Best and Reliable World University Ranking Sites

TOP IN WORLD

-TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html
-ACADEMIC RANKING OF WORLD UNIVERSITIES
http://www.arwu.org/
-RANKING WEB OF WORLD UNIVERSITIES
http://www.webometrics.info/top12000.asp
-INTERNATIONAL COLLEGES UNIVERSITIES RANKINGS

For Universities and Colleges around the globe

http://www.4icu.org/top200/
-WORLD RANKING BLOG
http://worldranking.blogspot.com/2009/06/times-university-ranking-2010.html
-QS TOP UNIVERSITIES
http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2010/results

TOP IN USA & CANADA

-US NEWS

For Universities and Colleges around the globe(Ranking by Location, Subject & Methodologies)

http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/worlds-best-universities/2010/09/21/worlds-best-universities-canadian-.html
-US NEWS
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-universities-rankings

TOP IN UK

-THE COMPLETE UNIVERSITY GUIDE

For Universities and Colleges in UK(Ranking by Subject)

http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=8727

-THE GUARDIAN

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/table/2010/jun/04/university-guide-business-and-management-studies

TOP MBA & BUSINESS SCHOOLS

-FINANCIAL TIMES RANKING
For Global MBA Ranking
http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-rankings
-THE ECONOMIST
http://www.economist.com/whichmba/2010/schools-ranking, http://www.economist.com/whichmba/2010/free-ranking-tool
-FORBES - THE BEST BUSINESS SCHOOL
http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/05/best-business-schools-09-leadership-careers_land.html
-QS - TOP MBA
http://www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/global-200-business-schools-report/top-business-schools-2009/north-america
-OFFICIAL MBA GUIDE
http://officialmbaguide.org/top40.php?rnk=gmat&rankdate=20100701

YouTube Instant....!!

Had heard of GOOGLE INSTANT...but never YOUTUBE INSTANT...!!

I have got no words to describe this young chap....who made it come true...!!


Feross Aboukadijeh...a resident of Stanford, CA...a student at Stanford University....
On hearing about GOOGLE INSTANT...he decided to make YOUTUBE INSTANT.... 
I just tried it out....and its awesome....!!


All of you must try it out....!!



http://ytinstant.com/ 


This is Feross's blog...http://www.feross.org/


My hearty congratulations on his success...!!
Such people make our life easier...!!

Google Instant....!!...Awesum....!!

Instant Answers in Google

Google's search suggestions started to include instant answers for Math calculations, unit conversions, currency conversions, weather information, simple facts, local time, package tracking, word definitions and more. That means you no longer have to click the search button and open a new page to see the results: the answers are displayed instantly.
"This kind of information will appear in Suggest either above or below the suggested search terms for a variety of queries. For example, you can type "delta 140" to see the flight status. You can also quickly discover the current time, figure out how many Euros you'll get per dollar, or even brush up on metric conversions," explains Google.

I just got it installed in my Google Chrome browser....It's FABULOUS....!!

All of you must try it...!!

All you have to do....is to install the latest version of Google Chrome.

Here's a link for saving your time....

http://www.google.com/chrome

After having it installed...just type "google" in the search box...

and then anything you want to search...U DON'T HAVE TO PRESS THE 'ENTER' KEY...!!

Is Google in Trouble..........??

Google has changed how we search the web and the company has been constantly innovating search. Apart from search it has come up with (or acquired) very successful products like – Gmail, Chrome Browser, Android, Google Docs, Orkut and many more.Google’s hiring practices consist of bringing in top computer scientists from best schools like Stanford. The culture has been thriving and delivering great products so far.

The only area Google is lacking is ‘Social Networks’ (and everybody is talking about it right now on the web). Google’s attempts to get into mainstream ‘social’ have been largely unsuccessful with – Orkut, DodgeBall, Buzz, Wave etc. They are a company which keeps innovating and there is already ‘Google Me’ in the queue which supposedly could be the Facebook killer!

Why Google needs to worry about Facebook?

Facebook is really a cool social network but there are 100s of social networks around the globe. Why Facebook is the one that is so concerning google?

• Google runs on page-rank. A presumption that internet is a web of HTML links. Their search is built around this. The game is changing. Now, Internet is becoming more of a stream of updates from your friends than a web of pages.Now, It is a web of people!
• Google is great at technology, no doubts but what matters more is people. Facebook is closer to people than what Google is!
• There are alternative search engines and they work pretty well, if not great. So, there is no reason why people won’t be able to switch their search provider – All they are looking for is information.
• Facebook is hard to switch as all the friends are there, great apps, likes and interests and much more things that defines identity of a person.
• Facebook is a ‘Social Platform’ company and they have no shortcomings that can’t be met by partnering with platform developer like Zynga. Google doesn’t have this unique capability.
• The fact that google is doubling salary and letting them lead the teams for the engineers leaving to Facebook is alarming. This makes it evident that Facebook is the future of Internet in Google’s view and fear of it results into irrational decisions.
• Google doesn’t have a social context and approach. They are focused on search and the web is changing and so is the search.
• Partnership of Microsoft Bing with Facebook hurts Google in a big way. They couldn’t foresee this opportunity in the past. Now, Bing is grabbing search arising from Facebook and helping Bing grow their traffic. Google has no access to 500+ million users of Facebook as Bing sits right there!
• The biggest reason why Google needs to worry is time spent by users on Facebook is 3 times the time spent on Google. Following graph demonstrates the same. People giving more time to Facebook and making it more valuable proposition overall!

• Facebook is not just a website. They extend beyond it with Facebook Connect and brings ‘Social Web’ to any 3rd party service. In essence, They are making the whole web more open and social!
• People are generating a ton of content using Facebook and other social networks like twitter. Google has no or very limited control over this vast content. Thus making Google handicapped.

Why is Google not able to innovate in Social Web?

This is an interesting puzzle and here is how I look at it:

• Google has not given serious attention to ‘Social Web’ and they thought Facebook is just another social network and assumed that their growth will stop at certain point. But that has not happened and now they’ve been a threat to Google itself.
• Google’s products save time and are result oriented. The ‘Social Networks’ are about ‘wasting more time’ in a fun way. Google’s philosophy of making great and efficient products doesn’t go well with Social Products.
• Google has been focused on search and it is best at it. It is generating a ton of revenues for Google. So, Google was not concerned about making web more social.

Final thoughts

The only thing that can make google go social is ‘Google Me’. This is a pretty interesting and serious attempt by Google per some ‘sources’ on Quora. Let’s look forward to it and see what it brings to the table!

What do you guys think about Facebook and Google – who will win in the long-term? 
Looking forward to your comments.


NOTE : This is an extract from http://trak.in/tags/business

India's $35 Android Tablet for the Developing World....!!

Prices could drop to an absurd $10-$20 when these hit scale.

Today, India's human resource development minister, Kapil Sibal, unveiled a $35 tablet computer that will run Linux.  Although it wasn't specified, the device he displayed had thefamiliar notification icons of Android, seen to the right.  Android, is a Linux OS built for smartphones and now tablets by Google under an Open Source license.

"This is our answer to MIT's $100 computer," Sibal said.

MIT's One Laptop Per Child device ,which he is likely referring to, morphed into a $75 tablet a few months ago and is also running Google's (GOOG) Android OS.

Although a camera is not visible in the video below, according to the Telegraph the device is capable of video conferencing.  That's something that the slightly more expensive iPad from Apple (AAPL) famously won't yet do.   It has USB ports as well (Zing!).  Oh, and it does Adobe's Flash too.  Ouch!

The tablet can be used for word processing, web browsing and videoconferencing. It has a solar power option too – important for India's energy-starved hinterlands – though that add-on costs extra.

OLPC's device has a much more modern design and is also supposed to drop in cost as production ramps up.  It will be powered byMarvell's Moby platform and which is capable of doing many of the things Netbooks are only beginning to support.

Moby tablet features gigahertz-class processor speed, 1080p full-HD encode and decode, intelligent power management, power-efficient Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/FM/GPS connectivity, high performance 3D graphics capability and support for multiple software standards including full Adobe Flash, Android™ and Windows Mobile.  The ultra low power Moby tablet is designed for long-battery life.

Still though, India's tablet is an order of magnitude cheaper and the government also plans to subsidize some of the costs for its poorer children.

India has pulled a similar pricing miracle in Automobiles, making more of less with the $1000 Tata Mini (which eventually turned into $2500).

While the Indian tablet prototype looks a little bit rickety, I could see Marvel's device also being used in the first world for schooling and for general purposes around the home.  With the poor economy, a cheap tablet with the right mix of features to turn into a commercial success.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT

http://trak.in/tags/business/2010/08/11/35-tablet-video/

(Live discussion with HRD Minister)