Bitcoin has emerged as one of the hottest topics in financial markets in years. This revolutionary, all-digital currency has made and broke investors in recent days. So what is Bitcoin, how does it work, and is it actually a good investment or merely a false mirage?
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Mobile Payment is not a new concept in the commercial world, in the early 2000s when European mobile operators started launching GPRS-based data services they had targeted payments as a key opportunity. But, as with a lot of innovations that come before their time, the infrastructure was not fully developed, the services not completely streamlined and most importantly the customers’ behavior and mindset had not yet adapted to this concept. By the mid-2000s the mobile payment services were reasonably successful in Japan and South Korea – markets that are known to be early adopters of ICT and mobile technology.
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Facebook shook up the tech world in recent days with the announcement that it is launching a Facebook “home” software package that will provide a “wrapper” for Android based phones and place Facebook live streams and information directly on the home screen. Facebook has already come under fire in recent months for its data mining practices and user privacy issues. Now, many experts are claiming that Facebook’s “Home” software could lead to even more (legal) invasions of privacy.
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What was once a form for companies to protect their intellectual property is now involving countries as they form their own patent-acquisition companies with the goal of helping domestic technology firms and possibly making some money in the process. Countries that have taken such steps involve South Korea, France, China and Japan. The beginning of state-sponsored intellectual property dealers adds a fresh geopolitical element to the debate about patent trolls and how to protect legitimate inventions without stifling innovation. It could also complicate efforts to improve global cooperation on trade-related matters such as online piracy and computer security.
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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and Founder of Facebook, is reportedly in the process of launching an independent political group to lobby for comprehensive immigration reform. Even though Silicon Valley is strongly associated with H1B visas, it is reported that Zuckerberg’s effort will be broader including possible citizenship for undocumented immigrants. This news has brought back the discussion about Immigration Policies into the forefront of online media – how it affects a nation, its economy and more importantly, due to Zuckerberg’s and Facebook’s association with entrepreneurship and innovation, one key topic of discussion is does immigration effect entrepreneurship and innovation in a nation.
While Silicon Valley and other entrepreneurial hotbeds have long been dominated by Venture Capital firms, traditional investment companies are now looking to cash in on the profits made by start ups. Hedge funds, private equity firms, and other asset management based investment companies are now challenging VC firms and their dominant place as the capital source of choice for young Start-Ups.
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Mobile World Congress was hosted in the Mobile World Capital Barcelona where more than 72,000 attendees from 200 countries were treated to a wealth of learning and networking opportunities, product showcases and announcements. More than 1,700 companies showcased their organizations through exhibition halls which provided glimpses of exciting new phones, tablets, mobile devices, back-end solutions, technologies, applications, accessories, and more. With a slew of new phones and devices being unveiled; Mozilla Firefox released its own mobile operating system (OS) competing head-on with Android and iOS. The OS is a HTML5 web-based browser sitting on top of Android kernels and all apps are delivered through the browser – similar to how the iPhone used web apps when it was first launched in 2007. Initially, Firefox Mobile OS will run on low-end devices with processors of 1GHz or less and Mozilla has said that Firefox will eventually be modified to work with more powerful handsets, but for now it is concentrating on the low end.
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“Anti-innovation!”, “counter-intuitive”, “unproductive”, etc. …. These are few out of the many comments being thrown around in the internet world when the news leaked online that Marissa Mayer (Yahoo) has decided to ban virtual work arrangements i.e. work-from-home options at Yahoo. But not all are against this decision – there are several Yahoo employees, external experts and general internet public who support this decision for reasons ranging from mitigating mismanagement to compatibility with the policies of top innovative companies like Apple and Google.
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