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        <title><![CDATA[Fanatech]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A personal blog on technology, strategy, data science, and the impact on society.]]></description>
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          <title><![CDATA[The Consultant's Conundrum: Balancing Advice and Execution]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[I'm starting to conclude that a consultant shouldn't be an execution partner.]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Mastering the Art of Analytics Consulting: Strategies for Avoiding Common Mistakes]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Imagine this problem statement:]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/why-is-analytics-consulting-difficult</link>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Maps - A Mega Success]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Though the title of the article sounds insane and probably is insane, all deductive reasoning points me to the same conclusion - Apple Maps is a Mega Success.]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/10-years-of-apple-maps-a-mega-success</link>
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          <pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Solve Wordle Using Excel!]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Well, it started as a 2 hour project. That escalated quickly and it took about a day to build Wordle Solver using Excel:]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/solve-wordle-using-excel</link>
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          <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Profits in Modular Value Chains]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[In previous post, we looked at the difference between integrated and modular players and why integrated players are well positioned to enter new product categories. Now let us look at the dynamics of value accumulation i]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Product Development - Modular and Integrated Players]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[There are broadly two ways of putting a product together – Modular and Integrated. Modular players like Compaq / HP / Dell in PC industry or Samsung / Huawei / One Plus in Mobile phone industry put various parts from var]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[COVID-19: Interesting Trends in Mobility Around the World]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Apple recently started publishing mobility trends for researchers to find meaningful insights around navigation habits of people amidst COVID-19 lock down.]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/covid-19-interesting-trends-in-mobility-around-the-world</link>
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          <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Apple, Google Coming Together to Fight COVID-19]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[If there is ever a time for Apple and Google to come together on a common purpose, it is now. It is amazing to see Apple and Google pledging Bluetooth level OS integrations to enable contact tracing.]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/apple-google-coming-together-to-fight-covid-19</link>
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          <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Hyderabad Metro - Pace]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Hyderabad Metro - Pace by Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula.]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/hyderabad-metro-pace</link>
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          <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Why is Apple Arcade a big deal?]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Apple announced Apple Arcade a gaming subscription service that allows users to download and play games by shelling out $4.99 a month (₹99 in India.) Apple partnered with a few gaming studios to curate around 100+ titles]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/why-is-apple-arcade-a-big-deal</link>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Indian Elections - Secrets they won't Tell You]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Indian Elections - Secrets they won't Tell You by Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula.]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/indian-elections-secrets-they-won-t-tell-you</link>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[National Film Awards]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Do best films also carry best performances?]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Wasted Planet]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Using Plastic Waste data from an Environmental Study]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/wasted-planet</link>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[The Commerce of Cinema]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Got access to a rich data source on Indian Movie Theatres. Here's what we have created: "The Commerce of Cinema."]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Aggregation in Publishing – Challenges]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Aggregation is the new business model. While this is not hot new, it still is hot. Many companies that have multi-billion valuation play in this space. To name a few Uber, Swiggy, Zomato, Netflix, Spotify are all aggrega]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Function Over Form]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Design is not just how it looks like or feels like. Design is how it works. – Steve Jobs]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[The iPhone and Apple’s Marketing Ploy]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[On September 12, 2018, Tim Cook walked onto the stage to announce three new iPhones – iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max and iPhone XR. These probably are the only iPhones Apple introduced without marketing a killer feature (5s ha]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/the-iphone-and-apple-s-marketing-ploy</link>
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          <pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[The State of Software at Apple.]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Imagine a big ship with thousands of people on board. The captain is driving it full speed to stay ahead of the competition and reach the destination faster. A misstep in the magnitude of few degrees in the compass would]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/the-state-of-software-at-apple</link>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Google Will Soon Start Blocking Ads.]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[While the title seems outrageous and click-baity, yes. You read that right.]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[iPhonomics]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Did you know? By the time Usain Bolt completes a 100m dash, 63 iPhones will have been sold. Here’s some more iPhonomics]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/iphonomics</link>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Ned Stark Refuses to Die]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[The following infograph is created after analysing screen time data from HBO]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/ned-stark-refuses-to-die</link>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[The iPhone Phenomenon.]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Same day 10 years ago a blockbuster phenomenon called iPhone happened and the phones are never the same. When Steve Jobs introduced iPhone at Macworld, he sucked the attention of the whole world and made everyone second ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[The Macbook Pro Crisis.]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[By now I got used to the fact that people on Internet will try to prove themselves how much smarter they are than Apple by criticizing every single product Apple introduces only to see Apple make truckloads of money ever]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/the-macbook-pro-crisis</link>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[End of the Dear Headphone Jack.]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Look at the port closely. This is the standard for audio from time immemorial. This is the port that Sony and htc tried to kill unsuccessfully. Apple purportedly today is trying to kill it again. If any company has the s]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/end-of-the-dear-headphone-jack</link>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Yahoo, Google and the Industry.]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[To include Yahoo and Google under one bracket is one risky title to start with considering Verizon’s recent buyout of Yahoo and Google’s passes at Apple to be the most valuable company. There’s a reason to it.]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/yahoo-google-and-the-industry</link>
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          <pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Differential Privacy – What the heck is it?]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence has developed leaps and bounds in recent years. Automation has taken over the world and is doing many things unimagined 10 years ago. Creating auto calendar events, showing your parking location, ]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/differential-privacy-what-the-heck-is-it</link>
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          <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Social Networks and the Echo Chamber.]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Social Networking which never existed 10 years ago has seen the penetration faster than any other service in the world. While there are many advantages to it, let’s for a minute be cynical and look at what it does to our]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/social-networks-and-the-echo-chamber</link>
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          <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Li-Fi – The next Big thing to look for?]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Li-fi (Light Fidelity) is being seen as the next paradigm shift in the field of wireless networks. While there are many upsides of replacing Wi-fi with Li-fi, our technology is not ripe yet. In this blog post we look at ]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/li-fi-the-next-big-thing-to-look-for</link>
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          <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[If you don’t understand Tradeoffs, You can’t understand Apple.]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Its about deciding between having higher mega pixel lens with a smaller pixel size or a lower mega pixel with a larger pixel size that lets more light inside giving you better low light performance.]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/if-you-don-t-understand-tradeoffs-you-can-t-understand-apple</link>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Google Services – A Faustian Bargain?]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Faust is the protagonist of classic German legend. He is a scholar who is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life. This leads him to make a pact with the Devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and wo]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/google-services-a-faustian-bargain</link>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Ad-Blockers and the Business Reality.]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[By now as I write this article, many publishers would have already started creating technologies that bypass adblockers for running their businesses. Recent move by Apple to move out of its values (or what they have spok]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/ad-blockers-and-the-business-reality</link>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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          <title><![CDATA[Apple Looking like doing things it shouldn’t be doing.]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Yes this is different. Apple under the reigns of Tim Cook is different to what Apple under Steve Jobs is. Remembering from the past, one of Jobs’ last advises to Tim Cook is to never ask what Steve would have done. Just ]]></description>
          <link>https://www.thevamsi.com/post/apple-looking-like-doing-things-it-shouldn-t-be-doing</link>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vamsi Yuvaraj Suggula]]></dc:creator>
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