Goodbye Hi5.com

I was cheering on hi5.com for quite some time now. They were the underdogs to Facebook and Myspace, but have a very strong presence in Thailand. I liked their colorful interface and a lot of the features and tools they employed, which made it easy to interact with others and find new friends. But now, [...]

Foreign Language Domain Name URL’s

They’re coming! Perhaps around mid 2010, domain name URL’s written in non-English language will become available for the internet. So a new gold rush is set to begin. The Internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history with the expected approval this week of international domain names — or [...]

Future of Marketing and Mass Communication

Dave Lakhani has an interesting post on the future of marketing and mass communication in which he coorelates it with singularity. So as I studied The Singularity it occurred to me that the answer to how do you get your message to the masses and have it be heard most likely won’t be answered by [...]

Top Industries For Starting A Business

Inc. Magazine outlines the best industries for entrepreneurs to start a new business right now. They are as follows: Iphone Apps Healthcare Technologies Beer, Wine Liquor Wholesale Software as a Service (SaaS) Home Health Care Yoga Products and Services Technical and Trade Schools Fast Casual Dining Green Consulting Niche Consulting Education Technology Temporary Staffing Government [...]

Chris Anderson on Disruptions and Pricing

Wired Magazine’s editor in chief Chris Anderson, wrote a new book entitled “The Future of a radical Price“, where he outlines the future of media content concerning pricing. And he does so with a suprisingly counterintuitive prediction.   It begins with this video, Disruption By Design. Aside from a disruption caused by shoddy cameramanship, (the person shooting this video needs to be fired [...]

Free Internet News Delivery Will End

According to Rupert Murdoch, in one year’s time, the economy will rebound and allow for the charging of news delivery online; at least, his own brands such as Fox News, The Times, The Sun, etc…   Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch gave a strange response when asked about plans for mainstream news websites to charge [...]