The Real Message From Apple Apps

Image via CrunchBaseThe real message from iPhone and iPad apps is not that the web is dead, like one magazine put it recently, but that people are willing to pay. Steve Jobs dove into the world of music piracy and created the iTunes store. People were willing to pay, it is just that they like the digital format better, he concluded.

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Old Media, New Media: Man Bit Dog, Dog Bit Man

That is an old dictum from journalism school, that man (sic) bit dog is news, but dog bit man is not. How new media has changed that and turned it upside down! If a dog bit man, and that man is your friend, that is not only news, that is big news. If that man walked his dog, and sent out a tweet about it, that is still news, to you. How things have changed!

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Making Dick Costolo An Offer He Can't Refuse

Making Dick Costolo An Offer He Can't Refuse

The Telegraph: Twitter lacks ‘clear long term vision’ admits new CEO: I am currently trying to define what Twitter’s purpose is in the long term. .... Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder and chairman, added that it was difficult to try and define Twitter’s function and purpose, as so many of its uses had been defined by its users over the past four years..... mindful of Twitter not losing its company culture, as it opens up offices around the world. ...... , similar to other US technology companies, such as Facebook, most of its international offices would be sales focused as opposed to having a product development division.

Vision happens at the DNA level. Founding CEOs who turbocharge - Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg come to mind - are few and far between. People say it is not the idea, it is the execution. But then big, unsexy companies execute all the time. Then people say, it is not the execution, it is the ideas. But then startups with great ideas flounder all the time. It is quite a chicken and egg situation, don't you think?

Brazil: Rio de Janeiro: Videos (2)

Brazil: Rio de Janeiro: Videos

Brazil: Sao Paulo: Videos (2)

Brazil: Sao Paulo: Videos

Brazil: Sao Paulo: Photos

Brazil: Sao Paulo: Teatro Municipal: Photos
Brazil: Sao Paulo: Avenida Paulista And Bixiga: Photos

Brazil: Sao Paulo: Carmo Planetarium: Photo
Brazil: Sao Paulo: Mercado Municipal: Photos
Brazil: Sao Paulo: Museum of Art: Photos
Brazil: Sao Paulo: Parque Zoológico: Photos
Brazil: Sao Paulo: Serra da Cantareira: Photos
Brazil: Sao Paulo: Ibirapuera Park: Photos

Brazil: Sao Paulo: Adopted City
Brazil: Sao Paulo: Photos
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Brazil: Economy: Not South Korea

Brazil has come a long way, but Brazil still has a long way to go. $10,000 per capita income is not $20,000, it is not $30,000.

Brazil: Economy: Paving The Way

Brazil's story shows a poor country lifting itself up is great news for the global economy, it is great news for the rich countries. They don't steal your jobs. They create jobs that never existed before and they get rich and then they buy from you.

Brazil: Economy: Amazon And Biotech

Brazil is a modern, world class economy. Most Brazilians work in the service sector. If Brazil is poised to be a world power, it is to be on the strength of its economy, not the might of its military.