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Welcome to About Mobility. My name is C. Enrique Ortiz and this is my blog where I cover mobile computing in general - my views on mobility, software, technologies & products, and related areas; with the occasional tangent into other unrelated thoughts. I try to blog at least once per week, if time permits.
All opinions you read here are my own and are not necessarily those of my employer. See my About and my Legal pages.
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Category Archives: General
Click-through rates fall
So today I had a realization… But before I continue, a question: how often do you click on an Ad, or better, when was the last time you clicked on an Ad? Most people that I ask answer this question … Continue reading
Post SXSW 2010
This is my first blog after SXSW 2010. After an intense week, I got sick like a dog, and after recovering got super busy with my real day job — bring to market Motive‘s mobile broadband solution for call centers; … Continue reading
Bug Labs looking for VP of Technology and Operations
My friends at Bug Labs are looking for a VP of Technology & Operations: New York City – As we grow the number and complexity of our product offerings, we plan to add a senior level, seen-it-before, heavy-hitter to oversee … Continue reading
Oracle announced it finalized its acquisition of Sun — Bye Sun and Thanks…
As I read Terrence’s blog Goodbye Sun & Thanks, Scott, I think back at my days when I worked closely with Sun. Many believed that I worked for Sun but I actually didn’t… I have been a fan of Sun … Continue reading
Personal reflections on mobile 2000-2009 and welcome to 2010 and the new decade
With my first blog post of 2010 I would like to wish you and yours a happy, healthy and prosperous 2010. And with the new year and the new decade, I reflect on the previous decade and my involvement with … Continue reading
Wishing You A Merry Christmas 2009!
With this post I would like to wish you and your family a peaceful and happy Christmas holidays and an awesome, full of health and prosperity 2010! ceo
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A word on the Skype Fiasco
Niklas Zennstrong and Janus Friis, Skype, eBay, Joost, Index Ventures, Volpi, Joltid, investors… There are many opinions floating around the Web, but this case is of interest to me because of the following: 1) Buy vs. License, 2) Due-diligence process, … Continue reading
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Tagged eBay, Index Ventures, Joltid, Joost, Niklas Zennstrong and Janus Friis, Skype, Volpi
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Time to Vote – SXSW Interactive 2010 (and great Mobililty Presence)
It is once again that time of the year; it is time to vote for next year’s SXSW (2010) panel sessions! To vote, go to the SXSW 2010 Panel Picker. ==> Note that voting closes September 4th! An incubator of … Continue reading
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About Apple vs. the Developer Community
First and foremost, my apologies to all the readers of my blog, as I haven’t been able to write much at all lately… I’ve been so busy at work, literally ->0 time to write/blog. (well, I’ve been busy writing other … Continue reading
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Amazon, the Kindle and 1984
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
SXSW 2010 Panel submission closes tonight at midnight CST
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
A New (close to the family) TXT Messages Record
As I have written here before, a couple of texting “records” have happened in my family; at one point my oldest daughter had more than 3K text messages in one month, and more recently my youngest daughter had around 1,300. … Continue reading
USA patent no. 6,199,048 (NeoMedia) is weak and harmful to our industry (Part 1)
As (mobile) technologists we must be aware of and recognize the potential for harm when obvious/weak-patents are granted by the Patent Office. We should be able to trust the patent system, but the system is weak. In particular I am … Continue reading
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What if IBM acquires Sun Microsystems?
I’m sure that by now you have heard the rumors about IBM potentially buying Sun. Even yesterday Intel CEO says Sun was shopped around (cnet news). Why is this a significant announcement? And why I think Intel’s CEO is wrong … Continue reading
