If you are still using software-based rss readers but you would want to read all your favorite feeds on-line so you can access them at anytime and from anywhere, then you might find this article very useful:
I particularly liked the PC-Magazine-like chart that compares different features of 9 on-line aggregators.
A must read if you like the blogging world.
Well, obviously not everyone can get those returns, but let me tell you, I am seeing that happening over and over.
Let me show you some facts and numbers:
Argentina’s debt rating was upgraded by Standard & Poor’s again last week. For some of you, probably the last time you heard something about Argentina it was either because the national football team was playing an important match or it was three and a half years ago when the economy collapsed.
Well, since those days many things have changed. The economy has been growing almost at a 9% rate for the last three years. The stock market, the real estate market and some other sectors like wine exports and tourism have boomed at incredible rates. Last year, the fiscal surplus was around 3 % of the GDP.
These are some of the reasons why foreign investments in the country rose by 30 % last year. According to S&P the country is expected to grow in 2006 and 2007 as well.
If you are planning to invest there, the opportunities are immense but it is important that you find good advisers. In my case, I have found excellent international advisers that analyze every detail. I also have very good friends in those sectors and thay keep me up to date with the different opportunities.
Some sectors that I consider interesting are:
There are still very good deals in to be made there.
Diego Giol
Some of you might have heard about FON, the company created by the entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky. If you have not, well, he basically wants to provide wireless internet access in every possible corner of the planet with the help of a rapidly growing FON community.
The foneros (members of the community) will have the option to choose between earning money when they share their internet access or having a roaming service for free wherever FON is available.
His numbers are impressive. Even though he is just starting with the project and there were no massive marketing campaigns so far, there are already more than 25 000 members spread throughout the world.
Why did both Google and Skype put money into this project?
The answer is kind of obvious, with all the new WiFi handhelds, laptops, smart-phones etc etc. WiFi access is and will be THE way to be connected.
Now imagine this situation: you share your ADSL connection at home through the FON network so if you are going, let’s say, to a different country or to a different city you could theoretically (if the network is available there) use your smart-phone or handheld to make a phone call for free using Skype for mobiles. You could even check how to get to your hotel using Google maps, all for free or at a very very low cost.
I really hope to see my mobile phone with a broadband connection and at reasonable prices. This seemed impossible a few months ago but so far, it looks like they are going to make it possible.
The Mix06 conference — which is hosted by Microsoft — is taking place in Las Vegas.
From the conference site I found a link to an informal but interesting 17 minutes long interview where Bill Gates talks about new Microsoft products, his favorite sites, the video on demand revolution and the world.
I tried the new Google Finance Beta. At first I thought it was too basic, probably the same impression I had with Google Talk some months ago. But after playing around a bit with it I can see an enormous potential in it.
Here there is an example on the information available when we search for a company: Google’s info.
What I loved:
What I would add to the final version:
My overall experience was good. I might use it sometimes.
Diego Giol