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Will Bitcoin adoption be driven outside the US?

Lightspeed Venture Partners

The US is a relatively stable and strong economy, with good rule of law, good financial technology, low inflation and financial institutions that most people have faith in (although many Bitcoin enthusiasts would beg to differ). M-PESA, a payments system enabled on mobile phones, now constitutes 31% of Kenya’s GDP.

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How Latin America is Drawing in Global Tech Giants

ReadWriteStart

However, the recent government commitment to develop innovation hubs, coupled with a growing middle class that lead in the adoption of mobile devices, has made Latin America prime territory for global tech companies to target local consumers. More […].

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For tech to develop in emerging economies, the first obstacle is trust

The Next Web

Riding the wave of global awareness for the need to stay competitive, Tanzania has taken some positive steps forwards, including government investments in a fibreoptic backbone as well as strategic initiatives around promoting start-ups. industry in Tanzania. In one word, that issue is trust.

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Thoughts on Spanish Startups from La Red Innova 2011

VC Cafe

Last week I had the pleasure of giving a keynote in La Red Innova conference, speaking about mobile search and its impact on ecommerce. Red Innova is a technology and entrepreneurship conference held in Madrid for the third year. Mobile web usage in Spain is high, at 20% of mobile phone users in 2011. There are 2.43

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Professor Daniel Shechtman of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has been designated the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 for his discovery of quasicrystals – a new form of matter that has become a major subject field for physicists, materials scientists, mathematicians, and crystallographers.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

has transformed from a small information technology components firm into a comprehensive and full-service IT computer hardware and support solution provider, servicing over 20,000 clients across the country. I originally came from Argentina, and lived in Brazil and Venezuela before moving to the US. Today, Aventis Systems, Inc.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

“Provigent is a unique asset with world-class microwave backhaul technology and strong engineering talent developing innovative and highly integrated semiconductor solutions for the microwave segment.&# – Rajiv Ramaswami, executive VP at Broadcom. LEADING SECURITY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY MCAFEE ACQUIRES ISRAEL’S SENTRIGO.

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