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Why We Invested in Toya

VC Cafe

As we are spending more of our resources online, we believe that a “new Internet” is being created – with the consumer at its centre – on top of a strong tech infrastructure: 5g/6g, cloud, edge computing, new powerful GPUs, spatial computing, decentralisation etc. . The “new internet” aka “Metaverse” .

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

Eric Ries : I had to do the math, and it's dangerous to do the math live, but I had to look up on Wikipedia the number of English-speaking internet users, which is about 1.1 Eric Ries : So if I'm getting it right, 60 million people is something like 5% of the possible audience of people who are on the internet and speak English.

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3 Reasons to Benefit from the Coming Wave of 5G

The Startup Magazine

The majority of consumers thinks that it’s just a better and faster version of mobile Internet like it was with 4G LTE. It becomes pretty clear that the most significant benefits from the emergence of 5G will get the Internet of Things also well-known as IoT. What is 5G? Anyway, it’s only a part of the truth to know.

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The Power of Torso TV (Why Media is Racing to the Middle)

Both Sides of the Table

Chris Anderson wrote a really influential book some years ago called “ The Long Tail ” that shaped how many people think about emerging Internet markets. This was how companies who produced media became big before the Internet. The company started out in South Korea by making South Korean drama available on the Internet.

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[Infographic] How The Digital World Fuels The Physical Economy

YoungUpstarts

How important is the Internet to the world’s economy? Consider this: the Internet accounts for 3.4% And it’s growing rapidly too – global internet use is increasing, which also leads to increased GDP and thus creating jobs and wealth. Others economy infographic Internet' Plenty, as you can imagine.

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What Do Increased Mobile Speeds Mean for Your Business?

Up and Running

The networks in Hong Kong, Denmark, Canada, Australia, South Korea and Germany all performed better. Multitasking is a must in the “Twitter generation,” and faster mobile Internet speeds means getting more done for your main business, your side business and more.

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What the World Could Learn from an Internet Blackout in the World’s Most Connected Country

Kodorra

On a fateful Saturday morning of November 24, a fire broke out at Korea Telecom (KT) operation building which caused an Internet blackout in the metropolitan city of Seoul. According to Wikipedia, KT is the largest fixed-line and high-speed Internet service provider in Korea. No work no play makes Jack a bored boy.