Good friend and OnTheRun with Tablet PCS podcast co-host Marc Orchant has been interviewed by the Weblogs, Inc. team and reveals the secret of his uber-geekiness. The interview is a good insight into the mind of a Storyteller. Nice one, Marc (and thanks for the plug)! Read more »
Every so often, folks discover South Korea as the broadband nirvana, and come back amazed, write long articles and praise the farsightedness of their government in pushing this infrastructure. It seems today it is PC World’s turn. Joel Strauch, who moved to South Korea to teach […] Read more »
Given the recent decline in cable company stock prices, it is not surprising that smart money is giving a closer look to the sector. According to a Bloomberg report, Billionaire investors Warren Buffett and George Soros have increased their holdings of U.S. cable television companies. The […] Read more »
OK, I decided to wait until I had a chance to play with it for a day before posting about MSN Desktop Search, especially since it has been posted on about 10,000 web sites. I loaded it up yesterday morning and let it set off indexing […] Read more »
Forbes.com: : Deutsche Bank has lowered revenue estimates for Sycamore Networks, saying the company’s story “remains stuck in a rut associated with anemic spending on specialized optical products.” Deutsche Bank said, “Visibility remains elusive and revenues from its very limited customer base are often lumpy, preventing […] Read more »
Andy analyzes AT&T’s VoIP marketing and moves, and explains why they are the only one who can bring VoIP to the masses by their unique brand positioning. He feels this would help company leap past Vonage which has plans to spend between $50-and-$70 million on advertising/marketing. Read more »
Seagate has jumped into the Microdrive market, well sort of. Their new 5 GB “Portable Hard Drive” is actually a USB drive that can be used with any computer with a USB 2.0 port. I think it would have been more useful in a CF form […] Read more »
Cisco will launch IP phones with built-in camera sometime next year, according to reports. So far, the company has been selling a solution that offers video telephony using an external camera. An integrated camera should be pretty cool, and would help the company get a big […] Read more »
Venture capitalists have a new found passion: convergence chips. (Okay there is no such thing as convergence chips, but it is a generic phrase I am going to start using to describe silicon that is used in audio, high-definition television and video devices of all shapes […] Read more »
Mark Evans suggests that Nortel should buy Juniper and become an IP tour de force. “If Nortel had the financial resources, strategic courage and senior management focus, it should take a serious run at Juniper Networks Inc. With a market capitalization of US$12.5-billion, Juniper would be […] Read more »
How is that for a provocative statement? Despite all the posturing and noise about fiber to the home, it is becoming increasingly evident that DSL and copper will dominate the near term future of the Baby Bells. If you stepped back, and looked at the second […] Read more »
Esme over at MuniWireless rips apart the PR spiel from Gartner. If you remember yesterday, I had posted a tiny blurb on hotspot users growth. bq. Gartner analysts warn: if organizations do not undertake a contract with a service provider to allow access to hot spots […] Read more »