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Interview with Neville Spiteri, TheBlu

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Among those involved in TheBlu are Andy Jones (Avatar), Joichi Ito (MIT Media Lab), Scott Yara (EMC/Greenplum), Yair Landau (MK Capital, formerly of Sony Pictures Entertainment), among others. As a studio, we are building entertainment titles that capture that spirit. Our business model is based on selling entertainment to consumers.

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Why Online / Offline Mobile Integration is Going to be a Huge Business

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My background was 8 years of telecoms & mobile and 8 years of cloud computing & SaaS – so these two themes were a given. And which do you think is more likely to be effective on a small telephone-based screen – a tiny banner ad or a phone number that you click-to-call?

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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

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During my second startup we never considered using cloud computer processing for our real-time processes but we did run some batch processes there. It’s the input screens where we enter data or search requests. This is the top layer in the Cloud Stack. I see the same again with the entertainment industry.

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