Job Opening around Washington, D.C. – July 21, 2010


IBM is Hiring! Interview with us on July 27th in McLean, VA.

Do you think the world can work smarter? Join us. Let’s build a smarter planet. Interview with IBM at our upcoming open house on Tuesday July 27th at the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner in McLean, VA. For event details, job listings and advance registration visit our site. As the planet becomes smarter, we have a chance to create meaningful progress and change the way the world works – for the better.. At IBM Global Business Services – the world’s largest business consultancy – we understand that real business value is delivered when business consulting is enriched with advanced research, analytics and technology. Read more of this post

Local Companies Selected for June Grubstake Breakfast


The Business Alliance, a McLean-based networking and education organization aimed at entrepreneurs and early-stage companies in the region, has selected seven companies to present at next month’s Grubstake Breakfast.

The investor forum is set for June 10 in McLean. Presenters, each seeking $250,000-$2 million in investment capital, include: Read more of this post

iPad is like a very Hot Girl or Boyfriend you can’t have Sex With


by Elias Shams
Not yet!

If you are about to dump your Amazon’s Kindle for iPad, you may want to wait for a while – particularly if you are a non-AT&T customer. There are still three major obstacles about iPad to be resolved – wireless technology, wireless pricing, and of course the video functionality. Regardless, how pretty the iPad is, what are you going to do with it without these three? It’s like you are dating the hottest babe or honk in town, but you can’t even touch. Correction: you can touch, but can’t do anything. You know…

No doubt iPad has  more goodies over Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble e-reader – from supporting apps, much nicer screen, the look, to its crazy battery life and etc. Literally, every site and blog I know of, they jumped on iPad and promoted it – iPad this, iPad that, iPad the killer, Gazillion reasons iPad will kill Kindle, etc. Frankly, they might end up to be right, but I think it is too early to jump to such conclusion. Read more…

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