Aug 8th, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
By an article in Read/Write Web I found an interesting idea on how to build custom applications with no or little understanding of coding. The service is called Iceberg and allows users to create custom applications based on business model diagrams only.
Aug 6th, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
As I have already posted previously, bloggers have become a key player in the battle of freedom of speech, both here in Europe as well as in the United States. A new bill has been passed in the House of Representatives in order to protect what is becoming the next 6th power - the citizen journalism. In fact, the bill that have been introduced by Representative Rick Boucher (D-VA) aims on defining what is a reporter.
Jul 17th, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
Apart the extremely alarming case of police harassment of bloggers, our media community is confronted with a curious case of interpretation of the liberty of expression and speech. During the interrogatory of the blogger summoned by the police was also warned that bloggers are more likely to be brought to justice than an ordinary offline media journalist, because journalists enjoy a higher grade of protection by the law.
Jul 14th, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
Just take a look how the Chief Directorate “Combating Organized Crime” is successfully coping with its main task - Combating The Organized Crime… An Article from The Times. Probably, after their huge successes in this field they focused on the second largest threat to the State - the blogging community.
Jul 14th, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
The Freedom of Speech is something that is never granted. You must earn the right to be free.
Freedom of Speech is under threat in Bulgaria. Even if the country is a new member of the European Union, the unreformed police is still applying methods that are more adequate to the deeply repressive communist regime Bulgaria was till 1989.
A prominent Bulgarian blogger - Michel Bozgounov- has been summoned by the by the Chief Directorate “Combating Organized Crime” because he shared information on his blog over flash mob protests against a very controversial decision of the Supreme Administrative Court to revoke the status of a National Park of territories in the Strandja Mountain. This decision generated a wide wave of protests across the country over a strong suspicion that it has been influenced (read: bribed) by real estate big investments’ interests.
Jul 13th, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
An after-work discussion with friends and colleagues on social networking was the main reason for starting to write down this article. I realize that as someone who has never been deeply involved or tempted by the SN world, I’m not exactly the most appropriate person to discuss this matter. The only exception was my long-term involvement with LinkedIn as a valuable - for me - business tool. This is the reason I started a discussion on Q&A in LinkedIn with the idea of trying to understand both the business models and the marketing useful moves in this overcrowded and highly competitive environment of web-based social networking services.
Jul 4th, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
EC has imposed a record 151 million Euro fine on Telefonica for its non-competitive practices on wholesale pricing for its competitors. Continue Reading »
Jun 26th, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
I usually avoid to comment litigations between such companies - they are like the road to hell - covered by good intentions. But this time is different.
May 31st, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
Google has launched a new application, called Google Gears, filling the major gap between applications and web-based services - what to do when you don’t have a working internet connection
May 29th, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
While expecting Netflix to step out of US and start business in Europe, I have spotted an interesting, similar business model for books, called BookSwim.
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