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Google, Writely In Talks?

Update: Google has confirmed the purchase of Upstartle, the makers of Writely. So you all know that Google’s got designs for a G:Drive and doing an end run around Microsoft? Now what if you can simply store and save data on that drive, but that’s not … Read More »

Help me pimp my ITtoolbox blog- OnTheRun

A few days ago I mentioned a contest that ITtoolbox is running to recognize their top blogs in several categories. The nomination period is closed and I am honored to report that my OnTheRun blog at ITtoolbox has been nominated for three potential awards: Best … Read More »

 
 

jkOnTheRun Tablet video wins award

I just received word that the Tablet PC demo video I posted recently has been named the Camtasia Studio Screencast of the Week.  Camtasia Studio is the program used to create the video.  Cool! Read More »

Here Comes Open Source Telecom

My latest Business 2.0 article, The Black Box That Would Conquer Telecom, just went online over at the CNN Money website. This is a story about a stealthy startup called Vyatta, that has build the world’s first commercial open-source router, and how open source … Read More »

For Google, Its A Manic Monday

I am pleased to say that I have accepted a position on the DualCor Board of Expert Technical Advisors (BETA). The DualCor BETA is a group of well-known people in the mobile technology sector that have been gathered to advise DualCor on technical matters having … Read More »

6% of Dutch VoIP

James Enck: The top four cable players in Netherlands have over 450k households on VoIP, which looks to be about 6% of total households. Read More »

Don’t surf the web- egoSurf

If you have a blog you are no doubt trying to find out how prominently your posts show up in the major search engines. Now you can find out in one place as egoSurf will spin a search and return a relative egoSurf score … Read More »

Skype for Mac OS X 1.4 released

jkOnTheRun declared King of Houston Bloggers

Kent Newsome, a fellow Houstonian, has declared that jkOnTheRun is the “King of Houston Bloggers”. This is a distinguished award and I am honored to receive this drubbing dubbing. Kent has a nice blog and has posted what he wants for Christmas … Read More »

Meetup at CES?

I will be attending CES from January 4 – 7th and would love to hook up with jkOnTheRun readers who will be there. Drop me a line to let me know and we’ll try to get together. Podcast buddies Kevin Tofel and Dave Ciccone … Read More »

Richard Branson’s Four-Play Move

Given all the recent activity in the US around the concept of four-play (a combination of voice, video, data and wireless) services, it was only a matter of time before other countries jumped into the fray. The Telegraph reports that Richard Branson will merge his … Read More »

More Must Reads

It is that time of year again and I proudly present the jkOnTheRun top 10 gifts ideas for the geek in your life. You know who you are. All of the gifts are from my favorite online store- ThinkGeek and presented in reverse order. Hey, I’ve … Read More »

Lots of cool stuff on jkOnTheRun this week and here (in no particular order) are the highlights: What are Tablet PCs?  … Read More »

For past few days I have been trying to nail down the details of the comings and goings at the much hyped, Amp’d MVNO. My sources last week had informed me that one of their most senior executives, Don McGuire, senior vice president of marketing … Read More »

The nomination period for the Blog-X awards ends November 11th so don’t forget to nominate your favorite independent tech blog! Once the top nominated blogs are announced voting will begin November 18th. Read More »

Sadly, Roam Magazine is not available in the US but the current issue (#3) has my article titled “Turbocharge your Tablet PC”. It’s a big article by magazine standards so if you are lucky enough to live in Australia or New Zealand check it out. Read More »

No, I did not pick up a Mac.  I have switched back to the HP tc1100 as my main Tablet PC.  I have been using the Gateway M280 (or whatever model number Gateway is using this week) exclusively for the past few weeks and … Read More »

The New York Post says Google will sell TV ads! In keeping with that spirit, I hereby grant the search engine giant exclusive rights for ads on my ass! Read More »

Pinstripes, the other ones win the world series. Congratulations Chicago White Sox fan. Totally cool and totally dominant, proof that fun and championships belong in the same sentence. Hope George is paying attention! Read More »

It’s been a while since I’ve done a post about what I’m carrying around with me every day and since picking up the Gateway a few things have changed so here’s my list: booq boa.XL bag- I love my boa.XS but since it’s way too small … Read More »

Last year I was honored that jkOnTheRun was a top ten finalist in the TechWeb 2004 Reader’s Choice Awards.  This year it looks like TechWeb is calling it The Second Annual Blog-X Awards and nominations are open now so if you like what you read … Read More »

Search Engine Watch has a good round-up of San Francisco’s WiFi plans including Google Wi-Fi. Seventeen companies including Feeva and MetroFi have thrown their hat in the ring. Read More »

I apologize for the horrible way jkOnTheRun is displaying the past 24 hours or so.  I am also having big problems trying to post new items.  TypePad is obviously having problems and have not responded to my Help Ticket yet so I don’t know what their … Read More »

I am thrilled to announce that jkOnTheRun has been named a Top 100 Blog by CNET’s news.com!  What is a CNET Top 100 Blog? jkOnTheRun has been selected as part of the News.com Blog 100, a feature in which News.com editors and reporters are … Read More »

Yes, I am back from the Redmond visit and while it was an amazing week I am glad to be home.  You’ve probably noticed my blogging slowed down while in Redmond due to a complete lack of time.  Since coming back on Sunday I have been … Read More »

Interesting photos and news of iTunes running on Windows Mobile have emerged on a European Blog. The authenticity is highly suspect, but you can decide on your own. If it is true, well looks like this could finally give people another reason to buy Windows … Read More »

Over past few weeks I have been in talks with many mesh networking and muniWiFi companies, such as SkyPilot and Tropos Networks. My question to them: what is the growth potential for this market? Many executives said that they believed it was a market with high … Read More »

Tomorrow I am heading off to the MVP Summit in Redmond and will be gone for the rest of the week.  I will still try to find time to post some interesting stuff but it may be spotty.  Bill and Jeff are going to step in … Read More »

Call it the Skype Halo …. VCs are looking at the big money takeout of Skype, and saying to themselves, we need to jump on the VoIP bandwagon. VoIP Service Providers of 2005 as DSL providers of 1996. That’s my skeptical view, but others might … Read More »

You may remember my call for contributors for jkOTR a few weeks back and have been wondering whatever happened with that.  I have been corresponding with a few individuals who are interested in contributing posts to the site and am happy to announce the first … Read More »

Dell’Oro Group says Fujitsu is the top vendor in the North American optical equipment market for the third quarter in a row with a 22.8% of the $638.5M 2Q05 market. Fujitsu was also named the top vendor in the North American SONET/SDH market with a … Read More »

Consumer demand and stabilized pricing could make this a comeback year for the broadband industry. By Om Malik, September 06, 2005 Business 2.0: The telecom industry’s long-awaited turnaround may be under way. For the first time since the bust of 2000, companies are taking risks and making investments, … Read More »

In a Q&A with Bob Liodice, Jerri DeVard SVP, Verizon, and company’s marketing czar > The needs stay the same, technology raises the expectations of a brands’ ability to deliver. Stay true to what your brands mean to your customers–the emotional connection that they have with … Read More »

There seems to be a lot of talk these days about a whole slew of new iPod Minis, and new iPod Shuffles, with expanded capacities. I am sure many millions will be sold, and thousands of words will be devoted to reviews, and analysis of these … Read More »

In my Business 2.0 story, Google Net, I outlined the how’s and why’s of Google’s dark fiber & WiFi plans, and in the accompanying graphic highlighted some of the “bandwidth hungry applications” the company may have on deck. On of them was Voice. I … Read More »

Creative Technologies shipped about 4000 mp3 players in Japan that has a Windows virus. According to reports, the filesystem on the players contains one file that is infected with the Wullik.B (also known as Rays.A) email worm. Or as iPod lovers would say, reason number … Read More »

I have been toying with the idea of adding another writer on jkOnTheRun to help bring more mobile tech news to site visitors.  I feel it will benefit readers to have more articles covering gadgets and mobile tech news and help build the site’s popularity even … Read More »

I just found this and boy was I surprised!  jkOnTheRun has been bouncing around the top 3% on PubSub’s LinkRanks for the past 30 days.  Wow! Read More »

Mysore, one of the most beautiful cities in India, has become one of the first cities in India to offer commercial WiFi access, thanks to a company called WiFiyNet. “Don’t let the oldworld charm of Mysore fool you. It has raced past hi-tech Bangalore, by going … Read More »

The jkOTR forums are down until further notice due to a malicious attack that trashed the database.  We are trying to recover it now but I can’t say for certain how long that will take.  Sorry.  Read More »

Daily Wireless says Yahoo IM users can now make telephone calls and search the Internet via its instant messaging system instead of relying only on Web browsers or e-mail, the company said on Monday. Guess, that DialPad acquisition was not for nothing. … Read More »

Dana Blankenhorn thinks its time for Google co-founders to get rid of adult supervision, ala Microsoft. Read More »

You have probably noticed the sidebars on jkOnTheRun look different and no longer flow smoothly.  Sometime this morning Six Apart upgraded the TypePad sites and changed my template without notice.  I have to see what I need to do to get it back like it was … Read More »

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