Mobiles for a Smaller World

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There is a good presentation by Lara Srivastava on Mobiles for a Smaller World (PDF) that she presented during the Fifth Annual Mobility Roundtable (2006) that took place in Helsinki. Lara is a member of the international advisory committee for the mobility roundtables. Next roundtable will be held in Los Angeles California in June 2007, … Read more

Top 15 Countries in Mobile, January 2006

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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published the Top 15 Countries in Mobile, as of January 2006… “China is by far the overall leader with 393.4 million subscribers, almost twice as many as the United States in second place with 201.7 million.” ceo [Via ITU website]

Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 Product Overview

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See the product overview page, which provides a good summary of Exchange Server 2007. Also see their product FAQ, and the general product preview page. “Exchange Server ActiveSync technology delivers an improved Outlook e-mail and calendaring experience on mobile devices, while offering enhanced device and security policy control.” Microsoft is planning to release its Exchange … Read more

Net Neutrality – It's Our Net

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Net Neutrality… have you written to your congressmen? I have! And I encourage you to please do the same… You can find out who your congressmen are by visiting the The U.S. House of Representatives and the Senators of the 109th Congress websites. Net Neutrality is about keeping the net (and thus the web) unbiased, … Read more

Great June '06 Mobile Monday Austin — Thanks!

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We had a great MoMo Austin. Great session on mobile browsing. Thanks to the speakers: David Gill, Senior Director of Sales for M:Metrics Jon S. von Tetzchner, co-founder and CEO, Opera Software Bill Bull, Senior Designer for Frog Design And everyone who made the event possible: Austin Wireless Alliance Austin Technology Council Dell Corporation Frog … Read more

Avatars in Action – Klonies

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Fellow mobilist Xen Mendelsohn and her company Comverse have released their Klonies avatars, now available on Skype – go check it out. Congrats Xen! …Oh, and the above Klonie is my Klonie – sorry, but you can't have that one – taken… :-) ceo

Motion Sensors in Mobile Phones

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Click to see video clip (YouTube). Samsung has released it's S310 handset, which was announced last January. The S310 uses a six-axis sensor that allows for the detection of spatial movement in 3 dimensions, including movement speed. As I wrote on my previous post Gyros on Mobile Handsets – A Very Powerful Tool, “with gyros … Read more

VeriChip – The VeriWrong Chip

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I typically don't write pieces like this one, but, I must – awareness is key… VeriChip is a company that creates an implantable RFID chip… and is an example of very smart people, who have the best of intentions (maybe), but are doing something dangerous to society – they think they are doing the right … Read more