Monthly Archives: April 2008

Nokia disappoints, Google exceeds expectations

Nokia Q1 results have disappointed analyst, even if revenues grew 28% YoY to reach $20 billion and net profit reached $1.9 billion, up 25% from last year. Nokia shipped 115 M handsets in Q1, 27% YoY growth, with strong performance … Continue reading

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How much is Skype worth?

eBay announced results, and Skype was part of them. Skype revenues have increased 61% year-on-year to reach $126M. Skype added 33M new users for a total of 309M. Skype makes most of its revenue with SkypeOut, where the tariffs barely cover … Continue reading

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Born to run

After the experience of watching Vista SP1 clip, you deserve to listen and watch the actual Boss. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6se90rFN1qI I hope it made you forget  Vista video.

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Vista SP1 video: Is this a viral marketing campaign from Apple?

The level of taste is not there. Whether a spoof or the real thing, this video of Vista SP1 is making Microsoft image sink even more, compared to the stylish Mac OS X. If this video is part of a … Continue reading

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Mobile Web: emerging or dying?

WAP was one of the big disappointments of the mobile industry in the late 90s. Mobile Internet would be enabled by WAP, that would allow Internet access adapted to the small screens and lower processing power of the handsets of … Continue reading

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Internet TV: Everybody wants to play

Last week we commented on the move of Adobe into Internet TV – beyond the pure technology role they already play in YouTube. After testing Adobe Media Player, I like it specially for the control it gives you to decide what to … Continue reading

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Bubbles, Recession and Music Industry

“Más dura será la caída” is a Spanish saying that could translate “the higher the rise, the harder the fall”. Economic cycles are a fact acknowledged by economists, that have written a lot about them. Simply google the term and … Continue reading

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Free Music Pays Back

Last weekend while walking in a mall, I saw a record shop that was playing in their big plasma screens a live concert from Celine Dion. When I saw it I wondered who can be interested in having this DVD? … Continue reading

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Adobe positions on Internet TV

Adobe just just released Adobe Media Player 1.0 and Adobe TV.  Built on AIR, the Media Player supports Flash video and h264 video encoding, with 1080p, 720p and 480i resolutions. Users can subscribe to channels, with content available from CBS, … Continue reading

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Cloud Computing: Welcome to Google’s Cloud

Google has just launched App Engine, the service to give developers access to Google Cloud, or in other words, to the same Google infrastructure that runs G-Mail, Google Apps or Google Earth. App Engine provides a number of tools to … Continue reading

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