https://tahirhashmi.com/tags/cloud/Recent content in Cloud on Tahir HashmiHugoen-GBmail@tahirhashmi.com (Tahir Hashmi)mail@tahirhashmi.com (Tahir Hashmi)Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:13:16 +0700https://tahirhashmi.com/posts/2011/09/19/new-start-up-idea/Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:19:55 +0000mail@tahirhashmi.com (Tahir Hashmi)https://tahirhashmi.com/posts/2011/09/19/new-start-up-idea/<p>Are you based out of India and need an idea for a technology start-up? Try thinking of two of the biggest technology buzzwords of the day and mash ’em up together. <strong>Social + Cloud</strong>!</p> <p>Back in the ol’ days when system programming and desktop applications were hot, people were trying to create applications that could run on more than one OS. There was a sprouting of libraries, proprietary and open source, that promised abstraction from the operating system internals. Right now, if you think of one thing where the a lot of modern applications run, the answer would be — a social network. Facebook is obviously the dominant player here but by 2015, it will have at least one formidable competitor. Developers wouldn’t want their app to be stuck on one of these.</p>