Browsing Tag internet
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26 March 2013 at 15 : 10 PM
When Did You Last Switch Off Your Smartphone?
How often each day are you truly disconnected from the internet? If you have a smartphone then it's probably not very often at all. If you take a flight then it's likely you might have to endure several hours without social network updates - though many airlines are now offering wifi access on board leading to many inane Facebook updates saying little ...
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13 July 2012 at 12 : 38 PM
Brazil starts free broadband tests
The Brazilian government will start testing free public broadband this coming Saturday (14). ...
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25 October 2011 at 19 : 47 PM
Will Netflix succeed in Brazil?
Yesterday, movie streaming giant Netflix said that it lost 800,000 US subscribers in the quarter that has just ended - is there a danger that they may not succeed in Brazil? ...
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5 October 2011 at 06 : 49 AM
Brazil is digital now, but maybe it’s not obvious?
It's great to see US entrepreneurs coming down to Brazil and writing about the hi-tech economy in well-read media such as The Huffington Post - a title I write for myself - but it's not always so great when some of the facts are misrepresented or mistaken. So when I read Steve Rosenbaum's report from the Digital Age 2.0 conference in São Paulo last week ...
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5 September 2011 at 13 : 03 PM
Entrepreneurship in Brazil: “still a lot to do”
Internet business pioneer Paulo Humberg talks to IT Decisions about his experience as an entrepreneur, his perception of the Brazilian e-commerce scene and his future predictions for the internet business in Brazil. ...
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10 August 2011 at 16 : 44 PM
Samba Tech founder on “startup Brazil”
IT Decisions recently reported that over 21.1m Brazilians are now engaged in entrepreneurial activity - more people than any other country, except China. And with all kinds of innovative new web-based services being frequently launched, the IT sector is clearly a place where many entreprenuers are focused. ...
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2 August 2011 at 20 : 16 PM
Brazilian industrial policy: what it means for IT
A series of measures announced today as part of the new Brazilian industrial policy will have a series of implications for the IT sector, including lower hiring costs. IT Decisions gives a summary of the Brasil Maior plan and what it means for the technology industry. ...
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26 July 2011 at 19 : 08 PM
IT’s Brazil: The National Broadband Plan
Top politicians in Brazil have been repeatedly quoted as saying that conditions need to be created to lead Brazil into the knowledge economy recently, but are the fundamentals in place for that? The series IT's Brazil will examine the components of the government’s strategy around technology and in this first article, we cover the National Broadband ...
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19 July 2011 at 04 : 45 AM
Facebook addicts can get fired in Brazil
The IT Decisions publishing director, Angelica Mari recently started a discussion on LinkedIn focused on the legality of employees using the Internet at work. She asked: "In Brazil, using the web for more than an hour for activities that are unrelated to work is considered as gross misconduct and can lead to justified dismissal. What is the legal ...
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15 July 2011 at 17 : 19 PM
Brazil should seek mobile nous overseas
Could Brazilian organizations be doing more to learn from what centers of excellence in mobile technology overseas are doing? Knowledge management and social innovation specialist José Luiz Barbosa discusses the topic in the second part of a two-part guest article for IT Decisions. ...
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