We all know how well cable operators are doing in the VoIP space, and how effective they have been in stealing business from bells, but it wasn’t up until a recent report from Pike & Fisher’s Broadband Daily, did I realize their dominant market position. Here […] Read more »
Contrary to popular belief and deep discounts by Bell operators in the US on their DSL services, it is cable modem broadband that is seeing faster price declines, according to Point Topic. Taking a more global look at the pricing trends of 34 of the largest […] Read more »
If you are looking for technical observations, look elsewhere. If you want to hear a pod cast about the day, check out The Gillmor Daily. This one has just my pure, unscientific observations; think of them as musings of an over caffeinated mind…. Om The Google […] Read more »
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Nick Aster: Skype dials through ok, but when it comes time to use their dial-pad to enter the conference code, it fails to work about 50% of the time. Sometimes it’s a total loss, as in the 20+ times I tried to get it to work […] Read more »
Flickr is making money off Google AdSense even though it is a Yahoo company. There are Adsense text ads appearing on your photo albums etc. Is this coopetition they always talk about? Making your enemy pay your bills – priceless! Read more »
Mobileplaya writes, “Playlists are the new currency for music exchange. They make it easy to discover, share, and recommend new tunes.” Especially on the mobile platforms. “Enter XSPF (sounds like: SPIFF), which stands for XML Shareable Playlist Format. XSPF will make it possible for Napster, Yahoo, […] Read more »
I have a silly grin on my face as I have been watching, reading and listening to Eric Mack open his Toshiba Tecra M4 Tablet PC and in a fashion typical for Eric he is blogging and podcasting the event. Marc Orchant and I will hook […] Read more »
It will be an alternative view to the classic Google page, and it will include adding, weather, feeds, news and all sorts of stuff. In other words, its like My Google. The whole thing basically comes down to this – despite its technology pretensions, the company […] Read more »
Google executives are on stage talking about how they want to work with developers and help extend Google Maps. Instead of unofficial hacks, they want to make it more formal, so the developers can monetize their efforts. There seems to be a lot of effort behind […] Read more »
Somehow everyone at GooglePlex, including senior management is totally obsessed with Star Wars. Jonathan Rosenberg, Google’s VP of Product management is totally quoting Obi Wan Kenobi! “There is no such thing as luck.” Since I have never been a Star Wars fan, I am missing the […] Read more »
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Paris Hilton is Europe chatting up a storm with RAZR. Ashlee gabs on Sidekick, and so does Jake while Lindsay, keeping in with her personality cannot decide between Sidekick and her phat black razr. via Read more »
Tiger is out, but does all the hype match up to reality? Read more »
Just when you thought it could not be done, well I have proved myself wrong. I crashed and trashed Symbian-based Nokia 6620 smart phone. I see a white screen of death. Here is what happened – I popped out the MMC card, put it into a […] Read more »
Following their success in DSL, wireless and other telecom equipment markets, Chinese telecom vendors – ZTE, Huawei and UTStarcom – are now going after the IPTV market. Their pitch, says Light Reading, is “integrated hardware, software, and integration solutions for carriers deploying IPTV. That pitch is […] Read more »
Totally off-topic but one of my very favorite foods is the lowly hamburger. I could live on just hamburgers if left to my own devices. I just found a blog all about the culinary delight, A Hamburger Today, and I will be visiting often. Lots of […] Read more »
I am at Google attending the Google Factory Tour. Just as an aside, while we get the lowdown on Google, in past six years the google index has grown by 250 times from about 30 million pages to 8 billion pages, and has added more than […] Read more »
I have written about sharing monitors among different computers so the user can take a screen that is not being used at the moment and make it available to the active computer. But what about keyboards and mice? Synergy is a free (GPL) program that not […] Read more »
My beautiful wife Sheri and her friend SuZan have launched a new blog for women (although they tell me they will let men visit, too) called Celebrating Women…for the Real World. Their blog is aimed at women looking for information (or commiseration) on dealing with situations […] Read more »
I was pretty excited to hear about Truphone, a Symbian application that would allow you to make VoIP phone calls using Bluetooth. It makes a lot of sense, and when Engadget hit me with this news, it was like…. finally! This news has been all over […] Read more »
Did you know that now you can send SMS text messages to your MSN Space. The SMS Blogger, a feature of MSN Spaces will then combine multiple messages into one longer blog. Caveat, you have to type really fast – all these SMSes are marked as […] Read more »
Vonage will purchase access to elements of the wireless and wireline Enhanced 9-1-1 network to offer its customers E9-1-1 service from SBC and BellSouth. It already has signed a deal with Verizon for similar services. It is yet another indication that FCC crackdown is coming on […] Read more »
Autocompletion is not just for GMail and Google Suggest, If you WICK that is. Chris Holland wants to turn this into something cool. Any suggestions for this blog? Read more »
I have been so busy lately that a milestone passed without my saying anything about it. jkOnTheRun passed the one year mark on May 10 and I totally overlooked it! I have a lot of fun maintaining this blog and sharing my experiences and POVs about […] Read more »
Very High Bit Rate DSL 2 (VDSL2), a new standard is likely to be ratified by next week, making it possible for carriers to provide upto 100 megabits per second connections (both up and down) over copper lines. VDSL2 standard has been under review with the […] Read more »
BitTorrent’s new version is easier, better and well simpler. In other words, it is trackerless which essentially means “that anyone with a website and an Internet connection can host a BitTorrent download.” The torrent tracking tasks instead of the server, are now off loaded to the […] Read more »
The slow rollout of 3G services is keeping Qualcomm from growing at a scorching pace, confessed Qualcomm CEO Irwin Jacobs, told reporters in Seoul. “Last year we saw very strong growth… and this year it will be little slower than that,” he said. San Diego giant […] Read more »
Dave Matthews Band has put up instructions for getting around the Windows Media DRM protection on their own discs. Ironic, no problems on a Mac where you can use iTunes software to copy songs to your computer. As you might remember we made a little bit […] Read more »
Earlier this month, Business 2.0 had an interesting little piece on Google’s Magic Bus, which picked up Gooligans every morning from San Francisco and take them to GooglePlex in Mountain View, Calif. Well there is word that more and more Google employees are getting on the […] Read more »
I’m upgrading my 1GHz PowerBook with a faster, bigger, hard drive. It was surprisingly easy, but it’ll take a while for me to determine how much faster it is. Read more »
I just got off the phone with a vendor who’s been chasing me ever since WWDC 2004 to use their product. (I haven’t found the time to evaluate it, honest) and in the course of the conversation, I asked if I’d be seeing them at WWDC […] Read more »
After ranting about my difficulties activating my copy of Intuit QuickBooks 2003 I was contacted by an Intuit customer advocate (nice title) who not only personally made sure my program was properly activated and registered but also informed me they were sending me the latest version […] Read more »
If you follow the 43Folders websites (Site, Google Group, Wiki) you’re no doubt familiar with Getting Things Done (GTD). I’ve not read the book myself (but Josh is!) but know that a system of tagging to-do items with a @ prefix is one of the cornerstones. […] Read more »
This past weekend, when not tapping away at the computer or consuming copious amounts of alcohol, I spent time reading Thomas Friedman’s oversimplified explanation of the post bubble, increasingly interconnected world, The World is Flat. (More on that some other time!) He has expressed a lot […] Read more »
The techADDICTION Show #009- 18th May 2005 (53min 48sec)MP3 – 18.5MB It’s been too long since the last show so Kevin and I decided to make it up to our loyal listeners with a bang-up great show! Windows Mobile 5.0 extravanganza followed by a special guest, […] Read more »
Improved recognition and advanced pen functionality attracts growing OEM customer list Sunnyvale, CA – May 18, 2005 – EverNote Corporation today announced the immediate commercial availability of ritePen 2.5 advanced handwriting recognition software that improves the core UI functionality and handwriting recognition on Windows-based pen computers. […] Read more »
Remember this rant I made when I got a new computer and couldn’t activate Microsoft Reader due to my "quota exceeded"? Well, as you know I recently got a new Tablet PC. So what happened tonight? Here we go again (and every time I get a […] Read more »
Jennie Bourne of Future of TV reports that UrbanDSL, a Bronx based broadband provider is already delivering video over fiber to the basement/VDSL in Bronx in New York City. Verizon is yet to rollout its service. These folks have been reselling Vonage under the original deal […] Read more »
Despite constant boosting from FCC commissioners Michael Powell and Kevin Martin, the broadband over power-line is a technology which is woefully outdated. In fact some believe that its time has come and gone, though many seem to be still pushing it hard, like those folks down […] Read more »
Apple has fixed its affiliate links for its iTunes store, according to some sources in the digital music industry. I had posted something earlier today, indicating that Apple might have been missing out on important sales. Not that I had anything to do with it, but […] Read more »
Never thought I would say this but I am missing Verizon. While my current incumbent is still making plans, folks in Verizon territories are beginning to start getting their FIOS connections. Earlier today someone from Maryland area told me that they were getting bombarded by Verizon […] Read more »
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