Op-Ed: The development of new export sectors in Puerto Rico
October 17, 2013
The economic challenges Puerto Rico has been facing for over a decade now (and the fact that during that time Latin America has experienced an historic growth in which many of us did not participate) remain the thorn in the side of local enterprises, which titanically still hold together much of our economy.
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‘Practical Techie:’ Algorithms are digital crystal balls
October 16, 2013
Although mostly the dominion of programmers and many a computer scientist, a businessperson should often take on the concept of algorithms to better understand the logic on how a corporation’s data is juggled about in cyberspace.
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Op-Ed: Puerto Rico’s glaring signal to change course
October 15, 2013
Various publications have recently highlighted Puerto Rico’s economic troubles as reflected in the municipal bond market.
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‘Practical techie:’ Deep fishing in the seas of cyberspace
October 8, 2013
The Web is full of useful data analysis for small business professionals. It's all out there in a vast ocean of binary information just waiting to be fished out by the deft explorer.
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Op-Ed: New mortgage regulation positive for Puerto Rico
October 7, 2013
A new financial regulation defining “qualified mortgages” is due to take effect in January 2014. It would make the approval process for a mortgage stricter, both in the United States and Puerto Rico.
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REVIEW: Seaborne Airlines makes hop to Vieques easy
October 3, 2013
When you think about visiting Vieques to experience its pristine beaches and laid-back atmosphere, it’s hard not to want to get there — fast.
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‘Practical Techie:’ An office in our smartphone
October 1, 2013
The uproar for the new iPhone 5 has died down a bit, so we now sit back and take a calm look at how the new gadget — or rather, a retooled Apple smartphone — can help business folks be more productive in some practical ways.
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Practical Techie: Tech in Cuba ‘ready to go supernova’
September 24, 2013
No one knows when or how it will happen, but it when it does, U.S.-based companies that do tech commerce in the Caribbean will be ready.
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Op-Ed: Condado unites to block mega billboard
September 20, 2013
In an unprecedented show of unity, members from different sectors of the Condado community came together this week in an old fashion sit in, on the sidewalk opposite the newly renovated Vanderbilt Hotel, to protest the clandestine installation of a 60-foot high, 20-foot wide, multisided, illuminated, mega billboard in a parking lot in the heart of the "Fifth Avenue of Condado," Ashford Avenue.
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Practical Techie: Biz tech takes on new clothes
September 19, 2013
New technologies always climb on the shoulders of older, successful development. The next wave of inventiveness is already sprouting up all over the digital landscape, on a very worldwide scale.
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Op-Ed: EPA Brownfields Program’s role in redevelopment
September 10, 2013
EPA’s Brownfields Program was created in 1995 and it assists states, municipalities, communities, and other stakeholders (including nonprofit and private sector) to asses and redevelop abandoned or contaminated properties and redevelop them in a sustainable way.
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‘Practical Techie:’ To give or not to give?
September 4, 2013
A merchant must decide nowadays whether providing customers free access to the Web is good for business. Very much so, since connectivity is the backbone of the Internet. Let's look at it this way, our lives revolve around three digital windows: cellphone, computer and TV screens.
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‘Practical Techie:’ Optimizing websites with key tools
August 27, 2013
Keeping a website functional and fully purposed, is not only prudent but financially rewarding. If your commercial site is of you’re own doing, or professionally designed, keeping it running the way it should is a sound business move. Not only for profit reasons, but to avoid technical hassles or legal entanglements.
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‘Practical Techie’: Web hosting maneuvers
August 20, 2013
A critical aspect of any business web site is where to host it. And then, how to host your portal.
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‘Practical Techie’: A new business model for newsprint
August 13, 2013
A common diatribe these days is that the Internet has broken the newspaper business model.
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