Category Archives: Globalisation

Medvedev promoting Skolkovo and iPhone4

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Bogdan Gavrila

President Medvedev, the first russian owner of an iPhone4 (gift from Steve Jobs) spend all his afternoon promoting Skolkovo (Russian Silicon Valley innovation and business park near to Moscow). After his meeting with Steve Jobs, Medvedev gave a speech at Stanford University. … Continue reading →

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Wael Abbas, World Blogging Forum member, sentenced in Egypt

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Bogdan Gavrila

Wael Abbas was one of the guests at the World Blogging Forum in Bucharest last autumn (I wrote a post here about his fascinating story, online activism and struggle). On the 21st of January the court of Hadayek ElQobba, upheld the sentence … Continue reading →

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Russia Internet Forum – the biggest internet forum in Russia

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Bogdan Gavrila

The biggest internet event in Russia (more than 5.000 participants) is the Russia Internet Forum. As I’m surfing their website I can only think that It’s a good idea to register for 2010 – www.rif.ru.

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Russia Roundtable at LeWeb in Paris

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Bogdan Gavrila

If you read my blog on regular basis you probably know that the Russian Internet market is very interesting for me and right now I’m very excited to hear and meet the “rock stars” of the Russian Internet at LeWeb … Continue reading →

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World Blogging Forum – WBF2009, Bucharest, Romania

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Bogdan Gavrila

A List Bloggers from 30 countries will come in Romania in november to join The World Blogging Forum.

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Russia, the new financial tiger – online business

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Bogdan Gavrila

I always liked to discover Russia or China as healthy growth alternatives for new business. Last October  I was blogging about Russia’s online market in 2008 and right now I have only positive thoughts about this part of the world … Continue reading →

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Russian online market in 2008

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Bogdan Gavrila

The Russian online market is interesting even for some Romanian entrepreneurs. Far more attractive than the western markets and not so much exposed to global risks (just the usual energy/cold crises). Here are some figures from an article I’ve read … Continue reading →

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News to read between two meetings

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Bogdan Gavrila

1. Yahoo creates new council to boost online advertising, BrandRepublic reports (Indirectly, will also influence Romania on the long run): LONDON – Yahoo is forming an advisory council to explore digital opportunities with its advertiser and media agency partners. The … Continue reading →

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Viral Propaganda

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Bogdan Gavrila

Cold war propaganda recycled (this movie was edited and converted in b/w by Steven Buitenhuis, Student at Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Netherlands):

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China’s broadband users has reached 122 million households

Posted on December 23, 2007 by Bogdan Gavrila

From China Telecom 2008 conference – Vice Minister of Information Industry (Jiang Yaoping) said that over 60% of Chinese Internet users are connected through the broadband Internet – broadband users in China has reached 122 million (ranking first in the … Continue reading →

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Russian propaganda…

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Bogdan Gavrila

…made in France

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