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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

Other social networking, online marketing, clean-tech and bio-tech companies have fallen out of favor with some investors, fueling speculation regarding the future of the US technology sector. They are not alone. A global market enables the company to sell vastly more copies of its software without increasing its production costs.

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Brazil is using the law to push innovation, but here’s how it can do more

The Next Web

operations for Brazil-based Movile , a mobile platform for content and commerce. This is a step forward for the Good Law—which has already helped Brazil a lot—but private business and government need to start doing more to truly help launch Brazil’s mobile potential. Eduardo Henrique is the head of U.S.

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Why it’s not easy to break into the Brazilian tech market – a chat with Boo-box’s Marco Gomes

The Next Web

Marco Gomes is the founder of social media advertising company Boo-box , which reaches 60 million people in Brazil monthly with ads from clients like Google, Unilever, Volkswagen and Microsoft. He’ll be speaking at our upcoming TNW Conference Latin America , which takes place on 28 and 29 August in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

Brandsforce is a plug & play social media marketing platform that generates conversations, engagements and measurable actions on social networks. Cell Buddy has developed the only seamless, carrier grade solution, for low cost Voice calls, SMS and Internet, while abroad. Conferences are social.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Part of Snaptu’s 17 engineers that comprise the company will be integrated into the giant social-networking firm’s California headquarters as application developers while others will be kept in Israel in what will become its Israeli R&D center. DELL INAUGURATES ISRAELI R&D CENTER, DOUBLES WORKERS.

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SXSW Startups: Sceenic Connects Viewers

Austin Startup

Then, when I was running MTV in Latin America but my parents were in London, it was the Volleyball World Championship Final, Poland vs Brazil. But rather than being on a public text chat, the user has an option to “form a private room” and invite friends via a social network or a direct link.

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Thoughts on Spanish Startups from La Red Innova 2011

VC Cafe

By 2015, 32% of the population will use a mobile phone to access the internet. 1) There’s a growing buzz around entrepreneurship - several people mentioned that in the past, students that graduated from college hurried to find a job in big company and in the case of Brazil also the government. billion invested in 2010 and 1.13

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