Topic: Spain

Portrait of the Rapper as a Young Marketer: How K'naan Delivered on Coca-Cola's $300 Million Bet

Coca-Cola bet that an unknown Somali rapper could support its biggest marketing campaign ever. The company was right, and it may have launched a new star. Or not.READ»

• Two Versions of "Wavin' Flag"

Canada, Spain Find Google Violated Privacy Laws, Collected Loads of Personal Data, Medical Records

Google gets another ticket from a government accusing its fleet of Street View vehicles of speeding past privacy laws.READ»

Shock of Gray

The immigrant in Spain who tried to auction her virginity to fund the care of her Alzheimer's-stricken mother. The caregiver in Japan who gives respectful "last baths" to the dying elderly. The Florida doctor arrested for operating ...READ»

Be Careful Not to Become a Conference Ho

You know the type. You see them on Twitter, Facebook, or Plancast plotting out their next 12 conference. You see their Tweets from airports across the globe. Look at me! I'm in Spain! Now I'm in Amsterdam! Next week I'm speaking in Cabo San Lucas! They are professional conference attendees.READ»

Have a Cigar

A parallel has been drawn between travel distribution and music distribution. Specifically, as to how the music distribution business has undergone changes that have decimated many of the industry leaders. This change seemed bad at first--that is, until Apple stamped it with a brand new spin and gee-whizzed some not terribly creative ways to make a buck at it.READ»

You Don't Get to 500 Million Amigos ... At This Rate

Latin American businesses are less active on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites than their global counterparts. Why?READ»

Follow the Buffalo

In the global economic downturn that everyone seems to be saying is "over" (who am I to judge?) the travel sector was hit pretty hard.READ»

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer Rails on "Extreme" Business Piracy in China

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has lashed out at rampant software piracy in China, and he's being specific: Its Chinese businesses who're the big culprits. MS is working with the government to stamp it out, and bring the dollars rolling back.READ»

Italian Furniture Designer Patricia Urquiola's Work Goes Beyond Just Furniture

With a blend of artistry and commercial savvy, Patricia Urquiola enthralls tony Italian furniture makers—as well as BMW, H&M, and high-end hotel chains such as Mandarin Oriental. It’s a beautiful business.READ»

Now: October 2010

October MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN         01 02 03 04 05 0 ...READ»

• Read: How Did I Get Here?
• Protect: Convention on Biological Diversity
• Veg Out: 100th Anniversary of the Cathode-Ray Tube

Back in the Saddle Again

 It is with no small amount of glee with which I report, dear readers, that I did not say it first. In fact, Wired magazine's "World's Most Cramped Airline Seat to Launch Next Week" article said what we were all thinking: ...READ»

Join Me & Joi Ito at the Mozilla Drumbeat Festival, November 3-5!

 I'm excited to announce that i'm going to be participating in the first Mozilla Drumbeat Festival on the Future of Learning, Freedom and the Web, in Barcelona, Spain this November 3-5.Mozilla, the creators of the open-source ...READ»

Work/Life: Is It a Gold Rush or a Roller-Coaster Ride?

 Whether the recession has just ended or we are sliding back into a double dip, no one seems to really know. but that hasn't stopped the recent surge in stories about how the airline industry is recovering, or that ...READ»

Google's 600 Gigabyte Privacy Fiasco, by the Numbers

Google inadvertently collected about 600 gigabytes of personal data. Here's what that amount means to you.READ»

Investor Report: China Now Winning the Green Energy War

Ernst & Young has made it official: China is the most attractive location to put cash in clean technology projects, and the U.S. has slipped to second place.READ»

Bagging It

Business travelers travel light. Long ago we learned that the formula for disaster on a business trip was to depend on the airlines to deliver luggage on time and undamaged. Woe betide the road warrior who makes the mistake of checking baggage that contains something vital to a business meeting or is otherwise irreplaceable.READ»

Unpacking the Global Human Egg Trade

Modern fertility technology has made parenthood a possibility for thousands more people, but it has also created a lucrative -- and ethically questionable -- global trade in human genetic material.READ»

• The Global Bazaar

The Global Bazaar for Human Reproductive Material

IVF has given hope to millions of aspiring parents, but the wild inconsistency of rules on egg donation has created big disparities -- and for entrepreneurs, huge opportunities.READ»

• Eggs for Sale

Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Start-Up WhipCar Is Zooming Down ZipCar's Lane

The firm, which operates out of London's West End, is expecting to take six months to get to the number of vehicles that the U.K.'s "leading car club" took six years to attain.READ»

Hijo de Puta! Spain Goes for Google on the Privacy Front

¿Que Miras? Latest country to go gaga for Google is SpainREAD»

Work/Life: Please, Call It "Vintage"

Applying new technology is innovative, but the successful employ of old technology is ingenious. Recently I devoured an online article that I loved, totally, at Wired.com. I work in the technology business, and I'm supposed to have a ...READ»

Rise of the European SuperAngel

We've been seeing Euro SuperAngels emerge for a while now. My question is: "Are we Europeans guilty again of beating ourselves over the head with a stick instead of focusing on, leveraging, and celebrating what's there?"READ»

iFive: Troops In (Iraq!), Starbucks' Digital Network, Apple TV Becomes iTV, Google-Verizon Ruminations, Rubik's Cube Break-Thru

Innovation never snoozes.READ»

iFive: Facebook vs. Google, Saudis and RIM Agree, Spain Cold on EVs, Smartphone Security Highlighted, Oracle Boss on Hurd Affair

While you were sleeping (fitfully as the storm raged outside), innovation was wondering if the word "sky" within another word (example: Skype) was subject to copyright, and if so, would anyone called Skylar find that they were, as a ...READ»

Solar Market Forecasted to Grow to $78 Billion By 2015

Spain's solar industry is probably about to fall apart, but the same can't be said for the U.S. solar market, which is expected to balloon from $9.8 billion today to $78.1 billion by 2015.READ»