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How they shut up the free press at Copenhagen

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Freemium: The First Business Model of the 21st Century

Chris Anderson, author of “Free: The Future of a Radical Price,” discusses how different companies use the free-to-premium, or freemium model, to not only make money, but often keep customers at a higher rate than fully-paid services. There are many … Continue reading

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Have you put your hand on Chris Anderson’s FREE?

If yes, then could you send me a copy of the (pirated) [*] PDF file?… So I can read it and publish a review of it on Midas Oracle. Thanks —appreciated. Will make up to you. [*] I find Cory … Continue reading

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WordPress plugin authors should not ask for donations, but sell their services —or *anything* else.

“Is WordPress A Thankless Community?“ – That’s a question asked by Jeff Chandler. Many of the plugin authors I have spoken with throughout the community tell me that very rarely do they ever get a donation let alone a Thank … Continue reading

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Free Prediction Market Data — Trading Fees

If you think of it, the business model of BetFair and InTrade should be to deliver free prediction market data to the world, while leveraging trading fees on the bettors. Agree?

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Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine & The Long Tail on Free: The four business models

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How to read the Wall Street Journal stories on prediction markets… FOR FREE

Very simple. The WSJ is free if you come from big news content aggregators (like Digg or Google News). If you can manage to have your browser produce artificially a Digg or Google News referral, then you’re permitted to enter … Continue reading

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