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Under the Radar: Mobility
Dealmaker Media has announced the first group of presenting companies at their upcoming Under the Radar: Mobility event. On November 12th, a one day conference will feature the presentations of 32 vetted mobile startups. The first group is listed below. Apisphere, LBS platform for mobile apps with a SaaS business model. Avot Media, Intelligent search, near real-time [...]
Continue reading...Sierra Wireless Acquires Cradlepoint
10. April 2008
Congratulations to my new favorite tech gadget company Cradlepoint for today’s acquisition by Sierra Wireless. Sierra Wireless expands their product offerings from wireless data cards and embedded modules which provide connectivity to mobile networks from PCs. My Cradlepoint PHS-300 also called a “Personal Wi-Fi Hotspot” is used to connect my Nokia N95 GSM device to [...]
Continue reading...Tech Crunch 40 Judges for Monday
17. September 2007
Chris Anderson - Wired with Long Tail Mark Andreesen - Tech Celeb Om Malik - Journalist, Gigaom Marissa Mayer - Google Ryan Block - Gadget Guy This looks to be a very short list compared to the experts announced.
Continue reading...Tech Crunch 40 Begins
17. September 2007
Mike Arrington and Jason Calacanis kick off the event announcing that 1/3rd of the companies presenting are not funded having received less than 500K thus far. A short history of Tech Crunch 40 was provided starting with the two organizers meeting through participation on the Gilmor Gang podcast. In a discussion of the Demo Conference, the [...]
Continue reading...Eric Schmidt confirms Google 700 MHz bid
31. August 2007
While speaking at The Progress and Freedom Foundation Aspen Summit on August 21, 2007, Eric Schmidt states that Google plans to make good on their 700 MHz bid of 4.6 Billion with a caveat. He explains that the FCC’s final language will be “important.” The principles that the FCC embraced need to be [...]
Continue reading...The Attention Economy and Mobile Web 2.0
18. August 2007
Pay attention! This phrase takes on a whole new meaning in the context of information overload from our modern day communications choices. The 24 hour news day, 500+ channels of TV on cable and dish networks, radio, XM, Sirius, and the web along with one of it’s offspring, the blogosphere, are producing an [...]
Continue reading...You might be paying $1,000 per MB for SMS
27. July 2007
Many mobile prepaid service plans in the US still require a per SMS charge. Most charge for sending and receiving and include a premium charge for sending to other countries. Have you ever sat down to figure out how much you’re really paying for this frictionless and convenient mode of communication? The Plans ATT $.15 [...]
Continue reading...Google Adsense Nonsense Final Chapter?
17. July 2007
The bad check story seems to have struck a chord with lots of people. I’ve enjoyed reading the various posts and comments left here and elsewhere. Thank you to everyone who added to the conversation. First, the story was picked up by Valleywag and the avalanche began from there. The [...]
Continue reading...Adsense Nonsense - by the numbers
12. July 2007
Two days have passed since I tried to cash my Google Adsense check. Two days ago, I tried to call someone, anyone at Google to find out what to do. I’ve replied to the email address from which Brian the Adsense payments operations guy wrote to me. Who knows where that thing goes as [...]
Continue reading...New Rules? 700 MHz Auction set for 2008
12. July 2007
FCC Chairman pledges open access for part of 700 Mhz auction. “Whoever wins this spectrum has to provide … truly open broadband network — one that will open the door to a lot of innovative services for consumers,” Martin said in an interview Monday. What this would mean in practice: “You can use any wireless device [...]
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The day before the North Carolina State Fair opened in Raleigh the door was open to preview the midway for 2009. The rain and cold didn’t slow down workers putting the final touches on everything from rides to ensuring enough oil was on hand for frying pickles, candy bars, Oreos and even apple pie.
Even the State Fair and those who cover it are making use of mobile technologies for convenience and function. I hope you enjoy the show!
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7. October 2008
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