Random thoughts
MSN Cashbacks: your personal ATM
Here (apparently) goes the story:
1- you register as an Ebay seller, or find one that has the product described below at poin 2)
2- set up a 750$ cash product (i.e. customer pays 750$ via PayPal to get 750$ cash)
3- the cashback appears to be 35%, i.e. 250$ circa
4- buy your own cash product
5- walk away […]
Nomads and wireless: how your day will change
The economist published, a few weeks ago, an interesting special on mobility. The report is called “Nomads”, published the 10th of April, and all the articles can be accessed directly from this link.
I advise you to read them all. They are very interesting, and cover many different aspects of mobility driven by the new wireless […]
The Masdar initiative, aka Abu Dhaby renewable energy bet
You would never expect that one of the major hydrocarbon-producing (oil!) nation in the word starts a clean and sustainable energy project.
Well, it is true. It has happened, and it is extremely smart. Abu Dhabi launched the “Masdar Initiative” in 2006, defined as a “global cooperative platform for open engagement in the search for […]
Microsoft Live Mesh
Here it is. Microsoft’s big move into the everywhere everytime with Live Mesh. The New York Times has it covered here, and CNET here. Check it out yourself at www.mesh.com.
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BMW-Audi
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Facebook openess
Last night launch of Facebook product aimed at aggregating external mini-feeds within its own platform is a first big step toward real openess and the ultimate goal of gluing users to Facebook even when using other products and services. A complete two-ways openess would make much sense for the end users, yet it would pose […]
Who is your competitor?
I think a market is defined by users and customers, and competitors are defined by the perceived use or purpose of a product/service (by the users/customers). This is a quite wide and broad definition of competition, and can lead to define libraries as competitors of cinemas.
The rationale behind this is quite simple. The purpose of […]