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June 13, 2007

The TMC Green Blog has officially launched. When you think about it… Blogs are about as green a communications medium as there is. Enjoy!

June 13, 2007

Due to a spat between Google and eBay, the latter has pulled domestic ads from the former. This decision will have a negative impact on the earnings of both companies. The argument is over Google Checkout and why eBay is not allowing this form of payment in their auction network. This could turn ugly.

 

Disclosure: I own shares in both and if I take off my writer hat and put on my investor hat, this is not good news. Read more here.

June 13, 2007

I mentioned a few months back the lack of a keyboard could be the Achilles heal of the Apple iPhone. Now the NY Times has an article on the same topic. Russell Shaw mentions this in his blog today and has a poll asking if people care about having a physical keyboard.

 

I believe for the casual user the lack of a keyboard is bearable. For the serious e-mail user like yours truly I am pretty sure there is no way I will give up the mechanical sensation of pressing keys.

 

Then again, I haven’t seen the iPhone yet. Perhaps the iPhone is such a good device in other respects; I will be willing to overlook this shortcoming.

 

In the mean time, it would be great if you could take Russell’s poll so I can see what my (and his) readers think.