2006 12
A Cheaper Way to Make a Phone Call
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When I invented call back in 1991 I was looking for a cheaper way to make an international phone call. US had liberalized, the rest of the world had not, and I started Viatel (originally Via USA) and came up with the concept of exporting US dial tone to the rest of the world. In 1999, when Viatel was worth around $1.2bn, I sold my shares in the company, which by then had evolved into being a budding internet carrier and went on to start Jazztel and Ya.com in Spain, where I had moved from the States in the 90s.
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2006 8
Moneytrackin
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Two developers at Fon, the brothers Victor and Abert Martin, came up with Moneytrackin in their spare time (yes there is a little spare time at Fon). The basic idea behind Moneytrackin is very simple, friends who spend money can account for it on the web. This can apply to such activities as group travel, party organizing, the beginnings of a business or any project that requires a simple system of joint accounting. They already have 10K people using the site. It´s a simple, cool idea that may very well take off.
2006 3
Jesus and God in Family Guy
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I was thinking about the Danish Cartoon incident and I remembered Family Guy. a cartoon that I saw with my 12 year old son the other day. Watching that even this agnostic Jew was shocked. Is this what kids watch on TV now? Where did Roadrunner go? What´s clear to me is that Western societies have tremendous tolerance on how they treat their own religious figures and it is that principle that clashes with the much less tolerant vews prevailing in Muslim societies when humour is at stake.
2006 2
Demo on the New Nokias with GPS
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2006 1
Nokia N series vs iPod
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The other day I was in a debate organized by Nokia in which we were asked by Om Malik about mobile phones and their likelyhood to dethrone the iPod as the music device that people carry around. What follows is a very personal analysis of the comparison of this week´s test of alternatively walking around with an N80 vs walking around with an iPod.
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This is my amateur clip of part of the Nokia event yesterday in NYC made with my N80.
The N95 was one of the stars of the launch. A group of us were the panelists moderates by Om Malik of Gigaom.
Another highlight of the event was the launch of a community of music influencers managed by David Bowie supporting models N70, N73 y N91 that are especially designed for music with 8GB of memory. Are these phones going to be iPod killers or will Apple reply with the Apple phone?
2006 22
Richard Branson’s Committment
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Here´s the video that shows committing to reinvest the profits of his transportation companies that he estimates in $3bn in businesses that are enviromentally friendly. Or at least that is what I think I understood.
2006 22
Who Are The Donors?
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This is me walking down the streets of Manhattan talking about the Clinton Conference.
2006 21
Al Gore: Global Warming, USA and China.
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2006 21
Desmond Tutu Speaks About Religious Conflicts
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