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Digital technology
ZTE launches mega phone and announces shift in mobile industry
On February 25th, at the ZTE press conference about its release of a new large size mobile phone at Mobile World Congress, the show was not where you’d think it was. The announcement of ZTE’s new launch of devices (one of which with the brand new Firefox OS) has given…
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Digital technology
Barcelona, World’s mobile capital city for 4 days: Mobile World Congress
On February 24th, 2013, we paid a visit to the Grand Fira which is the brand new venue for the Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona. Everything here is brand new and even though they built dummy columns at the entrance to remind visitors of the old place it is…
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social media & social networks
Synthesio report on Social Media Week puts me and Nigeria on the map
It’s very flattering that my name appears on the list of “influencers” who took part in the social media week events of last week. Synthesio has put together this report which is very interesting and shows some of the countries and cities which are head and shoulders above the rest…
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Marketing & Innovation
Powerpoint: marketing’s main disease
Is the PowerPoint disease real? My recent post on the true nature of infographics has prompted me to resurface this classic piece by Giancarlo Livraghi, which used to be available on Visionarymarketing.com. Even though some references are a bit dated, nothing has fundamentally changed since then — except that the…
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digital marketing
The true colour of brands and true nature of infographics
Thanks to my favourite stumble upon gimmick for finding new content and subjects, I discovered this very interesting piece of infographics about the true nature of brands according to their colour. I do not know what these graphics, beautifully crafted by the way, “[tell] about your business” as the headline…
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social media & social networks
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly about Facebook
Nope! Facebook will never be Yahooed! Let me explain why. This is my second contribution to the innovation generation blogs, an initiative sponsored by Alcatel. Here is my second piece entitled: Facebook, The Good, Bad and Ugly. No one knows exactly where the social network is going, but it’s certainly going…
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Web, Internet and the Economy
The love-hate relationship of Governments with Cyberspace
A few weeks ago I started contributing to the innovation generation blogs, an initiative sponsored by Alcatel. Here is my first piece entitled: Governments Ease Into Cyberspace. In October 2012 I took part in the Conference on Cyberspace, an event put together by the Hungarian government on behalf of the international…
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digital marketing
Yossi Vardi’s top tips for start-up owners at le Web 12
Start-up owners should take Yossi Vardi’s tips into account. Israeli entrepreneur and business leader Yossi Vardi came on stage at Le Web 12 in Paris today to deliver some of his tips. Unfortunately he was a bit rushed out and didn’t have time to finish his presentation. Here are the tips I…
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social media & social networks
Brogan Declares Social Media Not Dead But Boring
Is Social Media boring? Chris Brogan’s latest piece which shows that those who were in first, had to go out first too. I remember Chris from his presentation at Like Minds 2010 in Exeter where I keynoted too: he was passionate, energetic… and warning the world that something big was happening.…
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social media & social networks
Social Media in business today : SMI conference – Marrakech
What is the status of Social media in business? I will take part in the forthcoming Social Media Impact conference due to take place in Marrakech, Morocco on October 11-12. Here is an interview I delivered a few weeks ago in order to introduce my pitch over there. What is…
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Marketing & Innovation
Kwarter founders talking about entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley
Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley isn’t as easy as it may seem. On day 4 of our Blogger Bus Tour, we met with Carlos Diaz, the CEO and founder of Kwarter and Guillaume de Cugis, CEO and co-founder of Scoop’it, two French entrepreneurs who left their country in order to take their…
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Content Marketing
Is App.net ‘s Dalton Caldwell the new Zuckerberg?
Dalton Caldwell, 32, is the founder and CEO of App.net but how he got there is a long story. A native from Texas, he went to university in Stanford, Calif., then joined Symbolic Systems in 2003. He was a precursor in social networks (check his bio on wikipedia) at the…
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