I’ve been in the internet, mobile and tech industry for about ten years and have been a keen observer of Jamaican and Caribbean companies and their...
BIC, the French purveyor of billions of lighters, pens and razors, recently launched the anti-iPhone. No waiting in line, no activation, no costly plans and no...
Last year was the year of the Olympics and the Jamaican Usain Bolt snagging the title of the World’s Fastest man. It was also the year...
We first wrote about the Barbados-based company Herrd.com – (the Caribbean News Social Network where you can share, discover, bookmark, and promote Caribbean stuff that’s important...
The U.S. economy has likely been in recession for a year, and tech companies have been bracing for a big slowdown in growth. But the fact...
I read a lot of blogs and many of them every single day. One of my must read blogs is Seth Godin, thought provoking marketing guru...
I’d like to thank you all my readers, all 10,000 of you, who visit and read my blog monthly, who join the conversation by leaving your...
Viral marketing is an idea that spreads–and an idea that while it is spreading actually helps market your business or cause. Two kinds of viral marketing:...
Novatel Wireless last week announced it will release the MiFi, a portable wireless router that will deliver wireless 3G data network access to multiple users in...
It’s official. We’re in a recession. Recessions naturally inject fear and panic, which is only heightened by every discussion of market losses, layoffs, bailouts, and somber...
Aislecom, a locally owned company in St George’s, Grenada has been granted its telecom license and is set to launch its 3G wireless network. This will...
With local banks and cellular providers considering launching mobile banking (m-banking) services, Government has secured assistance from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to assess its feasibility...
He runs the number one dating site online at this time. His name is Markus Frind and his site is plentyoffish.com. He’s the dude that runs...
Sockandawe.com is the online game that’s a result of that shoe throwing incident, when PResident of the United States George Bush was at a press conference in...
It’s just past midnight, and Herman Chinery-Hesse can’t sleep. The 43-year-old entrepreneur is lying on his back, eyes closed, mind cranking. He’s working through the details...
I have a friend who’s steeped deep in the music industry here in Jamaica. As a studio engineer she’s worked with everybody really from Shaggy, Sean...
Dancehall.Mobi the site that serves up Dancehall bytes from Jamaica and across the Globe … directly to your cellphone or other Internet-enabled mobile device has launch...
Making videos for YouTube — for three years a pastime for millions of Web surfers — is now a way to make a living. One year...
AdMob is a rare start-up these days: its venture backers are happily forking over more money, it is hiring instead of laying off employees and it...
Seth Godin, who’s latest book Tribes, I am still reading wrote a provocative blog post today, so I had to share. It starts now. Due to...
