Could you name a startup success story from Argentina? If the answer is yes, chances are you’re thinking of MercadoLibre. The eleven-year-old e-commerce website went public on the Nasdaq with a US$400m IPO in 2007, but the story doesn’t stop there. The company announced this Friday that it will soon open a RD center in...
If you’re one to check your analytics on a daily basis you may have noticed a pretty sharp increase in referrals from Twitter’s “t.co” domains. We noticed it almost immediately on Wednesday but naively didn’t pay much attention. A few days later and with the t.co domain suddenly our number no 1 domain source...
Borders’ bankruptcy this summer has further underscored a major shift in the way people consume the written word, namely in pixels as opposed to print. As our chain brick and mortar bookstores inevitably go the way of our chain brick and mortar video stores and record stores, the ever-sharp Jon Stewart and author (and...
Image: Wikipedia John Mauldin The data this week was just ugly. Even the uptick in the leading economic indicators, seized upon by so many talking heads, must have a large asterisk beside it. This week we look at the increasing probability that we are headed for recession, and the follow-on implications. Then I take...
Short Version: Energizer’s Inductive Charging pad gets rid of the wires, looks nice, and just makes getting your charge on easier. Unfortunately, the accessories needed to use the charging pad make your phone fat and ugly. Features: Qi charging technology Compatible with iPhone 3G/3GS/4 and BlackBerry Curve 8900 Dual-zone MSRP: $89.00 Single-zone MSRP: $54.99...
Image: Scott Brownrigg Adel Zakout Most of the companies for whom those offices were created are already broadly known: perhaps anyone can recognize a part of their brand identity incorporated into their offices. But what is more important, they have seemingly become pioneers in a very different, contemporary office culture which throws away the...
They’re out there. Be afraid. They could be anywhere, everywhere, anyone. They are shadowy, deadly, mysterious, guided by intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic. Security consultants and antivirus firms whisper legends of them to their clients to scare them straight. They are the Voldemort of online security, except that everyone is all too eager...
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The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Seth Goldstein, John Taschek, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — sat in awe of Apple’s massive hammerlock on the tablet market. What the New York Times called 97% of the purchased category became crystal clear as HP folded its cards and went home to an uncertain future. @seth,...
Google is updating its sign-in page, and users are now able to preview its brand new look. If you go to the main Google sign-in page (you’ll need to sign-out first), it’s likely it may look as it normally does, but if you look at the bottom of the page, there should be an...