Monthly Archives: July 2009

Amazon, the Kindle and 1984

Posted on July 28, 2009 by ceo | Viewed 1438 times, 2 so far today

Earlier this month Amazon not only pulled a number of eBooks from their online catalogs, but also deleted such eBooks from the Kindles of people who had purchased such eBooks. The reason: some kind of publishing/copyright debacle. But ironic it … Continue reading →

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Carnival of the Mobilists #184

Posted on July 28, 2009 by ceo | Viewed 1150 times, 1 so far today

This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists is at Punchcut‘s idlemode weblog with contributions from Tomi Ahonen, Dennis Bournique, Judy Breck, Tam Hanna, Volker Hirsch, Holly Kolman, Sanjeet Matharu, truly yours C. Enrique Ortiz, Howard Rheingold, and Peggy Anne Salz. Lots … Continue reading →

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Resolving Device Fragmentation Issues – Mobile Web and Local Apps (and Google)

Posted on July 26, 2009 by ceo | Viewed 3402 times, 2 so far today

The Problem: Too many handsets, environments, and differences across platforms The Solution: A single environment/platform for mobile apps There you go, problem solved, no more fragmentation! Google at MobileBeat 2009 Now that the “noise” level has dropped, it is my … Continue reading →

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Gmail’s Search vs. Sort Approach to Email

Posted on July 19, 2009 by ceo | Viewed 1948 times, 3 so far today

With Gmail, Google introduced a couple of peculiar ways to deal with email. One of these is the “search vs. sort” approach to finding emails of interest or finding related emails. Instead of going with the common approach of sorting … Continue reading →

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MobileBeat2009 and Congrats to Ringful (Michael Yuan)!

Posted on July 16, 2009 by ceo | Viewed 1086 times

Today is MobileBeat2009. And congrats to my friend Michael Yuan, who was Mobility Researcher and Lead Developer at eZee Inc. (my previous start-up) and who was invited to present his new start-up company Ringful at the MobileBeat2009 event — see … Continue reading →

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SXSW 2010 Panel submission closes tonight at midnight CST

Posted on July 12, 2009 by ceo | Viewed 1020 times, 1 so far today

Yes, that’s right, the SXSW 2010 Panel submission closes tonight at midnight CST (July 12, 2009) — submit your entry at the 2010 Panelpicker website. Submit your mobile panel today!!! ceo

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Browser Swallows OS, Part 2 — the Real Thing

Posted on July 8, 2009 by ceo | Viewed 1524 times, 1 so far today

On December 2008 I wrote on my blog Browser Swallows OS, where I pondered on the idea of a Web OS. The machine boots up to a totally web-based experience. The application-bar at the bottom of the screen consists of … Continue reading →

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Carnival of the Mobilists #180

Posted on July 2, 2009 by ceo | Viewed 2090 times, 1 so far today

This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists is hosted by Rudy de Waele at the m-trends blog: Looking back at the many contributions done by so many mobilists till now, this is still what’s it’s all about! The Carnival stays probably … Continue reading →

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