Posted by Ingrid Riley on June 18th, 2010
Cubans’ ability to communicate with one another and the world remained well below the norm for the Caribbean and Latin America in 2009, according to a government report released this week. Despite the legalization of mobile phones in 2008 there were just 1.8 million phone lines in the country, or 15.5 lines for every 100 inhabitants, which was the lowest in the region, according to the United Nations International Telecommunications Union.
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Posted by Ingrid Riley on May 22nd, 2010
I’m a big fan of Craig NewMark, the guy who created the game changing classifieds site, craigslist. He started it as an informal group email sent by Newmark in 1995 which grew into what is now an internet standard, a template that is used for more than 700 local sites in over 70 countries, with over 20 billion – yes, billion – pageviews per month. So I think he knows what he’s talking about when he gives 7 tips on how to use the Internet to change the world, your country, your neighbourhood…
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Posted by Ingrid Riley on January 12th, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana- Guyana is set to soon see increased bandwidth capacity as a new fiber optic cable is being landed here from Suriname and is expected to increase the internet speed by some 3,000 times says Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) Joseph Singh.
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Posted by Ingrid Riley on August 27th, 2009
Many consumers believe that if businesses with which they are unfamiliar do not have a presence on the Internet, it smacks of illegitimacy or lack of class. For many, as soon as they hear of something new, the first thing to do is “google” it. Successful and growing businesses should try to ensure that when a person “googles” their name, as advertised on radio, television, print media or a directory, the search engine will actually direct the user to the legitimate business. This does not always happen, however.
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Posted by Ingrid Riley on June 8th, 2009
Sandor Panton, the search engine expert, affiliate marketer and entrepreneur behind top5jamaica.com tweeted a powerful question yesterday. RT@top5jamaica said “When will Jamaican companies, event organizers etc. understand that ‘media’ these days doesn’t only mean Gleaner, Observer, TVJ, RJR etc.” In short when will they finally recognise that media now includes the Internet and that the Internet is not some abstract concept that will dwindle into being irrelevant the longer they ignore or the more they downplay its value to a client.
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Posted by Ingrid Riley on November 20th, 2008
I saw this and had to share it. And if you’ve been reading this blog enough you know I think very, very highly of Seth, in fact I am writing this from my desk which has all of the five books I’ve ought and read by Seth Godin. But check this post. It’s rich!! He says- Make money: not by building an internet company, but by using the net as a tool to create value and get paid. Use the internet as a tool, not as an end. Do it when you are part of a big organization or do it as a soloist. The dramatic leverage of the net more than overcomes the downs of the current economy.
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