• Founder and CEO, Unicoin.com
    Unicoin is the official cryptocurrency of Unicorn Hunters which Forbes called “The most iconic business series of recent times”.
  • CEO, TransparentBusiness
    TransparentBusiness SaaS platform was designated by Citigroup as the Top People Management Solution
  • International Entrepreneur
    Created the largest bank in Russia by age of 25 before defecting to the United States in 1992 and starting from scratch.

Resumen de noticias destacadas de Internet, tecnología y social media en la semana del 28 al 3 de abril

Semana de lanzamientos: las plataformas continúan innovando y ofreciendo nuevos servicios para que la experiencia virtual sea cada vez más satisfactoria. Las búsquedas online mediante Google, podrán personalizarse con su herramienta Plus One (+1), y las búsquedas móviles serán más prácticas con Google Voice Search. Hotmail se asocia a otras redes para ofrecer un servicio integrado con contenido embebido. Facebook incorpora métodos de estudio de mercado. Finalmente, Skype sorprende revitalizando las olvidadas cabinas telefónicas.

Google Voice disponible en América Latina

Google presentó su servicio de búsqueda por voz en español para acentos latinoamericanos.

El desarrollo implicó la investigación de las características fonéticas de la región hispano hablante de América Latina. Se trabajó con personas nativas para recolectar muestras de cómo hablan, así como los distintos acentos y dialectos. Se crearon 3 modelos diferentes para que los resultados sean más precisos: México, Argentina y neutro.

Los datos fueron recolectados en diferentes condiciones acústicas para entrenar el modelo de reconocimiento a las situaciones de uso en la vida real.

El modelo de reconocimiento de voz se encuentra optimizado, y la aplicación está disponible para equipos Android y iPhone en appstore.

Question, la nueva herramienta de Facebook

Facebook dio a conocer "Questions". Funciona como un motor de recomendaciones, y representa una gran oportunidad para empresas y marcas. La utilidad de la herramienta descansa sobre la premisa de que las recomendaciones de extraños y amigos influyen en el consumo

Las empresas podrán usar este servicio para conocer mejor a sus clientes. Las preguntas son de opción múltiple, aunque el usuario podrá agregar más respuestas en caso de no serle útiles las que se le proponen. Las respuestas no serán públicas y la información recolectada quedará dentro de la plataforma de Facebook.

La primera cabina de Skype para llamar gratis desde el aeropuerto

Esta ubicada en el aeropuerto de Tallín, capital de Estonia. Mediante esta cabina, el usuario podrá utilizar todas las funcionalidades que ofrece el servicio de Skype: llamadas a contactos, marcar a números fijos y móviles, chatear, entre otras. Gracias a la pantalla táctil de 22 pulgas instalada en la cabina, el usuario puede realizar inclusive videoconferencias.

Una vez definido el modelo de negocio, la iniciativa podría propagarse a otras instalaciones como aeropuertos, centros comerciales, hospitales, y otros edificios públicos.

Hotmail se integra con LinkedIn y otros servicios

Hotmail negoció con 4 compañías para que su servicio de e-mail sea más interactivo facilitando el acceso al contenido de otras redes. Esta evolución permite responder inmediatamente invitaciones de conexión de LinkedIn, añadir películas a la lista de reproducción de Neflix, comentar directamente en Posterous y ver que temas siguen activos en LivingSocial.

Con respecto a Facebook, es posible que se llegue a un acuerdo de integración, teniendo en cuenta que el 16% del correo recibido en Hotmail tiene relación con notificaciones Facebook, y que ya se puede conversar entre ambas plataformas.

La idea de fondo es crear un standard en la Web, en la que el usuario deba cambiar de pestaña lo menos posible. Actualmente, 90% de e-mail recibidos contienen enlaces a otras páginas.

Por el momento la función sólo está habilitada para la versión web, pero se espera maximizar el alcance en aplicaciones móviles.

Google +1

A partir de ahora, los resultados de las búsquedas realizadas a través de Google tendrán a su lado el ícono +1 (Plus One) y los internautas podrán marcar si les gusta el resultado

Si un resultado es votado, aumenta su relevancia para la cuenta con la que se ha accedido y permite personalizar el servicio. La información registrada estará luego será visible para nuestros contactos, apareciendo como destacado.

Por ahora, Plus One sólo se encuentra disponible para un pequeño grupo de usuarios en Estados Unidos, aunque no tardará en generalizarse. Se proyecta que el ícono esté disponible también en los websites.

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Washington Post:
Konanykhin, one of the first Russian millionaires after the fall of the commies, left in 1992 and was granted asylum here in 1999. He's built a very successful Web advertising business in New York City. He had been chosen "New York Businessman of the Year." "As such, you will be honored and presented with your award," NRCC chairman Thomas M. Reynolds (R-N.Y.) said, at a "special ceremony" April 1. " President Bush and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger are our special invited guests.
CNN:
Alex Konanykhin controlled Russia's largest commercial bank in the 1990s
Wall Street Journal:
Mr. Konanykhin was a whiz-kid physics student who became a pioneering Russian capitalist in early 1990s, building a banking and investment empire valued at an estimated $300 million all by his mid-20s. He was a member of President Boris Yeltsin's inner circle.
The Sun:
Alex Konanykhin fled Russia in 1992 and won asylum in the US after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The entrepreneur had set up 100 different companies in Russia and had an estimated net worth of $300million by the time he was 25. He is regarded as one of the first Russian millionaires after the fall of the Iron Curtain. One of the newly open country's leading lights, he even met with US President George HW Bush in 1991 on a joint visit with Russian leader Boris Yeltsin. However, he was then kidnapped in 1992 while visiting Budapest and all of his business assets were seized in Russia. … Being hunted by the Russian state, Konanykhin won asylum in the US in 1997 and set up a new life - but the shadow of the Kremlin continued to loom over him.He went on to rebuild a business empire and set up multimillion dollar firms such as TransparentBusiness in the US.
The Deal:
... a New York-based software startup called TransparentBusiness Inc. has drawn backing from Fortune 500 executives through a relatively new type of securities offering called 506(c) as part of an effort to raise $10 million this year ... Alex Konanykhin, CEO of TransparentBusiness, said he decided to reach out directly to accredited investors by purchasing ads in financial publications. One particularly bold ad includes the figure, 90,000%, with a question mark next to it. Konanykhin said the ad speaks to the large market opportunity for his company's software, which helps governments eliminate fraud by verifying billable hours charged by outside contractors. ... One of the investors, Ken Arredondo, told The Deal he invested in TransparentBusiness and agreed to serve on its board of directors because of the company's strong management team and the huge market opportunity to increase transparency of outsourced contracts worldwide. He believes in the company's product and said it's unique. "It's a Saas-based, easy-to-use tool," he said. "There are a lot of technology players out there that are a lot bigger, but none of them have what they have. There will be competition, but they have the product now. They have first-mover advantage."
The Baltimore Sun:
Business whiz kid.
WJLA TV / ABC:
Russian Bill Gates.
The Times:
By the time he was 25 he was one of the most important figures in post-Communist Russia. But in 1992, while on a business trip to Hungary, Alex Konanykhine was kidnapped.
The New York Times:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation notified Konanykhin that Russian organized crime figures had paid to have him killed.
Los Angeles Daily Journal:
Representing himself through much of the process, Konanykhin managed to convince an immigration judge of an alleged INS and KGB conspiracy and cover-up. Following the court's admonishment, the INS agreed to drop all charges and also pay $100,000..The judge also ordered an investigation of the Justice Department. In separate actions, Konanykhine subsequently won multimillion dollar libel judgments against two Russian newspapers. A $100 million lawsuit against the Justice Department is pending, alleging perjury, fraud, torture and witness tampering by U.S government officers on behalf of the Russian Mafia.
Profit Magazine:
Imagine you are a teenage physics genius who quickly amasses a $300 million empire of real estate and banking ventures, has dozens of cars, six hundred employees, several mansions and two hundred bodyguards—but you are nonetheless kidnapped by those you trusted, threatened with torture and death, and have your entire empire stolen from you one dark night in Budapest. You escape with your life by racing through Eastern-block countries and flying to New York on stashed-away passports—only to have the KGB and Russian Mafia hell-bent on your hide and the U.S. government jailing you and conspiring to serve you up into their clutches. All this before your 29th birthday. Sound like a Tom Clancy thriller? No. . . just a slice in the life of Alexander Konanykhine.