When I was a kid, I remember my dad coming home from work and telling my mom he'd had to fire someone. I very vividly remember the image it conjured in my head. MY dad had set some poor man on fire! What about his family? What about MY family? Was my dad going to [...]

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GigaOm reports on a statement from an analyst that estimates the mobile technology industry will see about $1.3 trillion in revenue this year. That is, they say, about 2% of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP).Wow! Mobile is now 2% of global GDPHere's another perspective on that estimate. If mobile technology's GDP were for a country, it would have the 13 largest GDP in the world in between Spain and Australia (IMF rankings) or Spain and Mexico (World Bank rankings).List of count [...]

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