s profile. In fact the Collins guys are so impresed by Facebook that they have even added another meaning to the word pimp, it says that to “pimp” one’s profile is “to make one’s profile page on a social networking site appear more attractive by adding graphics, video, music, etc”.

So now that it’s part of English dictionary, it’s grammatically correct to “facebook your friend”. In fact since the verb simply means to search someone’s profile, it seems even a sentence like “I was facebooking my friend on MySpace” should also be correct . Similarly, it’s probably no more a taboo for someone to say that he wants to be a pimp, since it may simply mean that he wants to be a good graphic designer?
Given the trend of words like w00t and Facebook making it to the dictionary, I am wondering if MySpace and Orkut are going to be soon added as synonyms of Facebook :).

This has been added both as a noun meaning “a popular social networking web site” and a verb that means to search someone’s profile. In fact the Collins guys are so impresed by Facebook that they have even added another meaning to the word pimp, it says that to “pimp” one’s profile is “to make one’s profile page on a social networking site appear more attractive by adding graphics, video, music, etc”.

So now that it’s part of English dictionary, it’s grammatically correct to “facebook your friend”. In fact since the verb simply means to search someone’s profile, it seems even a sentence like “I was facebooking my friend on MySpace” should also be correct . Similarly, it’s probably no more a taboo for someone to say that he wants to be a pimp, since it may simply mean that he wants to be a good graphic designer?

Given the trend of words like w00t and Facebook making it to the dictionary, I am wondering if MySpace and Orkut are going to be soon added as synonyms of Facebook :).