Ever since I’ve been using Microsoft Office, first on a PC and since 2002 on a Mac, I’ve bought every single upgrade from Microsoft. Not this time. Microsoft is selling the upgrade for $239.95.
Here are the reasons why I won’t be upgrading:
$239.95 is too much money to pay for - what? I use Word, Excel [...]
The city of Paris has begun offering free Wi-Fi access in public parks and gardens, museums, libraries, and other public buildings. To find out which areas have Wi-Fi, go to wifi.paris.fr. Inspired by San Francisco, the mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, issued a public tender last year, seeking a provider to deploy the hotzones. SFR [...]
28 Sep, 2007
Posted by: Esme Vos In: Profiles
Check out this series of interviews with entrepreneurs on the NPR website. The series is called From Scratch. I enjoyed the interview with Alice Waters, founder of Chez Panisse (the famous Berkeley restaurant), and champion of “Slow Food”, good eating, organic farming, and enjoying food in the company of friends.
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Blyk has finally launched in the UK, with service coming to other European countries in 2008. I’ve been waiting for Blyk to begin its service because the model is totally different from that of other operators:
only 16-24 year olds can get the service
they get 43 minutes and 217 text messages free every month
they agree to [...]
I don’t know whether to call Pudding Media the most loathesome business model in the world or the most cynical, or both. Pudding Media is the latest company to take advantage of the “free services in exchange for ads” business model. We’ve seen free Wi-Fi in exchange for viewing ads (MetroFi) and free mobile phone [...]
