Rimouski's company competions i-pad!

Since i-pad was launched, the competition on this new market is flourishing.

From Singaporean startups (http://www.01net.com/editorial/515875/un-serieux-concurrent-pour-l-ipad-la-tablette-tactile-joojoo/) to BlackBerry (http://www.ipad-apple.net/category/concurrence/), the pad is everywhere.

A small company from Rimouski, Quebec launched a pad through a partnership with Microsoft!
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/est-quebec/2010/02/11/002-exopc.shtml
Let's keep track of their success!

Microfinance companies on the Stock Exchange

NYSE Euronext et Microfis créent un segment de marché pour la finance responsable :

NYSE Euronext et Microfis ont annoncé leur intention de créer au quatrième trimestre 2010 un marché organisé pour la cotation et la négociation d' obligations ayant comme sous-jacents des créances sur des institutions de microfinance internationales ou sur des entités solidaires, au sens de la loi LME.

Il existait fin 2009 environ 1 milliard d'euros d'encours dans les fonds d'épargne salariale solidaires, mais que seulement 5 % de ce montant étaient effectivement investis.

Article complet : http://www.boursorama.com/opcvm/detail-actualite-opcvm.phtml?num=69dd3a0a343554f68db90b95aba2af41

The decline of Facebook ?

It won't happen overnight, but there seem to be a slihtly decline in Facebook popularity among teenagers.

That appeared in a recent Teens and Social Network study.

Acoording to that study, around one in five teens (19%) that have a Facebook account have either abandoned it or are using it less, found Roiworld.

The reasons pointed out by the study are:

- 45% have lost interest

- 16% are leaving because their parents have joined

- 14% think "too many adults/older people" now use the social network

- 13% are concerned about their personal

But despite, those first signs of decline, it remains the first social network used by teens with 69% who have an active profile. YouTube ranks second with 64% of teens claiming to have an active account. MySpace comes in third (41%) and Twitter fourth (20%).

Details of the study:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/33751159/Teens-Study-June-2010

Change the way you consume and not what you consume !

That's what Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers, co-author of the book "What's Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption" are telling us.

Those two words kind of describe what has developed over the past years concerning lending, trading, sharing, renting and swapping, in domains such as: transportation (cars, bikes), apparel (clothing, accessories), food, living spaces, household appliances, money (social lending, virtual currencies, time banks) workspaces, travel, accommodation, space (storage, parking, spare rooms).

Here is a video that sums up the concept

Much more to find on their web site

Borrow someone at the Human Library...

Imagine borrowing a person from your local library in the same way you would borrow a book.

That's what the Human Libraries propose !

The Human Library is designed to fight against stereotypes and prejudices.

How ? Instead of borrowing books, you "borrow" someone for 30 minutes who tells you about his life, a story he wants to share. All kinds of "human books" are available from the junkie to the drag queen, the noun to the ex-prisonner

Since the launch of the concept in Denmark, it has developed in all the continents with hundreds of events per year.

You can even find permanent Human Libraries in more than 30 cities.

Who wants to borrow me ?

Vox is recycling our idea...

People that get together each week to talk about what suprised them, what they want to share with the team...on subjects such as technology, new products, etc...it reminds me of something !

Anyway, the Vox Lab is a really good show you can watch on their web site. They present quite stunning things...and most of all, it's presented in a fun way !

Rona recycles its tins of paint...and Apple ads

Rona and Bos agency found a fun way to let the drivers know that they use old tins of paintings...
This add won the Grand Crea 2010 Price which recognizes in Quebec the best add of the previous year.



There have been no complaint from Apple. This Apple ad was old enough to not consider its recycling harmful.