The triple-play derby is normally viewed as a contest between the cable providers and the phone companies. Cable companies have been busy stealing the phone company customers with cheap voice plans, and seem to have an early lead against their archrivals. Continue »
Archive for December, 2006
BSNL promises Broadband 2007 for India
Indian incumbent phone company, BSNL is betting that 2007 is going to be a big year for broadband and is spending to make it real. The company is planning to boost speeds of their DSL offering to 2 megabits per second from 256 kbps. They will sell this service for about 250 rupees or about $7 a month. BSNL hopes that this bargain basement price would allow the company to add over 800,000 new connections in 2007. Continue »
A Super iPod Christmas?
A few of our friends wrote in and pointed out that they were having a tough time buying music from iTunes store today. We have experienced some delays and errors. Are you experiencing those problems? Continue »
Neo, Yet Another Mobile Phone Maker
Does anyone remember Sendo? The upstart handset maker was going to shake up the mobile phone business with radical designs and latest technology. Sendo wanted to bye synonymous with smartphones. It was just talk - a few mistakes, a fist fight with Microsoft, and before you knew party was over. Remnants of Sendo live somewhere inside Motorola, but barely. Continue »
Open Thread: Feedback, Suggestions & Improvements
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GUBA CEO Resigns, Leaves Company
Guba CEO has resigned and left the company. He will pursue non-technology interests, and might invest in other start-ups. Continue »
Have Wii? Will Trade My PS3
The way things stand now, the Nintendo Wii just might be the hottest gadget gift this holiday season. Quite a few of our friends have been desperately seeking a Wii for their loved ones. Futile visits to the stores, tracking auctions on eBay and even pleading with us to use our media contacts. Continue »
Layoffs in Northern Twopointopia
Some young startups up north have downsized, John Cook of the Seattle PI reported this week. Layoffs aren’t peculiar on their own, but it seems that more than one company has let people go. It could mean — gasp! — it’s a trend. Continue »
You Tube & Venice Project, Not The Same Sport
Gizmodo, and a whole slew of others are commenting about how the Venice Project will destroy YouTube. It sure makes for a nice headline, but is not true. The two services are not even playing the same sport. Continue »
Yahoo Local allows user contributions
Yahoo PR emailed to say users can now edit Yahoo Local listings and add their own ratings and reviews, collections, photos, and tags directly. Says the company, “For quality control purposes, these suggestions do not change a listing permanently, but are included as notes that can be reviewed by other users who can then agree or disagree to help denote whether the content should be trusted.” Windows Live Local also allows some user annotations, but this is a great step forward by Yahoo. I’d love to see this user-submitted information go even further, and be layered right onto the map. Continue »
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