Monthly Archives: September 2008

A Different Approach to Fund Raising

Guy Kawasaki -entrepreneur, venture capitalist and blogger- writes a funny article about how entrepreneurs usually approach venture funding, compared to a new way to start up your company, what Guy calls “Plan B for Fund Raising” and others call bootstrapping. … Continue reading

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Telcos in a Clouds & Pipes World

The previous post might have look pessimistic about telcos when defining the future of telecom as “Clouds and Pipes (and Toys)”. In reality, it is just an analogy to describe what is already happening with “Over-The-Top” players delivering applications and … Continue reading

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The Future of Telecom: Clouds and Pipes

Internet is the paradigm of next generation communications. One of the wonders of Internet is that it allows to de-couple Services/Applications from the access network. e.g. Anyone still uses the email or hosting services from your broadband access supplier? Most … Continue reading

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Eee PC: Linux or XP?

Jim was decided to buy a netbook. One friend recommended him the Asus Eee PC. Jim does not know much about computers, but his brother-in-law Greg is one of these geeks that knows everything about the latest toys. Jim: Which … Continue reading

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Using Chrome

After a few days of use, I am delighted with the simple, clean, minimalistic user interface. Some people complain about lack of support for toolbars or not having a proper bookmarks organizer, but I love the Google concept of “forget … Continue reading

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Is Chrome Enough to Kill Windows?

Megabytes and megabytes of commentaries after its launch are setting yet one more record on top of Chrome’s top speed marks of one percent market share in one day, and fastest ever browser. Most analysis agree that Chrome is aiming at … Continue reading

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Symbian Vs iPhone: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

TechCruch and GigaOm both commented the Symbian quarterly results. Both blogs compared Nokia’s OS to iPhone and reached two opposite conclusions. Facts by GigaOm: Symbian shipped 19.5 Million units in Q2, 5% year-on-year growth. iPhone shipped 0.77 Million units of its 2G … Continue reading

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Google Chrome: Get Equipped for Clouds

Google has surprised the world with its new browser. The product introduction through a comic was a brilliant exercise of showing the superior features of their browser, most of them quite technical, in an simple, plain, easy to understand manner. … Continue reading

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