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Ex-Forbes.com Editor on MicroPubs

Om Malik, Sunday, December 28, 2003 at 10:12 AM PT Comments (0)

The essay I wrote about MicroPubs is still generating some talk. David Churbuck, former editor of Forbes.com weighs in with his thoughts on the niches.
bq. The riches are in the niches. The rise of a few crucial support services have made micro-pubs even more of a viable business than they were ten years ago. Niche [...]

My Bluetooth Life

Om Malik, Sunday, December 28, 2003 at 10:12 AM PT Comments (1)

If you are like me, you just hate the sight of unwieldy wires clogging up your desk space. Who really needs a tangled mess when you can have wireless connectivity, especially Bluetooth wireless connectivity? In an effort to de-clutter my desk, I have adopted the technology almost completely.
A lovely Linksys router I picked up for [...]

Why Rural Broadband?

Om Malik, Sunday, December 28, 2003 at 8:12 AM PT Comments (0)

It all started with one simple email. That very poignant email prompted me to start looking into a new kind of a trend, which is gaining momentum around the country – rural broadband. The more I looked into this trend, the more I was convinced that this was going to be the catalyst of economic [...]

Maine towns plans to go all WiMAX

Om Malik, Sunday, December 28, 2003 at 8:12 AM PT Comments (3)

Like many other small towns and rural communities around the country, Franklin County of Maine is planning to put in place its own broadband infrastructure.
Much of the tiny community’s efforts are result of yeoman’s work being conducted by an organization called, The Rural Broadband Initiative. RBI was formed in January 2003 in response to the [...]

Dairyland goes Broadband

Om Malik, Sunday, December 28, 2003 at 7:12 AM PT Comments (0)

Frustrated by the lack of telecom and broadband services, many municipalities and small towns in Wisconsin are looking to take their broadband future in their own hands. Here is an update from Madison.com
bq. The Sun Prairie Water & Light utility is providing wireless Internet service and also has hooked up a few businesses directly to [...]

The Weekly Recap

Om Malik, Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 7:12 AM PT Comments (0)

* Viewsonic bets on Convergence
* Smart Display dead
* Future of Wi-Fi according to Ken Denman
* Broadband boost for cash strapped states
* Digital Gifts…Hot Hot Hot
* Broadband booms … almost
* GSM vs WLL battle ends in India
* Cellphone consolidation begins?
* 40 Gigabits in the Sky
* Trouble at TeleSym?
* Lights out at Innovance
Essays
* Weblogs get no respect [...]

LG to Nokia: We got you

Om Malik, Friday, December 26, 2003 at 9:12 PM PT Comments (1)

LG Electronics, after making waves in the cell phone handset business is kicking off a new $300 million branding campaign and has unveiled a brand new giant screen in New York’s Time Square. According to this report, T.J. Lee, LG Electronics U.S. president, is part of company mobile handsets, appliances and consumer electronics products in [...]

Viewsonic bets on Convergence

Om Malik, Friday, December 26, 2003 at 10:12 AM PT Comments (0)

Commoditization, as outlined in my story, The Rise of the Instant Company, is helping companies diversify, and get into previously unrelated businesses quite easily. One such company is Viewsonic, which for nearly a decade sold computer monitors but has recently diversified into Plasma Televisions, LCD TVs, notebooks, PDAs and a whole slew of products that [...]

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