Fil-Am Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake has hunch about new company

Sep 03 2009 Published by Joey Alarilla under Uncategorized

Here’s an excerpt from my latest CNET Asia blog post.

Can we teach a website to help us make better decisions? Caterina Fake has a hunch that this is indeed the case–and that it can be the basis for a profitable business.

American entrepreneur Fake is best known for being the co-founder of one of the world’s most successful image and video sharing sites, Flickr. What some may not be aware of, however, is Fake’s Filipino roots.

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82M user-generated content creators in US

Feb 20 2009 Published by Joey Alarilla under Uncategorized

Got this via Mashable.

Based on the eMarketer numbers cited by Mashable, “71 million people created content on social networks last year, while 21 million posted blogs, 15 million uploaded videos, and more than 11 million participated in virtual worlds.”

Anyone have figures for the Philippines?

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