MUNDU RADIO

Posted on December 19th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach

Mundu Radio is a streaming radio app for smartphones. It’s free for most phones, but 99 cents for iPhones and Blackberries.

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CHILE’S GRAND TECH EXPERIMENT

Posted on December 19th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach

Chile is trying to become the next Silicon Valley. The government is offering $40,000 to each potential entrepreneur plus a visa, free office space, assistance with networking, mentoring, and fundraising. The program, called Start-Up Chile, is still in the pilot stage. It will officially launch in mid-January.  You can read about some of the teams here. Some of them are tackling water problems, others have tracking systems for solar panels, another is a travel planner. Vivek Wadhwa, who helped conceive the program, says this will work where government-run technology centers tend not to.

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