A quiet country starts to roar...

Finland, a healthy rich scandinavian european country. Wait, European? Not so sure, Finland that use to be one of the strongest pro european nation among the E-U now elected "True Finns" an anti immigration nationalist party that is proud to refuse bailout on Portugal Greece or Ireland... Is this what is awaiting the rest of Europe? Only time will tell

http://www.economist.com/node/18587287?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/ar/suomishaeup

What does China really expects from Africa?

I know it feels like I am obsessed with China's expansion around the world, maybe because I am going to Shanghai in three days, maybe because I fear it.
Well, this articles states that if Chineese help was welcomed at the beginning in the African continent, there is now more and more resilience about it: it feels like a second wave of colonization. Chineese intends to lockout natural ressources in exchange for building factories, hospitals, schools and roads. But more and more it feels like the infrastructures they build are cheaply built: an hospital had to be close only  6 months after its construction for security concerns! Same for the famous trans-Congo road built a few years ago...
Cheap payback for ressources? Not only, local traders feel invaded by Chineese manufactured goods, cheaper, that now appears on local small markets.

And Chineese bring along their tradition of corruption and agressive management, most of the african opposition now use an anti-sino feeling as an electoral argument...

http://www.economist.com/node/18586448?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/ar/tryingtopulltogether

What if China bought the world?

Just as a preview, China has enough money to buy
- Every single american farming facilitie
-Portugal Ireland Spain and Greece soverign debts altogether
-Apple+Microsot+Google+IBM
-The whole American department of defense
-Manathan real estate (only 10% of his liquidities would buy the whole district)
-The whole city of Washington
-The 50 most valuable sports team (2% of its liquidities)

Who wants to be a triple trillionaire?

http://www.economist.com/node/18560525?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/ar/whowantstobeatriple

How to control your web image

Last article of the day, but not the least. In nowadays world where your web image is as important as your I(n) R(eal) L(ife) image, how to manage the data you store on facebook, tumblr, twitter that headhunter for companies might find? Even thieves 2.0 now use your facebook infos to break in...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/technology/personaltech/14basics.html?_r=1&smid=fb-nytimes&WT.mc_id=TE-SM-E-FB-SM-LIN-HFO-041511-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click

Sphero, a robot controlled trough smartphones!

Sphero is a robotic ball that is controlled by a smartphone. Currently under development by Orbotix, the robot can be tethered to a device via Bluetooth and controlled through a variety of apps. Orbotix has released a video showingSphero on the move. It is set to be released later this year.

here the little droid in action!

Vicious cycle: Are countries poor because they are violent or violent because they are poor?

Second article of the day from the economist:

An essay on however is it poor country that becomes violent or their violence that turn them poor?

http://www.economist.com/node/18558041?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/ar/theeconomicsofviolence

Dropping out of your college degree to start brand new business...Why not?

The Thiel Fellowship, from Peter Thiel (Ex-CEO of Paypal, first investor in The Facebook and head of the Clarium Capital high tech hedge fund, decided to give away $100,000 to students who would drop out of college and launch their own company!

Read the interview:
http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2011/04/higher-education_bubble_0?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/bl/moreonpeterthiel

Google revolution the way statistics are viewed

el nuevo sistema de statistics de google. Aqui una demonstracion con la apertura de linea android

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqFpq9WXbJo&feature=player_embedded#at=109

2012

The major event of the week: Barrack Obama begins campaign for re-election!

http://www.barackobama.com/?source=BOFB

The new economy

I ve found a well written article about the new economy, its definition, aims and suppositions about the future. From americain weekly business press Business Week (One of the most read business paper in the world after Wall Street Journal)

China establishes itself as a full-power

China erases part of his history and write its future by building a huge "Modern chineese history museum" in... Tianamen square!




http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/world/asia/04museum.html?_r=1&smid=fb-nytimes&WT.mc_id=WO-SM-E-FB-SM-LIN-ACG-040411-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click