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IBM and SignPosts…

Monday, April 21st, 2008

I typically have to literally run over a signpost before I actually see it however; with all this talk of IBM trying out the Mac lately and their constant unloading of Leveno I am just wondering if these might be signposts.

Verizon Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Ignore that Android buzz, put down that iPhone: Verizon says it’s opened the network
The iPhone looks cool and Android sounds cool, however Verizon has been doing “Phone” for a really long time and they seem to be making all the right moves lately.

Have a Happy Super Bowl

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Behold the best tech ad in Super Bowl history: Apple’s “1984″ ad, which cost $1.6 million to make and run, and only aired nationally once.

Courtesy of Vallywag.com

Apple To Offer Fox Video Rentals On iTunes

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Apple To Offer Fox Video Rentals On iTunes
Apple is said to have signed a deal with 20th Century Fox that will see video rentals on iTunes.
The same report also says that Apple is in talks with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Paramount and Warner Bros along similar lines.

Verizon to announce “Any Apps-Any Device”

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Verizon to announce “Any Apps-Any Device” on call this morning
Verizon Wireless marches into the open
But the decision to open up the network to outside applications is a clear nod to the growing interest in mobile phones as an application development platform by companies like Google, and a dramatic departure from Verizon’s usual practice of locking […]

Digging Into Apple’s iPhone Numbers

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Digging Into Apple’s iPhone Numbers

AT&T Wireless had a net gain of 2 million subscribers

Apple sold 1.1 million iPhones in the quarter (and 1.4 million cumulatively Apple says it is on track to sell 10 million iPhones by next year

The iPhone starts selling in the UK (with O2) and Germany (with T-Mobile) on November 9th, and […]

iPhone v Gphone?

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

Forget iPhone, the Gphone is here
Looks like Google wants to play.

Is Mark Shuttleworth the new Steve Jobs?

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

My second and last day at LinxWorld and I didn’t get any of the things I planned to do done.  However, I did work with whurley, and Mark Hinkle to get the BarCampESM Austin thing going.  Whurley, Mark, and I also did a podcast for Cote’ about what’s happening at Linuxworld.  Should be on Cote’s […]

OSS by itself will never be a razor

Monday, August 6th, 2007

I was reading Matt Asay’s Thinking about the iPod as a razor, not a blade this morning and it reminded me of a conversation I had about two years ago with a friend of mine. 
When ever I get a great idea I bounce it off my four mentors (my wife, a sales guy, an eng […]

Back to the Future IV

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Yep, that old Marty McFly has gotten him self into a fine mess again and yes he has a skateboard.  This time he has got his work cut out for him.  He was sent back in time not to Hill Valley but to Houston Texas to rescue a software company called BMC.  His best friend […]

Gartner to Apple’s iPhone, just say no

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

Gartner: Keep The iPhone Out Of The Corporate Enterprise
Apple’s new iPhone, but to just say no