The history of Youtube, the sad state of Ganga, 50 Most innovative companies of the World and much more in this week's edition of Shreyas Recommends.
How The New York Times works
Watch: How Google Maps began
from a startup that nearly crashed
The toothpaste you used this morning may be contributing to destruction of rainforests in South-east Asia. Incidentally, India is
the largest buyers of palm oil in the world
A question to which my answer will always be “No”:
Are you proud of how you are spending your time?
Fascinating -
WiFi networks, when they illuminated
The history of YouTube, and
10 classic videos from the site over the years
The disturbing state of Ganga
Public shaming in the age of social networks
The intention of creating the boardgame Monopoly was
to teach children how monopolies were a bad thing
Financial advice,
summarised in 10 points
A case for
why financial organisations should be run by women
World oldest available musical instrument:
a neanderthal flute
The next time you go out for a full-course meal:
why restaurants would be better off if you didn’t order a dessert
Thoughtful, but idyllic: Your degree doesn’t matter,
your skills do
50 most innovative companies in the world. IndiGo is
the only Indian company on that list
Brain size matters
in understanding why humans are the most advanced mammals
Scamming people
was way too easy in 1800s. They were just too quick to trust strangers
The beautiful February of 2015