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Back in the day when I worked for a weekly newspaper in New York, the dismal newsroom taught me something: not everything merits a front page 24 point headline treatment. There are some stories which are short, sweet, touching or simply quirky. People like reading them, just not on the front page. These nuggets of [...]

Okay that’s paraphrasing an 80s favorite by Rockwell, but still…this week’s PodSession is about Online privacy.
Niall and I discuss the privacy issues and our increasingly connected lives. I take issue with the lack of effort large internet companies make in telling consumers about the issues at hand, and hide behind long winded EULAs. We also [...]

Business 2.0: City Telecom, a Hong Kong company that offers 100 megabits per second–65 times as fast as a typical DSL connection–for just $25 a month, with no phone or cable strings attached. Ricky Wong, founder and chief executive of City Telecom, describes his company as “a broadband utility.” Read On…

Business 2.0: One of the most frustrating things about CDs and DVDs is that one bad scratch can render them worthless. Now a Denver startup called Scratch-Less Disc is marketing a version that can be clawed at, dropped–even smeared with peanut butter — and still play like new. Read on…

Business 2.0’s Matt Maier reports on the recent deal between Helio and social networking site, MySpace. Sky Dayton’s new MVNO is developing a special app which would allow MySpace users to interact with their website (and community) right off the mobile phone. The company also announced some new handsets as well. Earthling blog has more [...]

Will 2006 be the yearwhen Microsoft Mobile finally takes off? It certainly looks like that. Microsoft’s mobile ambitions are on display at the 3GSM show in Barcelona. CEO Steve Ballmer gave a big wet kiss to wireless operators in his Valentine’s Day keynote address at the wireless mega show.
Store shelves are crammed with brand new [...]