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Archive for February, 2012

Wi-Fi vs. Super Wi-Fi: wireless’s colliding worlds

24 February 2012 – Last week the U.S Congress announced (as part of a jobs bill) that there would be an auctioning off a bunch of UHF airwaves that were used by local television stations in the U.S. to broadcast on channels below 52. Since the switch to all-digital television in 2009, these airwaves are [...]


Enhanced e-books

21 February 2012 – In his international bestseller “The Hare With Amber Eyes”, Edmund de Waal traces the fortune of a collection of carved Japanese netsuke figurines. Readers grew so entranced by the story of these objects that they started clamoring to see them. So after the hardback, the e-book, and the paperback came the [...]


Surprise, surprise. The app market is thriving … and adding jobs

15 February 2012 – Last year there were a series of dire warnings that app developers would be driven from the U.S. by the activities of NPEs.  But lo and behold, TechNet (a telecom/technology CEO network that to which we subscribe) says au contraire.  The surge in mobile software and other apps has led to a surge in [...]


FutureMed: Big Data and exponential technologies

              14 February 2012 – Last week we had a chance to attend FutureMed, a health-care program that is part of Singularity University, a networked organization dedicated to exploring how disruptive technologies can sweep across whole industries and society.   This came on the heels of LegalTech 2012 in New York [...]


How to create an iTunes account in another country

1 February 2012 – Your primary iTunes account is always set depending on the country you reside in.  I live in Belgium.  So this can present some problems if you’re a keen iPhone/iPad app fan and you travel a lot (like I do) and there are certain apps that are not available in all territories.  While this guide is [...]


Gregory Bufithis is EAM Capital’s founder and Managing Director. He is a serial entrepreneur, intellectual property attorney in digital media and telecom, economist, writer ... and passionate about the sea and sailing.
FINANCIAL TIMES TECH HUB
LegalTech New York 2011: an informal chat with Johannes Scholtes and Mary Mack of ZyLAB

Gregory Bufithis, Founder/CEO of Project Counsel Media chats with Johannes Scholtes and Mary Mack of Zylab about their company and some of the high profile cases they have helped bring to justice
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Mario Monti, professor and president of Bocconi University

Mario Monti, professor and president of Bocconi University and former European Union Competition Commissioner, speaks about the “huge silent convergence”, the engines of economic growth in the EU and his upcoming report to EU Commission President Jose Barroso.