BlogWimax, the new blog from Alianzo
I am proud to announce today the birth of Alianzo’s new son, blogWimax. It is a blog about WiMax, the so called “next revolution in telecommunications”. We really believe WiMax is going to change the way you use the Internet as in the near future we will really be able to connect from anywhere, creating new services and possibilities. What is more, support from Intel gives WiMax the credibility that UMTS did not have for mobiles. Continue reading »
There are around 500 blogs in the Basque Country
We have estimated the number of blogs created in the Basque Country in Spain, by using several directories. We have counted around 500 blogs, which means that 0,025% of the population has a blog, a very short number when compared to data coming from the US or France. Continue reading »
eBay is the fastest growing brand in the world
eBay is a model company, as it holds inside some of those things we talk about day after day: viral marketing, collaboration, P2P, users’ networks, contents filtering… that is, social software. And eBay is not just a profitable social software company, but also one of the main employers in the US (it has more people working for it than McDonald’s) and the fastest growing brand in the world.
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Juan de Urrutia talks about social networks
In his article in Expansion (March 2004), Juan de Urrutia, former minister of the Basque Government and member of the Board of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, mixes new economy and social networks. According to him, the new economy is not made out of cost reductions, as happens in B2B and B2C businesses, but it will be based in C2C (Consumer to Consumer) and P2P (Peer to Peer) businesses, as they are great examples of the “network effects”. Continue reading »
International Social Network Conference
From February 16th to 20th the International Sunbelt Social Network Conference is to be held in Redondo Beach, California.
