Monthly Archives: May 2008

News of the day? 3G iPhone will be launched in June

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Gizmodo reports that sources have “confirmed” that the 3G iPhone will be announced on 9 June during the Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. It is expected to be available worldwide right after the launch. Gizmodo says: “In Spain, for example, the 3G … Continue reading →

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The End of Microsoft Era?

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

So The New York Times predicts in The Computer Industry Comes With Built-In Term Limits. The premise is that no company is able to dominate the Computer Industry spanning two technological eras. Microsoft has reigned on the PC era, as … Continue reading →

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Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

This is the short version of Randy Pausch‘s Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams. You can see his original complete lecture at Carnegie Mellon here. It is 76 minutes long. A moving speech about life. Thanks Randy.

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At last Mobile Web, thanks to iPhone

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

In January, Google disclosed that the traffic to Google from iPhones had surpassed any other smartphone, despite iPhone accounts for only 2% of the worldwide smartphones, Nokia’s Symbian 63%, Windows Mobile 11% and RIM 10%. Later in March, M:Metrics confirmed … Continue reading →

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If iPhone is a revolution, wait to see Android

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Google has disclosed 46 of the 50 winning Applications of the first Android Developer Challenge. Each of them wins a prize of $25.000. You can see the complete Applications list at Google Android Developers blog and see a selection of … Continue reading →

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Google brings Social Networks to small Websites

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Google presented yesterday Google Friend Connect. This new product enables to any Website to add Social Networking features. The video below is quite illustrative: By simply copy and paste of code, any webmaster of a small website can add social … Continue reading →

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Facebook clinches another $100 million

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Without a clear (public) business case, the latest king of the social networks is raising $100 million, according to Business Week’s FaceBook: Friends with Money, and also echoed by TechCrunch. Here is some interesting data from the Business Week article: Facebook … Continue reading →

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Microsoft needs to revamp brand

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Microsoft keeps losing market share slightly and continuously, in part thanks to Vista. But let’s admit it, Vista is not that terrible, even if far from perfect. Microsoft  monopolistic habits and greed to milk the licenses cow, make people have a … Continue reading →

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Broadcast or Unicast Mobile TV? Both

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Mobile TV continue to expand in Asia, Europe and US. AT&T just launched a broadcast Mobile TV service, offering 10 channels for $15 a month. Verizon launched their service one year ago. In Italy UMTS mobile operator 3 (Hutch group) … Continue reading →

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IMS Vs. Skype

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

IP Multimedia Subsystem or IMS is an architecture standardized by 3GPP, 3GPP2 and TISPAN, that is the choice of telcos to implement not only VoIP, but also other multimedia services, such as videcalls, presence, instant messaging, push-to-x, videosharing, on-line address … Continue reading →

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