Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur in tech — from managing stress to embracing awkwardness. You can get his musings straight to your inbox bysigning up for his newsletter! Last week I went to the fruit stand close to my house. I don’t know if it has the best fruit in Amsterdam, or even if it’s in the top 50, but I always go there....
TellFi, a Y Combinator funded startup in San Francisco, may have filled the gap for Canadians longing for services such as Google Voice. If you’re a tech junkie living in Canada, one of the drawbacks is we occasionally miss out on product launches and services. And for many Canadians, the lack of Google Voice in the Great White North has been a huge thorn in their side. TellFi is bringing a Google Voice-like service to Canada and it’s offering Canucks one year of service for free....
The rise of the social web is changing customer service. Services like Yelp and Foursquare allow people to provide positive and negative feedback in a transparent way so businesses can monitor and make an effort to improve or acknowledge their offerings. Joe Beninato, a serial entrepreneur with 7 companies under his belt, built the Tello app to let users quickly rate any employee, at any business while they are on-the-go. The goal is to push businesses to offer that Four Seasons experience to every customer....
Would you like to have a meeting with the richest man in the world? This is what the winners of TelMexHub Labs will get, after a competition pitting startups from the different cities TelMexHub Tour stops in. But what is TelMexHub Tour? When TelMexHub goes on Tour Telmexis one of the largest companies in Mexico. The former state-owned telecom company is now owned in majority by multi-billionaireCarlos Slimand his family. InNovember 2010, TelMex inaugurated the TelmexHub in Mexico City, as part of its Technological Innovation Drive program....
Telstrahas announced that it will begin shaping — that is, intentionally slowing — mobile data connections once customers have exceeded their data allowance. The Australian mobile industry is marked by pathetically small data allowances and outrageous charges when usage exceeds those allowances. While that might sound good for telco coffers, it’s a rough ride for consumers and it leads to more bad debts than actual revenue: people go over-the-top with their YouTube viewing without realizing the costs associated, and end up with a bill they just can’t afford to pay....
