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Did #Netflix really kick Blockbuster out of market

The Brutal 17-Year War Where Netflix Destroyed Blockbuster — In a Simple Infographic

Did Netflix really kick Blockbuster’s ass in a 17-year war marked by endless late fee-related shouting matches and Hot Tamale binges? Kind of. But according to this colorful infographic, it’s more complicated than that

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    Employment losses during the Great Recession may have had more to do with factors like the rise of Walmart than with the recession itself, two economists say in a new academic paper. The paper, presented Friday morning at the annual gathering of economists and central bankers at Jackson Hole, Wyo.,…
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We all turn to data. Adios SMS and Calls

In a taxi, workshops, banking halls, under tree shades, name it – you cannot miss seeing someone on Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Kik or Whatsapp, thanks to the increasing popularity of internet-enabled phones and smartphones.

Evidence can be found in the news of the planet.

Informa Telecoms & Media has predicted that global annual SMS revenues will fall by US$23bn by 2018, to US$96.7bn, down from US$120 billion in 2013.

Belgian operator Proximus recorded a drop in SMS traffic over the New Year holiday. Traffic was down 9 percent froAccording to initial figures from

Spanish operator Yoigo reported that 8 percent more customers used mobile data services over the New Year’s holiday, and data used per customer rose 170 percent from a year earlier.

 

France’s mobile operators, the new year brought further evidence that SMS usage in the country is being increasingly cannibalised by alternative services such as MMS or picture messages and over-the-top messaging apps.

If you think that telecom provider will rise the cost to compensate then you probably miss that in Europe there will be no more roaming cost soon.

“From July 2014 you would no longer be charged extra when you receive a call on your mobile phone while travelling in another EU country. Companies would need to offer “roam like at home” packages that apply across the bloc, or allow you to use a separate roaming provider without changing your original SIM card.”

Telecoms are not simply sitting back to watch their revenues from voice calls and SMS shrink. They have shifted goalposts towards data, with solid competition for the internet subscribers expected.

Ready for this trend ?

So how will telecom companies react to this ?

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    KPCB’s Mary Meeker presents the 2015 Internet Trends report, 20 years after the inaugural “The Internet Report” was first published in 1995. Since then, the number of Internet users has risen from 35 million in 1995 to more than 2.8 billion today. The 2015 report looks at key Internet trends…
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    We caught up with billionaire entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban during South by Southwest Interactive in Austin. Our first question: what apps does the "Shark Tank" star and Dallas Mavericks owner have on his smartphone? Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-cuban-13-apps-phone-2014-3#ixzz2wLaru5Rl
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Why do America’s Newspapers Getting Bought Up by Billionaires ?

Jeff Bezos, John Henry, Warren Buffett, they are good businessmen. If they are such bad deals, why do good businessmen want them so badly?

Warren Buffett loves newspapers. He’s not looking to change the newspaper business, ditto for John henry. But Jeff Bezos wants to experiment. He wants to shift this medium and help it into the new age.

Warren Buffett’s explains his rationale for this strategy of a hyper-local approach this way:

Newspapers continue to reign supreme in the delivery of local news. If you want to know what’s going on in your town – whether the news is about the mayor or taxes or high school football – there is no substitute for a local newspaper that is doing its job. A reader’s eyes may glaze over after they take in a couple of paragraphs about Canadian tariffs or political developments in Pakistan; a story about the reader himself or his neighbors will be read to the end. Wherever there is a pervasive sense of community, a paper that serves the special informational needs of that community will remain indispensable to a significant portion of its residents.

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America’s Newspapers Are Getting Bought Up by Billionaires

Before Bezos: The Billionaires Who Own America’s Newspapers

http://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffett-buying-newspapers-2013-3

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