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The time has come! The CHALLENGE is HERE!

Jul 9, 2007
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So, now we’re finally going to launch the CHALLENGE.

Now you can take the step into being a part of creating Rebtel in the future.

Those who’ll manage the challenge will be invited to our community with the managers of Rebtel and their networks (+100 minutes of free calling!) - to succeed you’ll need to sign-up 45 users to Rebtel.

How to join? First make sure to register for Rebte on http://www.rebtel.com. Then go to http://www.rebtel.com/challenge/ and sign-up for the challenge!

Also check our blog (http://entrebeneurs.wordpress.com) for more info.

Good luck!
Linus & Björn

Watch out walled gardens?

Jul 2, 2007
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Annes-grove

So, what do you think about walled gardens? These places hidden away from the public view, only accessible by the people who come to fulfill the criteria (be it membership, or living close to them or what). Walled gardens on the internet are the places that doesn't publish content publically... Vox is very much not one of these, however another site I frequent is - Facebook.

I was reading this blog post by Steve Rubel commeting on just this about Facebook, he says amongst other things:

For all of the excitement around Facebook and its application platform, it's essentially a giant walled garden. You can embed virtually anything you want inside Facebook. Just like open APIs, Facebook's developer program lets anyone create value in the ecosystem.

The problem, however, lies in this fact - Facebook gives nothing back to the broader web. A lot of stuff goes in, but nothing comes out. What happens in Facebook, stays in Facebook. As Robert Scoble noted, it's almost completely invisible to Google. You can share only a limited amount of data on your public page - as he has here. That's fine for many users, but not all.

I tend to agree - and for me as a user, one of the main drawbacks - is that I can't take my content with me to the rest of my online social communities, like Vox or Wordpress...

Company is community, Community is company

Jun 28, 2007
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Over the past few days we’ve been a part of uploading Rebtel. From being a community located at Augustendahlsvägen in Nacka, Stockholm it’s taken the step to become a community bound together over the internet.

This is the start of what we wantto do… take these guys put them online get our student netowrks, put them online. Mashup and have them all connected with each other. Now only the CEO needs to get online!