I just added global data roaming to my iPhone after a series of trips to Europe since the 3G models came out. I resisted. I have Nokia N and E series phones to use, as wells as my Blackberry Curve. But my dependency on so many apps that the iPhone has that work easily has … Read more
In sports you have players very good at each position. Think field goal kickers, relief pitchers or goaltenders. To me, that’s who the developers are. The salespersons are forwards, shooting guards, quarterbacks and home run hitting sluggers. Integrators and resellers are like coaches and scouts. They figure out who does what best, then brings them … Read more
As a disclaimer the team behind Calliflower, Iotum, and specifically Alec Saunders and Howard Thaw are both clients and friends for many years. From the early days of Iotum when Alec and I whiteboarded out the strategy in my home office, to their launch at DEMO, the magic of what is going on inside Iotum … Read more
Om Malik yesterday posted about his iPhone and WiFi, relating the study to some of HIS favorite apps. Two he highlighted are two clients, Truphone and Boingo. At SFO Airport last week and again earlier this week I made a series of international calls using my iPhone using Truphone. I also made some domestic ones … Read more
Om Malik yesterday posted about his iPhone and WiFi, relating the study to some of HIS favorite apps. Two he highlighted are two clients, Truphone and Boingo. At SFO Airport last week and again earlier this week I made a series of international calls using my iPhone using Truphone. I also made some domestic ones … Read more
I’m not endorsing the concept of jailbreaking your iPhone as there are alternatives like the Nokia N and E series that let you accomplish this without doing anything at all but a new piece of software for jailbroken iPhones lets you trick your handset into thinking 3G is WiFi. That means you can now use … Read more
Do you have lousy cellular coverage in your home? Is your office in a part of the building where coverage just almost makes it? Never fear, the Femtocells are coming and they’re promising to solve all your problems. We’ll see.
Stuart Henshall is ranting about his experience with Comcast, one that other customers of there’s have shared publicly or privately in the past. It’s not far different from what caused the movie “Cable Guy” to become a great example of art imitating life. That’s Comcast. But Stuart has to take a moment and think about … Read more
Jaiku takes residence in the Boulevard of Broken Dreams is the visual I that came to mind of when I read Ken Camp’s latest post about Jaiku. Maybe you know the painting. “Welcome to the Machine” by Pink Floyd is the song that I thought of as I reread Ken’s post. Here’s the part of … Read more
Since September I’ve been saying on KenRadio.com that Google is in for a very rough Q1 in 2009. One doesn’t need to be a genius to know that in this economy, advertising will be down, and given that Q1 is always a slow quarter anyway, the outlook for Google to slow down was obvious (or … Read more
