I’ve been involved in a discussion recently in The Business and Technology Forum on LinkedIn revolving around the question — “Should smartphones and tablets work on a standard operating system? “ — based on comments from Deloitte that state “The emergence of a de facto standard is very important to everyone involved in the smartphone […]
Thank You Boston!
You’ve probably been wondering where this blog has been the past few months — and the real reason is not only have I been busy with my day job, but I also took the plunge and moved across the USA to the Bay Area. Yes, after 18 years it was time to bid Boston and New […]
Don’t Feel Common- The Commoner’s Guide to Using Social Influence
A few weeks back, I had the opportunity to converse with Neicole Crepeau at Coherant Interactive and a contributing columnist over at {grow} as part of the weekly #socialmedia twittercast over at http://hashtagsocialmedia.com/live. Neicole was working on a post entitled “The Commoner’s Guide to Using Social Influence” at the time. It just so happened that the […]
The Royalty-Go-Round of Android and Windows Phone
As reported on numerous sites this past week, Microsoft is collecting royalties on every Android-based smartphone that HTC sells. Back in April of 2010 Redmond signed a patent agreement with HTC entitling them to $5 in royalties per device, from Microsoft IP that is inherent in the package. Asymco’s Horace Dediu has calculated that Microsoft […]
Does the Dish Taste Better With Blockbuster?
Sure to be on the minds of NAB attendees next week will be this week’s surprise announcement that Dish Network has purchased all of Blockbuster’s assets in a bankruptcy court auction, for $228 million. Apparently, according to Tom Cullen, EVP of sales, marketing and programming, Dish is going to try to breathe new life into […]
Acer Launches Innovative Dual-Display Notebook
Today Acer released the Iconia 6120, a very innovative dual-display notebook PC that looks much like two tablets connected by a hinge. You may remember the Iconia 6120 if you attended CES back in January. It debuted Last Gadget Standing where it won the award for best gadget. The Iconia 6120 is the world’s first […]
AT&T Buying T-Mobile USA is the Next Step in the Power Dance
Today AT&T announced that it has entered into an agreement with Deutsche Telecom to purchase T-Mobile USA, and if you believe the PR spin— “commits to a significant expansion of robust 4G LTE deployment to 95 percent of the U.S. population to reach an additional 46.5 million Americans beyond current plans – including rural communities […]
Devices- Beyond Buttons: See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me Coming to CTIA 2011
If you will be attending CTIA in Orlando March 24-25 please consider attending the CTIA Executive Forum sessions and especially the following panel discussion. “Devices- Beyond Buttons: See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me” In this session we will explore the revolutionary developments in how users interact with their devices, and how ever-smarter devices will adjust to […]
Little Known Facts About the iPad2
Today’s iPad 2 announcement came earlier than expected and arguably did not have all the bells and whistles that most of us where expecting. A Retina Display, which is a fancy marketing term for what Apple is calling their display technology on the iPhone 4 is still a ways […]
The Burning Platform- Why Windows Phone 7 Makes Sense for Nokia
This appears to be the week of reckoning for Nokia. It’s Nokia’s Capital Markets Day in London on Friday. Next week is Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Stephen Elop is now in charge. Nokia’s market share is in a free fall. Apple has eaten its lunch at the high end. BlackBerry has eaten its breakfast […]
Free Groupon?
So by now you’ve probably seen or heard the fallout from Groupon’s Super Bowl ad. The one where actor Timothy Hutton voices over the suffering of the people of Tibet and then shows his excitement over getting a huge discount at a Tibetan Barbeque restaurant. I like dark humor and I like commercials that have […]
LinkedIn Rolls Out InMaps- Is It Useful?
LinkedIn has rolled out InMaps, an experiment out of LinkedInLabs that creates a visualization of your LinkedIn network connections and categorizes them into color types based on their relationships. Remember that this is your business or professional career network and not your personal network or combination profession and personal network that you might have on […]