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“Bye Bye Brazil”. For decades, this used to summarize the fate of many talented Brazilians who left their home country to try their luck elsewhere and never returned. Well, these days may be over. Indeed, one of the most interesting trends in the last couple of years is the reverse migration to Brazil. So why are more and more Brazilian expats returning home to work with startups? Brazil vs. the rest of the world: different prospects The growing influx of foreigners to Latin America, and especially Brazil, has generated a lot of press lately....

Did you know that the majority of Brazilians who work for Microsoft in Redmond come from the city of Recife, in Northeast Brazil? You won’t be surprised anymore once you find out more about Recife Center for Advanced Studies and Systems, better known under the Portuguese acronym C.E.S.A.R. C.E.S.A.R, which just turned 15, is one of the most impactful private initiatives in Brazil. It transformed Recife, where it now forms part of an important tech cluster calledPorto Digital, but it also changed its region and even the whole country....

With the release of the HP TouchPad this Friday, that will bring the tablet market up to four major manufacturers offering what is, ostensibly, an alternative to the iPad. HP, Motorola, RIM and Samsung all have tablet devices that offer attractive specs in arguably decent looking packages, yet none of them can seem to catch a break when being compared to the iPad 2. If you read the conglomerate reviews of any of these tablets you will invariably get to the bit where it says, ‘Can I recommend buying this instead of an iPad?...

If you’re interested in reading about the global suffering of queer people I’ve got just the place for you. It’s called “Google News.” Today’s actually an off day for the product. Typically, if you take a gander at the “LGBTQ+”topic in Google News you’ll find that about 90% of the stories surfaced by the platform’s algorithms are negative. But today is “Coming Out Day,” so there’s a handful of non-negative pieces in the feed right now taking up slots that are typically filled with negative ones....

Why can’t I fix my own phone, toaster, or tractor? Manufacturers in a broad range of industries have a monopoly on who repairs machines—and when devices are deemed unfixable Why won’t Apple fix my phone? Can someone else do it? Today’s mobile phone is a marvel of precision engineering—watertight seams, sealed batteries, and a lack of visible fasteners that would make most consumers unsure of how you would even go about opening it....