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		<title>The Emerging Indian Middle Class</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I made my first visit to the Dharavi Slum yesterday. Often described as Asia&#8217;s largest slum it remains central to Mumbai&#8217;s development and thriving economy. I have a few stories and themes that I want to weave together.

I cannot help having the stark contrast in mind when we define the US middle class. Recently the [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Emerging Indian Middle Class", url: "http://conversationhub.com/2008/05/03/the-emerging-indian-middle-class/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>BBC Scares Everyone in the World off Facebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The BBC has been able set up a malicious application that can steal details of not only your information but the people you&#8217;re connected with. This is because in Facebook, applications have permission to &#8216;walk the tree&#8217; of your friend contact details, letting the apps do things like populate the list of people for you [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "BBC Scares Everyone in the World off Facebook", url: "http://conversationhub.com/2008/05/02/bbc-scares-everyone-in-the-world-off-facebook/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;China Phone&#8221;" Beats Nokia N95 in Boombox Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Going into the field is one of the things I really enjoy. This week I&#8217;m in India and apart from enjoying the food I&#8217;m generally on the lookout for the loud music playing phones from China. India is both noisy and an environment where the music is almost incessant. Your phone&#8217;s capability to play music [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "&#8220;China Phone&#8221;\" Beats Nokia N95 in Boombox Test", url: "http://conversationhub.com/2008/04/30/china-phone-beats-nokia-n95-in-boombox-test/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>India World&#8217;s Fastest Growing Mobile Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in India for a week and one of the things I&#8217;m doing is getting an update on the local mobile phone explosion. India just had their single largest month an quarter for new cellphone registrations. India is now the world&#8217;s second largest mobile market after China with 261.09 million users. In March 2008 operators [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "India World&#8217;s Fastest Growing Mobile Market", url: "http://conversationhub.com/2008/04/28/india-worlds-fastest-growing-mobile-market/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Reaching Out:  Four Retail Companies That Are Connecting To Their Customer Network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Embracing blogs to connect with a company&#8217;s network of customers is fait accompli for the tech industry, but what about the rest of the planet that doesn&#8217;t put its every movement up on Twitter?&#160; 
Here are four retailers that are using blogs and social media in an attempt to better connect with customers.

WalMart
Revenue: $375 Billion# [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Reaching Out:  Four Retail Companies That Are Connecting To Their Customer Network", url: "http://conversationhub.com/2008/04/27/reaching-out-four-retail-companies-that-are-connecting-to-their-customer-network/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Scott Draves on the Electric Sheep Network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scott Draves (known as Spot) is an award-winning software artist, some of whose art is based on a complex network.  I've interviewed him to learn more.<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Scott Draves on the Electric Sheep Network", url: "http://conversationhub.com/2008/04/26/scott-draves-on-the-electric-sheep-network/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Jan Chipchase - Global Ethnographer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I went to a session at Adaptive Path hosted by Peter Merholtz. Jan Chipchase  (who writes a great blog - Future Perfect) was the reason I went along. His presentation was called &#8220;Street Hacks&#8220;. He&#8217;s also been getting lots of exposure for Nokia most recently in the New York Times. These are [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Jan Chipchase - Global Ethnographer", url: "http://conversationhub.com/2008/04/19/jan-chipchase-global-ethnographer/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Conversations Abounding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All sorts of good things going on this week.  Here we go!
1) The &#8220;networks don&#8217;t have people&#8230;people have networks&#8221; concept floated here has become a full-fledged snowball.

Ross Mayfield - &#8220;Here&#8217;s some related Soylent Green.&#8221;

Demian Entrekin - &#8220;Individuals create value for organizations through the impact of their Project Network, not through their position in the [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Conversations Abounding", url: "http://conversationhub.com/2008/04/19/conversations-abounding/" });</script>]]></description>
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