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Fon Math 2008 (repost with more info) (El Fon Blog)

Wed, 21 May 2008 19:50:36 GMT

It's been over two years since Fon's Official Launch on Feb 6th, 2006. The two-year anniversary passed without any news or fanfare, besides my own blog post. Today Martin Varsavsky has released some general figures about Fon's current size, income and expenses. I’m assuming these are worldwide aggregate figures, with no omissions: Total number of registered [...]

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Fon Math 2008 (El Fon Blog)

Wed, 21 May 2008 05:20:03 GMT

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All Menorca 2008 videos in one post (Loïc Le Meur)

Mon, 19 May 2008 09:47:51 GMT

Here are on one post all my videos from the amazing Menorca gathering by Martin Varsavsky. My Seesmic shows about Menorca I also started doing video profiles of my friends, what do you think about the idea? I am thinking...

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Seesmic du Jour 148: Are they Hot or Not? (Loïc Le Meur)

Sat, 17 May 2008 01:09:49 GMT

As promised, Dan Dubno shows us the technology that tells us who is hot and who is not. Then Martin Varsavsky talks a little about why he hosts TechTalk and what it is.

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Where best for tech entrepreneurs: Europe US or Asia? (Thomas Crampton)

Wed, 14 May 2008 04:12:51 GMT

Three veteran tech entrepreneurs with global experience - Martin Varsavsky, Loic Le Meur and Joi Ito - discuss with me whether it is better to start a tech company in the US, Europe or Asia. All three have strong links to Silicon Valley, but only Loic is currently launching a company there. Loic moved from Paris to [...]

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Back from TechTalk Menorca 08 (Thomas Crampton)

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:09:35 GMT

Just returned from TechTalk Menorca, a gathering organized on a small island in the Mediterranean by my friend Martin Varsavsky. Martin brought together 70 new media and technology entrepreneurs from Europe, the United States and Asia (3 of us) on his farm. Below is an overview video by my friend Loic Le Meur. There were many [...]

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Seesmic du Jour 144: Back from Menorca (Loïc Le Meur)

Tue, 13 May 2008 01:46:52 GMT

I've just returned from Menorca, Spain, where Martin Varsavsky hosted 'Tech Talk 2008.' I met great people, had amazing conversations and played with the Wii fit as well as as some other neat gadgets. This week will be a recap...

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Where should an entrepreneur start a business: Europe, USA or Asia? (Loïc Le Meur)

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:05:27 GMT

A relaxed conversation with Martin Varsavsky, Joi Ito, Thomas Crampton and myself at Martin's farm in Menorca about where an entrepreneur should start its next business: Europe, Asia or USA. I have started a few startups in Europe and decided...

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Who's going to TechTalk Menorca, the Balearic boondoggle? [Leaks] (Valleywag)

Fri, 09 May 2008 22:20:00 GMT

Martin Varsavsky, the founder of Wi-Fi startup Fon, has concocted another excuse for Web 2.0's jet set to rack up frequent-flier miles and buy carbon offsets: It's called Menorca TechTalk, held on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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The good old days. (the tweney review)

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:58:41 GMT

“I just told my son that when I was a kid I had to leave home to play video games, to watch movies, to send mail, to see friends….” –Martin Varsavsky on Twitter

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Martin Varsavsky: America sank the World but AmericaÂ´s new President will Save it (The Huffington Post)

Sun, 04 May 2008 00:32:42 GMT

This is my simple theory of the role of the US in the world economy since the 90s. During the Clinton Administration the US led...

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Why have so many Foneros abandoned Fon? (El Fon Blog)

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:00:07 GMT

Fon President Martin Varsavsky has posted an adorable leetle survey on his blog today. Either he has no idea why Fon is failing under his leadership, or else he knows, and won’t list those reasons because he has no intention of fixing them. The reason most Foneros have quit Fon is due to anemic equipment and [...]

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Cuba: Thoughts After Talking with Cubans (Global Voices Online)

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:24:41 GMT

Martin Varsavsky provides his thoughts after talking with ordinary Cubans during a recent trip to the island and posts some footage of his time in Havana.

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Nothing progressive about Cuba (Davos Newbies)

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:35:57 GMT

Martin Varsavsky on his first visit to Cuba: What follows is the story of a progressive Argentine/Spaniard who had a Michael Moorish view of Cuba until he actually visited the island. Now my view is that there’s nothing progressive about Cuba. That progressive in Cuba can only mean to get rid of the Castrismo and open [...]

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Interesting New Use of Facebook (Portfolio.com: The Tech Observer)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:15:39 GMT

How about: high-level executive recruiting? Martin Varsavsky , the iconoclastic CEO of Fon.com, just posted this update on his Facebook profile: "Martin :job vacancy my coo resigned, amazing org skills? facebook me." Related Links Facebook Page? Or Exhibit A in Court? Facebook Looks to Europe MySpace Is This, And Your Space is That

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Martin Varsavsky: When is low too low for the dollar? (The Huffington Post)

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:38:09 GMT

The US Dollar hit 1.52 vs the euro this week. A few years ago the Dollar was considerably stronger than the Euro a currency that most in the States thought was destined to fail. For Americans this does not just...

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Martin Varsavsky: Want a great movie made about something bad? Jason Reitman is your director (The Huffington Post)

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:54:10 GMT

First Jason Reitman comes up with a cute, funny and wrong apology of the tobacco industry called Thank You For Smoking and gets away with it. This feat is followed by a cute, funny movie about teenage pregnancy called Juno....

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Twixtxr, the Twitter for your Apple iPhone (Phones Review)

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:07:14 GMT

Fon Labs is working to construct the world's biggest Wi-Fi community, but they do like dabbling in new technologies now and again state Fon's company founder Martin Varsavsky in his blog. The thing Fon is interested in now is an iPhone friendly service called Twitxr; Twitxr allow the user to post an image via your [...]

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OKorKO.com - Find Out If Your Site's Hot or Not (KillerStartups.com)

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:18:00 GMT

What it does From Martin Varsavsky's Fon Labs comes OKorKO, essentially, the hot or not for websites. If your site is deemed hot or OK, all the better, if you're a not then consider yourself KO’d. It's a very straightforward concept. All you've got to do is add your site and you'll get a URL which you can ship out to your readers so they can vote. Voting works on a 1-10 scale. Once you...

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Twitxr - Like Twitter, With Pictures. Yeah, It's Photoblogging. (TechCrunch)

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:46:04 GMT

FON (better known for building a WiFi community) launched Twitxr today through their FON Labs group. Basically, it's Twitter but allows picture uploads when sending a message (which makes it particularly useful for camera phones). FON founder Martin Varsavsky announced the product on his blog. So, yeah, basically it's a photoblog. You can easily set it [...]

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