Monthly Archives: January 2009

Telecom Slowdown? Seven Reasons for Hope

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

We have seen recent announcement of job cuts in almost all Telecom and Tech companies, including Microsoft and Google only to name those that are new to those announcements. GigaOm recently echoed a recruitment firm report that estimated almost 200,000 … Continue reading →

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Bad Times for Sony

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Sony just announced its Q4 results with a 95% decline in profits. Extracted from Associated Press : Sony Corp. said its net profit shriveled to 10.4 billion yen ($115.6 million) in the third quarter from 200.2 billion yen a year earlier. … Continue reading →

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What Country Has Most Internet Users?

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

According to comScore and echoed by The Economist, China is the country with most Internet users in the World, accounting for 179.7 million users out of one billion worldwide. The United States of America, until recently the leader, has 163 … Continue reading →

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25 Years of Mac

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

This is the keynote in which Steve Jobs introduced the Mac and the famous 1984 ad directed by Ridley Scott. The ad would be aired only once during the Super Bowl, and cost Apple $1.5 million. The original Macintosh was … Continue reading →

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Desktops Say Bye to Digital Home

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Laptops are killing the Desktop PC at home as they already did in the office. It is more and more common that each member of a family has his/her own laptop. Specially now that netbooks become an affordable choice for … Continue reading →

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Telefonica Impressive Performance and Spanish Telecos

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Via El Economista I found this table that shows the impressive performance of Telefonica over the past eight years since Cesar Alierta took over the CEO position from Juan Villalonga. Telefonica has gone from 15th place in 2000 to be … Continue reading →

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Netbooks, Moore’s Law And Which New App Will Come for Rescue?

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

The rise of Netbooks, of which 21 million units* will be sold in 2009, may put in jeopardy the progression of Moore’s Law, as netbooks cannibalize sales of laptops. As a result of Moore’s Law, the price of a mid-range … Continue reading →

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Blue-ray Won the Battle but Lost the War

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

It is already one year since Sony signed with the four big movie studios and knocked out Toshiba in the war for the high-definition video format. Seagate’s CEO said then “Blue-ray won the battle but lost the war”, referring to … Continue reading →

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Online Movies 2019

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

In 2019, while Music downloads are mostly free, people is ready to pay for Movie downloads. The Music industry has changed in the past ten years and artists make their work known by distributing it for free. Their revenues come … Continue reading →

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Welcome 2009!

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Year 2008 will be remembered for the financial crash but also as the year when iPhone 3G confirmed Apple’s revolution of mobile phones. RIM also strengthened their corporate position with new multimedia capable models and Android saw its first handset … Continue reading →

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