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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In this video President Hamid Karsai speaks about Afghanistan, while Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan speaks about the Middle East in General.
2006 21
HIV Testing Committment
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During the 80’s a group of scientists at McGill University and I started a company called Medicorp in Montrea,l who became known for being one of the first makers of AIDS tests and who also developed and AIDS treatment called Passive Immunotherapy.
At that time, it was very hard to promote massive HIV testing, because there were no treatments for HIV AIDS. Now with new treatments there´s hope for HIV infected patients and at the Clinton Global Initiative actor Chris Tucker and others announced a program to promote HIV testing.
2006 21
Poverty Alleviation Session
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I am seating at an interesting session called Poverty Alleviation at the Clinton Global Initiative Conference. Basically we are around 200 people divided into around 20 tables of around 10 people all answering the same questions. What are some powerful initiatives that will bring greater income and value to the producers at the bottom of the economic ladder. At my table I have top executives two women who run foundations, a moderator from the Clinton foundation and an actor, Michael Douglas. The session is being managed by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda among others. My table produced two initiatives, one is to use technology to tag each citizen in the world because it is known that a lot of money either payments or donations are stolen from the receipients. This is already partly being done by WiseKey of Geneva. Its CEO Carlos Moreira is at our table. So if every person has his own unique electronic ID they can get more control of his/her own finances. The other comment that I made and Michael Douglas and others supported is that unfortunately the wealthy people of poor countries are no Warren Buffets, they rarely give back to their societies and a lot of educational work should be done to work with the wealthiest people in poor countries to change their behaviour.
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2006 21
Blogging with an N80
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I have been doing my mobile blogging lately with my Nokia N80, connecting to WiFi networks. It´s so easy and so fast. It´s perfect for events like the Clinton Conference as I don´t have time to write.