Florida Man Builds Network to Connect Haitian Quake Victims, Loved Ones Around the Globe
Marvin Chery was sitting in his car heading home from work on Tuesday when a friend’s tweet alerted him to the earthquake in Haiti. “I got a tweet from a friend in Haiti that said something like ‘Major earthquake, lots of damage,’ said Chery, who is from Haiti and now lives in West Palm Beach, [...]
Read MoreCautious Optimism Among VCs in 2010
The National Venture Capital Venture Capital Association said early in December of 2009 that it was “cautiously optimistic” for 2010. “It is readily understood by the venture capital community that our industry is going to contract in size going forward,” said Mark Heesen, president of the NVCA in a December 16 statement. “That will mean [...]
Read MoreHow To Get Paid with Magpie
Magpie is one of the many services out there that will pay you to tweet for them. I’ve been using it for a while now and definitely can’t complain. You probably won’t make enough to pay your mortgage, but a little gas money just for doing what you already do is worth it. In this [...]
Read MoreThe Business of Buppies
Ever wonder what it takes to start a webisode outside of the creative production? Julian Breece one of the creators of Buppies took some time out of his schedule to give us the “Blueprint”.
Read MoreSocial Networks Respond To Haitian Earthquake; Give Loved Ones Relief
I haven’t watched the network news once since a major earthquake struck the impoverished island of Haiti yesterday afternoon, but thanks to Twitter and Facebook I’m up to speed on the devastation and relief efforts that are already underway. Several major news organizations are using the social networks to get the word out, and taking [...]
Read MoreDavid Drummond on Google China Relations
In a blog post, Google announced that they would “review the feasibility of their business operations in China”. This announcement in wake of recent cyber attacks by hackers who sought to penetrate the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. Google also announced that they were “no longer willing to continue censoring their search results [...]
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