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U.S. housing collapse spreads overseas

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, tagged , , , on April 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »

The expected burst of the housing market is here. In US this have now long been a truth to adjust too. Lately, the rest of the world is catching the same funk.

International Herald Tribune recently wrote; “In Ireland, Spain, Britain and elsewhere, housing markets that soared over the past decade are falling back to earth. Experts predict that some countries, like Ireland, will face an even more wrenching adjustment than the United States, with the possibility that the downturn could turn into wholesale collapse.”

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Coming soon: superfast internet

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Community, Gerbsman Partners, Technology, Uncategorized, Venture Capital, Web 2.0 on April 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Internet as we know it is about to get outperformed by a new, exclusive network know as the Grid. As with the Internet, GRID is a spinnoff out of CERN where Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. The network, in effect a parallel internet, is built using fiber optic cables that run from CERN to 11 centers in the United States, Canada, the Far East, Europe and around the world. Read more here.

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Monetizing on social networks

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Community, Gerbsman Partners, Intellectual capital, Technology, Web 2.0, Wireless, tagged , , , , , , on April 15, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Here is a good example on how Wireless 2.0 is enabling Web 2.0 services to generate cash. Paul Ruppert describes Hook Mobile’s services best when saying “… generates additional revenues for social networks and their application developers by offering an open API that delivers a “low calorie” multimedia experience using MMS.”

His prediction in the end of the article may not be so far off when he states that Hook may be on Facebook very soon.

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Jobs Slashed, Pointing to Recession

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Economy, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, Market research, Uncategorized, Venture Capital on April 14, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Biggest Job Loss in 5 Years Sets Off Recession Alarms; Nearly Quarter-Million Gone in 3 Months. Read this Yahoo article.

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MySpace got game

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Community, Gerbsman Partners, Intellectual capital, Technology, Uncategorized, Web 2.0 on April 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Social networkers rejoice; MySpace has finally launched a games portal. According to the page’s mission statement, the site promises “the best online games available in a safe, user-friendly environment” and targets all types of gamers.

As Facebook continues to affirm its role as social networkers’ casual gaming epicenter. MySpace’s portal, while impressive, fails to draw in the ever so important multiplayer crowd.

With the buzz surrounding so-called “casual gaming” as of late, so it’s no great surprise that MySpace wants a piece of the pie. What´s surprising is that it toke them so long to launch. As a late comer, MySpace will have to play the role of catch up – which can prove to be very costly.

The number of games offered is impressive, although less then Yahoo! Games.

Whichever social network you call home, any increased competition should benefit both sides. It´s only natural to believe that some of Facebook’s more popular games come to MySpace in the near future.

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