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Google predicts the next Romanian President

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Bogdan Gavrila

Based on Google search: 1. Traian Băsescu 38% 2. Mircea Geoană 23% 3. Crin Antonescu 19% 4. Sorin Oprescu 16%. Full article on Money.ro – very interesting research.

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Live video from World Blogging Forum, Bucharest

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Bogdan Gavrila

Great news for the people around the world that didn’t make it to Bucharest at the World Blogging Forum: you can watch the event live on the Internet if you click here. The video broadcast is powered by MediaDirect one … Continue reading →

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Romanian President, Traian Basescu speaking about Internet at WBF

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Bogdan Gavrila

I’m at the World Blogging Forum in the Palace of The Parliament and doing live blogging Romanian president Traian Basescu was the surprise of the day (at least for me) because he came to a blogging event and had a … Continue reading →

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Prof. Dr. Septimiu Chelcea sharing his wisdom online

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Bogdan Gavrila

The famous Romanian sociology professor, Prof. Dr. Septimiu Chelcea, surpised me in a pleasant way by launching his blog: http://septimiuchelcea.wordpress.com/ (it’s not a fake blog you can read the confirmation here).

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Autovit.ro sold to MIH Allegro BV, European subsidiary of Naspers South Africa

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Bogdan Gavrila

This is the only confirmed news Visual Soft SRL the company that owns and operates Autovit.ro, the biggest auto classiffieds website in Romania was sold to MIH Allegro BV, European subsidiary of Naspers South Africa.

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1.500.000 monthly visitors on blomedia.pl

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Bogdan Gavrila

Today I had a look at the media partners covering the World Blogging Forum and I just noticed that blomedia.pl has 1,590,000 unique users and over 6,565,000 page views (data for September 2009, Source: Google Analytics).

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Cristian Petriceanu, confirmed as IAB president in Romania

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Bogdan Gavrila

IAB published a press release regarding their new standards for the local market (details here) after the general assembly held yesterday. Cristian Petriceanu was confirmed as IAB president in Romania, representing InformMedia in the board. Congratulations to Cristi and to … Continue reading →

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Open Internet Coalition – Letter of Support to FCC

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Bogdan Gavrila

The Open Internet Coalition sent Letter to FCC Chairman Genachowski Supporting Open Internet Rules. The letter is signed by 24 CEOs and founders representing the world’s leading Internet and technology companies (eg Facebook, Sony, Amazon, eBay, Twitter, and Google) and … Continue reading →

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Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google: “the worst of the recession is behind us”

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Bogdan Gavrila

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. “Google had a strong quarter–we saw 7% year-over-year revenue growth despite the tough economic conditions,” said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. “While there is a lot … Continue reading →

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Viral: Auto-Tune iPhone app

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Bogdan Gavrila

Take any voice and turn it into music. Sounds good:

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IT START-UPS: HOW TO at Novotel, Bucharest

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Bogdan Gavrila

This morning at Novotel: Alexis Bonte, CEO Erepublik.com, “IT start up, building upon an idea” Ana Maria Andronic, Senoir Associate Biris Goran SCA, “Copyrights issues, protect your investment” Alexandre Almajeanu, Business Angel, “IT Start up, a Business Angel’s point of … Continue reading →

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