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For Profit “non-profit”
Got to be the strangest news I hear today: Philanthropy Google’s Way: Not the Usual. The story on Google.org a for-profit philanthropy arm of Google. Yea, read it again, it is a for-profit non-profit arm. They have to pay taxes but it also give them the flexiblity to work with VCs like a commercial company. […]
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela Got this on my way back from South Africa. I am lost for words…
Youtube Clone
I just found a Youtube clone in in China called 6rooms. It is so damn close that I thought it is Youtube the first time I saw it on Chinese blog until I saw the URL. In fact, after using it for a while, I think it is even better than Youtube! Love what they […]
Predatory Pricing
Someone posted a comment about Predatory pricing on my previous entry on VoIP. The premise is that Predatory pricing to gain monopoly is only a myth and mainstream economists have already rejected Predatory pricing theory. Read The Myth of Predatory Pricing if you are interested but in short predatory pricing is economical irrational. Selling below […]
Johannesburg…
I got the most interesting speaker gift this trip: Flexopower, a portable solar battery charger for mobile phone made by a company in Johannesburg. I havent got the time to play with it but it sound pretty cool. Hey, now I can continue to make phone calls under the hot sun! I also visited a […]
Forget about FTTH
I spend quite a bit of time with Veni Markovski and his wife Elana here in Johannesburg. Veni shared a very interesting story about Internet situation in Bulgaria. There are hundreds of ISPs in Bulgari. Most of the ISPs are small, serving a few block or two. The service plan is 100mbps or 1Gbps broadband […]
VoIP in Namibia
Was listening to Ferdinand Tjombe talking about VoIP in Namibia. Recently (12th May), five Chinese nationals was arrested in Namibia for using “VoIP technology”. The process was driven by incumbent operator. The interesting part is that the Chinese nationals was not given bail (when murderers and rapists does!). The telecommunication legislation in Nambia was […]
I play WoW, I became a terrorist
Had breakfast with Alan Levin, Esther Dyson, Veni Markovski and his wife this morning and Alan reminded us this story that was forward to IPer by Meng Wong last week. I think this has to be retold :-) First, the boring story on MSM iPod prompts airport scare in Ottawa: A suspicious package found in […]
The Castle Kyalami
Arrived in Johannesburg and checked into The Castle Kyalami outside the city. This is where iWeek is going to be held. There are wireless in the hotel but it wasn’t working very well. The hotel staff unfortunately is not helpful. So, I went around the castle and managed to figure out the cabling and […]