Monthly Archives: March 2008

How much Governments need to intervene in business?

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

The Economist.com debate of this week was about Governments making things worse by intervening to regulate business and financial risk. I am surprised by the result of the debate, with “interventionist” winning by a slight difference.  In my view, we have … Continue reading →

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iPhone makes Mobile Web a reality

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

In a previous post, back in January, Google already advised that the traffic to Google from iPhones surpassed any other smartphone, even if iPhone accounts for only 2% of the worldwide smartphones. Nokia’s Symbian 63%, Windows Mobile 11% and RIM … Continue reading →

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Why we need WiMAX?

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

TechCrunch post today about WiMAX, Why Cable And WiMax Shouldn’t Mix, clearly misses the point. Their two conclusion items are misconceived, not to say wrong: 1. TechCrunch says: “WiMax is more an alternative to fixed broadband Internet access than it is to … Continue reading →

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Surprise surprise! I got Safari on my desktop

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

By surprise, I found a Safari icon on my desktop after updating iTunes. My first reaction is “What! how can Apple use this malware-like tricks to push Safari?” So it is no surprise the complaints of Firefox boss, and the general … Continue reading →

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SpinVox: Do just one thing but do it right

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

SpinVox, founded in 2003, is a pioneer in delivering speech-to-text applications. SpinVox claims it has agreements with twelve telcos, to provide a system to translate voice mail messages into SMS or emails. These days SpinVox has been in the news … Continue reading →

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Pay-TV Market in Spain: IPTV wins

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

One out of two new Pay-TV users in Spain sign up with Telefonica’s IPTV service, Imagenio. Orange IPTV Service is the second one attracting new users with a 21% share in 2007. The table below is based on data from … Continue reading →

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The On-line Generation and Common Sense

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Following the previous post about the use of mobile by children, in the clip below distributed by Google you can see good advice on how to educate the kids on a safe use of Internet. No doubt that Internet and … Continue reading →

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The On-line Generation

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

In 2006 Imaginarium and Telefonica Moviles launched the MO1, a mobile handset designed for 6 year-old children. It sold at 59 Euros, with a prepaid account. Its features include: two blue buttons for direct call to Mom or Dad, white-list for allowed … Continue reading →

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Dealing with email

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

No doubt email is an extremely useful tool for communication. It has replaced fax and snail mail in enterprises and it is widely used …and abused. Email has made organizations flatter. Any employee can reach anyone in the organization, including … Continue reading →

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On blogging

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

I just read the New York Times article on blogs, So you want to be a blogging star?, with some advice for bloggers. Paul Boutin’s main bullets are: – Don’t expect to get rich – Write about your passions – Fit blogging … Continue reading →

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