Argileh
Musings on tech and more from a cafe in the Middle East
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Fueling a Stock Bubble With Facebook Fans - Neil Stewart - Business - The Atlantic
via theatlantic.com Imagine if buying a stock for a company you love was as easy as clicking a "like" Facebook button. Thanks to new startup Loyal3, now it is. The company's new app lets U.S. public...
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Women, where's your Facebook?
Almost a decade ago I worked on what, at the time, was called an eBusiness Strategy for a telecommunications company in the GCC, and one of the our most exciting findings was the potential the web had on integrating women into the workforce in some of the more conservative societies. Our findings, while interesting, never did match the reality on the ground. That's not to say that there aren't female entrepreneurs in the region. In fact a member of the founding team at Bayt, one of the most successful start-ups...
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Facebook costs Canadian Woman her Insurance
We've all been warned by career advisers about how we use Facebook. They give you advice on who to friend, what to say, and what pictures to post. We've also heard of people being let-go because of things they said of the popular social networking site, so this story should come as no surprise. Nathalie Blanchard enjoying the sun while on Sick Leave Insurance companies are notorious for hiring Private Investigators to snap shots to help them build a case when fraud is suspected, so why not do a quick search...
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