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With Apple Store apps multiplying and growing opportunities for niche monetization, it’s worth taking a look at entrepreneurs who are delivering value and  reaping profits in other market places.

Take a look at TalkAndWrite, a startup that came out of the MIDI Technológico incubator (run by ACATE - the Associação Catarinense de Tecnologia), brought several partners on board, built a clientele of hundreds around the world and are planning big moves. Read more…

The Facebook Applications Challenge was launched in August, when Mark Zuckerberg visited Brazil.

Entries were taken until October 19th and in November Facebook began reviewing them to choose the winners.

The winners were announced January 20th on Facebook’s page about the Challenge. Read more…

Remember Netweaving for Innovation’s trip in which TeiaMG representative Juliana Lima went to Silicon Valley? One of the fruits of this trip came from a conversation she had with the decision makers at Ning.com (a tool for social networks that supports OpenSocial).

Juliana told them about the trends in Brazil, and they decided to offer a Ning Developer Challenge in Brazil. Read more…

Those who use the Internet are familiar with Flash, used to create rich media experiences in various sites, games, social apps, smartphones and touchscreen devices. Brazil has one of the largest communities of developers and experts for this product from Adobe (originally from MacroMedia). In fact, a Brazilian developer went to work for rich media shop EFM in San Diego, became the Interactive Director, and is now bringing an event to Brazil to further encourage adoption of the platform.

“The objective of Flash Camp Brazil is to showcase Adobe’s platform, which consists of Flash, Flex and AIR. There are a number of companies in Brazil developing great solutions; they will be attending the event, speaking along with international experts, and interacting with the audience.” Read more…

Presents, parties, holidays, promotions, bonuses, PPR, PPL, bills to pay… are you still jotting notes or keeping tallies on a calculator or spreadsheet at home? With that in mind, though with some concern for issues of security and privacy, I decided to try out the web service Organizze. I am using it and I like it!

Organizze runs on secure http: “All the information is encrypted, just like at a banking site,” says Luiz Felipe Luz, one of the partners in the service. This means the app disguises numbers and letters, so they can only be read when the owner of them is logged in. Read more…

Social, environmental and economic leaders are meeting in Copenhagen to discuss how to make human development more sustainable for the planet.  That is, there are failings and missteps humanity has made with respect to environmentally sound, socially just and economically viable activities.

Despite this, most of humanity carries on in their cities, having at any moment - both collectively and individually - attitudes that have positive and negative effects in these areas. How can we arrive at a better notion of how we are really doing? Well, there’s a collaborative mashup  being adopted by some citizens and organizations. It allows each person to map what they are doing to make the world a better place. Read more…