The veil between Web and Desktop becomes even less defined.
I don’t know when it was launched, but I am sure all of you do. One of the biggest downsides of going completely online with all these rich internet apps ...
Category: Strategy
Great rant on The Register: How the mobile phone biz lost the plot
Matt Mizenko sent me a link to a great rant article (click here) on The Register about how the mobile industry lost its groove (it’s getting stale, but I ...
A computer that’s a mobile companion
The original Palms were billed as mobile companions to your computer. In those days, the fixed computer ruled and you used a Palm to carry your important comput...
Man, Google is smooth (Google Calendar)
I’ve been using Google Calendar at home for the joint family calendar. Makes it easier than me manually typing the calendar ever week or so. Being the mob...
Google Maps Mobile with GPS
I don’t know when this showed up, but we were expecting it. Hoo-boy, this sure changes the whole map and local search game. Now to download it and play wi...
If TypePad has Vox, what will Digg have?
A quick thought. I keep seeing the Web getting away from mass folksonomy type apps, or apps that are openly community driven. I see more interest in what some a...
Emotional attachment to technology and catalyst apps
Another day. Another discovered note. I heard Nick Jones from Gartner give a talk a while back. One thing he said regarding emerging markets that stuck with me ...
Shozu, and being done when there’s nothing left to remove
More from my long notes tail. For a while I wanted to write a long article on Cognima. Who? The guys who brought us Shozu, that’s who. Cognima had a reall...
‘Operators are not enemies. They are irrelevant.’
I was going through my old notes and stumbled upon a comment from a really clever guy from a UK analyst house (who shall remain anonymous). He had given an amaz...
Cool! Nokia launches a bunch of phones for emerging markets.
This is exciting. Seven, yes 7!, new phones for the emerging markets (you know I love emerging market stuff). And these don’t look like cheap phones, but ...