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Is Google's Web-based Presentation Software Ready for Big Business?
TechCrunch recently ran a story about an upcoming release from Google called 'Presently'. It will be a web based presentation software (think a Microsoft PowerPoint clone). Let's discuss its business case. Read
By: Jordan Willms | 14/02/2007 | Technology
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Social Networking Apis Translate to Opportunity for a Better Web Experience
The trend moving forward is that social networking sites are moving towards opening up their systems to third party developers. Facebook, initially aimed at college students, is currently leading the pack by a long shot. This will provide countless opportunities for entrepreneurs to solve a variety of the social web's existing problems: Non-centralized authentication, and excessive data duplication. Read
By: Jordan Willms | 14/02/2007 | Technology
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Intellectual Property Laws are Becoming Harder to Enforce, and Easier to Avoid
Bittorrent Tracker ThePirateBay, has recently declared that it will be looking for a new country to operate out of. However, the news here is that ThePirateBay has elected to buy their own country instead of finding one with relaxed copyright laws. Read
By: Jordan Willms | 17/01/2007 | Ethics
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Trend: Educational Entrepreneurism and the Personal Mba
If you haven't heard of Josh Kaufman's Personal MBA Program, then you've already missed the boat on the emerging trend of educational entrepreneurism. The Personal MBA is a collection of books that can increase your knowledge of business with a fraction of the cost of a full blown MBA, "all without setting foot inside a classroom". Read
By: Jordan Willms | 16/01/2007 | Entrepreneurship
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What Microsoft *should* Have Done With Zune
When we all first heard about Microsoft's Zune -- it sounded like a decent contender for an Apple iPod competitor. Big screen, video, pictures, wireless sharing of music plus rewards for people sharing music. It sounded like it was to good to be true (or to good to be Microsoft). It sounded like a big fat powerful idea. Read
By: Jordan Willms | 16/01/2007 | Electronics