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Category Archives: Internet
Metered Broadband: Pay-per-Use or Abuse?
Competition among ISPs used to be fierce in the initial times of dial-ups access, with tens of ISPs in the market. That might explain why ISPs did not manage to retain any control of users and flat rates were made … Continue reading
Bezos on Amazon Web Services
Om Malik got an interesting interview with Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO. Bezos explains how they worked tough at Amazon to develop a hard interface between their network engineering group and their applications programmers group. Once they had architected a set … Continue reading
In the Clouds
Cloud Computing is a fancy term these days that applies to many different things. Concepts such as Software as a Service (SaaS), On-demand Computing, Utility Computing, Managed Services or even older ones as Hosting or Outsourcing, seem to all fall … Continue reading
Posted in Internet
Tagged amazon web services, App Engine, cloud, cloud computing, Google, saas
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3G brings Mobile Broadband at last
I just discovered this interesting graph in Brough Turner’s post 3G’s biggest success is as a dumb pipe. The graph highlights two main points: 1) 3G data trafffic has increased more than 10 times in Finland, and 2) 92% of that … Continue reading
Telepresence. Think twice before you fly
For effective human interaction, nothing beats a face to face meeting, but we are getting closer. As you can see in the amateur clip below Telepresence is already available. Three 65-inch plasma screens set around a meeting table display other … Continue reading
The End of Microsoft Era?
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
Posted in Disruption, Internet, Most-read
Tagged Google, ibm, internet era, microsoft, pc era
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At last Mobile Web, thanks to iPhone
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
Posted in Digital Lifestyle, Internet, Telecom
Tagged Google, iPhone, Mobile, Nokia, smartphone
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If iPhone is a revolution, wait to see Android
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
Posted in Internet, Media, Telecom
Tagged Android, Google, iPhone, Mobile, mobile applications
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Google brings Social Networks to small Websites
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
Facebook clinches another $100 million
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
