May 2013
:: Yahoo + Tumblr = Big Win. Facebook + Tumblr =...
Yahoo is going to buy Tumblr for $1 billion on Monday according to reports.In this post I will explain to you why the media is freaking out, why big companies need to make more bets like this, why See on linkedin.com
The difference between content marketing and...
The difference between content marketing and content strategy manifests in the way you conceive, create, publish and then distribute your content. Suppose you want to reach a destination “A”. In order to reach “A” you start walking and let us call that walking content marketing. Content strategy is the path that you take to ensure a safe and speedy arrival at “A”. If content marketing is an...
A Visual Guide to Twitter
This infographic provides a visual guide and a brief synopsis of different uses for Twitter. It includes information about how Twitter can be used as a tool for information, customer service, networking, business management and website management. See on twitter-promo.com
Osborne's plan to help housebuyers 'could cause...
Outgoing Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King said Chancellor George Osborne’s Help to Buy scheme was ‘too close for comfort’ and could damage the mortgage market. See on dailymail.co.uk
Customers Don't Want Ads, They Want A Conversation
Marketing is rapidly transforming into a dialogue between buyers and sellers or collaborative marketing. Crowdtap CEO Brandon Evans on the five trends… TourdeForce’s insight: Jonathan Haynes, Tdf Consultants, “Good point, but wasn’t it always thus, albeit on a more basic level. Traditionally the best marketing has always been that which empathises with its intended...
Pope Francis attacks 'cult of money' in reform...
Pontiff says politicians need to be bold in tackling the root causes of the economic crisis See on guardian.co.uk
Immigrants now make up 13% of the British...
New data from the 2011 Census showed that 3.8million came to the UK’s shores in the previous ten years, doubling the number who were already living here. See on dailymail.co.uk
Amazon launches its own virtual currency called...
Amazon has launched its own currency called Amazon Coins. Coins can be used to buy games, apps and in-app purchases from the Kindle Fire Appstore. See on dailymail.co.uk
Etude Twitter 2013 des opérateurs de téléphonie...
Depuis maintenant plusieurs années, les opérateurs de téléphonie mobile sont présents sur Twitter. Comment ont-ils réparti leurs comptes ? Quelle stratégie et quels sont les utilisateurs ciblé See on webmarketing-com.com
Business Improvement and Older Employees
TourdeForce’s insight: Jonathan Haynes, Tdf Consultants comments, “Companies need older, experienced candidates as well as fresh, young minds. What is also important is to bring in talent from other industries. ompanies become too fixated on the idea that only someone with direct experience is relevant to a job. Not so - pigeonholing in any form is the death of most...
Business Improvement and Older Employees
See on workplaceinfo.com.au
World's Best Value Destinations For Your Startup...
Where do you go to build your startup before you get investment? The following infographic from Funders and Founders showcases the places to start your startup that offer the most value for your bootstrap money. Some of the study’s results, presented in the infographic below, include: Egypt ranks first among Arab countries and second globally in terms of providing a low-cost environment for...
Social Media and the Growth of E-Commerce –...
Social Media And The Growth Of E-Commerce – infographic Did you know that e-commerce, which See on hosting.ber-art.nl
Sagging demand for exports is dragging down...
Indonesia’s economy grew at just 6.02% in the first quarter of 2013, compared with the previous year. That’s the slowest growth in two years, and it’s in large part due to flagging export demand. See on qz.com
“Entrepreneur visas” and other new measures in...
Following the “Assises de l’entrepreneuriat” – a entrepreneurship round table initiated by Ms. See on invest-in-france.org
Vince Cable: Consider RBS break-up to increase...
Business secretary speaks out against rush to sell bailed-out bank, saying it could be used to make sector more competitive See on guardian.co.uk
George Osborne to tell IMF that austerity U-turn...
Chancellor to stick to austerity strategy and defend stance at upcoming London talks See on guardian.co.uk
April 2013
Credit Rating Agency Admits You Shouldn't Trust...
Here’s yet another reason we may never trust credit-rating agencies again: One of the biggest of them has just suggested that we shouldn’t. See on huffingtonpost.com
An elderly crisis and a youth crisis: South...
With around a quarter of its population older than 60, Japan has rightly earned its rep for having the worst demographic crises in the world. See on qz.com
The global economy is losing steam
Recent data shows growth is slowing in the United States and China, while Europe’s recession is still underway. And even though Japan has announced a massive stimulus program, it’s not likely to grow much this year either. See on money.cnn.com
Unemployment among UK women rising to 25-year...
Almost three times as many women as men have become long-term unemployed since 2010, says Fawcett Society See on guardian.co.uk
Fears of triple-dip recession could reverse stock...
The stock market enjoyed a soaring start to 2013, but could fears of a triple-dip recession be about to turn the rally into a slump? See on dailymail.co.uk
eHealthNews.eu Portal | Region Southern Denmark...
30 September - 1 October 2013, Odense, Denmark. Denmark will over the next ten years, spend € 5.5 billion on the construction of eight new super hospitals, including See on ehealthnews.eu
5 Practical Tips for Perfecting Your Startup Pitch
We are living in the age of the entrepreneur — more people are starting up, and it’s ever important to stand out in the crowd. See on mashable.com
Goldman boss: UK must stick to plan
Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein says the UK must stick with its austerity plan or face a negative reaction from global investors. See on bbc.co.uk
Royal Mail sell-off in the post as £3bn deal...
Government poised to offload several major assets, starting with some or all of its £3bn stake in Urenco nuclear fuel firm See on guardian.co.uk
George Osborne boosts funding for lending scheme...
Chancellor to beef up £80bn loans scheme amid US calls for Britain to tone down austerity measures See on guardian.co.uk
U.K. may have slipped into a third recession
The coldest March in 50 years may have tipped the ailing U.K. economy into a third recession since the financial crisis, a result that will raise further doubts about the government’s policy of austerity. See on money.cnn.com
Hundreds of top bosses demand better deal with the...
Ocado chairman Sir Stuart Rose (pictured) and Next boss Lord Wolfson are among the 500 people who have signed up to the Business for Britain campaign. See on dailymail.co.uk
Osborne under fire over 'non-existent' recovery:...
The Chancellor is expected to announce plans to expand lending to small businesses - but his predecessor Alistair Darling says the Government’s economic policies are ‘simply not working’. See on dailymail.co.uk
Repost.Us: A New Way To Syndicate And Discover...
Excerpted from offical website and its “About” page. Here are the key features: - Content Distribution: Repost lets bloggers, publishers, and brands distribute their content to new audiences. - Content Discovery: Find news, features, videos, and more to repost on your site. And it’s free. Repost allows you to republish complete articles (including images, links, &...
George Osborne vows to marshall G20 nations to...
British chancellor says he wants to put tax reform at centre of Britain’s presidency of the G8 this year See on guardian.co.uk
The real opportunity for payment startups:...
Every entrepreneur who has had to go through the process of setting up their payment gateway and/or merchant account knows that it isn’t always simple. When I set mine up, BrainTree, Stripe, and Pa… See on venturebeat.com
G-20: Does the World Need Austerity?
Finance leaders of the G-20 economies on Friday edged away from a long-running drive toward government austerity in rich nations. See on cnbc.com
Europe's whiplash capital: Compensation culture...
Eight out of ten UK personal injury claims following road accidents are for neck injuries – making it the ‘fraud of choice’ for many. See on dailymail.co.uk
Osborne defiant after UK is struck by second...
Fitch has downgraded the UK’ credit score from from ‘AAA’ to ‘AA+’ .The agency said this reflected Britain’s ‘weaker economic and fiscal outlook.’ See on dailymail.co.uk
Carbon bubble will plunge the world into another...
Trillions of dollars at risk as stockmarkets inflate value of fossil fuels that may have to remain buried forever, experts warn See on guardian.co.uk
The Biggest Economic Experiment Of The Last 5...
The UK desperately needs to do something different. See on businessinsider.com
5 Startups Changing The Way The News Business...
This is an useful article by paidContent.org on GigaOM, and it is interesting for this my curated topic about Content Curation. Here is an excerpt from it: “From PaidContent Live 2013, we brought you five different entrepreneurs who talked about ways in which they are changing up business models for media and the ways in which people consume content. A few themes came out of our...
Diététique : une application mobile pour générer...
L’Institut national de prévention et d’éducation pour la santé (INPES) lancera prochainement une application mobile dédiée à la conception de repas. Baptisée «La Fabrique à menus», cette application est un générateur automatique qui combine quelque 2 300 recettes pour créer des menus, sur une semaine, en adéquation avec les besoins nutritionnels du Programme national Nutrition...
LinkedIn teste la publicité sur sa nouvelle...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Le réseau social à usage professionnel LinkedIn teste depuis mercredi une nouvelle application mobile, qui, au-delà de See on capital.fr
Laser optics plus ultrasound imaging holds promise...
Multispectral photoacoustic imaging, which combines laser optics and ultrasound imaging technologies, can reliably distinguish between benign and malignant prostate tissue, a new study indicates. See on medicalxpress.com
G20 meeting: Time for world to kick easy money...
With global growth rates stagnating, finance ministers and central bankers will examine the risks of continuing to flood markets with cash at meetings in Washington this week but conclude there’s no alternative, for now. See on money.cnn.com
Why the Falling Startup Rate Could be a Good Sign...
Guest post by Jordan Zachary Bell-Masterson Jordan is an analyst in Research and Policy for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Since before the dawn of the Great Recession, economists have recognized the value of entrepreneurship to the… See on forbes.com
Mobile ads GPS study: How far will you drive for a...
We’ll drive 2.8 miles for just the right sandwich, but 7.1 miles for a great Italian restaurant. See on venturebeat.com
Social Networking For Marketers: How Pinterest...
Pinterest has a higher concentration of people who are in a ‘buy’ state of mind, while Facebook users are more interested in interacting with friends - and brands. See on readwrite.com
Is There Value in Enterprise Gamification? - Part...
Over the next few posts I’ll explore the growing use of enterprise gamification. I became interested in the topic after an interesting keynote at IBM Connect this year by Jane McGonagal, author of the book ‘Reality is Broken: Why games make us better and how they can change the world”. I have to admit that while I “get” the concept of using game theory to shape behavior I was skeptical about how...
IMF Inflicts 'Double Blow' On George Osborne
George Osborne’s spending cuts are called into question by the International Monetary Fund as it downgrades UK growth forecasts. See on news.sky.com
Fast, medium or slow: Which economic speed is your...
We live in a three-speed economic world, according to the International Monetary Fund. Nations that enjoy the fastest growth include China, India and other emerging countries. See on edition.cnn.com
Osborne told 'lacklustre' economy means austerity...
The Treasury today insisted it was ‘slowly but surely fixing our economic problems’ after the IMF warned ‘lacklustre’ growth meant there needed to be flexibility in the cuts programme. See on dailymail.co.uk
