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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Part of Snaptu’s 17 engineers that comprise the company will be integrated into the giant social-networking firm’s California headquarters as application developers while others will be kept in Israel in what will become its Israeli R&D center.

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SXSW Startups: Sceenic Connects Viewers

Austin Startup

We moved onto a video call whilst watching the same thing, me in Argentina and my dad in London. But rather than being on a public text chat, the user has an option to “form a private room” and invite friends via a social network or a direct link. My dad called me on the phone to watch it together, separated by 13,000 miles.

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

mashable.com

I´ve been hiring free lancers in mexico and argentina and after one month or so they all vanish. We have utilized most of these aspects at www.chicanedesign.com I would love to hear your feedback on anything else suggested Isaak bonaparte Good article. After calling them several times i get several excuses, but none of the money is returned.

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Why it’s not easy to break into the Brazilian tech market – a chat with Boo-box’s Marco Gomes

The Next Web

Since the rise of Generation Y (or millennials), we changed the online behavior: we consume content and services from multiple sources, like blogs, social networks and online searches. TNW: Beyond Brazil you expanded into Argentina in 2011. How has your expansion strategy developed?

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Thoughts on Spanish Startups from La Red Innova 2011

VC Cafe

Spain, Argentina and Brazil have relatively low levels of venture capital activities ( Invest in Spain confirms this). 4) The concept of networking is new here. Social networks are popular in Spain (especially Twitter and Facebook) and people are very social and personable, but business networking is only starting to bloom in Spain.

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6/16: What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption

David Teten

Our session looks at the rise of socially enabled platforms that blend commerce with community, where reputations trump credit ratings, and where hyper-distributed service businesses outgrow traditional monolithic suppliers.

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Privacy Is a Continuum

Diego Basch

I’m promoting it through social networks, and my name is prominently associated with it. The ISP knows who we are, unless we’re using someone else’s network. A colorful anecdote from my youth in Argentina. This blog post is as public as it gets. Of course, the site knows our IP address. Game over.