Carnival of the Mobilists #56 @ MOPocket
This week's Carnival of the Mobilists is hosted by Justin at MOPocket. As usual, the best blogging on the web about mobile, and Justin has done a great job with the carnival… ceo
The Roving Bug
I'm not a paranoid or conspiracy theory kind of individual, but it is good to know about these things: FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool This could be exploited by anyone, not just the FBI… from the article: The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic surveillance in criminal … Read more
Motorola invests in Mobile Complete
The other day I wrote about Mobile Complete and their DeviceAnywhere offering, pointing out that DeviceAnywhere seemed like a great, useful service for the mobile development community… And that just got validated; I just learned (via a trackback that Mobile Forum left on my blog) that Motorola has invested on the company… good for … Read more
Amazon enters Books-On-Demand Printing
Amazon is entering the books-on-demand-printing business. Interesting… I've been saying it for a while — book publishers must reinvent themselves. The world of publishing is changing fast, and the traditional ways will become irrelevant over time. The Web is full of great content, and combined with search engines, it means trouble to traditional printing. Readers … Read more
Signs of Bubble 2.0?
Remember, “no business model” == “burst into flames”… unless, acquired for large user-base and/or technology – but only few fall in that category, meaning the odds are high… ceo
IE7 comment page rendering issue has been fixed… thanks to Rostislav
Thanks to Anders for pointing out to me the issue I was having with how my Blojsom-based weblog comment page was being rendered under IE7. And once again, Rostislav Hristov came to the rescue and provided me with the fix… thanks Rostislav!!! For everyone's benefit, the fix is to add more IE7-specific CSS: <!–[if IE … Read more
Java ME, GPL and Intellectual Property Considerations
Following up on Java ME GPL Clarification by Terrence Barr, Sun Java Mobile & Embedded Evangelist, I asked for a bit more clarification on Java ME vs. GPL licensing model vs. Intellectual Property related to contributed code… Question: When contributing code to phoneMe and/or the “runtime”, such code becomes also GPL. What about the IP … Read more
Is your application CUP'ed?
If your application doesn't provide CUP, or “convenience, utility and productivity”, then you must go back to the drawing board… ceo
Daniel on The Three Halves of Seamless Mobility
A great piece by Daniel at the Mobile Enterpise Weblog — see The Three Halves of Seamless Mobility… Daniel provides a good historical background, talks about the split we currently have between voice and mobile, and other walls. I would like to add to the list of walls the “enterprise vs. consumer-space” wall; as personal … Read more