Several websites of ministries and the presidency of El Salvador were attacked by the computer network of activists Anonymous, forcing sites to be closed for safety reasons, officials said Sunday. “The Ministry of Economy reports that during the last few days have been taking all precautionary measures to protect the so-called ‘Operation Justice El Salvador’, […]
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From the data reported by the operating companies of advanced mobile services (mobile telephony), the Telecommunications Authority determined that this year 662,162 new lines were activated: Movistar, and Claro 154,352, 507,810, while in the same period 32,386 lines left to be heard by the operator Alegro. Read Article
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The Manufacturers Association Mobile Manufacturers Forum (MMF) warned that “in emerging markets recently experienced a large increase in the sale of fake phones.”Bonturi Aderbal Pereira, MMF director for Latin America, said in an interview with Clarin that although it is difficult to give precise figures on the black market of cell phones have phony 200 […]
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The official site of the Supreme Electoral Council ( www.cse.gob.ni ) was allegedly attacked by Anonymous surfer movement in Nicaragua and a few minutes ago is not online. The same has happened to the official website of the Municipality of Managua ( www.managua.gob.ni) Read Article
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As we warned yesterday the U.S. agency Stratfor and El Universal, the hacker group Anonymous activists, launched after a second warning against the drug cartels that restrict freedom of expression, this time specifically against “The Zetas “, this day was allegedly hacked the site of the former attorney of Tabasco, Gustavo Rosario Torres: www.gustavorosario.com which […]
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This phone works with the new BlackBerry OS 7. The country is offered by the operator Comcel.Six months after being introduced on the BlackBerry World 2011 in Orlando (USA). Comcel and Research In Motion (RIM) launched on Thursday in Colombia the new smartphone BlackBerry Bold 9900. This is the thinnest BlackBerry market (10.5mm) and the […]
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Some hedge funds already use Twitter and other social networks to ‘predict’ fluctuations in the stock market. Now a U.S. government agency is to use the social network to attempt to predict revolutions. Iarpa – the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity – hopes to be able to predict ‘unexpected’ events such as revolutions using a […]
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A report by Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Carl Meacham on the growing adoption of new technologies and social media in Latin America and what it could mean for U.S. foreign policy. Read Report
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Formed a band dedicated to newborns buy Bolivian and Peruvian women without resources to deliver adoption in urban centers in the country. They used as a photo album catalog. The investigation is being presided by Judge Norberto Oyarbide. A baby-smuggling ring was broken in the last hours by La Federal Police, through multiple raids in […]
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1360 phishing scams in 2011 This data revealed by the Attorney General of Ecuador. One of the last cases of this kind is detrimental to Council officials for Citizen Participation. According to the prosecution, this type of crime recorded a rate rise. In 2009 there were 168 claims in 2010 the figure rose to 2099 […]
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At least 98 out of the 166 complaints for fraud in this year’s first semester come from online banking deductions in credit cards, chequings and savings accounts, La Nacion reports. According to statistics from the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ), this offense is followed by counterfeit cards, with 54 complaints, alteration or “twin” checks and the […]
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A new way of social control is taking place in Venezuela. Cyber-terrorists are attacking civilians by using methods of extortion and death threats to people who are openly against the current government, Tal Cual Digital reports. These hackers steal e-mail accounts, twitter accounts, and personal identities. It has been already two months and the government […]
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Telefonica Chairman Cesar Alierta, today dismissed the possibility that Latin America has gestated a speculative bubble. “There is none at all. The ratings are still below their potential, “said the chief executive of the operator during his speech at the opening ceremony of the XII Latibex Forum, organized by Spanish Stock Exchanges and Markets (BME). […]
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The murder of a woman in an apparent retaliation for his reports on a Web site crime caused anxiety among social network users and employees of the newspaper where he worked, who now wonder whether anyone can be safe in the risky Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo. Read Article
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The National Institute of Food and Drug Monitoring (Invima) warned about the danger of consumption of a product of Chinese origin known as Bi Yan Pian, whose use is intended to combat disorders associated with nasal congestion, rhinitis, colds and flu due to its high concentration of mercury. Read Article
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The Anonymous hacker organization threatened on Thursday with the Mexican government attack sites as part of an operation called Independence, by the celebration of independence of this country, to protest the drug-related violence. “We went to the Mexican people,” said a voice with a Spanish accent in the video circulating on social networks in which […]
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The PDI identified three men as the perpetrators of a false warning of earthquake and tsunami in Constitution on 1 September. According to history, they made a joke and now under criminal investigation and risk a penalty of 60 to 540 days in prison.They sent a text message alert to five friends who work in […]
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A report by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) revealed that during the month of June there were 182,611 residential Internet access in Mendoza, representing an increase of 34.6%. The paper highlights that in the province, the broadband connections grew 41.9% to dial up and down 42.4%. While organizations access expanded by 45.3% […]
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UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones and Brazilian telecommunications companies and its subsidiary Oi GlobeNet today signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation. The Antiochian company president, Horacio Velez de Bedout, said that with the signing of the agreement “aims to work on issues of common interest to the companies as 4G services, TV over IP, providing technological […]
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Most users intertet in Peru is between 15 and 24 years, according to the latter one study presented today at the Third International Seminar on Digital Advertising and Marketing organized by IAB Peru. Thus, the results of this study indicated that the average Peruvian spends 27 hours per month online. But young people are those […]
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While speaking at the opening ceremony of a new building for a software company, the Head of State said she was in favour of expanding the quality of education and stressed that “the only two basic things needed in order to learn are being able to sit down and concentrating,” she said, although she warned […]
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The N33 group has hacked the accounts of several public figures Twitter opposed to Venezuela President Hugo Chavez. Already announced that his next goal will be Alberto Federico Ravell, editor lapatilla.com and former director of news channel Globovision. File: Inside Hacker logo.svg Will you have to worry Anonymous for this new group of hackers? Apparently […]
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The Ombudsman for Children and Adolescents identified six children as victims of a pedophile of 22 who was arrested yesterday in an educational unit of the district’s Tusequis. The man was trying to be lured to two girls for child pornography. Read Article
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Terremark, a Verizon (NYSE: VZ) subsidiary, has completed the expansion of its São Paulo, Brazil data center, a move that reflects its growing presence in the Latin American business services market. Read Article
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The products traded through e-commerce channels tend to be mostly non-perishable goods, however, the country has interesting cases including technological tools in the business of agricultural products for Avocado Online, company that sells this product kilos and plant material for planting it, online. Read Article
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Social networks have changed the way that people interact with each other and express opinions. The world has seen how social networks can influence public opinion and create unrest in the recent rioting in London and Chile. However, according to El Universal, businesses also have much to gain from exploiting the powers of social networks […]
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Security expert, Dmitry Bestuzhev, discusses the measures that should be established in the country to prevent cyber attacks. On August 10 the website of the Office of the President, the Vice Presidency, the Ministry of Telecommunications, the Municipality have already been hacked. Not only hacker activists walking in the Ecuadorian sites, but the criminals who […]
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The escalating cyber war by Anonymous, seconded by cyber activists and hackers of all kinds have been disabled for hours, even days, the websites of the governments of Peru, Colombia, Chile and Ecuador, including Argentina recently. The foray into Colombia, where he hacked into the websites of the Senate and the Ministries of Defence and […]
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Google’s popular, and controversial services, Street View is all set to explore some unexplored, never-thought-of options. Expanding its services further, Google would soon roll out Street View services in Amazon, Rio Negro rivers in North West Brazil. Beginning soon, Google with help from Foundation for a Sustainable Amazon (FAS), a charity group will start photographing […]
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On July 20 the Twitter account of former President Alvaro Uribe was surprised by an unusual activity, a strange video that questioned the independence of Colombia. At first the group’s logo cyber Anonymous, known by the image of a character dressed in tie, instead of a head wearing a question mark. Read Article
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When researchers cybercrime Dijin surprised to handed the young man who ‘hacked’ the Twitter account of Daniel Samper Ospina, one looked into his eyes and said: “If you saw that we were not so dumb? “. That phrase had a certain tone of revenge, because that same hacker who now accepted submissive wives put him […]
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The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) is making the most of Google’s informational tools in order to share Mexico’s cultural heritage with the world. According to Noticieros Televisa, the INAH is pairing with Google to add 33 of Mexico’s historic monuments to Google’s Street View, a tool which allows users to take virtual […]
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According to ElComercio.com Anonymous overloaded servers providing service to various government websites, causing them to shutdown or function with large difficulty on Wednesday August 10th. Anonymous has threatened the Ecuadorian government via Twitter and Facebook, of a cyber attack in the future. Authorities say the websites under went a Denial of Service attack (DDOS) which […]
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The University of Guadalajara’s WiMax project promises to bring the Internet to the entire state of Jalisco and has been expanded upon by the state government’s eJalisco program, which will be a public broadband network, CUCEI reports. The eJalisco program contains three phases: Connect over 8,000 centers in 80,000 square kilometers to the Internet; provide […]
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Anonymous’ recent video defends the freedom of expression in Ecuador. According to elespectador.com, the video announces Operation Cóndor Libre (Operation Free Condor) in response to the legal action taken against the newspaper El Universo. On July 20th, three directors, and an editor of the newspaper were sentenced to 3 years of prison and a fine […]
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According to ElUniverso.com the group of Internet hackers, Anonymous, threatened yesterday, Wednesday August 3rd, to begin attacking Ecuadorian government websites in retaliation for limiting the freedom of expression and the ruling against the Ecuadorian news company, El Universo. Anonymous announced the threat of attacks via the website, YouTube, through uploaded videos. The group is calling […]
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Underaged users of the Internet and social networks can fall victim to pedophiles, human traffickers and child pornographers, who find the potential anonymity of social networking very attractive, Proceso reports. According to data from the Alliance for Internet Security (ASI), 32.8 million users between the ages of six and 11 used the Internet in some […]
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According to Hoy.com.ec the United States announced today, Wednesday August 3rd, that they have dismantled an internet-based pedophile network reaching various countries including Ecuador. Officials have accused 72 people linked to the website of encouraging the sexual abuse of children. The authority’s investigation began in 2009, called “Operation Delago.” During the operation authorities arrested 52 […]
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•According to ntn24.com, the group Anonymous hacked various government homepages including that of President Santos, the Ministry of the Interior and Justice, and the Department of Security. •This is part of Anonymous’ Operación Defensa (Operation Defense) which means to protest against censorship and the closing of social network pages associated with Anonymous. Read Article
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According to ElComercio.com the Guayas Prosecutors Office is continuing with the investigation into an online wire fraud case that used the name of the U.S. Consulate in illegal business transactions. Four months ago U.S. Consulate officials denounced the alleged online scam. The Guayas prosecutor says when a person put their house on sale they would […]
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According to a recent study on internet usage in Latin America, the Venezuelan people stand third in the region when it comes to use of social networking media such as Facebook and Twitter. An estimated 30% of Venezuela’s 28 million people are currently registered on Facebook and 21% on Twitter, placing the country’s use of […]
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•The group Anonymous has hacked the Carabineros website as a phase of “Operación MalEducados” (Operation Poorly Educated) in support of Chilean students. •RCN La Radio reports that the protestors are demanding a better budget and conditions for public universities in Chile, and they believe that the police have used excess force to attempt to end […]
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ElComercio.com reports the lawyers for El Universo and the ex-columnist of the article, ‘No To Lies’ are rejecting a courts’ sentencing for slander against President Rafael Correa and his government. The three directors of El Universo and the columnist were sentenced to three years in prison and fines of $30 million and $10 million for […]
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The Canadian company that owns BlackBerry, Research in Motion (RIM), announced yesterday that it will begin producing its smart phones in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina starting this October, reports cronista.com. After months of resisting setting up a plant in Argentina, RIM finally caved due to monetary and market share losses they’ve suffered after their competitors […]
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The hacker group known for its several attacks to government websites, Anonymous, has created its own social network on the web reported Peru21.pe. Anonymous calls this social website AnonPlus, and was made after activists of the group were banned from sites such as Facebook and YouTube. The new site contains a message from the group […]
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Latin American advertisers are still only scratching the surface in terms of using video for internet campaigns, Julio Zaguini, Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Latin America director for relations with advertising agencies, told BNamericas. Read Article
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The state of Mexico (encompassing all of Mexico City and nearby outlying regions) has the highest number of Internet users in the country, despite the small number of communities that offer efficient Internet access. However, twelve towns within the state are offering free wireless Internet access to their residents. Access is available in the town […]
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he wave of attacks on official websites on the Internet has also affected the Brazilian government. Between 22-27 June, the websites of the Presidency of Brazil Portal, IRS, Petrobras and the Ministry of Sports and Culture – as well as from the website of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) – were “victims” […]
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A joint study between the University of Southern California and the Mexico City campus of Monterrey Technological University is revealing key facts about Internet use in Mexico. The study, known as the World Internet Project (WIP), has been studying the habits of Internet users and non-users since 2007. Despite the fact that most families in […]
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Milenio.com reports that Peruvian Police asked the FBI for assistance in locating the hackers that attacked at least eight web pages belonging to the Peruvian government, Friday June 24th. The chief of the Dirincri Division of High Technology, Oscar Gonzales, says that the level of attack is very high and therefore the technology available to […]
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According to LaRepublica.pe a group related to the Anonymous hackers called Pirates of the Internet, have acquired information on the agents of a Peruvian police unit that protects banks. The cyber group released about 2,800 names of officers in the Peruvian Aguilas Negras, a Black Eagle special police unit, Tuesday June 28th says a message […]
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Websites ONPE, the MEF and the Congress were blocked by Anonymous justifying their attacks against the government for its rejection of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.Peruvian Government websites threat of attacks after suffering Anonymous | RPPKnow if Peru is prepared for an attack by Anonymous | RPPAnonymous hackers announced operation against Peru and Chile | RPP […]
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•In 2011’s first trimester, Colombia has reached over 5 million points of connection according to the bulletin of the Ministry of Technology of Information and Communication. •RCN Radio reports that since the first trimester of 2010, there has been an increase of over 3 million connections, which is 52.7%. •Broadband connections have increased 71.4% since […]
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A recent ComScore report shows that Argentineans spend the most time on Facebook in all of Latin America and are second, behind Israel, for the most time spent on the social network in the world, according to islabit.com. Of the 27.4 hours an average Argentinean spends online a month, 9 of those are devoted to […]
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According to ElUniverso.com President Rafael Correa’s website and information portal were hacked this past Sunday. The government reported the incident Monday June 20th. El Universo reports that a group called “Latin Hack Team” took responsibility for the attack. A message saying, “Against the hypocrisy and corruption of government, for freedom of expression,” was left on […]
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In April 2011, nearly 13 million people age 15 and older accessed the Internet from a home or work location in Argentina spending an average of 26.9 hours online during the month. Microsoft Sites led as the most-visited online property reaching nearly 12.4 million unique visitors, representing 95.1 percent of the entire online population. Google […]
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El Comercio reports: ● Mexico City: Teenage girl drank too much at a party and passed out; seven young men (five under age 18) sexually abused her while she was unconscious ● One of the perpetrators filmed the act on his cell phone and sent it out (known as ‘sexting’) ● Video was sent to […]
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According to LaRepublica.pe, a fake website for the candidate of Gana Peru Ollanta Humala was hacked earlier today. It was created by anonymous users and distorted the image and beliefs of Mr. Humala. The website was called www.ollantaporperu.pe. On the website, Humala was labeled as a “socialist” and “death to imperialism.” Also, a banner appeared […]
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A recent comScore study shows that in April of this year more than 11.6 million Latin Americans, 10% of those with internet access, are using coupon sites. Internet coupons are very new to Latin America and started gaining popularity last year when Groupon and Groupalia were emerging in the region. According to the report, Groupon […]
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A report released by the private consulting firm, Prince and Cooke, shows that 66% of the Argentine population accesses the internet from different locations and with different devices. At the end of last year 27 million people were online, showing a 17.4% increase just that year. According to ambito.com, the report explains the increase in […]
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According to a report by Mindshare, the number of Argentinians shopping online has gone from 1.5 million in 2005 to 5.3 million in 2010. Per canal-ar.com, the report showed that in 2005 44% of the population used the internet with only 15% of people buying, 5 years later the numbers have gone up to 54% […]
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iProfesional.com says the success of the iPad in 2010 has gained popularity for tablet computers, just being introduced into Argentina this year. Tablets are mobile forms of technology that benefit customer relations and interoffice relations. Cisco Systems met with companies in Argentina this week to demonstrate a new tablet computer product, Cius, based on the […]
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•Eltiempo.com reports that on October 1st, a new system will be put in place to guarantee subscribers’ rights from service providers in order to promote the spread of internet usage in Colombia. •This system is explained in clear, simple language according to Cristhian Lizcano, executive director of the Commission of Regulation of Communications. •The system […]
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•According to caracol.com.co , last year, there were 490 deaths due to cellphone robberies which made up 45% of the cases of theft. •The government is requiring that within 2 months all vendors receive authorization from the phone companies to sell their phones. •The government is requiring for the companies to hand over a list […]
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The growth of the Internet in Colombia has proved favorable to Google which judges it to be a good base for operation in the Caribbean and South America. Currently with 11 members, Google Colombia plans to expand its staff to 22 by December. In an official presentation yesterday, the current director, Laura Camacho, comments that […]
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Argentina’s Jewish umbrella organization, DAIA, has won a court injunction against the mammoth Internet Google search engine. The order prevents Google from “suggesting” surfers visit certain anti-Semitic websites – including those that promote Holocaust denial. Read Article
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Foxconn Technology Group will likely be manufacturing Apple iPads and iPhones in Brazil as early as July, according to the local Folha de São Paulo daily. Read Article
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Netflix, the film and television subscription service, is working on a push into Latin America and is close to announcing deals with three of the continent’s biggest broadcasters to begin streaming programming online in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico. Read Article
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Brazil ranks third in the list with 23.7% usage, Venezuela, fifth with 21% and Argentina, seventh with 18%, almost one out of five in the population use Twitter. Read Article
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Ysmel Serrano, the coordinator of @chavezcandanga, said that one year after the creation of the official account of the Venezuelan Head of State in the micro-blogging social network, the account @chavezcandanga. Chávez has more than 1,400,000 followers. Read Article
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Sony has announced the launch in Costa Rica its line of Bravia televisions with internet access (IPTV), that in addition to basic functionality of a TV, can surf the internet, social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, watch YouTube and make Skype calls. Read Article
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Google has agreed to redo its online map of Rio de Janeiro after being criticized for giving undue prominence to the city’s notorious favelas, rather than its iconic beaches and other tourist attractions. Read Article
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One in three Colombian fixed Internet access with that company acquired it. So the company said in a statement, referring to figures from the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MinTic) 2010. The company is particularly strong in regions of the country.
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The Costa Rican Chamber of Information and Communication Technologies (Camtic), a private, non-for-profit business association, now offers an innovative and free way to keep abreast of technology news in Costa Rica. By downloading the “app”, mobile users of Apple devices – iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, etc – can download and comment on CAMTIC published news, […]
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Codisa and Radiográfica Costarricense (Racsa) signed a partnership to create the first private cloud in the country. That is, a space reserved within the world cloud where public and private entities can store information with a greater degree of security and access to specialized computer systems. Read Article
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On the day that Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, 23, shocked Brazil by causing one of the greatest tragedies ever known in the country , an administrative assistant with a similar name and also a resident of the western zone of Rio de Janeiro, in the studied area, now has his Orkut profile hunted by netizens […]
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Google Colombia carried out a study concerning the manner of the Colombian company by D’Alessio Iro. According to the results, the Colombians would rather spend time at the computer than watching television. For the study surveyed nearly 500 people, of which over 80% said that enters the web several times during the day, however, the […]
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On 30 March, Google reported that it was user availability services, voice guided navigation in Argentina. To qualify for this role will require an Android version 2.0 and, through Google Navigation , will be available to guide and maps displayed on your screen the road to be followed similarly to GPS. In the case of […]
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French international news channel France 24 has entered the Latin American cable market through an agreement with Uruguayan operator Cableplus, AFP reports. Read Article
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The problems with cellular telecommunications in Costa Rica continue, this time affecting customers of the state telecom, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), “prepaid” service. Last week ICE has cut internet service from all prepaid service and without any notice. Read Article
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Mexico: An Introduction to the Video Game Market in Mariachi Land Mexico is becoming a very large video game market. With 110 million people, a strong university system, a trillion dollar economy, free trade agreements with countries housing major video game companies, and roughly half of all people under the age of 25, we at […]
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Nokia has moved its headquarters for Latin America to the city of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Until now, all operations in the region were controlled from the company’s office in Miami, in the US. Nokia’s president for Latin America, Olivier Puech, said that the change aims to strengthen operations in the region. Read Article
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Scanbuy, Inc., a provider of mobile barcode solutions, has officially opened an office in Mexico. Its applications are available for download on compatible devices and as a preload on handset devices through Telcel (News – Alert), a major mobile operator in Mexico. Read Article
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More details of Google’s plan to hire 6,000 new employees have come to light. It seems the search giant will focus an unusual amount of attention on Central and South America, making a special effort to step up operations in that area. Read Article
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Argentine incumbent fixed line operator Telecom Argentina has announced that its net profit for the fourth quarter of 2010 rose 28% year-on-year to ARS512 million (USD127 million), on the back of increasing revenue from broadband internet and mobile services. Read Article
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Facebook has hired Alexandre Hohagen, the top Google executive in Latin America, to be its vice president for sales in the region, the company said in a press release issued in São Paolo last week. Mr. Hohagen had helped to establish Google’s Latin American offices some six years ago and later served as general manager […]
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Ecuador’s largest cellphone company, Porta Celular, the local unit of Mexican communications giant America Movil SAB, plans to invest about $180 million during 2011 in the Andean country, the company’s president told Dow Jones Newswires. In an interview on Thursday, Alfredo Escobar said that the investment, which will be 45% higher compared with 2010, will […]
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The Blue Eye platform, designed by the Cuban software company Desoft S.A. to provide cell phone services, has saved the national economy one million dollars. René Cruz Guerrero, general manager of Procyon Soluciones, Desoft’s telecommunications division, said that amount accounts for the cost of acquiring the program abroad. Read Article
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More than a quarter of wireless customers in Brazil indicate they are likely to switch carriers in the next 12 months, according to the J.D. Power do Brasil 2011 Wireless Satisfaction Study. Read Article
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L to known Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez described on Wednesday as to “ the long night of censorship”that the government suddenly unblocked access to its Web site and 40 other opponents. Read Article
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Triple play carrier Itacom is launching its own over-the-top (OTT) video-on-demand service for Paraguay, streaming video across a range of multiple devices.Itacom is a provider of Internet, telephony, and television services to customers in Paraguay, and in order to add theWeb-based content play to the mix it has chosen to work with video streaming enabler […]
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A massive submarine fiber optic cable rolled ashore Cuba on Tuesday from Venezuela to bring better Internet connections, though most Cubans will still have only limited access to the Web.The French ship “Ile de Batz” arrived at Siboney beach, Santiago de Cuba province, 870 km (540 miles) southeast of Havana, Deputy Minister of Information and […]
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Movistar has reportedly expanded commercial 3.5G coverage to the city of Loja. The expansion of the HSPA-based mobile broadband network was launched in June 2009 which forms part of a nationwide plan to increase Movistar’s high speed services footprint throughout 2011. Read Article
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Getting around Costa Rica with your iPhone just got easier thanks to iGo’s latest navigation app for Costa Rica. However, it’s not a regular GPS navigation application, since addresses in Costa Rica do not follow a systematic road naming and house numbering system. Rather, iGO uses the POI Guidance feature that refers to over 34,000 […]
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A new way of sharing music has caught on in Argentina, with bands — both new and established — filmed in impromptu performances on rooftops or in markets and other public spaces in Argentina. The high-quality videos, which are shot in one single take, are then posted on the Internet. Read Article
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The Jamaica Observer reports that the Caribbean country is touted to become the next hub for document retrieval and storage in the region. Companies like the Archway Caribbean that operate out of Jamaica are a big impact in nearshoring. Although nearshoring is usually associated with Latin America, Jamaica has made its name known in the […]
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West Palm Beach, FL-based Quepassa Corp. (OTC:BB: QPSA), which owns Quepasa.com, one of the world’s largest multi-linqual Lation social networks online, ha raised $13.15 million of $15 million equity offering, according to a regulatory filing. Quepasa.com, along with sister site Corazones.com serves its users in the U.S., Mexico, Latin America and the world in three […]
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World Financial Group, Inc. recently learned of an email scam circulating in Colombia falsely stating that World Financial Group is hiring citizens from Colombia to work in Canada and will assist them in securing visas through the Canadian Embassy once personal documentation is produced and mailed. Read Article
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