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Why utilities need to be back in public hands

Start Up Blog

Energy is shifting away from coal to renewables (primarily solar) and we need to build out an ‘energy internet’ to replace our ageing grid. These are industries where the most efficient way to serve a market is with a single operator or system. Just this week I was in Sri Lanka and they already have 5G well underway.

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Facebook Acquires Israel’s Snaptu For an Estimated $60-70 Million

VC Cafe

In 2010 not "very smart" feature phones - handsets that are dumber than smartphones - comprised over 75 percent of the mobile market. Snaptu is a fast-growing application for feature-phones (or not-so-smart phones) which serves as a mini-app store for WAP-Internet phones. source: [link].

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

With modern technology and a plethora of resources at my disposable, the possibilities in front of me are endless and I am able to share my gifts and message with millions of people. I used to simply send emails over the internet, like everyone else, but this is so much more fun–except when one of my emails hit a colleague in the eye!