Wow… OPWV is selling it’s mobile browser and messaging business… Do you remember when OPWV was all the rave? Do you remember Phone.com and the Phone.com conference? Man, those were cool days. The early days, (late 1990s and early 2000s) when Mobile Web…
One of our roles as computer scientists, technologists and enthusiasts, is to help educate the next generation of computer scientists, technologists and enthusiasts. Reading today that Fewer students pursue computer-related degrees really concerns me — it is a no brainer that today and…
See my latest article — an introduction to the NFC API for Java… Near-field Communication (NFC) is characterized as a very short-range radio communication technology with a lot of potential, especially when applied to mobile handsets. Imagine yourself using your cellphone to interact…
Another MVNO “bites the dust”; not exactly for Helio as it is being rescued by Virgin Mobile. At $39M it is a bargain for Virgin Mobile, compared to all the cash SK Telecom et al. have put into it… It is SO hard…
Nice interview of Thomas Landspurg, founder of 8Motions, and a friend from France, on the importance and use of Cell-IDs for location-based mobile applications. Thomas is the creator of the OpenCellId project: This project is an open source project, aiming to create a…
A very interesting topic, come see Nikunj Mehta, tech lead for Oracle’s AtomDB project, talk about an emergent approach to mobile applications and browser-embedded databases, involving the use of the Atom publishing protocol for application programming as well as data synchronization, and areas…
I’ve joined (invited to join) the governance body (Board of Directors) of the Mobile & Embedded Community. As a board member, some of my responsibilities will include: Ensure all contributions represent the values of the majority of the community and not simply the…
Before the new week begins, I’ll write down my thoughts and experiences on my visit to Santa Fe, Mexico City. I spent last week at the Tecnológico of Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe, teaching 11 professors of Engineering on the topic of mobile technologies…
Casillas! What a great photo shot/moment, isn’t it — click to enlarge Iker Casillas blocks Daniele De Rossi penalty kick for the win — Spain 0 – Italy 0; Spain beats Italy on the shoot out…
I’m traveling this whole week thus blogging will be light, or no blogging at all. ceo
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