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Happy Valentine’s Day … from Google

Today Google is expected to offer business a new software service to make it easier for organizations to share documents and data via a new application called Team Edition.

This software should help Google continue to compete against Microsoft and in an odd way, Yahoo which may or may not end up being bought out eventually by the software giant in Redmond.

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We need more ideas like this

Engineering and creative thinking will change the world for the better:

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Latest read: Making Globalization Work

If you were first introduced to globalization via Tom Friedman‘s The World Is Flat, you may be interested to learn more about this wave of economics. Many point to the recent book by Joseph Stiglitz called Making Globalization Work. This is a follow-up to his 2003 book Globalization and Its Discontents.

Stiglitz is professor of economics at Columbia. He served as Chairman of President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers from 1995-97. He followed that appointment by serving as Chief Economist and Senior VP of the World Bank from 1997-2000. Stiglitz was one of three to receive the 2001 Noble Prize in economics.

He accurately addresses areas of economic globalization that continue to fail across the globe in shaping market opportunities of underdeveloped nations. Needless to say the real golden rule applies: He who has the Gold makes the rules.

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Internet offline in Middle East & Asia

internet map cutEarly reports this morning point to a large-scale failure of the internet due to damaged cables in the Mediterranean ocean.

Access in Asia, Africa and the Middle East are currently the regions of the world without access. India is reporting its bandwidth has been cut in half.

This shows the weakness of patching legacy communication tools. Redundant cables anyone?

UPDATE: 02/05/08

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BMW integrates iPhone

BMW has once again integrated Apple technology.

Although announced months ago BMW has recently posted details online. To date iPhones are compatible with the 2007 line of vehicles. Its another look at BMW and Apple, two of the most known brands working to provide a seamless integration of their respective products.

BMW was the first vehicle manufacturer to integrate the iPod in 2004. Expect additional auto manufacturers to follow their lead.

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