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How Apple and Others Control Leaks
John Martellaro presents an eye-opening story of how Apple uses the media as it sees fit to disseminate information about a product it is launching. Reasons to do so include changing the behavior of a partner, seeing if a price...
Google, Apple set for Death Match
Like a Godzilla movie with award-winning special effects, this battle will open up new opportunities for players in the communications market deep into the decade. Apple recently announced it has had over three billion applications downloaded on the iPhone and...
Apples iTablet Confirmed - Why it May Ruin Tech
Some of the most exciting news for all of technology has to be the official introduction of a new product category at Apple - the tablet. After all, the iPod and iPhone were responsible for billions of dollars in new...
Think Smartphones Need More Memory? Just Wait.
Luca Filigheddu complains about memory limitations of the Blackberry platform and goes on to explain how the App World experience provided by the maker of these devices is a joke. He does correctly point out however that compared to an...
Should Amazon Collect State Sales Tax?
Amazon and other ecommerce vendors enjoy a tremendous advantage in these times of fiscal responsibility as many of the products the company sells do not involve sales tax in most states. There are arguments for and against Amazon paying taxes...
ITEXPO Launches Startup Camp - Investors Take Note
We love startups - as a society we owe them more and more each day. The contributions of Apple, WalMart, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Intel, etc. Most companies which were not spinoffs started life as tiny babies in the enterprise pediatric...
News From Oracle, RIM, Google, Apple, Twitter and More
TMC Had its Holiday party last night but that didn't stop an amazing amount of interesting news from happening in the last 12-18 hours or so. I've got lots of opinion and analysis to share on many of the happenings....
Pandora Radio Doubles Users
Digital media continues to grow and as it does, the habits of consumption continue to change. Consider that Pandora Media has doubled its number of registered users this year to 40 million and about one third of its three-million daily...
Android-Based iPod Competitor Wanted
I have noticed a trend in the market consisting of people telling me they are waiting for an Android-based iPod competitor which works with WiFi and has a microphone. While many contemplate the Google business model for their new Nexus...
Fake Steve Jobs Suggests an AT&T Flash Mob
AT&T has told its users they use too much data - they are actively looking for ways of limiting their usage. One idea being thrown around is usage-based pricing. Forget for a minute that years back, carriers worldwide were trying...
Apple Rumored to Buy VoIP Player iCall
Back in December 2004 I suggested in my Publisher's Outlook column of Internet Telephony Magazine that Apple should get into the VoIP market and I even coined a product name - the VoIPOD. Here is the entire paragraph from the...
iTunes App Store Approval Process Easing
Based on what I have been hearing and reading, the Apple iTunes App Store approval process is getting easier and there seem to be less angry developers out there. This is not only good news for Apple fans but those...
Why is Nokia Closing Flagship Stores?
Although the Internet was supposed to reduce the need for brick and mortar locations and in reality growth in ecommerce does come to some degree at the expense of catalogues, contact centers and of course retail stores - It seems...
Droid Ads Say iPhone is Girly
Verizon's Droid ads pit the new phone against the Apple iPhone - comparing their manly device to one they infer is girly. To determine which phone has the most testosterone I put both phones through their paces. The verdict? Well,...
Nuance Dragon Dictation for iPhone Launched
The free program for Apple's iPhone is dead easy to use and the accuracy is OK as you can see from this blog entry below. Interestingly I said it worked quite well below but as you can see it need...
Why Apple Spent $80M on LaLa
Apple confirmed they purchased music streaming site LaLa for around $80 million and I believe the reason for the acquisition may have to do with my recent experience with Sonos, a company which makes multi-room, WiFi home stereo equipment. After...
TVoIP on the Ceiling
For people who are looking for a low-cost way to watch video on a wall or ceiling, be on the lookout for a number of new pico projectors. One which was reviewed positively by Engadget is the WowWee Cinemin Swivel...
ITEXPO East 2010 Miami Update
I just came across this web page with some important details on ITEXPO. I mentioned the keynoters in a recent post and I still think they are one of the best combinations of thought leaders in our space. Google Voice,...
How Carriers Can Cope with TV Over IP
It is obvious television viewing is merging with the web and as such, cable companies and other triple-play providers understand they are in increasing danger of becoming providers of dumb pipes. Of course the reason carriers are adverse to this...
Google Scaring Apple to Death?
If you don't think the Google business model of giving away as much as possible and subsidizing it through ad revenue is striking fear in the hearts of the tech world, you would be wrong. Even Steve Jobs seems afraid;...
We Reprogrammed Our Site for the iPhone
You remember a while back I discussed how the real apple tax is the lack of Flash support from Apple? I further explained how virtually all websites with video have to create duplicate video formats for their content - Flash...
Can The Concept of Open be Governed?
Warning - a bit of self-promotion ahead and a discount - Guest Blog From Carl Ford ---Dear Reader, Welcome to the next generation of regulation- the one that will be focused on the Wireless device in your hands! The...
Droid Won't Kill the iPhone But Google Guide Might
For the record, Google Guide is not a product or service developed by Google. To learn what I believe this service can become, please keep reading. I spent some time with the new Motorola Droid this weekend and I interviewed...
ITEXPO Keynoters Announced
We are thrilled to announce a slew of top notch keynoters for the upcoming ITEXPO which takes place in Miami, FL Jan 20-22, 2010. I will share them with you by first explaining why they were invited: A keynote picture...
Verizon Termination Fee Increase Necessary
I just came across an article by Glenn Hall on the TheStreet.com which details outrage at the fact that Verizon charges $350 for their early termination fee - essentially this fee just doubled. His point is that as devices get...
