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Aux États-Unis, on la nomme "D World". Et c'est la pire crainte de tous les pays. La déflation (baisse générale des prix) entraîne l'économie dans un cercle vicieux dont il est difficile de sortir. Les causes de la déflation sont connues mais les économistes semblent en avoir oublié une dans leurs analyses : l'Internet, comme machine infernale de destruction de valeur. Certes, Internet a amené dans nos sociétés d'énormes progrès technologiques et sociaux.
Internet, machine infernale de destruction de valeur ? le commerce en ligne favorise la déflation
Facebook, LinkedIn et Skype dans la tourmente des introductions en Bourse | silicon.fr
Fans de nouvelles technologies, vous aurez prochainement l’occasion d’investir vos économies sur les ténors du monde du web et des télécommunications que sont Facebook, LinkedIn et Skype. Nous le rappelions la semaine dernière , Skype contre prochainement être côté en Bourse. Une introduction toutefois reculée au second semestre 2011 . Skype ne sera pas la seule jeune pousse à faire son entrée en bourse dans les mois à venir.
If you’re familiar with Jonathan Heiliger’s work , it’s probably because you used Facebook sometime in the last five years. He was the person in charge of keeping the site online as it grew from 35 million to more than 800 million users. Or, maybe you’ve encountered his efforts over the past decade and half when you logged online — because he helped build some of the core technologies and businesses that ran sites like Yahoo, starting fresh out of high school in the 90s. Next time you hear about him, it might also be because of the next hot company that blows up in Silicon Valley. But this time he’ll be one of its investors.
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Amazon Web Services Lets You Rent Oracle Database Services by the Hour - ReadWriteCloud
This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware . Read the case study about how Intel Xeon processors and VMware helped virtualize 12 business critical database applications . According to Analytics Monk the terms "oracle aws" and "amazon rds" have been trending amongst developers over the past few days. So Amazon.com's announcement that Oracle Database 11g will be available as a part of Amazon RDS is either great timing or was already expected. Amazon Web Services users will be able to transfer existing Oracle licenses, buy new licenses or, interestingly, pay an hourly licensing fee instead of buying a license.
Google's Groupon Bid Said Rejected - BusinessWeek
The daily-deal website turned down $6 billion, including executive performance incentives, and will now consider an initial public offering, says a person close to the talks By Douglas MacMillan and Joseph Galante (Bloomberg) — Groupon Inc., a Chicago-based Internet-coupon service with more than 35 million users, walked away from an acquisition offer from Google Inc. yesterday, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The proposed acquisition fell through amid hesitation by Groupon's founders, said the person, who requested anonymity because the talks are private.
By Scott Thurm One advertising company has found a way to estimate the location of iPhone app users without notifying them, a Wall Street Journal investigation revealed. The Journal discovered the apparent discrepancy when it tested the iPhone app Pumpkin Maker.
How One App Sees Location Without Asking - Digits - WSJ
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I was pleasantly surprised during an online presentation about Salesforce.com's Service Cloud 3 . At first glance, it looks like a simple and powerful customer relationship management (CRM) tool that takes advantage of social networking to help connect with customers. The concept is simple. Customer input by phone, e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, and video sites displays in a single interface. This also offers information about different customers, such as their "tweeting" history, with links to relevant white papers or troubleshooting FAQs that can solve problems individual customers might have. This is all available through a Web browser, which means you can access the service, whether at your home office or on a PC at a café in the Bahamas, without downloading software.
Salesforce Service Cloud 3 Adds Customer Social Networking - PCWorld Business Center
Nokia in talks with Microsoft to develop Windows Phone handsets?
Here’s an interesting rumour to start off your week; according to Eldar Murtazin, the man behind many of the handset leaks you see today, is suggesting that Nokia has started talking with Microsoft over possible ways to expand its operations with the possible development of Windows Phone 7 handsets a very real possibility. Murtazin, writing his weekly op-ed , notes that the two companies met behind closed doors last month, a meeting spearheaded by new leadership teams at Nokia, discussing not only the option to exchange technologies but also roll out an “entire line” of Windows Phone devices. The new devices would carry the Nokia brand, be sold via the same sales channels and retain the characteristics features of Nokia handsets. Keeping a sense of perspective, it’s easy to dismiss the rumours, especially after Nokia categorically ruled out any chances of working with Google and its Android operating system.