Back on the shore of SF, you can choose to travel through the city in cable cars which take you to the tourist spots, including Lombard Street, aka the ‘crookedest’ (most winding) street in the world. The eight sharp turns and a one-way street not only make you test your driving 
skills, but also your senses as you try to observe and admire the view of the beautiful houses and landscape around you but of also the distant Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge.
To conclude your active day in San Francisco, take a break from the travel and driving and stroll down the Piers, especially Pier 39. Robust with life and rife with live local musicians, this pier is suffused with the natural smell of walrus’s as well as the local farmer’s market. And with fine dining, available in the form of five star restaurants with a romantic setting, Pier 39 offers you all the variety for anyone and everyone, literally! My favourite destination in San Francisco is the stretch of Piers from 35 to 39, as I can walk along the Bay and get some time alone or go shopping across the street for local memorabilia and also satisfy my extravagant side by splurging in shops like Gap, Macy’s etc.
During my stay in California, my monthly mantra, without fail, was a trip to San Francisco to grab an escape from routine and a chance to imbue interesting atmospheres and cultures.....Continue
skills, but also your senses as you try to observe and admire the view of the beautiful houses and landscape around you but of also the distant Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge.To conclude your active day in San Francisco, take a break from the travel and driving and stroll down the Piers, especially Pier 39. Robust with life and rife with live local musicians, this pier is suffused with the natural smell of walrus’s as well as the local farmer’s market. And with fine dining, available in the form of five star restaurants with a romantic setting, Pier 39 offers you all the variety for anyone and everyone, literally! My favourite destination in San Francisco is the stretch of Piers from 35 to 39, as I can walk along the Bay and get some time alone or go shopping across the street for local memorabilia and also satisfy my extravagant side by splurging in shops like Gap, Macy’s etc.
During my stay in California, my monthly mantra, without fail, was a trip to San Francisco to grab an escape from routine and a chance to imbue interesting atmospheres and cultures.....Continue
winged her way to yet another visit to the US, she had already taken a decision that thrilled the hearts of individuals who had taken retail loans from the corporation. Despite the fact that the Reserve Bank of India refused to lower the prime lending interest rates, Karnad had announced that HDFC would lower its home loan rates. Her’s was one of the first financial institutions to do so in recent times, when home loan rates had zoomed and lenders had been saddled with huge EMIs or increasing repayment periods.
With access to high-end diesel technology, and several options to locate its ‘cheap car’ factory (or assembly units), the Tatas seem to have got their back-end in place. Simultaneously, they had to look at the front-end; after all, Tata Motors wanted to sell the Rs.1 lakh car in as many markets as possible. It was meant to be a global car for global consumers. It is in this context that the Jaguar-Land Rover deal will immediately help it to tap the European market.
Finnish giant Nokia? Obviously handsets, right? Yes, and that its ride in this regard of late has been wonderful is undeniable (with a global market share of 32.6% being proof). However, there is much beyond just handsets that this Finnish giant is in for these days. Putting words to practice comes its latest revelation to move into unlimited music downloads to its subscribers in collaboration with Universal group, through a venture called ‘Comes with Music’ announced on December 2, 2007. So is this move well-toned with the changing scenario in the cellphone industry?
they have allowed these products to be traded in India. If the trading environment is open, global investors would always prefer to trade derivatives in the home market and this psychological advantage is sought to be converted to a real one,” says Rajiv Shastri, Head – Business Development and Strategic Initiatives, Lotus India Mutual Fund.
vision in direct response to movement of certain body parts, such as the head or hands. Turn the head, and the scene shifts accordingly. The sensation is like being inside an artificial world the computer has created. As the user moves his head to look around, the images shift to create an illusion of movement. The user moves while the virtual world is standing still. The glasses also sense the user’s facial expressions through embedded sensors, and that information can control the virtual version of the user’s body. Most current VR systems provide only visual experiences created by computer-assisted design or other graphics/animation systems, but researchers are working on interface devices that add sound and touch. Experts agree that MMORPGs are our current epitome of VR. Various technologies (communications, AI, computing, interface) will affect us, and together these will shape society in the future. Eventually, VR may be delivered through direct computer-to-brain connections. This means that you could probably “jack-in” to a virtual world using a mechanism that connects the world with your brain. Sounds familiar? Yeah, that’s what the characters in the movie Matrix did all the time.