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Netflix Coming to Latin America

Posted in Business, tagged , , , , on January 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

By year end, last year, it was announced that Netflix might eventually enter the Latin American market, among other regions, after the expansion they already started in North America with Canada. Coverage done by Enter.co (in Spanish) ends their article with the question: Would our regional movie rental stores be ready for their market entrance? [...]

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Freedom of Expression

Posted in Business, tagged , , , , , , on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

ESPAÑOL Today I read an opinion article from Colombian newspaper site ElTiempo.com titled “Reflexiones sobre un Escandalo.” My post is not going to comment on the content, but on the surprising ending: The reporter goes into a critical opinion on the newspaper’s professionalism, and then the newspaper publicly claims to interpret it as her resignation [...]

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The Kid and Global Warming

Posted in Business, Economics, Science, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m going to tell you a story. A kid just spent all his afternoon hanging around with his friends at the mall, and when he gets home he takes a look at his schedule for the next day. While he is at it, he is suddenly struck by the doubt of whether his science project [...]

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Pills for a Smarter Future?

Posted in Science, tagged , , , , , , on September 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »

In its latest edition, the cover story of Scientific American deals with the issue of cognitive enhancers. This is not any novelty, as similar stories have already been run by The Economist, New York Times, and The New Yorker, among others. I’m not sure of the full contents of this new article, since I’m a [...]

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Twitter: Three MONTHS Later

Posted in Business, Reviews, Social Media, tagged , , , , , , , on September 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »

After 3 weeks on Twitter, I wrote a post on my early impressions with the service. Today I complete 3 months. Am I still using it? Yes, and with some frequency. There are some new things I’ve discovered along the way, which is why at this point I’m writing a new post. I want to [...]

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Democracy and Independence

Posted in Social Media, tagged , on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Thoughts on the differences between social media and traditional journalism.

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