Sorry for the mini-rant here, but I still don’t get the appeal of femtocells. These are the “mini cell tower” devices offered by carriers in order to provide good signal coverage at home for your cellular phone. Today, AT&T became the last… Read More »
Archive for September 2009
The classy denim company Joe’s Jeans is notorious for putting up billboards of naked models to advertise its fashion — directly selling a concept in order to indirectly sell a product. It’s an advertising approach that, yeah, seems a little ridiculous, but has often proved successful,… Read More »
We knew the Department of Energy would find some way to tie together the oh-so-buzzy subjects of the smart grid and green jobs in time for GridWeek. During his Monday morning talk DOE Secretary Steven Chu announced that the DOE will allocate $100 million from… Read More »
FCC Chair Julius Genachowski delivered a speech this morning about the importance of net neutrality and an open internet. Stacey over at GigaOM has a great recap of the news, and you can read the full text of the speech here. As we are… Read More »
Creating a formalized set of rules around net neutrality and applying them to all networks, a process announced today by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, isn’t as threatening a proposition as the major ISPs would have you believe. But the principles of… Read More »
If you’re a small business owner or freelancer, you probably feel like you’re being pulled in about a thousand directions. Everything seems to be competing for your attention, and you can’t figure out what’s the most important priority for this very second. You have phone… Read More »
Welcome to our newest Monday feature — Android Ecosystem! We’ll actually be covering one mobile tech area each weekday, as well as Saturdays, going forward. Each Monday is a quick news hit of all things Android to start us off. Tune in tomorrow to see what… Read More »
Add AT&T to the list of operators looking to create a new revenue stream even as they move to offload network traffic. The nation’s second-largest carrier has launched a consumer trial of its 3G MicroCell, a femtocell that uses the customer’s home Internet connection… Read More »
Regular readers know that I couldn’t do without Skype. The voice over IP service has been a daily staple in my routine since early 2005. Since I use it so much, I’m a perfect candidate to test out new Skype accessories like the FREETALK Everyman… Read More »
Solar panels are getting cheaper, and as prices decline, companies are looking for ways to reduce manufacturing costs to stay competitive. Here’s the latest innovation from Applied Materials: on Monday the chip and solar equipment maker announced two new technologies that it claims can reduce the… Read More »
At first I thought I was alone, and that my iPhone 3GS was defective, but now it looks like battery complaints relating to iPhone OS 3.1 are far from isolated incidents. Apple is officially investigating the matter, according to The iPhone Blog, which… Read More »
I didn’t say that mind maps don’t work — in fact, I have a big post with all kinds of resources on data and information visualization, and mind maps make up a chunk. However, although mind mapping helps many folks explore topics and… Read More »
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