by Nico Black | May 5, 2012 | Online Marketing, privatization, Telecommunications
Public outcry about jobs being shipped abroad? That’s because outsourcing isn’t done right. Let’s take an example from Apple. Apple has outsourced its manufacturing to China and was crowned the richest company in the world today. Not bad considering...
by Nico Black | Dec 19, 2008 | Appearences, Israel, modern living, tel aviv, Telecommunications
Interviewed by Or Hirschauge from TheMarker about the ownership patterns of PCs in Israel. Interviewed alongside Dr. Nimrod Kozlovski, I was able to elaborate on the usage patterns of PCs in various parts of Tel Aviv as part of my thesis titles “Examining the...
by Nico Black | May 1, 2008 | Hizbulla, Olmert, privatization, Telecommunications, terrorism, weinrot
Image by Dust Mason via FlickrThree times a year the nation grinds to a halt, this is a collective act which binds the fragile Israeli national identity through nationalist ceremonies. The Siren goes off, echoing eerily through the noisy, soon to be quite, streets. I...
by Nico Black | Mar 25, 2008 | immigration, infrastracture, neo liberalism, Telecommunications, Urbanism
Last month I spent some time to break away from the “routine” of working for my cool startup company and sniff around in the south of Tel Aviv. While I do live there myself (low rent, great food and friendly people), the fact that the area is so cheap is...
by Nico Black | Jan 20, 2008 | bike paths, infrastracture, Israel, regulation, Telecommunications
Part of the need to explore alternatives to private transportation is linked to the geographical constraint. Israel has a higher growth rate of cars than population and the streets can’t get any wider. As this video explains, part of the solution is bike paths...
by Nico Black | Dec 17, 2007 | neo liberalism, regulation, Telecommunications, web 2.0
My father, a journalist, always warned me against going into that line of work. After last months experience, when i published an article on TheCom.co.il, i am inclined to agree. His point dealt mainly with the unsatisfying paycheck, but my complaint is linked to the...
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